WOOX, the North Carolina purveyor of hybrid stocks, have announced the introduction of their new Furiosa Micarta Rifle Chassis. Designed for use with Remington 700, Howa 1500, Weatherby Vanguard, Sauer 100, and Tikka T3 actions. It combines aircraft-grade aluminum and [Read More…]
Modular Driven Technologies (MDT) is based in British Columbia and well-known among precision rifle shooters. Their XRS Chassis System was introduced earlier this year and the inlet options just keep on growing. The MDT XRS is now available for the rimfire CZ 457. [Read More…]
Southern Cross Small Arms is an Australian company based in New South Wales. They specialize in manufacturing quality rifle chassis at an affordable price. We had a chance to review one such chassis offering from Southern Cross Small Arms, the TSP X (Tactical Shooting [Read More…]
The market for chassis systems keeps on growing. I can understand why, as I can’t remember the last time I saw an un-modified rifle at a Precision Rifle Competition. If you own a Remington 700, a Savage or a Tikka T3 the new Generation of the TAC21 chassis from [Read More…]
A friend of mine bought a Zero Compromise ZC527 (that means 5 to 27 power magnification) riflescope and a Spuhr mount for his Ritter & Stark 6.5 Creedmoor rifle. Before he used it himself he gave TFB the opportunity to test and review it, and the results can be [Read More…]
I think I can say this without offering offense, this year was the best SHOT Show yet for Ultimatum. Two years ago when they were exhibiting in the “N” booths on the 3rd floor they faced some challenges. They were introducing their new action, the [Read More…]
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Precision stocks for rimfires New from Kinetic Research Group (KRG) for 2020 is the KRG Bravo stock made to fit both the Ruger 10/22 and the CZ 457. MSRP starts at $249 intro pricing for the 10/22 Bravo and $369 for the CZ-457 Bravo. The 10/22 stock weighs in at [Read More…]
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Benelli gets into the bolt action game Il Lupo, the Appenine wolf, is making a comeback in Italy. Appropriately enough, Benelli has named their new foray into the bolt action rifle world “Lupo”. Featuring a three lug one piece chromed bolt with 60 [Read More…]
Kinetic Research Group, or KRG for short, have a new Whiskey-3 Competition chassis available for the Remington 700 Short Action. This is KRG’s flagship chassis and features their Aluminum ARCA Forend, ARCA Spigot mount and a tool-less adjustable fixed Whiskey-3 [Read More…]
This is an extended review of the Schmidt & Bender 5-25×56 PMII rifle scope with the LRR-MIL reticle in a Spuhr SP-4602 mount. When I think of it, the Schmidt & Bender 5-25×56 PMII is probably one of the most expensive products we at TFB have ever [Read More…]
How To Shoot Long Range – The Guns Alright folks, with the introduction to How To Shoot Long Range out of the way, let’s begin discussing the gear necessary to make impacts at far distances. I do want to make it clear at the outset that nicer equipment [Read More…]
Intro: Most shooters don’t really care where their stuff comes from or how it was made as long as it performs up to their standards. If this is you don’t waste your time reading this entire article, you just need to know that Preferred Barrel Blanks, out of [Read More…]
For the long range precision rifle shooter there seems to be two main ways of building the perfect rifle. Either make your rifle as light as possible, ultra-lightweight, or (within limits) as heavy as possible. I recently helped a friend carry his ultra-light [Read More…]
So you bought that new 6.5 Creedmoor bolt action rifle and you’ve been following the Precision Rifle Series competitions for a while. Now you want to stretch the distance a little bit, don’t you? You want the skill to hit that 1000 yard target at the range, [Read More…]
Good evening everyone and thanks for joining us for yet another, albeit late, Silencer Saturday. Hopefully you all are getting a chance to spend some time with family and friends this Memorial Day weekend, maybe out on the range for some suppressed fun. In today’s [Read More…]
I’ve had the Aimpoint ACRO P-1 now for a while. I didn’t realize I was one of the first ones to get one, so I took no hurry in my evaluation. On the other hand, there are some benefits with evaluating products over time rather than just over the day. [Read More…]
The massoud lineage lives on, and it’s looking good We here at TFB are admittedly fans of the work going on at Kinetic Research Group. KRG is usually one of my first stops every year to check in on the meticulously perfected FOX-42 project. For those of our [Read More…]
TFB recently did a factory visit to Spuhr, an article which will be published in the near future. Spuhr is a relatively small company, but we witnessed a state-of-the-art manufacturing site with CNC-machines and robots combined with a quality system (Spuhr received [Read More…]
Modular Driven Technologies (Canada) are makers of Chassis Systems and Accessories for Bolt Action Rifles. The company was founded in 2009. Manufacturing takes place in Chilliwack BC, Canada. All their US sales and distribution is operated by their US entity company [Read More…]
“A complete bolt action rifle chassis system for under 400 bucks. Includes chassis, buttstock and grip.” That’s a great way of describing the new chassis and new brand of Modular Driven Technologies – MDT. As MDT is a Canadian company, [Read More…]
If you’re a hunter you may feel acquainted with the situation in this picture, Today’s Photo Of The Day. The firearm in the picture is a Tikka T3 in .308 Winchester. The suppressor is an Ase Utra SL7. This Tikka T3 sits in a GRS Riflestocks Berserk. A Zeiss [Read More…]
One of the most memorable things that has ever been told to me since my romance of firearms began as a child was this… you can’t hit what you can’t see. This can mean a lot of things, but when we are all in pursuit of shrinking our group size or [Read More…]
Long Range Lethality In part 1 of this review of Fort Scott Munitions’ TUI (Tumble upon impact) Solid copper spun (brass in the case of the 5.56) ammunition, we took a look at their short range offerings in 9mm and .300 Blackout. To reiterate: These rounds are [Read More…]
Over a year ago TFB covered the Ashbury Saber M700 Precision Rifle. It’s now time for the Tactical version in .308 Win and 6,5 Creedmoor. Hallmarks in the design of this rifle has been shoot-ability, comfort, ergonomic adjustability, modularity and low-felt [Read More…]
If you are looking for a less tactical and less “mil-spec look” for your hunting rifle Spuhr now has a hunting line for the Tikka. Another benefit is that less of your beloved pennies and dollars have to leave your wallet, and you get a slimmer mount that [Read More…]
Sterk Shooting from Australia have a double release for shooters who are looking to upgrade their Tikka T3 / T3x rifles. The products are the Sterk ULTRALIGHT Titanium Shroud and the Sterk Tikka TRG Style Titanium Shroud. Earlier this year we wrote about their [Read More…]
During the Huntex 2018 exhibition, a South African company called Gun Warrior introduced the latest, Gen5 iteration of their Warrior aluminum bolt action rifle chassis. Although this chassis will be quite a capable platform for multiple applications (tactical, hunting [Read More…]
Krossdal Gunstock is a rifle stock manufacturer located in Egilsstadir, Iceland. It is quite unusual to see gun-related products of Icelandic origin, isn’t it? In fact, Krossdal Gunstock claims to be the first ever rifle stock manufacturer from this country. Their [Read More…]
The appearance of this Norwegian stock probably looks familiar to you because one of the earlier models of these stocks was used by Savage in their Model 10 GRS rifle. GRS makes a wide variety of such stocks. The latest iteration of their polymer stock called Bifrost [Read More…]
The discussions were finalized during the IWA exhibition in Germany, and it’s now official that Stoeger Canada Ltd.will start selling Ase Utra sound suppressors in Canada. Ase Utra is a Finnish company which started in 1994, and one of the of the largest [Read More…]
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