The owner of Battlefield Las Vegas has yet again graced us with another high round count report, but this time purely on Optics that the range has on their rental firearms. When they say high round count, they really mean it! The range apparently went through 500,000 [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson launched a new pistol called the SW22 Victory. A dedicated .22 LR target gun, the pistol essentially replaces the previously discontinued Model 22A guns in the company’s catalog. The new guns are single action pistols that are designed to be [Read More…]
Optics are an important part of shooting for countless gun owners. If you’re a hunter they gain an even greater importance, especially if you enjoy hunting at longer distances. And considering the element of fun added by dropping a feral hog at 1000 yards, I have [Read More…]
Bushmaster XM15 ORC I don’t remember exactly when I formed the belief that Bushmaster was not a high quality platform. I remember as far back as 1999 not having a high opinion. Certainly at that time I really had NO basis for comparison, and had not had more than a [Read More…]
JT Defense, out of Northern California has recently released a Glock red dot optics mount, to fit into the dovetail of an existing Glock. In addition to being mounted in the dovetail, an extra layer of stability is added by replacing the rear slide locking plate and [Read More…]
The Royal Marines are still rocking the old faithful H&K MP5. This is an advertisement for the Royal Marines and focuses on the S Squadron 43 Commando Protection Fleet. I am surprised they have not been equipped with red dots and flashlights, like the SureFire fore [Read More…]
It’s almost Christmas and if you’re looking for a gift for a shooter – or a little something for yourself – take a look at the new optics from Aimpoint. The new line is made up of Micro T-2 and Micro H-2. The new optics are designed to be [Read More…]
Ballistic App This past March I bought the Ballistic app for my iPad and played a little with it. A number of you readers jumped in with comments, and the general consensus is that the app was great, but the interface was complicated and documentation was sparse. My [Read More…]
Two days ago, we blogged about the New Zealand Defence Force’s promotional video sneak peak of their new service carbine, based on the Lewis Machine & Tool CQB16, which will replace the joint Australian-New-Zealand variant of the Steyr AUG in service with the [Read More…]
Recently, the New Zealand Defence Force selected Lewis Machine & Tool Company to be the supplier of rifles to replace their aging Austrian-designed Steyr AUG bullpups. The exact model of rifle was not revealed in the press release regarding LMT’s selection, [Read More…]
Fred Johnson (aka chicharrones on Rimfire Central) sent us photo of his “.22 Magnum All Purpose Carbine” be build by modifying a Zastava bolt action rifle. I live the concept and the execution. Fred writes … Here’s a creation I came up with [Read More…]
CrossBreed Holsters announced the addition of a new carry rig to the company catalog. Called the Freedom Carry, it is an inside the waistband holster that uses a combination of materials including a leather backer and polymer shell. CrossBreed Holsters designed this [Read More…]
I’ve had a little over a decade of experience with the M-16/AR-15 platform. My first introduction to the platform was a heavily beat-up M16A2 with a bent front sight post that I was unfortunate enough to draw from an armory. From there, my first AR-15 I [Read More…]
In what appears to be a direct response to the recent SOCOM-issued warning about EOTech holographic sights, and the US Government’s lawsuits against L3 Communications, the parent company of EOTech, the FBI has purchased and is now issuing Aimpoint red dot sights [Read More…]
Recently, myself and three friends attended a course taught by Wes Doss called Lights, Sights, and Lasers Tour in Wabash, Indiana. We’ve blogged about the course before on TFB but this will be an in depth review of the course materials covered and the courses of [Read More…]
Meprolight has just won a contract to supply the Israeli Defense Forces with the Mepro M5 Reflex sight for the next several years. It appears that this is going to be a whole issue, because it seems that many IDF units have a number of pieces of equipment going on, [Read More…]
Dueck Defense, hot on the heels of their expensive RBU (Red Dot Back Up), has released an inexpensive (and arguably more practical) set of iron sights for Glock handguns. The new DFR sights or Dueck Defense Fixed Rear sight is an interesting design that Dueck claims [Read More…]
I watched the latest Bond film, Spectre, last friday. While it was fun, I could not help myself from noticing the firearm issues in the movie. Warning some may consider these to be spoilers. If you have not seen the movie and care about spoilers, do not continue to read [Read More…]
New from Strike Industries comes a picatinny top rail with integrated backup iron sights for the H&K MP7. This must easily be the most niche product Strike have ever developed! The front post and rear aperture sights fold down into the rail to avoid obstructing [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson is now selling versions of the M&P CORE and M&P Ported 9mm pistols with a threaded barrel. These guns, produced by the Smith & Wesson Performance Center, are full sized pistols, have 17-round magazines and ship with tall, suppressor ready [Read More…]
Gun blogger and MVD agent KardeN released some rare high-definition photos of the unique Russian PP-2000 submachine gun. This lightweight select-fire weapon was designed as a concealable PDW and CQB weapon for VIP protection and special police and military units. [Read More…]
Stag Arms is releasing a small run of their upper halves for the holiday season, the Model 3LEH & 3LEHL. Both of them are offered in 3 separate configurations based on the sights you want. Additionally, you can upgrade them with a different twist and bolt carrier [Read More…]
I’ve been a Tavor shooter for longer than I’ve been an AR shooter, and the collector in me loves to snap up little peices of militaria related to the rifle. This summer one special unit caught my eye, and I thought I’d share it with you. What you see [Read More…]
Today was Day Two of the Blue August Expo at the Gander Mountain Training Center in Orlando, and there were more exciting product reveals and discussions with numerous gun and accessory manufacturers, but to kick things off, here I am, lucky enough to shoot the Ares [Read More…]
Jacob Herman, of Century Arms International, came to the Big 3 for a couple of hours during Century Arms’ national sales meeting. He brought out the new TP9SF and TP9SFX. The TP9SF is similar to the TP9SA. However they removed the decoking button and cold [Read More…]
At Big 3 East, ALG Defense showed off their new 6 Second Mount. The 6 Second mount was originally made with an Aimpoint T1 in mind. Well now they have offered it so you can use an RMR if you want. The ALG Defense 6-Second Mount was designed when a counter-terrorism unit [Read More…]
Open Division With about 700 competitors from 34 countries the Shotgun 2015 World Shoot in Italy is the largest IPSC Shotgun competition ever. Having Beretta, Benelli and the Kalashnikov Group as sponsors of the main event, those brand names give away quite a lot [Read More…]
This mystery shotgun with a custom speedloading mechanism was around Shotgun World Shoot in Italy. I never got to see the owner shoot or do any reloads, but I heard he is very fast in “Option 3” (empty start) and in reloading. The gun is a modified Benelli M1 (Super [Read More…]
Meprolight, the company responsible for providing a large percentage of night sights and optics to the Israeli Defensive Forces, has a new optic coming out. It’s called the TRU-DOT RDS, and it was designed with the needs of hunters in mind. Of course, just because [Read More…]
I really didn’t want to write this article. I made lots of excuses not to. But here it is. Lets get this out of the way up front: This is a negative review. After more than a year of use I am unimpressed by the Holosun optic, and wouldn’t use it on most of [Read More…]
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