I understand, and appreciated, blinged out and chromed guns on parade, but they just look silly when used in exercises by soldiers who just looked like they stepped off a messy hay ride. The machine gun is a clone of the Czech ZB vz. 26, a gun developed in the 1920s. [Read More…]
LaRue has combined thier PredatAR frame with their high-accuracy OBR barrel and their PSTTM gas operating system to produce the PredatOBR. The PredatOBR will be available in both 5.56mm and 7.62mm and with a 14.5″ (with a pinned & welded muzzle device), [Read More…]
From Andrew at Vuurwapen Blog …
A lot of people will disagree with me, but I like Sage EBR Tactical Stock System for the M1 Garand. It is a drop-in stock that does not require permanent modifications to the rifle.
Brothers Randy and Michael Gregg have put up a KickStarter project to develop a gun shaped camera to take “kill shots” of game. They are developing this so that people can experience hunting without killing animals. Gizmag.com reports … Not too long [Read More…]
The coolest product I saw this year at Shot Show was one that I almost did not see. Its easy to miss things at Shot Show simply because of how many products are being shown, but this product, The Hog Saddle by Shadow Tech LLC caught my eye. As I walked down the line [Read More…]
NOTE: This product review was made possible by GunsForSale.com. To get up-to-date information on where to find cheap rail systems for sale, please visit GunsForSale.com. As everyone knows there are a huge number of add ons for the AR15 family of rifles. Some of these [Read More…]
Winchester is resuming manufacture of the Winchester 1892 Large Loop Carbine. With a MSRP of $1,259.99 it is not cheap. From the press release … … the introduction of the 1892 Large Loop Carbine back in to their rifle line for 2012. The new rifle looks just [Read More…]
A nifty new sight rail from Strike Industries , one of my favorite accessory makers. It replaces the AK’s rear leaf sight. Screws provide tension to prevent the rail from moving off zero. The downside, of course, is that you no longer have a backup iron sight. [Read More…]
Brügger & Thomet is now selling in Europe a semi-automatic civilian-legal version of the 9mm B&T APC9 submachine gun which they unveiled last year. A TFB reader in the Czech Republic took these great photos of the new gun… [ Many thanks to Ales for the [Read More…]
The following artwork is by Peter Gronquist from his “The Evolution Will Be Fabulous” collection … Not something I would put in my house, but pretty nifty. [ Many thanks to Erik for emailing us the link. ]
A reader sent me a fascinating photo taken by a friend of his who is a Malaysian defense journalist and photographer. The photo below was taken at a Malaysian counterinsurgency training exercise last year. The men pictured are members of VAT-69, the Royal Malaysian [Read More…]
Apparently the Marine Air Wing, America’s Navy’s Army’s Air Force, are using the new Leupold HAMR scope. Its combination of long eye relief and compact size make it a good choice for aerial overwatch. The Marine Air Wingers also appear to be Magpul [Read More…]
The Turkmenistan Army is now rocking Beretta ARX 160 rifles chambered in 5.56mm NATO. [ Many thanks to Albi for emailing us the link. ]
English Russia has a collection of photos taken at Orsis Armory plant where they make the Orsis T-5000 Rifle. They say that they plan on making Dragunov-style semi-automatics in the near future. [ Many thanks to mrsatyre for emailing us the link. ]
The Magpul phenomenon has reached Russia. Gennady M. Kozhaev, gunsmith and owner of a OOO Skat, has developed a range of modernized SVD rifles. The rifles are build using Izhmash Tigr receivers and Lothar Walther barrels. The rifle feature an AR-15 A2 pistol grip and a [Read More…]
Sebastian and a friend have described in detail their latest successful attempt at making an AR-15 lower at home. They used a CNC mill to machine the lower out of a block of Delrin. Neither of the pair were machinists. Anyone with enough motivation can learn how to make [Read More…]
Last week STK unveiled not one but two concept rifles on display at Singapore. The next-gen concept conventional design seems to be inspired by old H&K XM8. They also unveiled a next-gen concept bullpup. It looks a lot more compact than the STK SAR-21.
[ Written by gun optics guru Timothy Yan ] At SHOT Show 2012, the Hensoldt division of Zeiss released the Zeiss ZO 4x30i combat gunsight. The new sight, specifically designed as a combat optic for small arms, has a fixed 4x magnification, is robustly built and offers a [Read More…]
The last time we discussed the Singapore Technologies Kinetics (STK) Ultimax 100 machine gun was back in 2008 when General Dynamics unveiled the Ultimax 100 Mk5 as their entry into the Marine IAR competition, a competition eventually won by the H&K M27 IAR. At the [Read More…]
FNH USA’s entry into the Army Individual Carbine competition is the FNAC (Advanced Carbine). The most notable difference between the FN SCAR and the FNAC is that the FNAC has a non-reciprocating charging handle and that the FNAC is 0.3 lbs lighter then a similarly [Read More…]
This week ST Kinetics (a subsidiary of ST Engineering), makers of the bullpup SAR-21 rifle, have been displaying a new conventional assault rifle at the Singapore Air Show 2012. The rifles looks a lot like the current generation of FN SCAR / Beretta ARX / Remington ACR [Read More…]
An elderly man down the street from me had his firearms stolen a few days ago. He had them in a locked box and hidden away but the thieves knew exactly where to find them, which makes me think it was an inside job (it is a bit awkward to ask someone if they have [Read More…]
More photos of new Izhmash AK-12, and the first video I have seen, have been published by Russia Today. Russia Today is calling the AK-12 the Kalashnikov 5.0. I declared it the 5th generation AK back in November and so am very pleased to see I counted up the AK [Read More…]
Someone recently asked me which were the most high tech gun ranges in the USA. The range closest to Germany’s Müller Schiess Zentrum Ulm Range (see video below) that I know of would be the new Gander Mountain Academy in Lake Mary, Florida. One of the nicest [Read More…]
After a few failed attempts, the Australian Army has finally decided on their next-gen rifle. They will be upgrading their Austeyr F88 (Australia’s Steyr AUG variant) to make is more modular, ambidextrous, lighter and easier to accessorize. New ammunition [Read More…]
Bryan captured the moment a .300 Win. Mag. round hit two blocks of ballistic gelatin during a demo of either the Remington XM2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle or the Remington Remington Modular Sniper Rifle (I can’t remember which was being used). [Photos © Bryan Jones [Read More…]
Anthony G. Williams has updated and expanded his history of Assault Rifles And Their Ammunition. Tony knows more about cartridges than anyone else I know and I doubt that there are many people who have fired more types of assault rifles than he has. Attempts to improve [Read More…]
I had hoped to fire the SIG 556R at Media Day but the queue to shoot it was too long and after waiting about 15 minutes I left the SIG range. It looks like a fun gun to shoot. SIG will be selling it this year with a camo finish.
The AES Weapon Shock Simulator (WSS) is a nifty device that simulates the shock environment created by firing an M4 Carbine. The simulator is designed to test the effect of firing on picatinny mounted accessories such as scopes and lights. The high-speed video below [Read More…]
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