Is the Steyr 1907 Still Relevant? by Bob McGunwriter After 110 years of service, does the venerable Roth-Steyr, better known as simply “the 1907”, still have a place in the modern battlefield? In a world of American plastic handguns like the Colt [Read More…]
A lot of the buzz at SHOT 2017 was over the U.S. Army’s selection of a pistol based on the Sig Sauer P320 to be Big Green’s next service pistol. But don’t forget the U.S. Marine Corps’ selection of the Colt Close Quarters Battle M45A1 in 2012. [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James discusses the 100% faithful reproduction of the Colt M16A1 now being offered by Colt. It’s spot-on, and pretty sweet, but is it $2,500 sweet? You be the judge. Many THANKS to: Ventura Munitions: http://bit.ly/1LKxNRP Please Support Them! They help make our [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James visits Colt in Day 1 of the SHOT Show Expo. Colt is re-launching their revolver line with the 6-round, small-frame, all-steel Cobra revolver. Also, Colt is re-invigorating the 10mm legend, the Delta Elite, with a formal re-launch and an additional model with a [Read More…]
Patrick takes the first shots with the brand new, highly anticipated Colt Cobra Revolver and the brand new Colt Gold Cup 1911 chambered in 9mm. Check out of coverage of SHOT Show 2017 for more of this years hottest guns! Thanks to our sponsors: Proxibid – Track Down Your Perfect Rifle On [Read More…]
In an American gun-lover’s dream world, the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 and the Firearms Owners Protection Act (FOPA) of 1986 would be repealed. Among other regulations, both laws control and restrict the transfer and making of fully automatic firearms. [Read More…]
Colt’s Manufacturing was on the firing line at the SHOT Show 2017 Industry Day at the Range, showing off their new handguns and rifles. Center stage was Colt’s re-entry to the double action wheelgun market, the reinvented Cobra. Unlike the previous Cobra, [Read More…]
Colt announced the company is now selling its own line of tactical flashlights and weapon lights. Initially, the company is launching eight lights: four weapon mount and four handheld lights. Handheld Lights As mentioned, the company is selling four handheld [Read More…]
In addition to bringing back the exciting Cobra revolver, Colt also has added a few more semi-auto pistols to the line-up in the form of 1911s. In this day and age of many and varied 1911 manufacturers It only make good sense that Colt should expand the 1911 line. The [Read More…]
In a move that very few shooters could have predicted, Colt has just announced that a re-release of the classic Cobra revolver is coming in 2017. The NRA’s American Rifleman published the announcement as a post authored by Mark Keefe, in the form of a mini review [Read More…]
After several years of being undercut on the market by cheaper offerings from Smith & Wesson and others, Colt introduced early in 2016 a new addition to their lineup, the “Expanse” carbine, designed to cut the price tag of a Colt carbine by $200-300 [Read More…]
Along with the IAR finalists consisting of Heckler & Koch’s 416, FN’s HAMR, Colt submitted an entry to the Marine Corps Infantry Automatic Rifle competition. Of course, this is ancient history, and H&K won the competition with M27 IAR. However, [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, Edward O takes a look at the 25th Anniversary Edition of Colt Canada’s Sa20, the civilian clone of the C7 rifle used by the Canadian Forces. For an additional perspective, Canadian Forces infantryman Wally F weighs in as a guest.
For many years Colt’s bread and butter has been the 1911 in all it’s variations, as well as the Colt AR15 and military M4. That said, they continue to release new models of this ever popular combat and competition pistol. Whatever you may think of the 1911 [Read More…]
This one of a kind 1911 was made by Colt Industries and Swartz. It is claimed to be owned by @class3johnnie and it is transferrable. He claims he acquired it from the Colt Museum. It looks gorgeous. Here is a video of him shooting it. I did not expect such a high [Read More…]
A lot of firearm companies are jumping into the ammunition arena, and Colt wants in! They are teaming up with Doubletap Ammunition to produce two new lines of ammo. One series is “Colt Defense” that will initially stock 5 different calibers, and the second [Read More…]
Colt’s Manufacturing Company announced its first M4-style rifle with a mid-length gas system. Called the Colt Combat Unit carbine, this new gun features a number of popular features in addition to the mid-length system. The gun’s SKU is LE6960-CCU. [Read More…]
Last month the bronze crest that normally resides on the Samuel Colt monument was pried off and stolen by vandals. Since then James L. Griffin, director of the Sam and Elizabeth Colt Industrial and Frontier Heritage Center in Hartford, has located the missing tribute [Read More…]
It appears that the last active duty component of the U.S. Military has retired the tried and true 1911. In an article by the Marine Corps Times, Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC), has officially announced that it is withdrawing the .45 ACP Colt Rail Guns (M45 [Read More…]
A short story for you: The SAS, currently carrying a number of Colt Canada C8 carbines, decides to pursue the IUR upgrade. The IUR is an integrated upper reciever (aka monolithic) available from Colt Canada (formerly Diemaco) The Brits opt for 10.5” and 15.7” heavy [Read More…]
Photos by Alan W. I have not seen this style grenade launcher before. It is the Colt XM148. It was the original 40mm grenade launcher for the Colt XM16. However due to the trigger design and the complexity of small parts, easily lost in the field, the XM148 was only [Read More…]
I have been fascinated with the idea of a budget Colt rifle since I heard about the Expanse Carbine a while back. After Colt’s recent financial speed bumps I am of the opinion that as long as Colt can get the Expanse into just about every gun shop out there, it [Read More…]
Slide Fire announced the company had teamed up with Colt Competition on a new CRZ-16 variant called the CRZ-16 Bump Fire Rifle. The new version of the gun, as you might expect, is equipped with a Slide Fire SSAR-15 MOD stock that allows the shooter to [Read More…]
My friend Brian M. sent this picture to me. He and I always like higher capacity especially for USPSA and 3Gun. Around the same time as my Scorpion Evo3 +10 extension, Brian had the idea to make an extension for Colt/UZI SMG magazines. It is a +8rd extension making the [Read More…]
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Colt has introduced another rifle in their Expanse budget rifle lineup with a second model more in line with what shooters expect when buying a carbine AR-15. Just before SHOT Show 2016 Colt announced that they would be building a budget rifle that had a planned MSRP of [Read More…]
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I think that we have all been in the position where we see something at a gun show that stands out as really rare or interesting, but just don’t have enough information to act on it. Even the internet can fall flat sometimes, this was one of those cases. I [Read More…]
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