Continuing the coverage of new Ukrainian firearms released at the Arms and Security 2021 exhibition, today we’ll take a look at the Ballista rifle introduced by a Ukrainian company called Magna. The Magna Ballista is a multi-caliber semi-auto bullpup rifle. It [Read More…]
IDEX 2021, compared to previous editions, had a few challenges to overcome, most prominently a global pandemic that killed the majority of comparable events, both in the US and in Europe. Despite this obstacle, the organizers were able to welcome a wide range of [Read More…]
Indian small arms procurement is a complex business. Not only is the Indian Army extremely large, standing at around 1.2 million men, but it also has a complex procurement structure and an indigenous small arms manufacturing base that has failed to provide weapons that [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Today we get a closer look at the Swedish Ak5C (Ak for Automatkarbin), which is the current standard issue rifle for the Swedish military. The Ak5 was developed in the 80s from the FN FNC. Between 2004 and 2009, the Ak5 received several upgrades [Read More…]
Thumbs-up for the Steyr AUG Bullpup? Or the StG 77 (Sturmgewehr 77) as it’s called in the Austrian Army. The Steyr AUG uses a riflescope made by Swarovski. It has a 1.5x power magnification and is integrated into the receiver and there are some basic iron sights [Read More…]
Over the years, TFB has brought you some occasional tidbits about the GM6 Lynx. In 2018 it featured in a “Picture of the Day” post, in 2016 Nick brought you some cool factory tour content, and in 2014 he gave you a cool video of this behemoth in action. This [Read More…]
Having a shotgun as an escort sounds comforting, and in our Photo Of The Day we’ll take a look at one. The Hatsan Escort BTS12 is a bullpup, gas-operated and magazine-fed semi-automatic shotgun. It looks great in tan! If fires 12 gauge shells from a 76 mm [Read More…]
Back in April of 2019, we reported about a straight-pull bullpup rifle that was being developed by FIMS Firearms. Later, we had a chance to take a look at this rifle at SHOT Show 2020 and although it still was a prototype, it was already impressive in terms of overall [Read More…]
Turkish-headquartered Hatsan Arms chiefly manufactures two product lines: air guns, and shotguns. The latter, branded as Escort Shotguns, includes a variety of models from pump-action to break-open to semi-auto, purposed for hunting/sporting or home defense. From mild [Read More…]
The title of this article probably sounds like a clickbait and the gun in the image above looks more like a sci-fi movie prop. However, this is a real, functional firearm and the title precisely describes what it is – a belt-fed bullpup lever-action rifle [Read More…]
The CZ Scorpion Evo is one of the most popular pistol caliber carbines. It is affordable and is a lot of fun to shoot. It was brought into the US as a pistol but after a short while, CZ USA started offering it as a full carbine. While rifles are cool they are a bit [Read More…]
Today’s Photo of the Day sees US troops stationed in Poland get to grips with some British small arms. Men from two cavalry regiments – one British, one American, took part in a familiarisation exercise at Bemowo Piskie, in Poland, on 30th April 2020. The [Read More…]
VHS could be short for Video Home System, but in this Photo Of The Day, we’re looking at the Višenamjenska Hrvatska Strojnica (“multifunctional Croatian machine gun”). On this occasion, the HS Produkt VHS and some other firearms are used by Croatian [Read More…]
It’s not common for any product to be available for retail sale on the same day as the launch, but the new FX Wildcat MkIII from FX Airguns is a nice exception. The new model has many improvements over the previous models of Wildcats and comes in two versions: [Read More…]
MK Machining has found a way for shooters to take out their frustrations on the corona virus with COVID-19 shaped steel targets. The COVID-19 steel targets are made from sourced AR500 steel with a 12 inch diameter and are 3/8 inches thick. The targets also come with [Read More…]
Over the weekend Headstamp Publishing launched their second book – Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms, 1901–2020, written by Jonathan Ferguson of the UK’s Royal Armouries. The new book launched its Kickstarter campaign on the 12th April, it [Read More…]
Russian Degtyarev Plant‘s website has been recently updated with beautiful pictures of some of the rare and unique firearms made by this company. In today’s Photo Of The Day, we’ll take a look at their DP-64 Grenade Launcher. DP-64 is designed to be [Read More…]
The CZ Scorpion Carbine Bullpup Kit is now (finally) available on the CZ Website and shop. With an MSRP of $399, you get a kit that transforms your CZ Scorpion into a bullpup firearm that can compete with the IWI Tavor or the Steyr AUG in 9×19 mm. Description [Read More…]
One of my favorite things about writing for TFB is being able to write about the crazy things I find in the wild. Last week I was running around the various shops in western Michigan and came across this bullpup 870 conversion. The guy behind the counter was an [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 23rd edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this gat a sweet [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves looks at the incredibly tiny Bond Arms Bullpup 9, the successor to the Boberg XR9. This is a unique, boutique pistol that costs $1,099 MSRP, so you better do your homework before you decide to drop that kind of coin on a gun. Is this little fella worth [Read More…]
The Atrax bullpup rifle was developed as a semi-automatic version of the Australian Defense Force’s F90. Lithgow Arms has been planning to sell the Atrax on the civilian market in the United States since 2016. However, a spokesman for Thales, the company that [Read More…]
FIMS Firearms has published on their social media pages a photo of the pre-production prototype of their new bullpup rifle. I reached out to the company to see if they can tell me any details about the rifle. I talked to the head of engineering and product development [Read More…]
There were several new news items to keep track of while at the CZ-USA booth this year during SHOT 2019. First off the bat were some modifications to the new Bren pistol. The Bren 2MS now has a modular forend where owners can swap out forends to change the length of the handguards. This includes [Read More…]
James speaks with Bond Arms about the longer version of the Bullpup, the Bullpup 9L. Description from The Firearm Blog: Even with the longer slide, frame and barrel, the Bullpup9L has an overall length of 6″ which is similar to many modern subcompact concealed carry pistols. However, the main [Read More…]
The US Army has launched their official Prototype Project Opportunity Notice (PPON) inviting design submission for both the Next Generation Squad Weapon-Rifle (NGSW-R) and the Next Generation Squad Weapon-Automatic Rifle (NGSW-AR), both chambered in the Army’s [Read More…]
It’s not everyday that the Italian company BCM Europearms appear here at TFB, but they did already in 2012 with their “Extreme” rifles and SPAR Straight-pull AR-15s. With the appearance of their 40″ and 50″ barrels in .416 Barret and .460 [Read More…]
The “problem” with bullpup designs is the trigger, but Tyler Kemp of MK Machining said that was the least of his worries when designing this custom Remington 700 foot-print bullpup chassis system. Check it out. ««« PATREON GIVEAWAYS »»» Go to http://tfbtv.gun.team for details on [Read More…]
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During the SHOT Show 2019 Bond Arms has introduced two new firearms – an aluminum framed derringer and the longer barreled version of their Bullpup9 pistol called Bullpup9L. Both guns have some really interesting features. Let’s take a closer look. Even with [Read More…]
The CZ Scorpion Evo 3 has enraptured PCC shooters. Its low-cost fun has led to a whole host of upgrades and accessories. Early on, the only people making upgrades to the CZ Scorpion were smaller companies like Yeti Wurks, HB Industries, and Manticore Arms. A week before [Read More…]
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