[ This article was written by Sven Ortmann of Personal Defence Weapons Central, an excellent small arms resource. ] by Sven Ortmann, lastdingo@gmx.de, 2008-01-05 There are too many misleading anecdotes and rumors about military rifle calibers floating in the air (and in [Read More…]
SAI (Special Interest Arms), who have been previously mentioned on the blog, have developed a replica Gardner Gun. Click to expand From Wikipedia: The Gardner gun was an early type of machine gun. It had one or two barrels, was fed from a vertical magazine or hopper and [Read More…]
I came across a Russian firm called DAC / Demyan who manufacture a bullpup conversion of their T-4 Carbine PCP bolt action rotary magazine repeating air gun. T-4 Bullpup T-4 Carbine The conversion to a bullpup configuration is straight forward. Initially I was confused [Read More…]
Next year (2009) Savage will be selling a new “modular sniper system” called the Model 10 BAS (I have not worked out what the acronym stands for). BAS/T (adjustable target-style butt-stock) BAS (M4 style butt-stock) The rifle is build on the Model 110 action [Read More…]
My understanding of Australian guns law is that unless you are a farmer, professional shooter (such as professional competition shooter or professional pest hunter) or collector you are only allowed paintballs markers, air guns and non-semi-automatic rimfire/centerfire [Read More…]
I did not expect this. Remington will be selling a new pump-action shotgun next year (2009) called the Model 887 NitroMag. The design is not based on the popular 870 and will not replace it. I am guessing by the name “Nitro Mag” that it will chamber 3 [Read More…]
Robinson Armament are warning customers that there is a rogue seller on gunbroker that is taking pre-orders when Robinson know they will not be receiving stock for some time. WARNING!!! We have received a report that Second Amendment Firearms in Miami, FL is taking [Read More…]
Over the past four years TangoDown have been working with the Navy Special Warfare Command and the United States Special Operations Command on a new polymer M16/SCAR/AR-15 magazine called the ARC. Although the magazine prototypes have been around for a few years, the [Read More…]
This interesting .50 BMG rifle was discovered on a raid by Mexican police and army: Click to expand. My take on the rifle is that it is a McMillian TAC-50 action with an AR-50 barrel and muzzlebreak and a homemade unfinished (no recoil pad) stock. McMillian TAC-50 [Read More…]
You better sell your first born, get a second job and start saving: the SCAR-L 16S has an MSRP of $2,696.56. FNH SCAR 16S (actual photo, not the military version) itstock posted the information at fnforum.net: They are now available, and allocated to certain [Read More…]
Don’t expect to get your hands on the Bushmaster ACR anytime soon. Bushmaster and Magpul issued this joint statement a few days ago: “The ACR is being redesigned to be a superior offering to compete for the next generation US Army infantry carbine and subcompact [Read More…]
The Firearm Blog reader Edward contacted Steyr about pre-ordering the AUG SA (civilian semi-automatic model) and was told it would $2995.00 $2295! Wow! If you want to buy one you had better start saving. It makes that $500 Steyr AUG SA NATO stock (allows use of AR-15 [Read More…]
The Savage Model 10 Predator Hunter rifle which was introduced last year is now available in Realtree Snow camo as well as Mossy Oak Brush Pattern camo. From the press release: Every year when the weather starts to cool down, the predator hunting starts to heat up. [Read More…]
Steyr is finally releasing a civilian semi-automatic AUG (AUG SA) which should be out in January next year (2009). Sabre Defense Industries will be producing the rifle. The newly produced AUG rifles are expected to be ready for distribution by January 2009. “We [Read More…]
Time to buy gun shares? CNBC says NO, and so do I. While S&W (SWHC) sell a wide range of M&P branded AR-15s, Ruger (RGR) sells the Mini-14 / Mini-30 (and since recently high capacity Mini-14 magazines) and Olin Corp. (OLN, makers of Winchester branded ammo) is [Read More…]
Earlier this year the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced they will be switching from the G3 7.62mm rifle to the HK416. The Turkish government owned arms and ordnance manufacturer MKEK will be producing the rifle under license from Heckler & Koch. The H&K G3 [Read More…]
In 2009 Remington will launch the new 12 gauge Model 870 Express Tactical pump action shotgun. The shotgun will be available in two models. The ghost ring model will include a weaver rail mounted rear XS Ghost Sight and XS Blade foresight. The standard model has a front [Read More…]
The new ARX-160 Carbine is Beretta’s entry into the M4 replacement competition. Photos by SMG-Lee M16 magazine, folding iron sights Folding stock UPDATE: Originally I called this rifle the NRX after misreading the logo. It is in the ARX-160. Below is a photo (from [Read More…]
This SRB from Spike’s Tactical looks very cool and I bet it is a lot of fun to shoot. This photo shows the $180 folding stock upgrade. The .22 ST15 features: * A3 flat top * 6″ 1×16 twist barrel * ST-15 mil spec lower * YHM mini rail free float [Read More…]
I read about Short Rifle Stock Systems (SRSS) new M14/M1A bullpup stock, the BullDog 762, at Defense Review. I suppose the designers said to themselves “just about about everything has a bullpup conversion, why not the M14?” The stock comes in a synthetic [Read More…]
Earlier this year at the Singapore Airshow, Singapore Technologies Kinetics, otherwise known as ST Kinetics or STK, the Singaporean firm who make the Ultimax 100 machine gun, announced their a new PDW (Personal Defense Weapon) type sub machine gun called the CPW [Read More…]
CenterFire Systems sell a Bullpup stock kit for AKs: The AK-47 Bullpup Stock has an overall length of 27″ and weighs 7 lbs. when installed on a rifle Chibajoe at saiga-12.com installed it on his 20 gauge Saiga Shotgun. Click to expand. Very cool.
Snowflakes in Hell (who, long overdue, is now on my blogroll) has photos of the Para Ordnance TTR AR-15. The Tactical Target Rifle features a unique recoil system above the barrel, which significantly reduces recoil and allows for a folding stock. The new Para Tactical [Read More…]
American Tactical Imports are importing the GSG-5P, a pistol version of the .22 MP5 patterned GSG-5. Click to expand. The specs are the same as the carbine/rifle version apart from weighing 400 grams less. As far as I can see it is a GSG-5 with a butt plate instead of a [Read More…]
S&W have announced the M&P15R, an AR-15 chambered for the 5.45x39mm. The idea being you can save costs by shooting the cheaper round instead of 5.56mm. The product spec sheet says the launch date was “May 1, 2008”, yet the website says coming soon. [Read More…]
SOUTHPORT, Conn. (AP) — Firearm maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. said Wednesday it is recalling Ruger SR9 pistols made between October 2007 and this month because of a safety defect. The company said the guns could fire if dropped with the safeties in the [Read More…]
The NY Times (emphasis mine): But to arm the Afghan forces that it hopes will lead this fight, the American military has relied since early last year on a fledgling company led by a 22-year-old man whose vice president was a licensed masseur. With the award last January [Read More…]
I just really like the design. Simple and functional. It looks like it should fire something more powerful than the 7.62x25mm Tokarev. SinoDefense: The Type 79 submachine gun is more or less patterned after the Type 56 (AK-47) assault rifle. It uses gas-operated, rotary [Read More…]
Military.com reported a few days ago that the entire Iraqi army is moving to the M16A2 and M4. Some Iraqi units have been using M16s since May last year. The move was originally announced last April. So far, the U.S. military has helped the Iraqi army purchase 43,000 [Read More…]
Bul handguns will be distributed in the US by Charles Daly. They are made in Israel. DoubleTapper has more information on their use with the Fobus stock in Israel (which is not likely to be offered to civilians in the US) These photo were taken by TalonArms.com at SHOT [Read More…]
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