TALO are producing a limited edition Ruger 10/22 featuring a absolutely beautiful french walnut stock. I have emailed my contact at TALO asking what the MSRP. I will update the page when he replies. UPDATE: The MSRP is $419
AcuSport have added .300 Win. Mag. and .223 Rem. to their Remington 700 line which features 5-R rifling. From the press release: Following the huge success of the Remington Model 700 (#9663) with 5-R rifling in .308 caliber. AcuSport is pleased to add two new Model 700 [Read More…]
The Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the BAFTE. I have previously blogged about the case. Hat Tip: Say Uncle
In my recent article about the Norwegian H416 rifle, Mauken, a Norwegian soldier, posted a link to this article at aftenposten.no (I have translated it into english using google): Soldiers may have been sick of the military’s new rifle Army turns the alarm after a [Read More…]
James of Hell in a Handbasket spotted this photo on a Peruvian travel blog. It is homemade percussion lock gun. The owner apparently uses homemade gun powder (not hard to do … but kids don’t try this at home). If you have read this blog for a while, you know [Read More…]
James @ The Next Chapter bought himself a .22 / .410 M6 Scout take down rifle. Taken down and packed for transport. More photos and information at The Next Chapter.
Tanfo, a Norwegian soldier, reports at the ar15.com forum that they have been having problems with their new HK416 rifles. Norwegian configured HK416 with suppressor. One of the problems is that the piston system locks up if the gun is taken outdoors from a warm [Read More…]
The US Naval Air Warfare Center funded a patent application, published two weeks ago, with the innocuous title of “Military Training Device”. The device turns out to be a suicide vest simulator for the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) [Read More…]
The AFP reports that Pakistan will be distributing 30,000 confiscated rifles amongst villagers under the “Village Defence Rifle” programme: Under the “Village Defence Rifle” programme, chief minister Ameer Haider Hoti has ordered the distribution [Read More…]
I covered the Safir T-14 / ATI AT-14 .410 AR-15 shotgun on the blog earlier this year. Mike, a reader of The Firearm Blog, emailed me photos the AT-14 he just received. Click to expand the photos. Two black shotugns. .410 Siaga shotgun (AK clone) left. Annular piston [Read More…]
Raul emailed me some photos taken in Reynosa, Mexico, which is directly across from the city of McAllen, Texas, after a gun battle with between police and Mexican military and a drug gang. I thought this photo of an AR-15/M16/M4 with a lot of accessories hanging off it [Read More…]
It has been a while since I have posted an animation. This one, author unknown, shows how the balanced gas operating system works in the AK-107 and AK-108 rifles. ( If the animation is not playing, try this link: click here) Wikipedia explains how the system works: The [Read More…]
SI Defense manufactures AR-15 lower and upper receivers that are machined out of solid aluminum billet blocks. Two soon-to-be receivers being sprayed with coolant by the CNC machine They have photos of the process and a video showing the CNC machine in operation. Very [Read More…]
Albert @ The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles has reviewed the CMMG 28 round Immortal magazine for the AR-15: CMMG claims that no other magazine offers greater performance under extreme conditions. It has their new stainless steel anti-tilt follower which features superb [Read More…]
This is awesome: Derek writes: I have designed and patents pending on this.. Its a beltfed 12 gauge upper receiver for a ar-15 or m16 lower receiver. It uses your lower receiver, so if you have a ar15 its a semi auto shotgun, however if you have a registered m16 lower [Read More…]
Daniel spotted a very interesting auction at gunbroker.com. The rifle on sale was a Boys Anti- Tank rifle modified by TRW-SYSTEMS GROUP and rechambered for .50 BMG. It was intended to be used for .50 BMG flechette rounds. Click to expand. The auctioneer claims that it [Read More…]
Mossberg’s big muzzle brake, which I call the BFMB (Big “Fraking” Muzzle Brake), first seen on the Mossberg 500 Roadblocker shotgun is coming to the Plinkster line of semi-automatic and bolt action .22 and .17 HRM rifles. Four models will be available [Read More…]
Earlier this year I wrote about the Gardener gun. Fred emailed me some photos of the Gardener gun in use by the Dutch army at Fort aan Den Ham, one of the 45 forts that make up the Defense Line of Amsterdam, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Fred volunteers at the fort and [Read More…]
CR Riddell, PE posted a comment about the Remington 700 VTR triangular barrel and I thought it deserved its own blog post: I am a professional structural engineer. In 1977, I was granted a patent on a structural system that uses triangular cross-section members with a [Read More…]
Last year I wrote about a massive 2 bore rifle, that was not yet fully complete. Colin Stolzer, of Stolzer & Son’s Gunsmithing, contacted me with some additional information and photos of the completed rifle. Click to expand all the photos. Colin also [Read More…]
Seen at SayUncle. It gave me a good laugh! (Photo of PlasmaFox’s AR-15) Repeat after me “clips are used to hold cartridges together for quick loading, magazines are used to hold cartridges for feeding into the guns’ chamber” 😉 The best [Read More…]
muck @ MP.net came across this photo of a G3 rifle attached to a Steadicam. While it is very cool looking it is also very impractical. Shooting sticks are a much better idea. If the shooter need to lie down or quickly maneuver he just drops the sticks. The correct use [Read More…]
This list of links has been a long time coming, in no particular order: Negligent Discharge – blogging about second amendment and gun issues. sig556reviews.com – blogging about firearms tech and reviews, focusing on the Sig 556 rifle. 9X19 Dan – [Read More…]
Tech-Sight who are well known for M16 style peep sight for the Ruger 10/22 will be selling an AK peep sight later this year. It features a “GI” style post and aperture sight picture, return to zero system (presumably after the receiver dust cover is removed) [Read More…]
Suppressor maker Gemtech will be selling a customized GSG-5 SD rifle that is suppressed. The GSG-5 SD is a .22 rifle patterned after the MP5SD, but the suppressor on it is fake. The Gemtech GSD-5 is permanently suppressed (you cannot remove the suppressor) and is [Read More…]
So it is pointless … but y’all know you want to try it 😉 Thanks to Jason for twittering me the video.
Florian @ sig556reviews.com has posted an extensive review of the TangoDown Model ACB-4 Advanced Combat Bipod. I finally got my TangoDown Combat Bipod in on Friday after an almost 4 week wait. I put it on my Sig 556 SWAT the same day and took it out on Saturday. I have [Read More…]
These photos are of a prototype rail system for the Daewoo K2, which is the assault rifle used by the Korean army. Click to expand. Photo â“’ Chen “SMGLee” Lee. Used with permission. Click to expand. Photo â“’ Chen “SMGLee” Lee. Used with [Read More…]
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have published Annual Firearms Manufacturers And Export Report 2007 (warning: PDF Link). It gives some interesting insight into firearms sales: Pistols Manufactured in 2007 Revolvers Manufactured in 2007 Rifles, [Read More…]
This is a pretty amazing video. Four men, one armed with an AR-15, attempt a daylight robbery in Tucson. In no time they are quickly running for their lives as the homeowner defends his home with a gun firing two or three shots into the drivers side of the getaway [Read More…]