Today I stumbled across a handful of the most underrated videos on YouTube. Published in 2013, the video below (and five others like it) showcase a CAD simulation of the volume of escaping gasses, and the amount of force enacted on the individual baffles, on a muzzle [Read More…]
A great part of living in the Internet age is that we have far more information at our fingertips than we ever have before. Until recently we had to rely exclusively on books and magazine articles, researched with varying degrees of thoroughness. Some of the information [Read More…]
Polymer framed pistol modifications have become big business in the last decade. Between stippling, reductions, finger groove removal and other alterations, framework can cost upwards of $500. And if you add in slide milling for optics, added grip surfaces or just plain [Read More…]
During TFB’s recent series of posts on Brazilian gun designer Nelmo Suzano (such as in https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/02/02/socimarte-bergom-phase-guns-nelmo-suzano/) , it was often mentioned that he was closely associated with a friend called Luiz Gonçalves [Read More…]
Survival knives, utility knives, combat knives, shooting knives… They have appeared by the dozens in the market along the years, and for the real blade buffs today’s choices are virtually limitless. Some, of course, were one-of-a-kind examples that never reached the [Read More…]
That’s why. After the passage of a set of draconian gun laws, manufacturing of semiautomatic handguns by individuals was banned outright. Meaning, if you want to build a pistol from an 80% kit, you are out of luck. That’s when Nate B., owner of Inlander [Read More…]
For many months TFB has been following and covering the lawsuit Mossberg filed against numerous trigger manufacturers for allegedly violating the trigger patent Mossberg holds. For those not familiar with the past months proceedings Mossberg acquired a patent from Mc [Read More…]
Just about two months ago I wrote about FULL CONCEAL, a Las Vegas-based company designing 80% GLOCK lowers – with a slight twist. In that that post, I took an admittedly “harsh but fair” stance on their ideas concerning spare magazine placement on the [Read More…]
Darrel Keathley has been teasing a few gun groups on Facebook with some sweet pictures of the Tailhook on some popular pistol caliber carbines. Richard Johnson had posted an article about the Tailhook just the other day. Click here if you missed it. The photos Darrel [Read More…]
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) contains a searchable database of both patents and patent applications. While strolling through the system doing researching for a future TFB piece, I came across some interesting suppressor-related finds. Some of [Read More…]
In late 2014, Slide Fire Solutions initiated a patent infringement lawsuit against Bump Fire Systems over the use and ownership of intellectual property that is the backbone of their rapid-fire stock products. It appears that Slide Fire has won the suit and is set to [Read More…]
About 15 years ago I sadly boxed up a brand new Red Dot Optic for it’s return to the manufacturer without ever having used it to fire a shot – the reticle was a blurry burst rather than a crisp clear dot. But before I called and asked for a return [Read More…]
In the continuing news of the Mossberg lawsuit there were several developments today which could have serious affects on Mossbergs suit. First of all the pending cases have all been reassigned to one judge. Some have the opinion that there is strength in numbers meaning [Read More…]
A number of patents from the U.S. Patent Office indicate that Sturm, Ruger & Company INC might have plans to at least develop a semi-automatic shotgun. Looking at Patent number 2015/20150089855 A1, for a “REMOVABLE SHOTGUN MAGAZINE”, in addition to [Read More…]
Apropos of Nathaniel F’s recent query: “How Can We Break The Small Arms Plateau“, an interesting development may be taking place alongside the new prospect of guided (DARPA’s EXACTO and Sandia’s self-guided bullet) small arms ammunition: [Read More…]
Kramer Defense, the company that introduced the 6.8x45mm UCC cartridge based on the .378″/9.6mm diameter case head of 5.56mm, filed a patent on Aug 14, 2014 (approved Sept. 1, 2015) that has recently sent shockwaves through the 6.5 Grendel and cartridge [Read More…]
NRA Blog has an entry this week that is showing the last donation to the NRA Museum in Fairfax, VA of 2015. It is an absurdly looking contraption of a prototype rifle that was designed along the same lines as the AN 94, with the aim of reducing felt recoil. The inventor [Read More…]
Sent in to TFB is another concept design for an ‘afternoon’ DIY submachine gun of particular crudeness and expediency. The majority of components are laminated together from readily available square section steel tubing, owing to its namesake. Apparently the [Read More…]
Here is an interesting patent (US4019423) for an open bolt assault rifle which looks like a cross between a STEN and an M16. A large compression spring is depicted in front of the barrel assembly which in theory will slightly delay the breech opening when struck by the [Read More…]
Sent in is a concept mock up for a basic ‘easily made’ compact machine pistol. The design outwardly is a near copy of the Armenian K6-92 and early Chechen made ‘Borz’ derivatives. All components inside the receiver are laminated from square [Read More…]
Pictured is a type of muzzle-loading improvised firearm sometimes encountered in Russia. The barrel usually consists of a length of steel or copper pipe, either capped off or hammered and folded shut at it’s breech end. A hole is drilled on top over which toy caps [Read More…]
Here are pictures of a neat little submachine gun prototype sent in. It uses minimal components and can be constructed with very basic tooling in short order. The builder made the example pictured as a non-firing replica for obvious legal reasons. The criteria was for a [Read More…]
A reader sent this in to TFB when they stumbled across an odd patent for a type of “Vermin Control”, patented in 1882 by a certain James A Williams. It uses a lever that a rodent would feasibly step on and would be connected to a trigger, which would set it [Read More…]
Disclaimer: I don’t really speak financialese, and therefore would urge readers to double-check anything I’ve written on the subject. Don’t be afraid to correct me in the comments, either! Daniel Watters, the inimitable author of The 5.56 Timeline, has [Read More…]
Gun artwork is very popular in some circles. An Etsy page is now selling gun patent drawings as posters. Pricing starts at $6.99 for a 5×7 and goes up to $34.99 for a 24×36. Some of the patent art being sold include the M1 Garand, Gatling Gun and Glock pistol. [Read More…]
Here’s another design sent in, this time for a simplified copy of the classic Sten gun. As pictured, It’s possible to construct a clone of the original bolt using only a drill and an angle grinder. The example shown was of course constructed as [Read More…]
Here is a neat little design for a very simple homemade M11 clone sent in. It is assembled mostly from pieces of steel box tube and bar stock telescoped together. The prototype shown was built as a non-firing display model with a dummy bolt and [Read More…]
Here is a simple little semi auto pistol design sent in that will likely be of interest: “A homemade conventional type self-loading pistol need not be complex in design or demanding in tools needed for it’s construction. Here is a bare-bones pistol design which [Read More…]
Gemtech (Gemini Technologies) out of Eagle, Idaho has released the new G-Core line of suppressors at SHOT Show this year. Gemtech started as a consortium of suppressor designers back in 1993, and has been creating and expanding suppressor technology ever since. In [Read More…]
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