This article was published in the June 1934 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine (via. Modern Mechanix) … Weighing 150 pounds and resembling a cannon more than a firearm, a huge, brass-barreled, portable field piece has been recovered from the sea, where a pirate [Read More…]
A journalist from the Malaysian newspaper Malay Mail was shown around the Colt’s West Hartford factory … New machines were still being installed at the 26,687-square metre plant as The Malay Mail was shown around by Colt Defence executive vicepresident James [Read More…]
[ I am pleased to present this review of the new Magpul AFG (Angled ForeGrip). The review was written by Isaac. ] Let me preface this review by first establishing that anything to do with how your body interfaces with a weapon system will not be a review that’s binary [Read More…]
HERA ARMS, makers of the Glock Carbine Kit, have turned their sights on the M1911 pistol. The Colt Pistol Extension (CPE) turns any mil-sepc 1911 into a .45 carbine. Installation is simple. All that is involved is removing the grip panels and attaching the CPE in their [Read More…]
I came across Imperial Defense, a British company, who manufacturer M16 and M4 clones. According to this post at the MP.net forum, the guns are manufactured in Vietnam! This makes Vietnam the second communist country to manufacture M16s. I would guess that the guns are [Read More…]
Yesterday I blogged about Jesse James receiving the first consumer ACR rifle. He has had the rifle photographed and posted the photos on ar15.com. Ignore all Spike’s Tactical logos, they were added to the photos and are not on the actual gun. Jesse says … [Read More…]
The Italian Army has started adopting the next-gen Beretta ARX-160 assault rifle. Shooting Wire reports … The Italian Ministry of Defense has become the first military group to receive shipments of Beretta’s new ARX-160 automatic rifle. The first 1,600 units [Read More…]
Masterpiece Arms are now selling their MPA (Mac-10 clone) carbines and pistols chambered in the .460 Rowland cartridge. The .460 Rowland was originally developed a decade ago as a magnum power cartridge suitable for the 1911 pistol. It is about 10% more powerful than [Read More…]
During a firefight in Afghanistan in 2007, British soldier Pte Cole’s SA80 rifle was hit three times by 7.62x39mm bullets! It continued to function and he continued to return fire, despite the fact that the scope, bodywork and pistol grip was ripped off the gun. [Read More…]
Jessie James, winner of the AAC Silencer Shoot silent auction, has received his Bushmaster ACR. AAC Blog has photos.
A mighty suspicious picture frame … [ Hat Tip: SaysUncle ]
Issuing pressing a press release is one thing but actually selling to the Army or Marines is another! The press release, dated 15 December 2009, infers that their product can deliver 10,000 mean rounds between failure (emphasis added)… SARASOTA, Fla., Dec. 15 [Read More…]
Accuracy International has updated their .308 Win. AE rifle and Shooting Illustrated has posted an article about it online … Accuracy International (AI) rifles have always been something of an enigma with mainstream shooters in the United States. These [Read More…]
I first mentioned the new “Tan” M16/M4 magazine back in June. The Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier agency has just blogged about it … “With the improved magazines, we’re taking weapons reliability up another notch,” said LTC Chris Lehner, [Read More…]
From MP.net … AGUSAN DEL SUR, PHILIPPINES – DECEMBER 12: Hostages of tribal gunmen are seen on December 12, 2009 in San Martin, Philippines. The suspected bandits, reported to be former government-armed militia led by Danilo ‘Ondo’ Perez, have [Read More…]
Seen at Fat White Man
The long-awaited 7.62x51mm PMAG has finally been given a name and is now in production. At $19.95, Magpul are going to be selling truck loads of these mags. The PMAG-LR holds 20 rounds of 7.62x51mm or .308 Winchester rounds and is compatible with the following rifles [Read More…]
Most of you, I think, know what is meant by a term “STANAG magazine”. For those of you who do not, it refers to a specification prepared by NATO which describes the dimensions of an AR-15 / M16 compatible magazine. An example of the usage of the term is in [Read More…]
There has been much controversy over the Model 597 (.17 HMR) buyback. For those of you not familiar with the buy back, I will summarize. Back in August Remington finally acknowledged that their .17 HMR semi-automatics had serious issues. They offered a $250 coupon, [Read More…]
Tsar Cannon, who are the exclusive provider of sniper rifles to the Russian equivalent of the Secret Service, claim that they produce the most accurate sniper and competition rifles in Europe. The company hopes to export into the United States. RT.com reports (emphasis [Read More…]
Wilsons Gunshop (aka. Wilson Combat) has just had two patent applications approved. Both attribute Douglas D. Olson as the inventor. The first, entitled “Bridged extractor spring for firearms” describes a a duel spring designed to prevent extraction problems [Read More…]
LaRue Tactical was forced to renamed their OSR rifle after Dick Swan of A.R.M.S trademarked the term “OSR”. Dick has been going after many tactical gun companies. Earlier this year he successfully sued Troy Industries and is currently litigating against [Read More…]
A while back I was surprised to see searches for the “Bushmaster ACR” rising to the top of the list of search engine terms used to find The Firearm Blog on search engines. Over the past month it it has risen to the top search term. I was surprised because [Read More…]
Accurate Shooter reports that Lapua will soon introduce a .308 Winchester case that uses small primers instead of large rifle primers. Adam Braverman of Nammo-Lapua just confirmed that Lapua, at the behest of the U.S. Palma team, has been quietly developing a NEW [Read More…]
A couple of days ago I blogged about H&K winning the USMC’s IAR competition. There has been much confusion regarding the IAR competition since then. Dan Lamothe, who broke the news, updated his The Marine Times article and added that it now appears that the [Read More…]
Umarex is also manufacturing .22 LR carbines patterned on the famous MP5 and MP5SD. These carbines features … Metal revievers. Compensators NAVY style pistol grip. Retractable stocks. H&K style diopter iron sights. Adjustable for elevation or windage. The A5 [Read More…]
Umarex is manufacturing this .22 LR rifle patterned on the HK4161 . It features … Metal receivers. Functional dust cover. Full length picatinny rail. Adjustable stock. H&K style diopter iron sights. Adjustable for elevation or windage. 16″ barrel. Pistol [Read More…]
After a year of speculation and commentary from pundits, myself included, the Marine Times reports that the H&K has won the competition and that their entry will enter production next year … The Marine Corps has selected the infantry automatic rifle made by [Read More…]
Backyard Safari has published photos of the beautiful Weihrauch HW 98-Luftgewehr break barrel air rifle. More photos here.
The AFG (Angled ForeGrip) is a new forgrip from Magpul that will go on sale later this month. They claim it allows a more natural hold than a vertical foregrip. Drake, a Magpul employee, says … The AFG falls into the category of “Theory Based” products. [Read More…]
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