Where companies and agencies collect this data for a living, few of them will ever share it. Often, especially in the case of companies, the testing is a huge expense and as part of that includes company performance secrets. For agencies, various political [Read More…]
Red Oktober is a competition very unique in the regard that it caters specifically to the Kalashnikov platform. Debuted in 2016 at a range in southern Utah, it attracted a significant number of collectors, shooters, and builders throughout the country, even coming so far as Alaska or jumping through [Read More…]
Photo by Ian M Kinkead PACIFIC OCEAN (June 23, 2017) Senior Chief Gunner’s Mate Matthew J. Rayburn, a native of Beaumont, Texas, shoots an M14 assault rifle aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), June 23, 2017, in the Pacific Ocean. Nimitz is currently [Read More…]
More companies than Magpul are busy in R&D, and the German engineers at HERA Arms are no exception. HERA Arms just announced a new product to fill up the underside of your Picatinny rail. By the looks of it, it’s a new clever invention allowing you to [Read More…]
GTGConsult is a consultancy and firearms training company based in Denmark. The owner Ebbe Wolff runs various firearms training and is well known as a successful sports shooter. I am sure that most people are familiar with the VTac barricade. If not, here is a drawing [Read More…]
In a previous article (https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/03/03/weapons-rios-crime-war-pmerj-side/), TFB showed some images of PMERJ – Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro in the frontline of the war against crime in Rio. Being the major responsible for [Read More…]
Sig Sauer has just released an update to their popular MCX platform. Branded the Virtus, Sig is debuting three of the four new models, leaving one cloaked in secrecy for the time being. Available as a Carbine, Short Barreled Rifle or a Pistol with Brace, the new gun [Read More…]
As I continue my parts research for a project I have dubbed “Spark Plug”, I stumbled upon a new stock option from McMillan Fiberglass Stocks. Their A5-22 stock is a rimfire trainer setup that can accept Ruger, Kidd and Volquartsen actions. Known for quality [Read More…]
Not long ago, the Remington 700 AAC-SD SPS Tactical was sought after by shooters looking for a highly customizable bolt action with a barrel that was factory threaded. Just about every time a shooter bought one of these rifles the factory Houge stock ended up being [Read More…]
Back at the 2017 NRA Annual Meeting in Atlanta, we stopped by the Keystone manufacturing booth to check out the upcoming Model 722 PT rifle that they put together with the help of the guys over at AB*Arms. The new rifle will feature either a 16.5″ or 20″ [Read More…]
HM Defense out of Ohio is announcing the release of their all new HM10 Monobloc rifle dubbed the AVENGER M308 … Yes, in all caps. For dramatic effect. Basically, HM Defense scaled the HM15 Monobloc rifle up to accommodate the .308 Winchester or 7.62×51 [Read More…]
While HERA Arms are doing their best to deliver back orders of the CQR buttstocks for the AR-15 rifles they just announced officially that they are in R&D for a version for AR-10s. As you can realize there are no pictures or drawings for us to show, but the best [Read More…]
My friend Tom often says “It isnt about the arrow. It is the Indian that makes the difference”. Here is a photo of Chris Kirkpatrick. No, he is not the guy from NSYNC. Chris won the Topstraps Long Range Rimfire Challenge with a 2×4. Ok it is actually a [Read More…]
Collector alert! Finnish Sako, now part of the Beretta Group, is making a limited and numbered edition of the Sako TRG 22 “Finland 100” sniper rifle. You can have any color and caliber you like, as long as you accept “white camouflage” and “.308 [Read More…]
The teaser image of the new Tavor 7 that IWI US posted on Facebook had a lot of response and raised more than a few questions. IWI USA have now officially posted the specifications of the 7,62 NATO / .308 Win Tavor 7. I’m guessing the name Tavor 7 comes from the [Read More…]
Cobalt Kinetics, known for their cutting-edge and futuristic looking AR-15 rifles, will now be selling their parts and accessories to the general public. It is starting out as more simple offerings like stocks, muzzle brakes and other small pieces. This is just the [Read More…]
In a story that’s worthy of the ‘BREAKING’ tag, Massachusetts based firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson has purchased Idaho Silencer manufacturer GEMTECH. With details slim at the moment, there are obviously a lot of unanswered questions. However, [Read More…]
The Bergara B14 HMR is nothing short of an impressive collection of specs that will wow even the most discerning of buyer. In this episode of TFBTV, Patrick takes the B14 HMR out to the range with the intention of finding out if all of those specs come together as a well-rounded rifle that is [Read More…]
Mod Zero is coming out with an interesting concept. It is an adjustable picatinny rail system that you put on your rifles. You zero your optic of choice then swap the optic to another rifle with the Mod Zero rail system. Of course the optic will not have the same zero [Read More…]
Having previously shown some of the items that the Força Aérea Brasileira (Brazilian Air Force) ground elements currently pack for their ground work (https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/06/23/brazilian-air-force-infantry-weapons/), it’s time, now, to see what [Read More…]
Let’s begin with the story behind the invention of this product. As with many other great inventions, it started with restrictions due to legislation. In Germany you’re by law only allowed 10 round magazines, or 20 round magazines limited to 10 rounds. [Read More…]
As drenched as they are in National Firearms Act (NFA) goodness, my friends at Q are experts in all flavors of science and innovation. Even when it comes to building something as polar opposite to suppressors and short barreled rifles – such as a California [Read More…]
Asian Defense News recently published a compilation of high-quality photographs lifted from various Mandarin news sources such as Ifeng and Nownews of Chinese Military Police competing in a skill of arms competition, in Yunnan Province. The literal Mandarin [Read More…]
Many of us remember the Savage Arms Model 110 BA rifle. A beast of a rifle, but absurdly heavy if you need to be mobile with it. Back in October 2016, Savage Arms took a lot of consumer input to heart and updated the 10/110 series with a Stealth Precision line-up. They [Read More…]
The multi-lug rotating bolt as used in a number of semi-automatic firearms today has a significant number of advantages over numerous other designs, to include tilt locking or blowback operated mechanisms. Ability to unlock becomes easier than a standard two lug design, the forces on the lugs are [Read More…]
A very niche group of hunters who pursue elk, mountain goat, and sheep have always been eluded by one thing that cannot be paired with potatoes on a dinner plate. The founder of KUIU, Jason Hairston, likes to call it the “ultimate, ultra-light mountain hunting [Read More…]
IWI US just posted this on their Facebook page. I called them to confirm, it is a .308 Tavor. The rifle looks interesting. It is like a hybrid between the SAR and X95. The handguard and mag well are reminiscent of an SAR. Even the bolt release is SAR styled. Yet the [Read More…]
A cool head under fire was on display in a video released just yesterday, in which a female sniper of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ, a part of the largely Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces narrowly avoided the bullet of an ISIS sniper who had her in his [Read More…]
It is the summer of 1989 and I’m a kid on a family vacation traveling through Silverthorne, Colorado. Being huge Indiana Jones fans, we decide to beat the heat and and catch a matinee showing of ‘The Last Crusade’ for a second time. It was that [Read More…]
Aybars is a Turkish Twitter analyst who very recently has been sharing a number of very detailed photographs concerning precision rifles among Turkish security forces. Primarily these are from the infantry deployed in Syria, however, he has also focused on Special [Read More…]
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