TNW Firearms recently announced it was now offering new versions of the Aero Survival Tactical Pistol (or ASP) that feature an extended handguard and an SB Tactical SOB Pistol Stabilizing Brace. The SOB brace is a slimmer, lighter version of the SB15 pistol brace. The [Read More…]
A recent news report in Arabic has highlighted the efforts of opposition forces in Yemen to emplace IEDs within Kalashnikov magazines, just above the floor plates of the magazines themselves. The magazines have several rounds loaded, around 4-8 to be precise. The [Read More…]
Vista Outdoors announced the newest edition to the Butler Creek brand line; A product line-up of magazine loaders for popular rifle and pistol platforms. The four loaders in the new line up are the Butler Creek ASAP Universal AR15/M16 Magazine Loader, Butler Creek [Read More…]
In the silencer world, there is nothing more sexy than a well made integrally suppressed rifle. Maintaining a near stock barrel profile, most designs are covert enough to pass as a stock firearm, that is until the trigger is pulled on a subsonic round. Georgia-based [Read More…]
We recently wrote about MBW STOCKS from Poland and their Ruger 10/22 stock kit with parts from the AK47. Founded in 2017 MBW Stocks have not been around for long, but they make wooden stocks for various firearms. They claim to be focused on quality and use only [Read More…]
This image of a rigged 7.62x39mm AKM has recently been making the rounds on social media, one of the first being the Twitter account of KufriusMaximus, a pro-Kurdish commentator. From what the chatter is telling us, the photograph is of an AKM recovered in the [Read More…]
While HERA Arms are doing their best to deliver back orders of the CQR buttstocks for the AR-15 rifles they just announced officially that they are in R&D for a version for AR-10s. As you can realize there are no pictures or drawings for us to show, but the best [Read More…]
In recent years, discreet carry bags – especially those for long guns – have become more popular with some in the shooting community. As a guy who likes to travel, I can certainly appreciate the need for having a non-obvious gun bag when strolling through [Read More…]
After almost half a decade, the long-standing drought of 22 Lone Rifle ammunition is finally behind us. Confirming this triumph is good old Wal Mart who announced internally that any and all restrictions on purchasing 22 ammo in bulk have been removed. Up until [Read More…]
Every shooter has what they refer to as their list of “grail guns”. That is, firearms they would easily order up if they had the resources to buy whatever they wanted (#hipointcarbine). On the other end of the line are the “everyday” type guns [Read More…]
Before I was assigned to review the Comrade Arms TAK-47, I had never considered owning an AK-based shotgun, nor did I ever expect to review one designed in New Zealand! Sure, I’ve seen the professional competitors with their tricked out Saiga 12’s, running [Read More…]
Continuing our march towards “normalizing” silencers within the gun industry, rimfire powerhouse Ruger is manufacturing the Silent-SR ISB – an integrally suppressed barrel assembly for the 10/22 and Charger platforms. Although I will avoid Hearing [Read More…]
If you’ve worked the pits at a high power rifle match you probably already know what it sounds like to be shot at from a distance. If you’ve been downrange for Uncle Sugar, you might also know. But thankfully, most folks don’t know what bullets sound [Read More…]
Thompson Machine is now offering an integrally suppressed 17 HMR rifle based on the Savage 93R. The Savage 93R is a bolt action rifle that comes in a variety of styles. One such variant comes with a threaded barrel. However, Thompson Machine decided to go with [Read More…]
Firepower United aka Phuc Long posted this photo of a Volquartsen tactical .22LR pistol. Volquartsen is well known for making high end versions of Ruger’s popular 10/22 and MKIII/IV pistols. The Scorpion is one of their pistols base do off of the Ruger MKIII. [Read More…]
Two months ago Keystone Sporting Arms posted a teaser picture of their Crickett Precision Rifle (CPR). Click here to read the article I posted. Below is the photo I posted in that previous article. As you can see, it is a scaled down Accuracy International style stock [Read More…]
A few months back, I had the opportunity to dig into the backstory of TANDEMKROSS – an unassuming New Hampshire based company that focuses on squeezing performance out of rimfire pistols. And with the recent edition of the Ruger MKIV, the S&W Victory and [Read More…]
KRISS USA out of Chesapeake, Virginia are rolling out last year’s biggest “secret“, their DEFIANCE DMK22 series. Perhaps most know for the characteristic KRISS Vector carbines, it’s now time for Kriss to get their AR-15 .22LR onto the market. [Read More…]
Natezoinks posted this video on Jan 4. They shoot a 10/22 with sub sonic .22LR ammo by Normatac into a Twinkie. They jokingly say “I think we have a Twinkie Silencer folks!”. Did they make a silencer though? I would argue that they did not. First of all the [Read More…]
At last year’s SHOT Show, we gave you a peek at the upcoming Defiance DMK-22 rifle and hinted at a release date as well as a pretty interesting feature. Well now that they have come out and said it in the below press release, the DMK-22 will accept MOST Ruger [Read More…]
The .45-70 cartridge is created by SSK Industries. The company was founded and is run by famous cartridge designer J.D. Jones. Mr. Jones is the inventor of JDJ and Whisper families of cartridges. The .45-70 Whisper is made of .45-70 Government brass cut down to [Read More…]
A few months ago, Ruger announced that they were discontinuing the 77/22, 77/357 and 77/44 line of bolt action rifles, leaving me a bit disheartened. My spirits have been buoyed a bit with the introduction of a present model upgrade. The Newport New Hampshire-based [Read More…]
I know, I know. I’ve been a bit remiss at completing the Home-Based FFL series complete. Fortunately, there are many passionate TFB readers who are able to light, maintain, and grow a bonfire on my derriere to keep it moving. My thanks for the motivation! At the [Read More…]
What sort of object can shrug off a bullet, but shatters with just a little touch? The answer is a Prince Rupert’s Drop, an object formed from molten glass simply dropped into water to cool. I’ll explain how this works below, but first, check out the video [Read More…]
Tactical Solutions, solutions provider to those seeking tactical upgrades for .22 rimfire, has announced the expansion of their X-Ring line of rifles including the Magpul Hunter X-22 stock sets. Announced as a partnership, Tactical Solutions is offering two new [Read More…]
Along with the IAR finalists consisting of Heckler & Koch’s 416, FN’s HAMR, Colt submitted an entry to the Marine Corps Infantry Automatic Rifle competition. Of course, this is ancient history, and H&K won the competition with M27 IAR. However, [Read More…]
South African company Truvelo has released a new anti-materiel bolt action rifle chambered in 20x42mm caliber. The rifle itself is not new, because it is based on their large caliber CMS rifles, but the new caliber makes it a pretty interesting military firearm. Truvelo [Read More…]
To be honest, I can’t stand traditional Black Friday sales tactics. A mad rush of people fighting over stuff they probably don’t need or want is the last place I want to be a day after Thanksgiving. In fact If I never set foot in a mall again, I’ll be [Read More…]
I just finished a competition in .22LR IPSC Rifle, or so called “Mini Rifle”, so much fun! My rifle is a JP Enterprises 22 (Nordic Components) which is very similar to my JP .223 Rem. It’s great for training, and cutting the ammunition cost while still [Read More…]
This is not a political post of any sort: it’s always interesting to study arms and ammunition sales just ahead of any United States presidential election. At least it might give you some explanation as to why your order isn’t shipping. I remember the last [Read More…]
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