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At IWA SIG Sauer Germany had a selection of handcrafted prestige guns that were engraved by SIG’s master engravers. This particular pistol is named Barracuda and was engraved by Hanns Dösel. It took my breath away. This is one of the [Read More…]
Spencer Rifle Barrels, Virginia has been purchased by MasterPiece Arms, who are best known for making MAC-10-style pistols and suppressors. Spencer Rifle Barrels specialize in high-end precision rifle barrels and long-range custom rifles. It sounds like Masterpiece [Read More…]
Guns n Girls has blogged a tutorial on Cerakoting an AR-15 … Many firearm enthusiasts have become bored with just having a plain black rifle or pistol. Even those who have Flat Dark Earth or OD Green are looking for other colors to play around with. That’s [Read More…]
We have been blogging a series on articles on building an AR-15 lower receiver from an 80% complete billet. If you don’t have the equipment to work with metal, EP Lowers sell a 80% complete fiber reinforced polymer lower that can be finished without a costly [Read More…]
Vitaly Pedchenko, who runs the forum and blogs at Rem870.com, has written a 270-page ebook on the Remington 870 platform. The book is packed full of photos (one of the benefits of an ebook-only publication), tutorials and interviews with famous shotgunners. It only took [Read More…]
Jane’s reports that The Uruguayan National Army will be replacing their 9mm Browning Hi-Power pistols with 9mm Glock 17 pistols. In what is a bizarre twist, Glock will supply Uruguay with 1,500 pistol kits which will be assembled at Army workshops. This [Read More…]
Inside the X Ring is blogging a seven part series on the AR-15. So far the first two parts have been written. Part 1 is on the history, and Part 2 is on the civilian appeal of the platform.
Ares Armor have updated their EFFIN-A compensator (the name always makes me chuckle). They have slimmed it down, knocking off half its weight, by reducing the number of ports, from 28 to 21, and removing the ability to stack multiple EFFIN-As in a row Each of the [Read More…]
Back in 2007/08 a company called Monolith Arms was promoting a pump-action 12 gauge shotgun they designed. The shotgun was notable because it fed from a horizontally mounted magazine inspired by the FN P90. They shotgun was promised to be on sale in 2007, when [Read More…]
Here’s something out of James Bond’s arsenal, ok maybe Sean Connery’s Bond. Shadow Ops Weaponry is producing these cool little .22lr single shot pen guns. You’d better have a James Bond kind of budget for one however, they currently go for $495. [Read More…]
TrackingPoint is polling the public to help them decide on the next caliber/action they should adopt for their smart rifle scope system. Right now they only have a bolt action rifle chambered in .300 Win Mag and .300 LM. Personally I think it is a no brainer: an AR-10 [Read More…]
New from SureFire is the 500 lumens Ultra Scout Light designed specifically for mounting on weapons. The M600U model features a picatinny thumbscrew mount and the M620U model features a picatinny Swing Lever mount. Both are available with a tan or black finish. [Read More…]
When I was a child my parents had an absolute ban on toy guns. I was not allowed cap guns, airsoft guns or those nifty ray guns with the flashing lights and pew-pew sound effects (when I was a teenager they allowed me to own as many real guns as I could afford, so I [Read More…]
I wrote about Blue Force Gear’s nifty Hive Satchel earlier this year. The satchel is designed to be large enough to carry a PDW, Submachine Gun or SBR (with foldable stock), but not look like a tactical gun bag (ie. black, long and covered in MOLLE attachment [Read More…]
How many times have you needed a flashlight but also needed your hands to be free? And what if you were unable to wear a headlight, how would you deal with that? Surefire has come up with a pretty cool idea with their Model 2211 Wrist Light. This is truly a unique light [Read More…]
Barnes is now selling an all-copper commemorative coin. The coins are minted from recycled copper from the company’s bullet manufacturing processes and feature the company logo, United States flag and the words “Don’t tread on me.” According [Read More…]
Crowdfunding seems to be all the rage these days, especially with AR-15 80% lower receivers. What’s crowdfunding you ask? It’s pretty much a way for companies to build capital to help fund a new product, with regular folks from the internet as backers of [Read More…]
CrossBreed holsters announced the company’s holsters designed for the XD-S 45 will also fit the XD-s 9mm. This includes all of the company’s IWB and OWB rigs including the SuperTuck Deluxe. When the XD-S 9mm was announced at the SHOT Show, Springfield [Read More…]
Many of you old timers know I usually write just one review per year. I don’t like to put my devoted minions out of work, but this year I have decided to go wild and write two reviews, this being the first … enjoy. The CTK Precision P3 Ultimate [Read More…]
This post was written by Henry SF Nachaj. I have been patterning shotguns, shotshells and chokes since the late 80s. Some interesting results were discovered as well as some strange ones: stringing patterns! Stringing patterns I discovered were due to pellets sticking [Read More…]
I love looking at bullet cross-sections. A US-based Austrian photographer took 900 photos of bullet cross sections in Switzerland, presumably the property of a ammo collector. A selection of them can seen of online. Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
We recently blogged about an elite Chinese counter-terrorism force armed with China-made AR-15 rifles. It turns out that Chinese Special Forces are also using the AR-15. These photos were taken at the 5th annual Warrior Competition held in Jordan where Special Forces [Read More…]
The Rogue Adventurer has written a post about the wide range of medium-calibre riot guns in use by Turkish police during the on-going protests. While most of the west took a ignore-them-until-they-get-bored approach to dealing with occupy protestors, Turkey is [Read More…]
Since I got into machine guns one of the most unusual things I have noticed is that an astounding amount of people who shoot most commonly available submachine guns will get ready, anchor their feet into the ground, cock the bolt to the rear, and then look at me [Read More…]
It’s back, Winchester Repeating Arms has reintroduced the iconic Model 1873 lever action rifle, dubbed “the gun that won the west”. The new Model 73 will be chambered in the popular .357/38 Special calibers and will be offered with a 30-inch barreled [Read More…]
Need a holster for your Smith & Wesson Shield? DeSantis is now making the the Dual Carry II for the pistol. The Dual Carry II allows the shooter to configure the rig as an inside-the-waistband or as an outside-the-waistband holster. When in IWB mode, the holster [Read More…]
Serbian ammunition manufacturer Prvi Partizan is now making two loads for the 6.8 SPC cartridge. The first load uses a 115 grain FMJ-BT bullet rated at about 2600 fps from a 24″ barrel. The second load uses a 115 grain HP-BT bullet that is also listed at 2600 [Read More…]
Apex Tactical Specialties announced the release of the Square Shooter, an AR-15 compensator that is clearly boxier than much of the competition. The new compensator is designed for the 5.56 NATO/.223 Rem chambered AR and should mount to any standard 1/2-28 tpi [Read More…]
Yesterday I posted a photo of Jordanian Special Forces with truck-mounted Barrett anti-material rifles and in the comments a reader shared this photo of the The Long Range Desert Group operating a .55 caliber Boys Anti-Tank rifle mounted on a truck. The The Long [Read More…]
The Swiss manufacturer Brügger & Thomet has confirmed they are working on an Advanced Police Carbine in .300 Whisper. The rifle is expected to arrive in early 2014 . Positive cross-compatibility aside, in many non-U.S. countries outside the USA, the .300 BLK or AAC [Read More…]
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