Having left the Bérgom company in 1975, a still hopeful Nelmo Suzano kept his mind pretty active in the creations department. His new plans involved the conception of a family of more modern-looking weapons which included a 9x19mm submachine gun, a 5.56x45mm assault [Read More…]
Late in 1978, Nelmo Suzano started work in the development of a 5.56x45mm assault rifle in the bullpup configuration, a long-time idea that had flashed on-and-off in his mind. Sure, the British EM1 and EM2 of the 1950s may have sparked the fire, more so in the mid-1970s [Read More…]
Nelmo Suzano’s venture with the ill-fated ENARM company in the early-to-mid 1980s was, regrettably, the last time his ideas were transformed in actual working prototypes. However, during the 1990s, conceptions were still to reach the surface of his drawing board, [Read More…]
Stag Arms introduced a number of new products at the recent SHOT Show including a new rifle called the Stag-10. If you were to guess that the Stag-10 is a AR-10 like gun chambered in .308, you would be correct. The Stag-10 is a semi-automatic rifle chambered in the [Read More…]
Wilkinson Tactical is showing its new 12 gauge AR-style shotgun. It is built on a slightly modified AR-10 lower receiver. It has nickel-boron coated internal components that don’t require lubrication for reliable operation. It comes with a free-floating handguard [Read More…]
Walking around Range Day, I got to take a close look at Civilian Force Arms. Civilian Force Arms was started several years ago, by Yonas Hagos, a Sudanese born American, who served during the Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom campaigns. Being an [Read More…]
Leveraging their proprietary POWERBOLT technology found on the CMMG MUTANT, CMMG is now offering a rifle chambered in 458 SOCOM. The CMMG MkW ANVIL, is an Ar-15 patterned rifle that features an adjustable gas system, and a mid sized receiver that falls in between the [Read More…]
Savage teased us about the MSR-10 and MSR-15 last month, and now the actual product has been announced and the particulars are out in the public. The MSR rifles will have what you have come to expect in this price range, but with a distinct Vista Outdoors flavor. The [Read More…]
The AR-15-style combined safety/selector thumb lever has become a hallmark of modern assault rifle and carbine design, proving to be an ergonomic and simple design for fire control management. However, it wasn’t always that way. The AR-15’s selector lever [Read More…]
Savage has been on quite a roll lately. They have teased us about the upcoming MSR-15 and MSR-10 rifles with a slick YouTube video, they announced the cool new A-Series rimfire auto-loaders and the Savage Stealth centerfire chassis rifles announced last October are [Read More…]
Weapons in use by the world’s leading military and LE forces are usually well known to the general public due to their being frequently shown in the mainstream media as a result of their respective countries’ public relations efforts and/or some publicity generated [Read More…]
Like most modern shooters, my tech side is in an eternal battle with the analog part of my life. On the one hand, third generation night vision is something I can see researching to death. On the other hand, a simple lever action rifle with well-finished wood is pure [Read More…]
More and more, it seems like we are on the cusp of a break in the small arms “plateau”, and that major changes may be coming both in the technology and use of infantry small arms and ammunition. The biggest harbinger of this coming paradigm shift has been [Read More…]
According to Norse mythology, Mjolnir is the hammer of Thor, the God of Thunder. Mjolnir is one of the most fearsome weapons, capable of leveling mountains to dust. The market is full of pistol grips for AR-15 pistols and rifles, and here’s Venom Defense’s [Read More…]
Previously, we talked about the word “controllability”, and what it means in relation to the recoil and ergonomic characteristics of a firearm. If you haven’t already read that article, I recommend you click the link here and do so first, as this post [Read More…]
LaRue Tactical, a high-end manufacturer of resetting target systems, Quick-Detachable optic mounts and AR precision rifles, began producing their own 2-stage trigger design in 2015. Named the MBT-2S, the new LaRue trigger kit is made for the AR-15 and AR-10 style lower [Read More…]
I have been a willing spectator (and participant at my day job) in the pursuit of reducing weight from firearms. Armed with billet, companies are using CNC machines and a bit of engineering to remove in many cases over 95% of the base billet into some truly unique [Read More…]
NORINCO and Chongqing Jianshe Industry Group have unveiled a brand new modern 5.56mm and 7.62mm rifle platforms. We do not know much about these new guns other than the photos included here, not even the source of these photos which were passed to us anonymously. What [Read More…]
A source has told TFB that the New Zealand Defense Force will soon be announcing the adoption of the Barrett M82 for use as an anti-material rifle and the Sako TRG M10, chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum, as a long range sniper rifle. Our source, who has not led us [Read More…]
Albert Arms is a firearms manufacturer located in Schweinfurt, Germany. They produce AR-style rifles chambered in .300 Winchester Magnum and .338 Lapua Magnum called ALR-300 and ALR-338 respectively. Both guns are short stroke gas piston operated and have AR-style bolt [Read More…]
Continuing on from where we left off yesterday, in this article we’ll address the arguments that center around the Sturmgewehr’s designer – Hugo Schmeisser – and his career in Izhevsk. Let’s get on with it: 4. The AK-47 looks just [Read More…]
Arne Brennan, arguably the real “brains” behind the 6.5 Grendel cartridge, has announced the release of his latest caliber, the 375 RAPTOR. Building on the knowledge gained from the 45 RAPTOR (an improvement over .458 SOCOM), the 375 RAPTOR is, in-short, is [Read More…]
Over the past few years a lot of companies have released their own version of a blast shield or diverter that attaches to a muzzle device. One of the early ones was the Ferfrans CQB Modular Muzzle Brake, then there was Gemtech’s Muzzle Shroud, Kineti-Tech’s [Read More…]
We hear a lot of talk about how some firearms are “controllable”, while others are not. The word “controllable” or “manageable” is often used in gun reviews to describe the recoil characteristics of a gun, even though without [Read More…]
At this point we’ve looked at the data for seven intermediate calibers currently on the market, each of which is – one way or another – influencing the discussion around the question of what next generation military rifle caliber will be. Those rounds [Read More…]
Big thanks to Ronaldo Olive for sending this picture in to us. the attached photo taken last week at the famous Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, site of the equally famous Christ, the Redeemer statue in the course of a pre-Olympic training exercise being carried [Read More…]
As previously reported, CMMG sent James a pre-production model of the CMMG Anvil for review. James took the Anvil out on several range trips over a month-long period and fired around fifteen boxes of various ammunition through the Anvil without any cleaning. In this overview, James discusses what [Read More…]
Tyrant Designs CNC has been in the machining business for over 30 years. In that time they have machined products for the defense industry as well as Aerospace and the medical field.Tyrant now has an R&D team dedicated strictly to design new and innovative accessory [Read More…]
New and Improved! Defense Distributed, known for a variety of of political statements and some great firearms designs for home-manufacturing, has announced the shipment of the “Ghost Gunner 2” a desktop CNC mill to complete common 80% lower receivers. The [Read More…]
As an amateur history buff, I’m always interested to see how perspectives on topics change over the years. When reading through a 50 year old gun magazine recently, I ran headlong into one of those views that I daresay would never be found in print today. Col. [Read More…]
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