Diamondhead USA’s most popular handguard is their VRS-T-556 series of free-float rails. To keep in line with current trends within the firearms industry they now have their VRS-T-556 available in an M-LOK configuration. This is free-float handguard has an angled [Read More…]
The Lake City Army Ammunition plant is known for making lots of NATO calibers for our military. Not only does our military appreciate their work, but many civilians like both Lake City brass casings for their own reloading purposes and the loaded ammunition they [Read More…]
Rest in Peace Interim Combat Service Rifle, we hardly knew thee. The Army’s ICSR program has joined the much more ambitious Advanced Combat Rifle program of the 1980s and the more recent ill-fated Individual Carbine program in the annals of US Army rifle [Read More…]
Hornady has upped the ante of their Dangerous Game™ eXpanding (DGX) bullet by making the DGX Bonded. By making the DGX bullet with a copper-clad, steel jacket that is bonded to the lead core you get significantly improved performance on large game. 95% Weight [Read More…]
Midwest Industries has teased on their social media pages an M-LOK forend for Marlin lever action rifles. It is not yet listed on their website and what we can tell from the very little information available is that it fits the Marlin 336 rifles. It is also compatible [Read More…]
With the development of wildcat calibers that eventually become more common and less wildcat over time it is difficult for reloading companies to keep up with published, verified data. Nobody knew 10 years ago that the 6.5 Creedmoor, 6mm Creedmoor or 6.5 Grendel would [Read More…]
Earlier, Brandon Herrera, also known as “The AK Guy“, announced that he had established a company to start offering AK products and to introduce the AK-50. The company is called AKG Industries. Several days ago, Brandon announced the launch of the first [Read More…]
The US Army is potentially in the market for new suppressors for some of its sniper rifles. On 26 October a Sources Sought Notice was posted on FedBizOps for suppressors for the M24 Sniper Weapon System by the Army Contracting Command. A sources sought notice is not an [Read More…]
Back in July we reported that the Civilian Marksmanship Programme was in line to receive 10,000 newly surplused M1911A1 pistols in 2018. With the United States Senate passing the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on the 18th November the bill will now be [Read More…]
Sauer has introduced a heating system for bolt action rifle stocks called ERGO HEAT. The company claims that it is the world’s first such system. It is designed to heat the pistol grip portion of the stock to make it more comfortable to hold the rifle as well as [Read More…]
Beretta have unveiled the new successor to their iconic Modello 12 submachine gun. The new 9x19mm PMX was unveiled at the 2017 Paris Milipol expo. The PMX uses a blowback action and fires from closed bolt. It feeds from a 30 round magazine and has a right-side folding [Read More…]
SilencerCo President Jason Schauble has resigned his position at the West Valley Utah based suppressor company due to health complications of a family member. Jonathan Shultz will take over the position effective today. Prior to his position at SilencerCo, Schauble [Read More…]
The US Army’s embattled CSASS program has moved forward slightly with a sources sought notice posted to the Fed Biz Opps website, seeking manufacturers who can make many of the accessories that equip the M110A1 rifle. The notice isn’t itself for a contract, [Read More…]
Krebs Custom has introduced a new AK handguard set with M-LOK accessory attachment slots. We are used to seeing this company’s rails with KeyMod. In order to find out whether this new model means a launch of an entire line of M-LOK handguards or is it going to [Read More…]
In celebration of the company’s 60th anniversary, Italian firearms manufacturer Perazzi has released a limited edition version of their High Tech over and under shotguns. This anniversary shotgun features a high-polished blued finish and markings plated with [Read More…]
Not to be blamed for making a clickbait title and for other kinds of heresy, I’ll tell you right away that these are non-functional barrels made just for fun. Bond Arms now offers these derringer Tank Slayer barrels with .50 BMG bullets sticking out of the [Read More…]
Midland Arms Company announced a new line of break open, single shot shotguns. Called the Backpack, Midland is offering five versions of the gun now and promises compatibility with other products the company will be releasing in the near future. Three different [Read More…]
If any firearm company in the last month has been kicked around more than Slidefire, I would like to hear about it. After a horrific event of historic magnitude occurred in Las Vegas where a Slidefire stock was used they have been completely murdered in the press. [Read More…]
The US Army will be holding a second Industry Day for its Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle program, which seeks to replace the M249 light machine gun with a new longer-ranged, lower signature automatic rifle. The Industry Day will be held at Picatinny Arsenal on [Read More…]
Those who expected the slump in the gun market to extend to the buyingest day in the year will be surprised: Black Friday, November 24 shattered the record for most NICS checks in a single day by over 17,000, reports USA Today. The total? 203,086 background checks [Read More…]
Ranger Point Precision published images of another custom made Marlin 336 lever action rifle chambered in .36 RPP. The cartridge was developed about a year ago. It is a .358 caliber cartridge based on the .35 Whelen case. The advantage over the .35 Remington is that [Read More…]
Texas company True Velocity, LLC, has released the first images of their advanced lightweight polymer composite cased ammunition design via Instagram. Training company BAT Defense sent out an image of what appear to be 12.7×108, .50 BMG, and 5.56mm rounds made by [Read More…]
Luth-AR now offers an AR-15 lower receiver enhancement kit which consists of three replacement parts including their “Switch” extended safety selector, “Paddle” oversized bolt catch and “Wide Body” trigger guard. All of them are [Read More…]
Kimber Mfg. announced a pair of new precision bolt action rifles. One is the Advanced Tactical SOC II and the other is the Advanced Tactical SRC II. All versions of these guns offer a sub 0.5 MOA guarantee. According to the company, the Advanced Tactical SOC II is a [Read More…]
Krebs Custom is one of the few companies which name is associated with the highest-end AK rifles on the market. Recently, the company has introduced a new AK pistol called PD-18. These are Polish AKM based builds chambered in 7.62x39mm. The PD-18 pistol has a [Read More…]
Earlier this month, the Serbian Army debuted a new 6.5 Grendel weapon system, developed by Zastava. The rifle, called M17, is a heavily modified variant of the M70 AK family that has been developed by the company for decades. It incorporates a number of significant new [Read More…]
Today is November Twenty-Second, and just so happens to be the birthday of Eugene Morrison Stoner, born in the year 1922. The designer has since passed away in 1997, but had he been alive today he would be 95 years old. Inventor of the AR10, co-inventor with Jim [Read More…]
The CMMG MkGs Guard 9mm AR-15 has been formally announced to the public, and we at TFB were extremely fortunate enough to have the opportunity to range test and review this firearm. Let’s take a look at the specifications of this rifle and what we exactly have on [Read More…]
The Dutch Army is set to procure a further fifty Barrett .50 BMG M107A1 anti materiel rifles. The purchase is being made through TBM – Technisch Bureau H.A. Muller, Barrett Firearms Manufacturing’s sales representative in the Netherlands. The contract [Read More…]
Superior Shooting Systems, the company founded by David Tubb, has introduced a new muzzle device called 5 Star Muzzle Brake. It is designed for 6mm (.243) caliber rifles. Obviously, it will be compatible with smaller calibers and if you want to use this muzzle brake [Read More…]