I had never heard of Ultradot before today and am now very interested in giving their products a run. Ultradot has been around since 1989, producing their sights in Japan, and sponsoring an NRA Team at Camp Perry. They had seven offerings at SHOT, and are in the [Read More…]
Inexpensive .22 caliber rifles that are modified to resemble military rifles are nothing new; the Stevens 87M was an early attempt to create a visually modified .22 rifle for military training, and today you can find many .22 LR weapons modified to look like almost any [Read More…]
Stopping into the German Sport Guns (GSG) booth found me eye goggling a very nice piece of WWII history, the MP-40. This was not the version currently offered by GSG in .22LR, and imported to the United States by American Tactical Imports; no, this one was chambered in [Read More…]
AUTHOR’S NOTE: While at the range on Monday, the RIA representative I talked to did not point out an important change for the Glock conversion kit. In order for the .22TCM cartridge to fit standard Glock 9mm magazines, the engineers had to shorten the cartridge [Read More…]
Kimber is coming out with some more Sapphire pistols. They are adding a Pro II and a Solo in Sapphire style. The Pro II Sapphire will retail for $1,650. Specifications Caliber: 9mm Height (inches) 90 degrees to barrel: 5.25 Weight (ounces) with empty magazine: 28 [Read More…]
UTAS made their UTS-15 Tactical Shotgun available at 2015 Industry Day at the Range and made the experience complete by putting their new suppressor on it. I had the opportunity to shoot clay targets with the UTS-15 and was pleased with the shotgun’s overall [Read More…]
Anyone that knows me certainly knows how much I like the 45acp round. When I heard the new model of the SIG 320 was coming out in 45acp in full size,carry and compact I found these as soon as I got to the range. Related: SIG P320 Selected as new US Army Handgun. As most [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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
Welcome back to TFB’s two-part tour of the NRA National Firearms Museum. Last weekend, we looked at some Gatlings, a Gardner, finely engraved doubles, and even an 8″ autocannon round case! Moving on through the museum, you are met with several exhibits [Read More…]
Taofledermaus, whose YouTube channel can only be described as equal parts entertaining, baffling, and sometimes scientifically relevant, has done it again with a New Year’s Day post you may not believe. In fact, aside from giving the standard “kids, don’t try this [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…]
Following up on their previous interview segments with AR-15 designer Jim Sullivan, Forgotten Weapons and InRange have posted a video on Full30 of Sullivan describing his view of what went wrong with the AR-15 in Vietnam. Sullivan’s view essentially boils down to [Read More…]
Dimitrios Karras of Ares Armor is a little frustrated with the BATFE’s inconsistency regarding 80% lowers, and what constitutes their manufacture. To assist ATF director B. Todd Jones in understanding, Karras wrote a letter outlining some of the previous [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…]
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…]
For New Year’s weekend FNH USA posted a sneak peek of their SHOT Show 2015 offerings with the addition of an FNS 9mm/.40 Compact. From FNH USA: General specifications for both: Striker-fired autoloader Double-action operation Available in Standard and Manual [Read More…]
An Idaho homeowner – and gun owner – found himself confronting a burglar on New Year’s Eve, but it didn’t go quite as you might expect. Bart Bryson was checking on his family’s second property, which is currently unoccupied, and when he pulled up, first [Read More…]
Here’s an idea: Making AR-15 carriers with integrated gas keys. Of course, if you are just milling carriers out of round stock on a horizontal machine as in a military BCGs, then this would considerably increase the amount of material you need to hog away to [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…]
The PSR – Precision Sniper Rifle – program has its roots in a 2008 U.S. military market survey, but it really came to life in January of 2009. It was USSOCOM that made the call to replace spec-ops sniper’s current bolt-action sniper rifles, and they wanted it done [Read More…]
Take a brief walk down shotgun-history lane with me. In 1963, Remington introduced the Model 1100, a gas actuated semi-auto shotgun that ushered in a new era of shotguns with noticeable improvements not only in felt recoil but in its consistent cycling. In fact, in 1978 [Read More…]
The AR-15 family of rifles was accepted into US service under strange circumstances. In 1962, Ordnance – previously in charge of rifle and ammunition procurement – was abolished by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and the offices themselves [Read More…]
Week 38. I hope you all had a good holiday and you were gifted tons of ammo! This week also be on the lookout for the 3rd quarter summary… We do appreciate the support and constructive comments and will continue this article series as long as it is productive. As [Read More…]
My purpose for swinging by the outdoor store nearest to my home on Christmas Eve-Eve was twofold: attempt to locate a cowboy round that has, thus far, eluded me, and pick up a new recurve bow (despite my personal compound bow preference). The bow was an easy matter and [Read More…]
Some but not many of you are aware of my background in military journalism: I’m both a gun writer and a military journalist, and the two worlds not only intertwine but complement one another. An excellent example of the way my two writing sides mingle is being [Read More…]
In the 24 hours since I spotted the piece on mygunculture.com about the best 15 Christmas gifts for gun-loving girls the theme has been picked up by other gun sites. Not only has it been picked up but the 15-item theme has stuck more than once, and because I was [Read More…]
It’s often said that small arms technology has plateaued; that development of better kinds of weapons is essentially unfeasible for the moment, and that non-optic related small arms technology had pretty much reached its peak by 1965. It would be very difficult to [Read More…]
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