In some ways, the US law enforcement market is a bellwether for handgun trends. In the 1980’s, for example, law enforcement began to move en masse to the semi-automatic pistol and much of the buying public did as well. Some would say the early adoption of the [Read More…]
I’ve always loved the reliable old lever action rifle. Of course back in those days what kid didn’t? Our heroes were a very young Clint Eastwood in Rawhide and of course John Wayne and all of his westerns. There were others of course like Chuck Connors in the [Read More…]
Russian Special Forces have not given up on the underwater machine gun concept. The new Tula ADS has just been declassified and put on display at the Interpolitex 2013 expo. RT.com reports … The weight of the machine gun with the grenade launcher is approximately [Read More…]
Magpul is coming under fire from The Internet for not moving their manufacturing facilities out of Colorado fast enough. Same writes at The Examiner … Magpul Industries is now beginning to take heat from consumers over their lack of motivation to move out of [Read More…]
The Ruger Red Label shotgun was discontinued in 2011 due to poor sales. It seems that since then the Ruger engineers have been busy improving the design. The new Red Label has the same handsome silver/black/walnut look but with improved internals, improved barrels, [Read More…]
The DPMS LR-308 is not a new rifle by any means. In 2005 the original LR-308 was named “Gun of the Year” by the NRA publication, American Rifleman. Since 2005 DPMS has released 8 different rifles built on the same receiver in various in different [Read More…]
Magpul’s new all-steel MBUS Pro sights were released fairly recently, yet it seems like knock offs are already making their way from China. Magpul copies are nothing new, fake Magpul PMAGs and polymer MBUS sights have been all over the internet for quite some [Read More…]
The Firearms Guide- 4th Edition, is a DVD for Mac and PC which contains a library of 57,000 firearms, airguns, and ammo from 630 manufacturers. They have some really nice high resolution pictures, 500 printable targets, and 4,300 gun schematics. [Read More…]
Semi-automatic versions of the Degtyaryov DP28 machine gun are being sold in the United States through AIM Surplus. The DP28 MG was used by the Soviet Union during World War II and beyond. It used record-like, 47-round magazines. Due to the shap of the magazines, [Read More…]
Crowdfunding has brought us a plethora of new firearm products and parts over the last year or so, from AR-15 upper and lower receivers to gun lock boxes. Well here’s a new product for the AR-15 that’s a bit, different. The BeowulfX Picatinny Rail mounting [Read More…]
Guns & Ammo magazine have produced this video featuring the Heizer Defense PS1 “Pocket Shotgun” and its creator Tom Heizer … It looks like a gun little gun, but for $499 it is going to be a niche product. I do think it would make a nifty survival gun for [Read More…]
Today marks the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. This was the first major armed conflict that featured the AK-47, and the first conflict in which it was used by both sides. The photo above shows a dapper young Hungarian revolutionary named József [Read More…]
Strike Industries have just Facebook’ed a photo of their new patented picatinny ultra low profile sling attachment device. It can be mounted on a picatinny rail without getting in the way of anything above it. It could be, for example, mounted underneath a [Read More…]
The Romanian Army has publicly unveiled the prototype of their new 5.56x45mm service rifle at the Expomil 2013 military exhibition in Bucharest. The rifle does not yet have an official name and is just being referred to as the “New 5.56mm Army Rifle”. [Read More…]
A number of DIY guns were recovered by the Philippines army after the the rebel siege of the southern city of Zamboanga. They include 40mm grenade pistols, a gun vaguely patterned after an M4 and a Mac-10 clone. Many thanks to Mike for the photos.
MAC has produced a video review on his Colt USMC M45A1 Close Quarters Battle Pistol. Apparently Colt is only producing eighty of these each month for the civilian market …
Robert Kaiser, CEO of PPSS Group, demonstrates that his company’s ballistic vests work by getting one of his staff to shoot him at point blank range with a 9mm Glock 19 … The vest he was wearing is 1/4″ (6.5mm) thick. It will save your life, but it [Read More…]
H&K USA has just released new polymer 30 round magazines for the AR15/M16 platform: Oddly enough, there is not much competition in the way of transparent M16 pattern magazines. The biggest player has been the Lancer L5 mags, which cost $19.99 from Brownells and I [Read More…]
Pictured are various simple hand built submachine guns primarily recovered by police in and around Haifa District. Yet more examples of how an infinite supply of cheap and effective firearms will always be available to criminals and the wrongfully [Read More…]
N.R. Jenzen-Jones writes that the Libyan 11th ‘Lightning’ Battalion, a special operations light infantry battalion, have procured Arsenal AR-M9F AK rifles chambered in 5.56x45mm … The image above shows members of Libya’s 11th ‘Lightning’ [Read More…]
After reporting my new find in a previous TFB article, I just got some actual trigger time with a Bullpup Unlimited Remington 870. In review, what’s neat about this product is that you take an existing Remington 870 pump shotgun, remove the stock and forearm, and [Read More…]
Sturm, Ruger & Co. announced the release of the new SR-762 rifle. The new rifle is chambered in 7.62 NATO (aka 7.62×51) and uses a two-stage piston system like the one used in the SR-556 rifles. The 16.12″ barrel is chrome lined and threaded for the [Read More…]
Last year the PLA sent in a flamethrower after a Chinese villager was killed, and dozens injured, by Asian Giant Hornets living in a giant hive five feet in diameter. Interesting technique used to control the flame thrower. I feel for the soldier whose face was inches [Read More…]
Precision Remotes is offering a solar-powered, remote-controlled sniping kit for both ambush and counter-sniper applications. The man-portable unit weighs 46 pounds (with weapon) and is contained in a backpack. A soldier can set up the T192 and control it from up to [Read More…]
Joel Allen, who was the lead tech at Noveske Rifleworks from when John Noveske founded the company up until, has started his own gun parts manufacturing business called V7 Weapon Systems. From the companies about page … It all started back in 2000 when a young [Read More…]
Earlier this year I wrote about the Lithgow Arms LA101 CrossOver rifle, a Thales Australia and Winchester collaboration. It was unveiled at the end of May at an Australian gun expo. I thought it was about to go into production but apparently the general public had a [Read More…]
An employee of Field & Stream recorded a presentation given to the sales team on the Remington 2020 scope system by a Remington representative. The rep covers everything you could possibly want to know about the scope system. The final video shows the sales team [Read More…]
I’m here at the Blue Ridge 3-gun match, a fun, challenging match over natural terrain at the Rockcastle Shoot Center near Bowling Green, Kentucky. A company called Rubber City Armory (whose Director of Operations is none other than Chris Cerino, of Top Shot fame) [Read More…]
MasterPiece Arms based out of Comer, Goergia recently debuted two new suppressors, the the MPA556S-II and the Murmur II that they make entirely in-house. Their new MPA556S-II suppressor features a monocore design that allows shooters to clean and service it without [Read More…]
New from Manticore Arms is their ARClight rail for the Tavor bullpup rifle. The ARClight, or Advanced Rail Chasis-lightweight, rail replaces the Tavor’s polymer forend and allows you to mount lights, lasers, grips and other accessories to your Tavor rifle. It [Read More…]
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