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TFB Podcast Roundup 125: The April 19th Roundup Below are blueprints for the German MP 44 / StG 44 rifle. You can download them here. Does anyone know what it would cost to have these blueprints converted into a CAD model and animated, like this animation for example. [ Many thanks to Sven (Defence and Freedom) for [Read More…]
Colby Donaldson, the Top Shot host, and his brother Reid will soon be opening a shooting facility/experience called Texas Triggers. The idea is that you get to try a wide range of guns and participate in Top Shot-style fun shooting activities. It looks like a real [Read More…]
LaRue Tactical sent out an email announcing 7.5% – 12.5% price increase across all their product line. They claim it is because the government is printing a lot more money (by which I assume they mean inflation). Normally I am a lot more diplomatic, but I am going [Read More…]
An eagle-eyed reader spotted a photo, taken a few days ago in Afghanistan, showing a U.S. Army National Guard soldier carrying what appears to be a 10.5″ Adcor B.E.A.R upper on a M4 Carbine lower. The photo’s caption reads … U.S. Army National Guard [Read More…]
A reader emailed me these photos of the new FN SCAR-H Tactical Precision Rifle and its sibling, the FN SCAR-H PR. I like the new stock on the SCAR TPR. [ Many thanks to Lusaka for emailing us the link. ]
FMH USA has announced that sometime in the first of second quarter of 2013, they plan on selling a competition version of the FNS 9 pistol. I am not sure why they are announcing it almost a year early. “The new FNS-9 Competition handgun will feature a five inch [Read More…]
Silver Shadow has officially unveiled the double barreled AR-15 I blogged about last month. The Gilboa Snake has two barrels that are fired simultaneously, essentially double tapping on a single trigger pull. It will be available in both semi-automatic (two rounds per [Read More…]
Thales Australia has unveiled the new F90, their latest version of the Steyr AUG. Steyr may have given up development of their AUG, but the Australians continue to evolve the design. The F90 is the commercial/export version of the EF-88 which Thales have been developing [Read More…]
The Army has “clarified” (reversed) the ban on non-GI magazines. Matt Cox reports … “At best, the message is incomplete; at worst the message allows soldiers to jump to the wrong conclusions,” Bourke said. “Maintenance Information Messages [from [Read More…]
A reader emailed us this photo of a punt gun his father gave him. Lucky guy, I would love to own one of these monsters!
The Treeby gun was a muzzleloader with 14 chambers in a chain. The create a seal between the chamber and the barrel, the barrel was rotated forward and back. It is not hard to see why only two were made. It looks like the gun could easily have been fired without the [Read More…]
Who hasn’t dreamed of shooting at a target drone at the range instead of boring steel targets? I have been wanting to put together a target drone, or more specifically a drone that can carry a target, to use at the range. My biggest problem is in order to make it [Read More…]
Western Shooting Journal has published an article on choosing a field rifle cartridge … Now that we know we don’t want a recoil monster that toasts barrels while firing expensive ammo out of low capacity magazines how do we find what is a good choice? Many long [Read More…]
FN Herstal will be unveiling their new FN SCAR-H TPR Tactical Precision Rifle at Eurosatory next week. It is essentially a SCAR-H PR with a sniper-style non-foldable stock. The new stock can be adjusted in 10 positions for length of pull and 8 positions for height. It [Read More…]
This rifle was among weapons seized by Columbian Military Police from FARC guerrillas. A .50 cal upper sitting on an AR-15 lower was just about the last gun I would have expected to find in service with South American guerrillas. The single shot “shell [Read More…]
A Columbian Special Forces sniper was photographed with the Remington Modular Sniper Rifle during the Fuerzas Commando Tournament that is being held this week in El Salvador. [ Many thanks to Danny for emailing us the photo. ]
It always pains me to see the amazing replica guns designed by engineers in Asia. Can you imagine the awesome guns that would be on the market if they were free to design (and export) real guns? Rocket News reports … ZumA2 is a steel cabinetmaker living in [Read More…]
WFAA report on a new Dallas shooting range that plan on hosting parties for kids … Eagle Gun Range will host birthday parties for kids. “One of the reasons we’re doing this is, when I had my boys, I didn’t have a place to take them and educate [Read More…]
Detonics has published the specifications for a gun they say will go on sale this summer. Called the DTX, the double action semi-automatic is designed to accommodate our bodies Sympathetic Nervous System (automatic response to stress). Detonics says … The ideal [Read More…]
Fostech Outdoors are about to ship the DefendAR-15 bump fire stock for the AR-15. It is selling for $500. It works just like the other bump fire stocks on the market: the rifle sits in the stock but is free to move backwards and forwards, the operator then pushes the [Read More…]
Glenn Fleming, a gunsmith at Red Jacket Firearms, regularly gets requests from customers to rebuild MG42 from cut-up parts kits – apparently a job that is a lot less fun than it sounds. Glenn writes … The thing is, when you are remaking them, they are a pain [Read More…]
The G5, a piston-operated AR-15 rifle manufactured in Georgia (the country), entered service in the Georgian Armed Forces earlier this year. It features a full length quad rail, retractable stock similar in looks to the M4 stock, ergonomic pistol grip and BUIS. The [Read More…]
A reader scanned in this advertisement which appeared in an issue of American Rifleman during 1980. The Aimpoint Electronic was the Aimpoint’s first red dot sight. The reflector sight was invented in 1900 by the Irish telescope maker Sir Howard Grubb. Aimpoint [Read More…]
IWI will be debuting their new 40x46mm GL 40S Grenade Launcher at upcoming Eurosatory ’12 expo. It is a standard single shot grenade launcher that integrates well with the Tavor. It is side opening and so accommodates longer 40mm rounds. From the press release [Read More…]
Way back in 2007 I reported that Malaysia was switching from locally manufactured Steyr AUG carbines to M4 Carbines. Malaysian arms and ordnance manufacturer SME Ordnance obtained a license from Colt Defense to produce the rifle for Malaysian consumption and for export [Read More…]
A YouTube user claims to have seen this unidentified gun at the range. I don’t know why a person would video someone else shooting a gun without asking what they were shooting. Maybe this is a hoax, a marketing stunt or just a blank firing pistol inside a DIY [Read More…]
Our favorite Bulgarian arms manufacturer has added two new exotic grenades to their 2012 line up. The RLV-AD (Anti-Diver) round is designed to explode at a depth of 5 meters creating an underwater shockwave that is lethal at up to 15 meters and harmful up to 30 meters. [Read More…]
In video gaming the word nerf means a changes to a game which reduces the effectiveness of a particular element of a game. Often game designers “nerf” guns which are more powerful in the hands of players than they had intended. S&W has just nerfed the [Read More…]
I have often though that the Kickstarter crowd funding revolution would work well for small companies or individuals in the gun industry. Damien Gibb, the man behind Project Titan, is looking for funding to continue his project to completion. Damien wrote … Dear [Read More…]
[ This post was written by Dr. Jim and Mary Clary. ] When we first saw this pistol at the 2012 SHOT Show, we decided that we had to have one for testing. Unlike other blackpowder pistols, such as the Traditions Vortek, the Optima does not have a 70 grain maximum load [Read More…]
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