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Is there anything ammo boxes cannot be used for? The Thodio A-BOX is a set of high-end wireless bluetooth speakers installed inside a .50 cal surplus ammunition box. The Thodio A-BOX sells for 350 Euroes (~$460 USD). From the product description … Next to the [Read More…]
MSN Money reports that Smith & Wesson’s share price took a 10% hit after sales were below Wall Street exceptions … But its weaker-than-expected forecast and news that the nation’s recent gun-buying frenzy appears to be over took their toll on [Read More…]
We have reported catastrophic failures of Caracal pistols happening around the world. Earlier this year Caracal did a limited recall of the Model C Pistol. They have now updated the recall to over every Model C pistol in every market. They are not fixing the pistols [Read More…]
TFB has early access to an already awesome product, the X Products X-15, a 50-round .223 drum. Here’s what the standard drum looks like on an AR-15. The folks at X Products shaved off some weight by skeletonizing it. Here it is: The standard version weighs 1 lb 15 [Read More…]
The Century Arms SB-47 is a “Stabilizing Brace” for AK pistols. It looks and functions almost exactly like the SIG SB15 Stabilizing Brace Pistol we reviewed a few weeks ago. Like the SIG SB15, the SB-47 is BATFE approved and requires no tax stamp, [Read More…]
A Finnish shooter named Herra Kuulapaa has taken what I think are the most beautiful high speed gun photos I have ever seen. He took the photos to understand what happens when the bullet leaves the gun. The detail on the photos is astounding. If you do nothing else [Read More…]
Since August the Royal Malaysian Police have been running ‘Ops Cantas’ (Operation Cutover), a nationwide crackdown on organized crime specifically targeting illegally acquired and manufactured firearms. This operation has included many road block around [Read More…]
I unfortunately was not able to attend DSEi this year. If you are going please email us photos, the more the better! My email address is steve@thefirearmblog.com.
In 1921 the Ithaca company created a smooth bore handgun from their standard model shotgun the Flues. These handy little handguns were christened the Auto & Burglar. That name came from the intended use for this double barrel. It was considered a gun for the good [Read More…]
This review was written by Dr. Jim and Mary Clary. If someone had told us last year that we would be writing an article on jag brushes and cleaning patches we would have asked “Why?” Most quality jag brushes do what they are supposed to do and patches; [Read More…]
Swedish website Expressen.se published photos of Swedish National Response Team (NI) snipers setting up on someones roof prior to Obama’s arrival in the country. This is the first time I have been the Sako TRG M10 in the wild. The NI snipers have a high-end [Read More…]
If summer is not for shooting hundreds of milk jugs with filled with colored water, I don’t know what it is for. A reader sent us four videos that he and his friends made of them shooting their FN PS90 carbine and FN Five-seveN pistols …
A reader sent in these photos allegedly taken of a Syrian arms bazaar in the rebel controlled city of Deir ez-Zor. The photos show a 12 year old boy, with a 1911 pistol in a shoulder holster that is to big for him, manning a stall selling loose 7.62x39mm ammunition, [Read More…]
I have gotten enthusiastically into a style of shooting match that focuses on simulating stressful shooting situations, with unorthodox shooting positions, lots of weapon manipulation, and physical challenges to get the shooter tired and degres his/her coordination and [Read More…]
Warfytr Equipment posted a few sneak peak shots on their Facebook page of the new rifle mag carrier that they have in the works. There are a ton of magazine carriers on the market, what makes theirs so special? Well unlike most every magazine carrier on the market, [Read More…]
Crimson Trace is always expanding their product line. In this case they’ve added several new red laser grips to the Master series. In the past all of the Master series used a plastic material with a wood grain finish. In addition to new G-10 grips they have also added [Read More…]
These basic single shot pistols appear very similar to the Cobray / Leinad sheet metal derringers, but with floating firing pins and a simple turn-latch. A LAKE Macquarie man who was making handguns that fell into the hands of Newcastle drug dealers was jailed [Read More…]
Since reading TFB’s article “AK Underwater With Ultra High Speed Camera” from a few weeks ago, I’ve become a fan of the YouTube Channel “Smarter Every Day” where a guy named Destin makes educational videos that are interesting and [Read More…]
SureFire is now selling new shotgun forend weaponlights. Like the older SureFire shotgun lights, the DSF unit replaces the entire forend of a shotgun and has built in controls in addition to a white light. The new units feature flashlights that have a maximum output [Read More…]
A group of netizens from the weapon forum /k/ have bandied together to build a clone of the infamous Russian VSS Vintorez suppressed rifle. They wrote on their Tumblr blog … For those who don’t yet know, we are a group of guys from /k/ who are dedicated to the [Read More…]
A reader sent us a link to the above photo that shows a Syrian rebel sniper using a Steyr Mannlicher Classic rifle. I am not sure what these sell for new in Europe, but in the USA they costs $2,200+. The scope is a letdown. It looks to be a cheap illuminated NcStar [Read More…]
This new product from Blue Force Gear looks as useful as it is simple. The Blue Force Sling Sleeve is just an elastic tube that you can thread thought sling through. When putting your gun away in the safe, truck, under your bed etc. you can fold the sling into the tube. [Read More…]
One thing that never fails to amaze me on this blog is that whenever one of our writers (myself included) or a staff member either posts a review or product announcement from Heckler and Koch, said article generates 60 plus comments in a day and of course the inevitable [Read More…]
Environ-Metal, maker of Hevi-Shot, is now selling a 12 gauge shotshell product called Hevi-Duty. The new line of ammo use a 2 3/4″ shell loaded with either 12 pellets of 00 buck or 30 pellets of #4 buckshot. Muzzle velocity is measured at 1250 fps in [Read More…]
Prvi Partizan is now loading a .30-06 round for the M1 Garand. The new load uses a 150 grain FMJ bullet and is rated at 2749 fps. If my notes are correct, this closely duplicates the M2 load using 150 grain bullet at 2740 fps. The vast majority of .30-06 [Read More…]
Need completely custom grips? Rio Grande Custom Grips can make completely custom stocks for your handgun. Provide them with an image and they are able to produce grips with that image on them. The company also makes a wide range of existing designs for 1911, [Read More…]
The Steyr AUG has been around for quite a while. It was designed in the 1970’s, an era where terrific advances in special effects and movie making technology led to some of the most spectacularly corny science fiction movies of all time. Consequently the AUG looks [Read More…]
The CIA gave one of its retiring officers’ Saddam Hussein’s .243 Ruger M77 Mannlicher Rifle as a honorarium. The famous rifle, which Saddam liked to wave around in public, is being auctioned off by RIA. It is expected to sell for only $7000 [Read More…]
We have been made aware that photos and images are not loading on the blog for some people. If you have having this problem please post your web browser version and operating system in the comments below (for example Safari 6.05, Mac or IE11, Windows 7). We are looking [Read More…]
Midwest Industries is selling a new version of the SCAR rail extension I previously mentioned last December. The SSR SCAR rail extension requires the removal of the front sight, but gives the user a “full length monolithic top rail” in return. The [Read More…]
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