Polish company Radom, maker of Beryl AK-type rifles, was demoing their MSBS rifle on the firing line at Industry Day. Unfortunately, by the time I got there, they were having difficulty finding ammunition that was compatible, and were not allowing folks to shoot either [Read More…]
At Industry Day, Ruger had squirreled away on their rifle rack a prototype micro-length action M77 Hawkeye chambered for .17 WSM. The gun is reduced in size from the regular M77, but features the same twin-lug bolt and Mauser styling (the Mauser extractor appears to [Read More…]
UTM, the company that makes marker conversion kits for military and law enforcement training, has announced a civilian derivative, utilizing lower powered non-marker ammunition for increased safety: UTM RBT RELEASES THE NEW ALTERNATIVE TO LIVE FIRE PRACTICE! FOR [Read More…]
SIG is rounding out its .300 Blackout lineup with the introduction of SIG-branded Elite Performance Ammunition in the caliber. From the press release: SIG SAUER® Introduces 300 Blackout Elite Performance Ammunition Newington, NH (January 12, 2015) – SIG SAUER, Inc. [Read More…]
Bradenton Post reports that Liberty Ammunition has won a major victory in a patent lawsuit against the DoD. Liberty Ammunition filed suit against the Department of Defense in 2011, claiming that the Department of the Army used Liberty’s trade secrets to produce [Read More…]
With the introduction of the successful metallic cartridge in the 1840s, an explosion of innovation directed towards rapid-firing infantry weapons rocked the world. The culmination of this would be the mass-produced self-loading rifle, realized with the adoption of [Read More…]
Okay, I have no idea about this one. Definitely an oddity. I’m not sure if they are going to be at SHOT, but I will be on the lookout. The press release says it is designed for concealed carry but I have some doubts… Side-by-side .38 Spl seems like it [Read More…]
Well, we all knew eventually BATFE would come down on it… Enough people kept sending letters asking or “misusing” the brace and posting about how this was a way around the SBR issue that the Technology Branch made a definitive ruling, revoking all [Read More…]
There was such positive interest around my first TFB write-up + video on this that I made a second one showing more German Disney comics that has Mickey and Friends touting their guns. In the preview screen of the video, it looks like Mickey’s got a Maxim gun. [Read More…]
Before Christmas, CZ-USA announced the impending importation of CZ S805 pistols – the first S805 pattern weapons to see importation to the United States. The pistol will be available with an adapter for a SIG brace. From CZ’s Facebook page: It’s a [Read More…]
World events have a way of reminding us that sometimes “they are out to get you”. And today a healthy bit of “paranoia” is not necessarily a bad thing. Which means keeping your head on a swivel. A friend of mine just penned the following short [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…]
SIG is aggressively pursuing a revamped lineup for 2015. As part of this, they have announced a new carbine: The SIG MCX. SIG is being fairly tight-lipped about the carbine, but claims it is “the first to be designed from the start as a silenced, short-barreled [Read More…]
Troubleshooter Berlin, TFB’s favorite German-based amateur small arms designer, has been experimenting out in the Arizona desert with a blowback-operated design based on a Taurus 92 compact. He demonstrates that, strictly speaking, the locking mechanism on the [Read More…]
In 2012, Bob Faxon of Faxon Firearms set out to make an Ar-15 upper receiver that took the best elements of the Ar-15 platform and blended it with the proven Ak-47/AKM/Ak-74/Ak-100 series of weapons. With decades of experience in the automotive, oil, energy, defense, [Read More…]
Really, Tom? Is that the best title you can come up with? SHOT is the place to put out your new products (if there is any place). I know, I know. My “title writing” muse is on vacation right now… Is anyone getting a whiff of the trend at SHOT this [Read More…]
Brendon Davis documented his first time firing his Century Arms AK-74. It has a spectacular explosion. It looks like the shooter got lucky and did not receive any damage. Here are two pictures that shows the aftermath.
My very first pistol was a 1911 Colt Commander. At the time I really had no clue as to what I had bought, or really anything about the platform. I had it until someone talked me into trading it for a Beretta 92FS, which to this day I still regret (though that decision [Read More…]
My first thought when these arrived was” “OOooooo, Shiny!”. Packed in two little bags with demure labeling were two new Glock Gen 4 Guide Rods by Lone Wolf Distributors. These were their latest release of in-house upgrades for the Glock platform. Lone [Read More…]
In response to reader emails, I’m writing an update on the case of the Idaho mother who was accidentally shot and killed by her 2-year-old son in Walmart right after Christmas. The details everyone has been wondering about have been released, and in some ways those [Read More…]
CZ USA first showed the Sonoran rifle – a long range, mountain rifle that weighs less than 8 pounds – at the 2014 SHOT Show. At the 2015 show, the company will have a new version of the gun chambered for 26 Nosler. The 26 Nosler version of the gun has a [Read More…]
Ruger is now selling a trigger upgrade for the AR-15 type rifle. Called the Elite 452, the two-stage trigger is a fully assembled kit in a polymer dry fire housing that includes a new grip, hammer spring, safety selector, and all of the needed pins, screw to mount the [Read More…]
It seems that every time an event occurs that receives a massive amount of media attention and has multiple law enforcement agencies involved, all the interesting small arms in use come out of the woodwork and make themselves available to the viewers around the world. [Read More…]
A little over ten years ago, I purchased my first Kahr – the original Kahr K9. The K9 was a single stack 9mm, which was a much less common configuration ten years ago than it is today. At the time, there was no S&W Shield, Beretta Nano, Kel-Tec PF9, [Read More…]
CZ-branded guns are now being made in the US. The first? The 1911A1. CZ will be showing their version of the 1911A1 at the 2015 SHOT Show. The pistol is designed to be a modern interpretation of the classic Government model, but with tighter tolerances and other [Read More…]
It seems like just yesterday that I pushed the press release about Strike Industries new Ultimate Selector Switches. Not three days after the article went live, I had a set in my mailbox for testing and evaluation. For the most part, selector switches are necessary but [Read More…]
Adcor Defense has been teasing on their Facebook page their “Dust-Wiper” polymer bolt carrier group. Originally introduced in their BEAR rifles, the polymer cover assists with “wiping” dust and debris from the bolt carrier during cycling after [Read More…]
I got another call from Mike at Ergo Grips. He had some new KeyMod stuff he wanted me to check out before they premier at SHOT. And not only did I get to see the new items, I got some inventory to test and evaluate… There were a number of picatinny rail sections, [Read More…]
There came a flat, black saucer-shaped object that floated above my head in the night air and hummed steadily. I found myself mesmerized by the steady, pulsating vibrations that seemed not only to tickle my ears but my whole self. When I came to my senses, I had lost [Read More…]
Have you ever wondered about the origin of the .22 LR? Have you ever wanted a small, utility rifle for bicycle or pocket carry? It turns out those two subjects are related: The New Model Pocket Rifle (First Issue) was the same basic design as the Old Model Pocket Rifle, [Read More…]
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