Week 44. .223 Rem is a little north of $0.30/rd at most places (which is consistent with the average over the last nine months). Availability seems to be a little lower, though. Other prices and calibers seem to be generally holding prices and availability. We do [Read More…]
Chuck sent us some great photos of his nifty new AR-10 built on a Aero M5E1 receiver. Specs: Custom AR10 Aero M5E1 Build w/ Mega Barrel, M5E1 Upper Receiver Features: • 18” Mega Arm 308 Barrel • Low profile melonite gas block, installed • Melonite mid-length [Read More…]
The Taiwan Strait, an 180km-wide body of water that separates two sides that both claim to be the legitimate government of China. Mainland’s PRC government labels Taiwan as the renegade island province. While the ROC government in Taiwan often calls the mainland [Read More…]
Now known as a significant part of the now ubiquitous AR platform, the charging handle has an interesting history from the first ambidextrous design (mounted on the top of the AR-10, inside the charging handle) to its final multitude of iterations. Leitner-Wise has [Read More…]
A 16-year-old engaging in magnet finishing(?) made quite the haul earlier this week. During his endeavors, he discovered a cache of 40 weapons including some incredible iconic designs. But while combing Greylake on the Somerset Levels with a rope and a strong magnet [Read More…]
Stryker Enterprises is a manufacturer of accessories for the FNH SCAR platform. One of their biggest enhancements is the SEAL (SCAR Enhanced Alloy Lower). It was originally designed for the SCAR 17S, but they have expanded to enhancing the SCAR16S. Similar to the [Read More…]
FAMAE, Chilean maker of SIG 540 derivatives, has announced their intention to import their products to the USA, through importer AD&R Imports. Many of the products will have to be imported as pistols, but FAMAE has also offered to import the shorter weapons with [Read More…]
Timothy Yan sent us these photos he took of the new Lancer L30 LRT (Long Range Tactical). Tim writes … Out in the desert testing the new Lancer L30 LRT (Long Range Tactical) rifle in .308 cal. It’s an AR-10 style rifle that features direct-impingement gas [Read More…]
One of the more unique firearms I came across during SHOT Show this year was from Turkish firearms company Derya Silah Sanayi, or Derya Hunting Arms. The new, patented Derya Mk-10 AR-style semi-auto shotguns present very interesting additions to the shotgun market, [Read More…]
My last day at SHOT I finally got to stop by one of my last vendors, Gemtech. Even near the end of the show, their huge booth was still packed with hardly any room to spare. The new products that were being showcased at SHOT include The Arrow (and the Arrow’s [Read More…]
Armalite has significantly re-worked its M-15 and AR-10 product line. Still offered are Armalite’s more trademarked “A4” style AR-10s, but now Armalite is offering railed, braked guns intended for 3-gun competition, as well as brace-equipped M-15 and [Read More…]
Wilson Combat has entered the big bore EBR market with its new line of .308 caliber AR-pattern rifles. They feature Wilson Combat’s trademarked “BILLet-AR” receiver construction, and come in both 16″ and 20″ lengths. From the somewhat [Read More…]
Ulf….what? Only Alexander Arms would name their semi-auto .338 Lapua Magnum rifle with an unpronounceable ancient Viking name. Ulfberht is a type of mythical Viking sword that were carried by few high ranking Viking elites and chieftains. The .338 Lapua Magnum [Read More…]
Here at TFB, we’re excited to be sharing new patents with you through our Patent Database. To celebrate, this weekend we’ll be looking at ten firearms patents that changed history, broke ground ahead of their time, or were just plain awesome. Without [Read More…]
10. Thorneycroft Carbine Some of you might be familiar with this gun, but few know that almost all available pictures of it are misleading, at best. The picture below is not of the original Thorneycroft Carbine, but of the later Thorneycroft-Farquhar rifle. The title [Read More…]
Week 35. A lot of prices are up this week–must be pre-holiday price raising. Still, ammo makes a great Christmas/Hanukkah/[Insert Holiday of Choice]/etc. gift, and with the lower gas prices, maybe there is some extra cash to put toward shooting… We do [Read More…]
Zachary, whose father owns Easton Firearms Refinishing, sent us this photo of a Bengal Tiger Stripe Cerakote AR-15 that went through the shop. It looks really good! Zachary wrote … These are some of the recent Cerakote projects that have come through my [Read More…]
Week 31. Again .22LR is coming in around $0.10/rd. And I agree with a number of the comments from last week. You can find bricks cheap locally in a lot of places. Which is going to be really important for a review I have coming out in a couple of weeks… It looks [Read More…]
Guns and Holsters shares a little more detail about Armalite’s new M-15 line. We had mentioned Armalite’s new AR-10 pistol. As well as the Luth-AR stock partnership. Well according to Guns and Holsters, some of the new M-15s will be chambered in .223 Wylde. [Read More…]
Week 30. Run for it. Munire has .22lr for $0.10/rd. But only 202 500rd bricks in stock (at the time of compilation of this data). Otherwise, ammo prices seem to be holding pretty constant. We do appreciate the support and constructive comments and will continue this [Read More…]
Aero Precision, a major manufacturer of AR-15 and AR-10 receivers, has recently started making 1-piece scope mounts for the AR-15 and AR-10 style rifles and other types of black rifles. Based in Tacoma, Washington, Aero Precision was founded as a CNC metal component [Read More…]
ArmaLite was showing a whole new line of pistols along with a complete make-over of the AR-10 and M-15 lines of rifles at the 2014 NASGW Expo last week. One of those new guns is a AR-style pistol chambered for the .308 Win cartridge. The pistol has a 13.5″ barrel [Read More…]
Armalite has announced a partnership with Rany Luth’s (founder of DPMS Panther Arms) company LUTH-AR to provide Armalite’s 2015 line of rifles with LUTH-AR stocks. The Tactical Wire reports: Geneseo, IL-ArmaLite is pleased to announce its partnership with [Read More…]
Defense Distributed has come out with an inexpensive miniature CNC for milling 80% lowers. Similar in size to a Makerbot, the Ghost Gunner CNC can easily sit on a desktop. They have pre-orders up now. Only about 63 orders left at $1199 per machine. Like all Defense [Read More…]
To most TFB readers, the terms “battle rifle” and “assault rifle” are probably familiar ones. A “battle rifle” is something chambered in 7.62mm, or maybe any full power rifle cartridge, which has a big 20 round box magazine and fires [Read More…]
Remember the Palmetto State Armory PA10 .308 stripped lower receiver we posted about last month? Well they’ve finally released an upper chambered in .308 Winchester to go along with it. Dubbed the PSA PA10 upper, it features a 16″ stainless steel barrel, mid [Read More…]
ArmaLite is now offering three rifles in a new line called Defensive Sporting Rifles. Two guns are chambered in 5.56 NATO, while the third is chambered for the 7.62 NATO cartridge. All of the rifles are aggressively priced, and likely to appeal to many [Read More…]
Lantac Tactical showcases their muzzle brakes in this beautifully shot video. The cinematographer uses a little bit of J.J. Abrams’ style and has lens flare galore in some of the early product shots. Then in the following scenes we get slow motion shots of an [Read More…]
Blitzkrieg Components has released a purpose-designed buffer for 9mm AR-15 platforms. The new buffer differs by using a polycarbonate piston head which encases a shock absorber. Blitzkrieg claims that the new buffer design “eliminates buffer wear” and [Read More…]
Week 16. A couple of the vendors contacted me today and wanted to pass on that they are seeing a run on ammo right now, likely due to the sanctions that were recently announced. Also given some of the other world events within the past couple of days we may see some [Read More…]
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