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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
Strike industries now has their steel, ultra low profile gas block available. With a MSRP of just $29.95 it is sure to be a hit with those looking to be able hide a low profile gas block under a rail system. According to Strike Industries the gas block will fit [Read More…]
LaserLyte has released their new .22LR laser training kit. Designed to fit on any .22 caliber weapon with at least a 1.875 barrel, the “LT-LR” will emit a laser dot for 100 milliseconds (1/10 second), simulating bullet impact. The LT-LR works with all .22 [Read More…]
Wilson Combat is selling complete AR uppers. The High Performance uppers have hand polished, match grade stainless steel barrels, and are finished in the Armor-Tuff coating. The uppers will work with any mil-spec lower. Uppers will be available in the following [Read More…]
Haley Strategic has a new product called the Incog Rifle Bag. It is designed to be a discrete rifle bag. It can also be placed inside a 1700 pelican rifle case. The bag is made of 1000D Cordura and measures 10″ x 31″ x 3″. The bag retails for $170 and only comes [Read More…]
A British Teenager on vacation with the British Schools Exploring Society was killed by a Polar Bear in the Svalbard islands. The Guardian reports … Horatio Chapple, 17, was on an adventure holiday to the remote Svalbard islands in Norway with the British [Read More…]
I have been talking to Concern Kalashnikov’s people about the Saiga MK-107 (semi-automatic AK-107) which features the famous balanced recoil system which is said to significantly cut down on recoil (at the expense of making the rifle’s operation more [Read More…]
Our sister-blog All Outdoors has reviewed the Heckler & Koch H&K P30L … I have always wanted a $1,100 H&K pistol about the same way I have always wanted a BMW 7 series. In reality, there are many cars far less expensive that can deliver the utility of [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB’s first AMA (Ask Me Anything). Our debut AMA’ers are Bryan Litz, Ballistician, Author and President of Applied Ballistics and Nick Vitalbo, Principal Engineer at Applied Ballistics. This is your chance to ask two of the top firearm [Read More…]
TrackingPoint’s chairman John McHale applied for a patent (#20140182179) which describes an invention that can disable the trigger of guns, such as TrackingPoint’s smart rifles, if they are within school zones (1,000 ft. of a school), on the grounds of a [Read More…]
On July 3 2014 SIG Sauer’s offices in Eckernförde, Germany were raided by German law enforcement after it was discovered that an unspecified number of SIG SP2022 ended up in Colombia. Germany bans weapon exports to Colombia because they consider it a [Read More…]
This is a TFB exclusive preview of the upcoming Meprolight (Mepro) TRU-DOT RDS battery powered reflex sight. The Mepro TRU-DOT RDS is a lower cost commercial version of the Mepro M5 reflex sight (TFB preview), which it was developed as the successor to the Mepro M21 [Read More…]
Following the publication of the Hall report, but preceding it in conception, were two important documents in the origin story of the military .22 caliber cartridge. These were Operational Requirements for an Infantry Hand Weapon by Norman A. Hitchman, and Design and [Read More…]
Originally started back in 2011, the US Army has re-energized the Modular Handgun System program and has set an “Industry Day” for July 29th at the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. The Army Times interviewed key members of the Modular Handgun System back in [Read More…]