Sightmark has released their latest red-dot sight, the Ultra Shot M-Spec. Those with keen eyes will see that it is very similar to their other red-dot models in terms of general size and shape. The Ultra Shot M-Spec’s new feature is Night Vision modes and a 65 MOA [Read More…]
Lidová Obranná Střelba, aka LOS, translates to People Defensive Shooting. It is a Czech shooting competition. It was started by the LEX Association. They are an association for the protection of rights for gun owners. They started LOS back in 2005. It is similar to [Read More…]
One of the moderators at Canadiangunnutz modified a SKS for a friend of his who suffered a stroke and can no longer use his right hand to cycle the bolt or dis/engage the safety. I worked on the scope mount. Easy enough to level the mount with the receiver, a few [Read More…]
While staying in Brno, CZ I went to a local range to try out some Czech made firearms. The range is called Trigger Service. They have two ranges. Range A is your traditional range with lanes and electronic pulley system for setting paper targets out to a set distance. [Read More…]
TangoDown has produced a line of spectacular SCAR accessories to help users of the rifle enhance their shooting experience. Pictured below is my SCAR with all of TangoDown’s bells and whistles: The first and most important accessory to me is the turned down, low [Read More…]
In December 2010 the city of Birmingham, UK installed the ShotSpotter, the controversial gunshot detection system. It cost approximately $257,000 to install and $36,000 each year to maintain but now, 20 months later, has now been deemed an outright failure. The BBC [Read More…]
The recent political upheaval in Egypt has fueled demand for cheap weapons for personal defense giving way to a variety of locally produced guns. Most commonly seen are patterns for simple homemade single shot shotguns and pistols circulating [Read More…]
As a direct results of the positive response from the prototype, X-Products has confirmed on their Facebook page that the Can Cannon will be headed to production. Posted on July 4th, X-Products stated that they are needing ATF approval and will have pre-orders online [Read More…]
Tactical-Life posted this up, Taser has a small POV camera that is targeted for Law Enforcement. It has 130 deg field of view but only standard resolution of 640×480. The device is rather small and they could have gone with higher resolution however I do [Read More…]
I was browsing a large historical gun auction at ProxiBid and this cannon caught my eye. It is an eight barrel hand cannon, apparently from somewhere in Asia, and is just 9″ in length. The small size, combined with the fact that each barrel has its own [Read More…]
Landed in Prague on Friday. Hotel check- in isn’t until 2pm so I left my luggage at the hotel baggage room and headed for the Česká Zbrojovka store. I asked about taking photographs and they were a bit cautious about it. They were concerned that I was casing [Read More…]
Mossberg is now expanding their plant in Eagle Pass, TX by adding another 116,000 square-foot addition for manufacturing and distribution. This comes as many other companies are leaving firearm-unfriendly states for southern states that are more 2nd amendment [Read More…]
DARPA’s Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) have done their first live-fire test of a optically guided .50 caliber bullet. Watch it hit a target in the below thermal video … From Darpa.mil … DARPA’s Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program [Read More…]
The REX ZERO 1 pistol is a new conventional hammer-fired steel pistol made in Slovenia by REX Firearms. We don’t have a lot of information about this pistol, or even the manufactures website address. What we do know is that it is probably chambered in 9mm NATO, [Read More…]
Updated. Your eyes do not deceive you. That is not a free-float fore-end. It is indeed a pump-action AR-15, named the UMOS by Bentwood Gunsmithing of Nevada. The UMOS, or Universal Manual Operating System is a novel retrofit kit for AR-15s that utilizes [Read More…]
Hogue has expanded their popular line of AR accessories with the introduction of their overmolded butt-stocks for carbines. The collapsible stocks have the trademark Hogue overmold on the buffer tube section of the stock and recoil pad ensuring the stock does not slip [Read More…]
About a month ago, I stumbled across BeatenZone Manufacturing and their ATCH with a typical post here in TFB. Anxious for us to try their product, BeatenZone contacted the editing staff and promptly sent me one of their new Advanced Tactical Charging Handles for [Read More…]
Beretta and Davidson’s teamed up to offer a purple and black U22 Neos pistol. The gun, sold exclusively through Davidson’s dealers, features a purple finish on the top rail and purple inserts in the polymer grip. The .22 LR gun has a 4.5″ barrel, [Read More…]
Applied Ballistics has released an app, in conjunction with Nielsen-Kellerman, that allows for the remote use of your Applied Ballistics Kestrel meter. If you happen to have a Kestrel Meter with the Applied Ballistics computer and bluetooth you can download an app [Read More…]
Week 15 (of data). I took last week off to celebrate the 4th with my family–I hope this didn’t impact your thirst for data trending… I think I’ve found a somewhat reliable way to flag entries if they are free of shipping costs, but it is going to [Read More…]
In the below video a Marine veteran who was blinded by an IED goes hunting at a game ranch with the TrackingPoint rifle. A spotter, using an iPad connected to the rifle, helps him align the shots.
The FN FAL is one of the greatest battle rifles to have ever graced the Earth. It garnered a reputation for extreme reliability, durability, and user friendliness over its decades of service and one of the rifles biggest fans is our boss man Steve. His opinion of the [Read More…]
No offense intended to our European, South American, African and Asian readers, but I find it really difficult to get excited about the game of soccer, although if they adopted this German’s invention I think I would take up the game … In other news, the [Read More…]
US Military camouflage developments (or misadventures depending on your point of view) inevitably influence firearm and tactical gear industry. Poor designs, such as the much hated Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP), had lead to the National Defense Authorization Act [Read More…]
Nick Irving over at The Load Out Room analyzes the increasingly popular “C”-Clamp grip. It comes from the competition world where targets are mostly stationary. However the major draw back is the lack of peripheral vision on your support hand side. There are [Read More…]
Rainer Arms has released their first complete .308 rifle, the RA-308. Outfitted with their UltraMatch billet receivers, the rifle comes complete with a corresponding 16″ (1/10″ twist) UltraMatch barrel (Shilen-blanks) and 14″ Switch .308 rail with [Read More…]
One of the more interesting things I saw at this year’s SHOT Show was the Delta Grip. Made by Ergo Grip, the Delta is a wedge shaped grip for small frame revolvers that fills the hand and gives the shooter a high grip on the gun. It is odd looking, but it felt [Read More…]
When shopping for BCG’s for an AR 15 build there are many who are of the opinion there’s not much difference between them other than price. If you do your homework you’ll find there aren’t that many companies making complete bolt carrier groups or the [Read More…]
According to Shelley at Gun Nuts Media, Kahr Arms will be offering two pistols with purple frames. The CW9 and CW380. These will be exclusive to Davidson’s According to Shelley: The MSRP on the purple CW9093PRDAV is just $435.00 and the MSRP on the [Read More…]