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Colt Canada is advertising an L119A2 variant of their L119 rifle intended for UK special forces. The rifle features a monolithic upper receiver, new prong flash hider, ambidextrous controls, and a partial 1913 rail handguard. No word yet on whether these rifles have [Read More…]
Savage Arms announced a new youth rifle package based on the Model 11 Trophy Hunter rifle. Savage paired the rifle with the Nikon BDC 3-9x 40 scope which is factory mounted and bore sighted. The rifle stock has the Muddy Girl camo pattern. Rifles will carry an MSRP [Read More…]
M-LOK is the new kid on the block in the rail interface market, but Geissele Defense and its sister company ALG Defense have been quick to embrace the new standard. Announced on ALG’s Facebook page on the 11th, the company is now offering their low-cost Ergonomic [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms who sold the ARAK-21 upper is now making complete rifles. The ARAK 21 XRS features quick change barrels available in both 5.56 and .300BLK. Check out the press release from Faxion Firearms below for more information. Cincinnati, OH (June 2014) – Faxon [Read More…]
Welcome to our first rollup from the previous 13 weeks of data collection. We have presented the data in a few different ways. We have a breakdown of the vendors that are consistently low and high. We are showing the lowest and highest recorded prices for a caliber (as [Read More…]
13th week! The summary article has been submitted and should be live at https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=75836 We do appreciate the support and constructive comments and will continue this article series as long as it is productive. As always, if you have comment [Read More…]
Thanks to Everyday, No Days Off for posting this gem. Lahner Products, a German company, has made a ballistic shield that can transform. It’s a shield for a single person. It has a slight gimmick but as you keep watching it makes more sense when it turns into [Read More…]
MDTS has another collaboration with Raven Concealment. The ModuLoader Pocket Shield. It is a platform that goes inside your front pants/shorts pocket. It allows small EDC items to be consistently oriented in the pocket for expedient use. With the MPS you can EDC [Read More…]
It is just a short leap from opaque polymer receivers to clear ones. First to jump? Tennessee Arms, which published a video of their prototype receiver in action. We can glean from the footage that the receiver is actually translucent (not clear) does indeed work and [Read More…]
Coronado Arms announced the introduction of the CA-15 Competition Rifle and Competition Carbine. The guns have a .223 Wylde chamber, Geissele triggers and a variety of Magpul parts. The rifle uses an 18″ barrel with an 1:8″ twist. The carbine drops to [Read More…]
The only issue I’ve ever had with my Tavor is the trigger. Of course we all know the trigger is made for a combat rifle not target shooting so it really wasn’t anything unexpected.That issue has been remedied with the receipt of my Timney trigger for the Tavor. [Read More…]
My co-worker took me out to shoot Trap for my first time. Her fellow club member was there, his name is Ken. Ken had a very interesting shotgun. It is a Kolar Max Trap under single. It only costs $15,000. It looks similar to this one below. As I do not [Read More…]
Gun Nuts Media posted about a scandal regarding Paul Hendrix. He is a USPSA Area 6 RO. According to the Doodie Project Forums, they have been doing some detective work and are proving that Hendrix’s calls for stage times are grossly inaccurate. Hendrix is shaving [Read More…]
Steve Says: Many thanks to Spencer, a law student, for contributing this well researched guest post. This is a legal post, not a political post. Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case Abramski v. United Statesagainst Abramski in a 5–4 decision [Read More…]
As an unashamed Android fanboy, I am pleased to see the first rugged “tactical” style case available for the Samsung Galaxy S5 phone. The Strike Industries case is available in black of Flat Dark Earth. It is made out of TPU, a polymer which holds up [Read More…]
Small arms science and history are both areas of great interest for me, and the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) is the primary source of the historical documents I use to feed this interest. DTIC is a wealth of information on all defense topics, and the [Read More…]
Billed as the “largest international land and air-land defense and security exhibition” Eurosatory 2014 kicked off in Paris on the 16th. Announced during the exhibition are four new rifles from Kalashnikov Concern (formerly Izhmash). Among them are the [Read More…]
Many TFB readers already know that I love to talk about good optics. However, one type of optic that is often neglected is the eyewear. It doesn’t matter how good the scope is on your rifle, if your eyes are bad, then you won’t be using the mounted [Read More…]
MG Industries (MGI) announced the introduction of the Survival Package. The kit is based around the MARCK-15 Hydra rifle, which is an AR-style gun that uses interchangeable parts to quickly swap calibers. The base rifle in the kit comes in 9mm with a 16″ bull [Read More…]
Dutch researcher Jalila Essaidi has bio-engineered a bullet proof material using spider silk, grown from goat milk, and human skin. They tested it with a reduced velocity .22 caliber bullet. This is all well and good, but it does not help with trauma transferred. Sort [Read More…]
Gun Websites has quite the collection of Glock materials and propaganda. Most of it was collected free at tradeshows. I have some of them like the cup, stress ball, pen and keychain. I like the little 1/3 scale model and the bladetech keychain holster.
The Beretta ARX100, the rifle a lot of people have been waiting for for a few years now sounds like it is finally going to be available here in the states. While at SHOT this year I did ask about the ARX100, and was told they should start shipping sometime in April. [Read More…]
Tactical Machining recently released their new TM Recon 80% 1911 frame. As with 80% AR lowers an FFL or paperwork is not required and you’ll have to finish the remaining 20%, which include the hammer and sear pin holes, barrel seat and slide rails. They’re [Read More…]
Jerry posted a video about the pros and cons of carrying a weapon. He has some good tips that some of you may have not considered before. He stresses the importance of awareness and the responsibility of carrying a weapon. He raises the concern of retention for the [Read More…]
ARES reports that the Iranian AM50 and Russian ORSIS T-5000 are in use by the Iraqi Army (or what is left of it). I never thought I would see the day that Iraq and Iran became friends, but as they say, the enemy of my enemy is my friend … Recent photos to emerge [Read More…]
Soldier Systems Daily posted that SureFire has released a new muzzle brake. It is based off the SF SOCOM SFMB-556-1/2-28 but it removes the suppressor compatibility. This reduces the price to an affordable $59. Check them out at SureFire’s website.
Wilson Combat announced a new series of holsters for the 1911 and Glock pistols. The new Pancake Pro rigs use a thermo-laminate construction process that sandwiches a sheet of kydex between leather to give the holster good retention characteristics over its lifetime. [Read More…]
Caleb Giddings, over at Gun Nuts Media, reviewed the new H&K VP9. He is rather positive of the VP9. As is expected from an H&K, it performs well. The only real negative is the stock sights. Caleb doesn’t like them that much and is an easy fix with some [Read More…]
We have an excellent contact at TSD Combat/Suarez group who really does a great job of sending us products to test and review. To me it really speaks well of a company when they are so eager and willing to show you that their products are well made, and the ease of [Read More…]
Now those in Maryland can have a Tavor SAR as well! IWI US is now shipping the Maryland compliant SAR with a 16.5″ barrel with 3.5″ muzzle brake, which makes it 1″ over the legal OAL. IWI US also has a CA compliant rifle which began shipping back in [Read More…]
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