The Advanced Armament Corporation (a sub-division of Remington) has launched a new firearm brand called ‘The Farm‘. The Farm line will include AR-15 and Remington 700 / Model 7 hunting rifles chambered in .300 AAC BLK and designed with suppressor use in [Read More…]
Later this year Remington will be launching a tactical version of the Versa Max shotgun, which was originally introduced last year. This tactical model has many features desired by home defense, law enforcement, competition and military shooters which are lacking from [Read More…]
NOTE: This product review was made possible by GunsForSale.com. To get up-to-date information on where to find S&W revolvers for sale, please visit GunsForSale.com. If there was ever a perfect revolver it was the S&W model 19. A revolver in medium weight that [Read More…]
NOTE: This product review was made possible by GunsForSale.com. To get up-to-date information on where to find Century rifles for sale, please visit GunsForSale.com. The Century Arms G-1 is a copy of the Fn-Fal that uses surplus parts from metric versions as well as [Read More…]
In my recent review of the Lancer L5 Advanced Warfighter Magazine, I mentioned that I did not get a chance to shoot with these mags yet, but had high hopes for them. Last weekend my hopes were affirmed after I shot a 3-gun match at a local club, and they performed [Read More…]
[ Nathan is an avid shooter and a rising senior at Penn State studying Security and Risk Analysis. ] A few months ago, Lancer Systems announced an improvement to their L5 magazine, which improved on the polymer magazine design by replacing the polymer feed lips, which [Read More…]
TFB resident expert Daniel E. Watters has published an article for Defense Industry Daily about the US Army procurement of 70,000 to 100,000 additional M4 Carbines, what is means for Colt, who own the M4 design, and for other manufacturers. Obviously, if Colt does not [Read More…]
The second handgun I ever purchased – and the most accurate I’ve ever owned – was a replica single action revolver made in Italy. It was chambered in .45 Colt and a blast to shoot. There are many varieties of single action revolvers available now, and [Read More…]
An example of how the latest in technology has found its way into the firearm industry is Benelli’s design bureau. The engineers there utilize various CAD software programs, as well as a high speed camera capable of taking 1 million frames per second, to design, [Read More…]
NOTE: This product review was made possible by GunsForSale.com. To get up-to-date information on where to find Springfield Armory 1911s for sale, please visit GunsForSale.com. Springfield Armory has been one of the very top manufacturers of 1911’s for many years. [Read More…]
Traditions Performance Firearms have updated the PA Pellet Flintlock line and added their Accelerator Breech Plug and Williams metal fiber optic sights. The new breech plug gives more consistent ignition and is easier to clean. The PA Pellet line allows the use of both [Read More…]
The US Army is looking to purchase an additional 70,000 – 100,000 M4A1 Carbines. The total estimated quantity is 70,000 to 100, 000 weapons. The Government anticipates ordering 25-30% in each of years 1 and 2 and 13-17% in each of years 3 through 5. Award is [Read More…]
Beretta semi-auto shotguns are prized in the competition world, but don’t have the same presence in the “tactical shotgun” world alongside weapons such as the Remington 870 Police and Benelli’s Tactical series. Beretta is hoping to change that [Read More…]
California Competition Works P-MAG Coupler replaces a P-MAG base allow another PMAG to be attached, increasing capacity to 60 rounds (or 50 if a 20 round magazine is used). The Coupler costs $45 and includes a replacement coil spring. [Hat Tip: ENDO]
While at IWA, I had the chance to sit down with two very knowledgeable guys from the Turkish firearms manufacturing company, Sarsilmaz. Semih, a sales executive, talked to me about the company itself and their plans to expand to the United States, while Ahmet, an [Read More…]
Chinese snipers placed first in four of the five events at the 10th Military and Police Sniper World Cup in Budapest. Chinese sniper Xu Bo placed first overall, Qing Feng, also Chinese, came in second with Martin Kunz, of Austria, coming in at third. Nineteen countries [Read More…]
For dangerous game hunters, a reliable rifle is a must; having your rifle fail when a triceratops or other African game is charging you is simply not an option. Enter the Winchester Model 70 Safari Express, built on the pre-’64 action with its claw extractor for [Read More…]
The Sig P210 is without a doubt an iconic handgun, highly respected for being an incredibly accurate firearm. However, the design didn’t lend itself to rapid and easy production, and as I was told by various sources in Europe, quality varied with the mood of the [Read More…]
[ This guest post was written by Brian Nelson. ] Not quite a month ago, Wilson Combat released the new 7.62×40 WT (Wilson Tactical) round. When I first read about it, I wasn’t sure I had a use for it. But after looking closer at it, I think it has a real future [Read More…]
The deadline to apply for a shot in Top Shot season 4 is May 20, 2011. The press release … THE HISTORY CHANNEL is seeking SKILLED MARKSMEN for SEASON 4 of its hit competition show. You’ve seen some of America’s best shooters take on the Top Shot challenge, and [Read More…]
Over at TTAG, Nick reviews the high-end Swarovski Optik Z6i 1-6×24 BRT scope. Finally we come to the question of cost. This optic costs, according to Amazon when I checked it last night, $2,300. Two Thousand Three Hundred Dollars. Or, as Chris Dumm puts it, “one arm, [Read More…]
Last month I posted photos of a Mosin Nagant rifle that broke just in front of the chamber. I had never seen that happen before. Surprisingly, it has happened again to a high-end HS Precision rifle. The rifle was being used in a shooting competition in Russia when it [Read More…]
It was bound to happen eventually. Federal have introduced pink ammunition … From the press release … Shooters can now blast clay pigeons for a cause. Federal® Ammunition’s special edition Top Gun® Target loads support finding a cure for breast cancer. [Read More…]
The latest in Beretta’s A400 line is the Xplor Action. Continuing in the Xplor tradition it features its own unique color scheme, a very attractive bronze/brown. The Action combines the high-tech features of the A400 Xcel Competition shotgun with the hunting [Read More…]
I received this cool photo from FNH-USA PR and thought it worth sharing with y’all. The shooter is Ben Voss, a member of the FNH USA Long Range Precision Rifle Team, who is competing in the upcoming Sniper’s Hide competition. The rifle is the FNAR, the [Read More…]
Gun bloggers Say Uncle and Caleb Giddings have both published guest articles at Shooting Illustrated. Both articles are worth reading. SayUncle shares his wisdom and explains why trying to catch a falling gun is a bad idea … Whether it’s guns falling from the [Read More…]
Surefire’s nifty Rapid Transition Sight are canted at 45 degrees to allow them to be used alongside scopes on 3-gun competition rifles. I have seen, and blogged about, canted picatinny rails for red dot sights but this is the first canted iron sight that I have [Read More…]
It is nice to report some good news for FN Herstal after their run of bad luck. The FN MINIMI won the competition to select a new light machine gun for the Norwegian Armed Forces. Norway will be purchasing 1,900 MINIMI guns. From the press release … Belgium-based [Read More…]
Bushmaster has moved all of its production to Remington’s factory in Ilion, NY. This comes as no surprise to anyone in the industry. For all practical purposes Bushmaster is a Remington brand rather than a separate company. This is neither a good or bad thing, it [Read More…]
This is a blog post I never thought I would write! Despite having the home field advantage, FN Herstal lost out on a contract to supply the Belgian Federal Police with pistols. Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm won the competition to replace the aging FN/Browning GP-35 [Read More…]
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