While most companies are now making a variation of the AR platform in .308, other companies are beginning to push that boundary further still by building AR platforms in .300 Win Mag. Then there is S.W.O.R.D International that decided to skip the new .300 Win Mag [Read More…]
The MPA300 Guardian is my pick for best rifle at Media Day (the range day that proceeds SHOT Show). The elegant looking is approximately the same size and weight of the Army’s .308 Win. M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System but being chambered in .300 Win. Magnum it [Read More…]
New from MasterPiece Arms (MPA) is a precision tactical-style bolt action rifle. Chambered in .308 Win. the rifle is built on a Spencer action (Spencer being a recent acquisition of MPA). The rifle will retail for $3,475. MPA’s first bolt-action rifle, chambered [Read More…]
Arsenal has announced a new SLR rifle chambered in 5.45x39mm that will sell for $1099 … Arsenal Inc. is proud to announce that for the first time ever the SLR-104FR is now available in the United States. This Bulgarian made, one-of-a-kind 5.45×39.5mm caliber [Read More…]
CMMG is offering a new AR-15 for 2014 called the Mk4 RCE. The rifle will come with a variety of popular parts standard such as a Geissele Automatics SSA 2-stage trigger, Magpul CTR buttstock, MOE pistol grip and 30 round PMAG. The rifle will be outfitted with a [Read More…]
Smith Enterprises announced the company would introduce a number of new products at the 2014 SHOT Show including: M4/M16/AR15 muzzle brake that is sound suppressor compatible AR10 muzzle brake an improved quick disconnect bipod M14 muzzle brake that will be allowed in [Read More…]
Al Jazeera tweeted a photo of an interesting mounted weapon built by a Syrian rebel. This single shot rifle (or cannon if its chambered in a small caliber cannon round) has a floating barrel action that recoils against a spring attached to a very heavy tripod weighed [Read More…]
CMMG Mk3 CBR has announced the availability of their new CMMG Mk3 CBR (Carbine Battle Rifle). Other than the name (“Rifle Carbine” is a contradiction in my opinion), it is a very slick looking carbine with quality parts at a reasonable price of $2,000. [Read More…]
CAI is now producing a splendid AK74 clone that they have dubbed the M74 Sporter, and I asked our great editor Phil White if I could review one. Let me tell you, we deal with a lot of companies here at The Firearm Blog, but CAI is really on the ball when it comes to [Read More…]
Nesika Firearms, a Freedom Group owned company based in Sturgis, South Dakota, have introduced a new line of custom rifles built on their own Nesika action. There are three models, the Sporter Rifle, the Long Range Rifle and the Tactical Rifle. Prices start at $3,499 [Read More…]
The third batch of the limited edition LaRue Tactical Costa Edition 5.56 is now on sale. The price is $2,895. The quest for a perfectly-balanced and reliable 5.56 rifle led Chris Costa to LaRue Tactical for a custom “signature series” rifle to bear his name. Costa [Read More…]
Strike Industries have added a new compensator to their line of muzzle brakes. The SI CheckMate Compensator, named after its close resemblance to a castle chess piece, is a single baffle brake with an offset top port optimized for right handed shooters (lefties, this is [Read More…]
My Russian friend and military photographer extraordinaire Vitaly V. Kuzmin sent us high resolution photos of the new Tula ADS Underwater rifle. It is quite an elegant design when viewed up close (rather than low resolution mainstream press images). The 40mm grenade [Read More…]
The DPMS LR-308 is not a new rifle by any means. In 2005 the original LR-308 was named “Gun of the Year” by the NRA publication, American Rifleman. Since 2005 DPMS has released 8 different rifles built on the same receiver in various in different [Read More…]
There are some things I would not wish on even my worst enemy, and I think a pistol chambered in .458 Winchester Magnum is high on that list. The .458 Winchester Magnum is an dangerous game cartridge capable of taking down an Elephant or a Cape Buffalo. Its muzzle [Read More…]
Introduction: As a long-time Arsenal fan and owner, I was thrilled to discover that I would be reviewing the Arsenal SAM7SF, which Arsenal has ambitiously termed the “Game Changer.” Much of this excitement derived from the fact that this new AK-pattern [Read More…]
Nobody can tell you more about the new Arsenal AK than the folks who make it. This information is from Arsenal: The SAM7SF is a semi-automatic rifle built on the legendary forged and milled receiver, manufactured by Arsenal Company of Bulgaria and re-manufactured into [Read More…]
Apex Tactical Specialties will ship a new muzzle brake in August that is designed for competition shooters. Apex claims the Enhanced Stabilization Attachment, or ESA, reduces recoil and muzzle rise to the extent that it “…leaves shooters speechless.” [Read More…]
Sintercore LLC have developed a range of muzzle brakes that I believe are the first commercially produced gun parts to be manufactured using a 3D printer. The printing technology they are using is Direct Metal Laser Sintering. DMLS makes objects by using a high powered [Read More…]
Magpul’s iPhone cases are now avalible in Red, Light Blue, Clear, Gray, Dark Blue, Teal, and Yellow. The MSRP remains the same at $12.95. On a related note, I was on Strike Industries Facebook page yesterday, looking at their new muzzle brakes, and saw a post [Read More…]
Knight’s Armament is close to shipping the 5.56 MAMS muzzle brake kit according to a post on the company’s site. The brake is said to reduce felt recoil by up to 67% depending on the length of barrel. MAMS stands for Multi-Axis Muzzle Stability. The [Read More…]
Uruguay’s special forces units are now fielding a .50 BMG precision rifle named the FS50 Peregrino. The single shot bolt action rifle looks very much like a Serbu BFG 50, but was developed and built entirely in Uruguay over a period of approximately two years. Its [Read More…]
Molot has made some changes to their Vepr-12 IPSC Special Edition shotgun. The Magpul stock has been replaced with a FAB Defense GLR-16 stock and the oversized muzzle brake has been replaced with a smaller muzzle brake/flash hider. The Vepr-12 IPSC [Read More…]
Dynamic Arms Research is a high-end German manufacturer of AR-15 rifles. DAR manufacture their own uppers, lowers, rails and muzzle brakes. They use Lothar Walther barrels and Magpul stocks and magazines. They are chambered in .223 Rem., .300 Whisper and 6.8mm [Read More…]
Iran has developed a new 20mm anti-material rifle called the Arash. The rifle is fired standing up with the gun resting on the operators shoulder, much like a RPG, and on the forward bipod. The butt stock is position about midway along the length of the gun with the [Read More…]
Izhmash produces more variants of the Saiga 12 than we can keep up with. The latest version, Version 340, features a large muzzle brake, an oversized flared magazine well and a AR-15 compatible butt stock that resembles (or is) a Magpul CTR Carbine Stock. The [Read More…]
As many readers know my family and I have a cattle ranch in the highlands of central New Mexico. In order to effectively manage our herds and mitigate calf mortality, coyotes and other predators must be culled. Aside from coyotes…there has been a recent surge in [Read More…]
One of the most interesting firearms to come out of World War II is the Fallschirmjaegergewehr 42 – the FG-42. There are so few of them still in existence that they often don’t get the attention they should, but that will all change now. SMG Guns of Decatur, [Read More…]
The Savage Model 110 BA is now available in a left-handed version. This precise, long range rifle will be set up for left-handed shooters in both .338 Lapua and .300 Win Mag. The Model 110 BA is a precision rifle marketed for the law enforcement market. As it is not [Read More…]
It would not surprise anyone if I said that I prefer to buy American made products. As a proud American, I enjoy supporting American industries (even the ones that source labor and resources from overseas) and I feel that American products are of equal quality or [Read More…]