Colt, one of the oldest and most venerable names in US firearms manufacturing may be on the verge of being acquired by one of Europe’s leading brands. Česká Zbrojovka better known as CZ are well regarded for for their classic CZ 75 pistols, their bolt actions [Read More…]
PepperBall has just introduced their new LifeLite Mobile Launcher, which can light up potential threats, and propel non-lethal PepperBalls around 250 feet per second. The PepperBall projectiles are similar to paintballs that break upon hitting a target, but rather [Read More…]
In a few years Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, plans to get humans to Mars. I’m pretty sure most people have seen the Planet in the sky, knowingly or not. It’s the 4th planet from the Sun and it’s a rather cold one. It also has the largest volcano in [Read More…]
Topic: Photo Of The Day Location: PACIFIC OCEAN – USS Somerset (LPD 25) Date & Time: Oct. 6, 2020 We’re onboard the USS Somerset (LPD 25), on top of the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship looking at a U.S. Marine Corps as they practice [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day is composed by Mr 5lade. The firearm is a CZ Bren, kindly displayed by the Droid and flight assistant Maggie. But in this POTD we pretend it’s the next NASA Gun. While you’re in your deep sleep, traveling into unknown and remote [Read More…]
Today’s Photo of the Day takes us to US Marine Corps Camp Pendelton, with a series of photos taken during a standoff munitions disruption (SMUD) training exercise. Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit tackled a number of munitions using M110 [Read More…]
The Siege of Jadotville is a 2016 movie, which is based on the book, “Siege at Jadotville,” by Declan Power, which is based on the real events that unfolded during the Congo Crisis in the early 1960s. The film follows “A” Company of the Irish 35th [Read More…]
Found this on Facebook. Imperial Arms announced their CYPHER virgin receiver. Looking at the photo up top, you can guess what it is. It’s a virgin SCAR receiver!!! Now you can build a SCAR however you want. Pistol SCAR? Sure go right ahead. After years of quiet [Read More…]
My family and I were recently in Des Moines, Iowa and we wanted to check out the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge since it had been on my radar for some time. I expected to see a few old guns and perhaps some warbirds, but I was completely taken aback by [Read More…]
Back in March, I reported on a new regulation that would turn firearms held in Australian museums into “metal blobs.” The impact this could have on the collection at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum was at the heart of the discussion. On August 30th, [Read More…]
Earlier this month, at DSEI 2019, I caught up with BCB, the manufacturer of the FRAMM configurable stock that allows users wearing a helmet and visor to shoulder their weapon with or without their visor deployed. They will be soon introducing a new cheek piece for their [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day takes us to the Coral Sea as Force Reconnaissance Marines with the Maritime Raid Force provide security while clearing a ship during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise. This took place earlier in 2019 aboard the amphibious dock landing ship [Read More…]
As a kid, I used a large donut-shaped magnet that I found in the garage, attached it to a length of rope and scoured under brackish water bridges for lost treasure. Besides dozens of crab traps, a few shopping carts and random ferrous trash, my dream of reenacting a [Read More…]
In an effort to find a new light machine gun a team of Indian Army and Defense Officials have started a tour to visit firearms manufacturers, including Arsenal in Bulgaria. The tour then continues to Israel and Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), before heading on to South [Read More…]
Glock’s Asia Pacific arm are set supply 6,000 new duty pistols to the Singapore Police Force to replace the revolvers currently issued to officers. Glock have confirmed that the 9x19mm Glock 19 Gen 5 has been selected. The Singapore Police Force, which has over [Read More…]
The firearms and museums communities were recently made aware of an online petition started by the Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum aimed at saving the firearms (and the history) in their collection. Apparently, the government in New South Wales (that’s in [Read More…]
It has been announced that France’s GIGN, the elite police tactical unit of the National Gendarmerie have adopted the FRAMM multi-position stock, for use with ballistic face shields, from BCB International. Here’s BCB’s video demonstrating the FRAMM: [Read More…]
In a touching act of remembrance, US Concealed Carry announced late this January that they were establishing the Linda Harris Memorial Scholarship. Linda passed away at age 68 on September 1st of last year. Linda Harris The wife of George Harris, co-founder of the SIG [Read More…]
The Czech ZB30 was probably one of the better light machine gun designs that saw extensive use during the Second World War. Nations such as Japan and Britain copied aspects of it in the Bren and Japanese Type 99 LMG. It was also license-produced in some other countries as well. It was a top mounted [Read More…]
SIG MPX/MCX stocks have become a popular accessory not only for the SIG firearms but for other guns, too. There are multiple different adapters designed for these stocks such as those made by JMac Customs. Recently, KNS Precision has announced that they now make a [Read More…]
The Myanmar Military (“Tatmadaw” in Burmese) is one of the only Southeast Asian nations that manufactures the majority of its small arms and light weapons (up to 120mm mortars) and has been doing so since the early 1950s in collaboration with a number of foreign allies. The majority of [Read More…]
Although the L1A1 SLR (FN FAL) service rifle served the Australian “Digger” faithfully for an extremely long period of time, infantrymen in the Vietnam War realized that the rifle could be “tweaked” to fit the combat that the soldiers had to fight in day after [Read More…]
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB (ФСБ)) in cooperation with the Russain Ministry of Internal Affairs and National Guard seized a large cache of illegal firearms that were smuggled from Europe to Russia. When trying to identify these firearms, I was amazed to see [Read More…]
About a year ago, we reported about the SVD rifle chambered in .300 Winchester Magnum. This rebarreling project was done by the Sureshot Armament Group, a company well known for making different accessories for the SVD platform. In order to give a more in-depth [Read More…]
Recently The Freedom Shoppe in Connecticut was visited by the ATF over possible NFA violations. According to Victor Benson, proprietor of The Freedom Shoppe, the ATF is measuring his firearms with the brace folded and declaring his firearms as illegal AOWs. Based [Read More…]
If you have a passion for the history of firearms or collecting old guns then you will probably be familiar with Collector Grade Publications, a publishing house which has been publishing excellent, well researched and curated books for nearly 40 years. I’m saddened [Read More…]
CMMG has announced the release of its all-new MkW ANVIL XLR2 chambered in 6.5 Grendel. We had previously covered their other models; this version features a 22-inch medium taper barrel. The new ANVIL is capable of delivering knockdown power at longer distances [Read More…]
According to a recently published interview with the current director of Česká Zbrojovka in a Czech media platform, the small arms company is currently in the process of launching a small arms plant in Egypt. The director Lubomír Kovařík mentioned in the interview [Read More…]
BCB International, a British security and survival manufacturer based in Cardiff, Wales, will debut their ingenious FRAMM adjustable and foldable weapon stock at SHOT Show 2018. The FRAMM stock is designed to be used with ballistic helmets with visors. The FRAMM [Read More…]
Back in July, we reported that the Estonian Army was in the market for a new service rifle. A tender worth €75 million (approx. $86 million) was released calling for 20,000 new rifles, to be chambered in both 5.56x45mm and 7.62x51mm. The rifles are to replace the [Read More…]