Swedish gun maker VO Gun & Rifle is selling their limited edition VO Falcon rifles for $820,000 each. The Luxist reports … Their newest creation, the VO Falcon Edition (above), is the world’s most expensive priced at about $820,000. The VO Falcon Edition [Read More…]
Brass Fetcher Ballistic Testing & SilencerTalk.com made this video showing a .300 AAC BLK being fired into 20% gel. Note the difference of performance between the two different bullets. The lighter (and I presume faster) hollow point in the second clip creates a lot [Read More…]
No, you did not read the title incorrectly. Bob’s Gun Counter has photos of custom engraved cartridges that were to be given to Sarah Palin at the NRA Foundation Banquet in 2009. She declined to attend and so could not accept the beautiful custom ‘Alaskan [Read More…]
Surefire’s nifty Rapid Transition Sight are canted at 45 degrees to allow them to be used alongside scopes on 3-gun competition rifles. I have seen, and blogged about, canted picatinny rails for red dot sights but this is the first canted iron sight that I have [Read More…]
My favorite aftermarket aperture sight manufacturer, Tech Sights, has expanded their line to include the Ruger Mini-14 and Remington 597. Over the standard Mini-14 rear sight, Tech Sight’s sight allows click adjustment of both windage and elevation adjustment ands [Read More…]
Two years ago I created a photoshoped mockup of a Remington 700 being fed from a 30 round AR-15 magazine. One reader was inspired by the picture and is recreating it while at working a local gunsmith over the summer. If anyone has any suggestions for Kevin, please post [Read More…]
Ordnance Factory of Tiruchi (OFT) has developed a new 7.62x39mm assault rifle. From what can see, the Trichy Assault Rifle looks to be an improved version of India’s 5.56mm INSAS rifle. Times of India reports … TIRUCHI: The Ordnance Factory of Tiruchi (OFT) [Read More…]
Army.mil reports (emphasis added) … Another lawmaker questioned Fuller about the Army’s individual carbine competition, to find a follow-on to the M4 Carbine weapon Soldiers are using now in Afghanistan. Fuller told the lawmaker the competition was not about [Read More…]
Shooting Illustrated has published a detailed account of the fascinating AN-94 “Abakan” rifle. In 1993, a mysterious rifle appeared at an arms display at the elite Taman Guards Division outside Moscow. The strange new rifle was labeled “ASN”—a Russian [Read More…]
AccurateShooter.com discovered a fun web-based flash game based on the New Zealand Army’s marksmanship training. There are a few current and former Kiwi soldiers on this blog. If you are one of them I suggest you don’t play it, it will only make you more jeleous [Read More…]
The Desert Tactical Arms SRS Covert Rifle was definitely one of the niftiest guns at SHOT Show. With a short 16″ barrel, chambered in 308 Win, .300 Win or .338 Lapua Magnum, this gun has an overall length of just 26″. It is tiny but powerful package. My only [Read More…]
This is something I never thought I would see … MrDryCry wrote at Arfcom … Well…it finally happened today. I’ve been in the C&R game about 5 years and own about 10 C&R weapons…even went down the road to get my 003 FFL. I have [Read More…]
Richard Nagy built a 10 round magazine for his Mosin Nagant. Read about the project at Guns, Holsters & Gear.
Bushmaster is now selling a hunting AR-15 rifle featuring GameGuard camouflage. This camo pattern has been designed with the Texas and Southwest landscape in mind. The Bushmaster GameGuard Predator will retail for $1,459.
MilPictures.com created this photo of the single shot Steyr HS .50 rifle. Placing cartridges between the knuckles is a technique popular among single shot rifle shooters. You can see a photo of blogger Albert Rasch using the technique with his .416 Rigby chambered Ruger [Read More…]
Libyan rebel and his nifty Mauser stock. [ Many thanks to Lance for emailing me the link. ]
When Winchester/USRAC disappeared several years ago, so too did several iconic firearms such as the Model 70 and the Model 94. Consumer demand for renewed production has led Browning/FN to produce the Model 70 at FN’s manufacturing plant in South Carolina, and now [Read More…]
New from Winchester … The new Model 1886 features a deeply-blued receiver, barrel and lever, along with a matching blued steel end cap and steel crescent buttplate. The stock is Grade 1 walnut with an elegant satin finish. The full-length tubular magazine holds [Read More…]
United States, Australians, New Zealanders and Singapore soldiers got together at the Tarin Kot base in Afghanistan to play with each others toys. Army.mil reports … TARIN KOT, Afghanistan — AK-47 rifles, Squad Automatic Weapons, Steyr AUG models, M-4 [Read More…]
Leupold is now selling a variable powered scout-style scope, the VX-II 1.5-4x28mm Scout, through their custom shop. Traditionally scout scopes are fixed power. This scope has 7.75″ of eye relief on high power and 8.75″ on low power. If this sells well, I [Read More…]
Back in 2009 I reported that South Korea’s K11 OICW-style weapon was to be the first of its class to be deployed. Since then I had heard nothing about it and seen no evidence that the deployment went though until two articles that appeared last week on Korean news [Read More…]
Kit Up reports that the US Army would like hyper-burst capability (firing multiple rounds at incredibly high rate of fire) for the next generation carbine. It is not an official requirement yet for the potential M4 replacement, but could be in the future. Matt Cox [Read More…]
Manroy USA has purchased Sabre Defence after winning a bidding war with Colt USA. The Tennessean reports … Alabama-based Manroy USA bid $4.95 million for the company’s assets, more than double what it offered last month in a bank-sponsored sale that was [Read More…]
While touring the Beretta factory in northern Italy, I was able to handle a Beretta ARX-160, their newest 5.56mm carbine, and a weapon that could be considered comparable to the FNH SCAR-L. I was impressed with a number of its features, including a toolless quick-change [Read More…]
BoingBoing published this interesting photo taken during the Tunisian revolution showing a solider equipment with a Steyr AUG and fixed bayonet. [ Many thanks to Cam for emailing me the link. ]
Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) had a new compact variant of the G3 called the G3S. I have not seen the specifications for this weapon. From what I can see, it features a redesigned fore-end, picatinny mounted under-barrel grenade launcher and a very short barrel. POF [Read More…]
The UAE’s only gun manufacturer, Caracal International, have developed their first rifle. The Caracal Sniper Rifle (CSR) is a bolt action chambered in either .308 Win. or .300 Win. Mag. The magazine holds 10 rounds. It features a fully adjustable stock, quad [Read More…]
A member of Arfcom managed to get their hands on the elusive Rossi Ranch Hand chambered in .45 Long Colt… [Hat Tip: SayUncle]
The Beretta Mx4 Storm is a new submachine gun version of the Beretta Cx4 Storm semi-automatic carbine. The Mx4 has been designed for the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs who should be receiving their first shipment in the next 12 months. The gun is chambered in 9x19mm [Read More…]
Richard Mann at Shooting Illustrated has evaluated a few different pistol cartridge chambered carbines and compared then with the M4-style carbines in 5.56mm and pistols chambered in the same rounds. Richard says … With the versatility of an M4-style carbine in [Read More…]
Your Privacy Choices