This year the first weekend of May holds more than just Derby Day, it includes two days of free firearms instruction courtesy of Bass Pro. Bass Pro has been in business since 1971 and has more than 70 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada, and with that kind of [Read More…]
Ruger announced the company will now manufacture the 77/17 rifle for the 17 WSM cartridge. These bolt-action guns will use an American Walnut stock with checkering and a 24″ stainless steel barrel. Metal parts will have a matte stainless finish. The guns will [Read More…]
Today we talk about five guns that we believe offer the most fun to dollar ratio. Any day at the range is a good day, but a cheap day at the range is better! The transcript follows … – Hey guys. It’s Alex C. again with The Firearm Blog. – This is Patrick R. from […] [Read More…]
John Browning designed the Browning Auto-5 shotgun in the late 1800s and patented it in 1900. It featured a unique long recoil action never seen before where the barrel is free to recoil rearwards inside the action. I always enjoy watching a Auto-5 being fired and [Read More…]
This week’s DTIC document is one well worth reading in the interest of understanding the AR-15’s early deployment and subsequent “fall from grace” later in the 1960s. It bears more detailed examination than I usually put into the Weekly DTIC, so [Read More…]
DOCTER is a brand of Analytik Jena of Germany, a high-end corporation specializing in analytical measuring technology, life science, and optoelectronics. At SHOT Show this year they were exhibiting their Sight C reflex red dot sight that has some impressive features. [Read More…]
American Sniper, the Clint Eastwood biography of late Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, roused a lot of attention among Iraqi audiences, despite the subject matter of US-occupied Iraq. According to the New York Post, the film drew Iraqi cinema patrons in a big way: [Read More…]
Take a brief walk down shotgun-history lane with me. In 1963, Remington introduced the Model 1100, a gas actuated semi-auto shotgun that ushered in a new era of shotguns with noticeable improvements not only in felt recoil but in its consistent cycling. In fact, in 1978 [Read More…]
Controversy over small arms is nothing new. Back in the early 1950s, when the 7.62x51mm was called the “.30 Light Rifle” and NATO still believed it could achieve the goal of a universal standard rifle, there was (quite naturally, given the large number of [Read More…]
In the animal kingdom, the honey badger is a solitary, intelligent creature known for its ferocity and bad-tempered, savage attacks. And in the world of firearms, it’s much the same: the AAC Honey Badger PDW is a seriously tough rifle, and in 2015, it’s finally [Read More…]
For this week’s DTIC, we have a document that’s not so much significant as it is interesting. Round-Robin Comparison Test of Light Rifle Ammunition Caliber .30 is an early look into the program that would beget the 7.62x51mm NATO round. An atom-sized [Read More…]
10. Thorneycroft Carbine Some of you might be familiar with this gun, but few know that almost all available pictures of it are misleading, at best. The picture below is not of the original Thorneycroft Carbine, but of the later Thorneycroft-Farquhar rifle. The title [Read More…]
Roy sent us photos of his new modernized Mosin Nagant 91/30 built with no permanent alterations to the original Mosin barreled action or other parts. He writes … My newest (to me) rifle, and perhaps my new favorite, this is a customized Mosin Nagant 91/30. Out [Read More…]
Davidson’s announced two new Walther PK380 pistols designed for “just plain fun.” One has a cheetah print frame, while the other has a red tiger stripe frame. While these finishes are not for everyone, they illustrate the growing trend of customization [Read More…]
Jake sent us two photos of his very first gun, a WASR 10/63, given to him by his father. He writes … This WASR 10/63 is my very first gun, received as a Christmas present from my father when I was 20. It’s gone through numerous changes since then. Currently [Read More…]
Here’s an interesting weapon from Chinese firearms designers (courtesy of Armory Exotic, an excellent blog) – at first it appears to be a pretty mundane-looking handgun, but a closer look reveals a pretty unique operating mechanism: The barrel is [Read More…]
Davidson’s announced a partnership with Ruger on a pair of new LCP and LC9s pistols that use the Muddy Girl camo pattern. While not a typical hunting camo pattern, the pink finish has been a popular alternative finish in recent years. Other companies offering [Read More…]
Just before heading out on a prairie dog shoot, Pete sent us this photo of this Savage 93 chambered in .17 HMR. Pete wrote … Prairie Dogging gear on the back porch at the ranch in Colorado Savage 93 in .17 HMR, BSA Sweet 17 optics, shooting mat, the rest is [Read More…]
Vortex Optics has posted up a picture on their Facebook page of a catastrophic detonation in a rifle where their optic saved the owner. The scope in question deflected shrapnel from the hot load when the barrel ruptured. TheLoadoutRoom picked the picture up with the [Read More…]
Savage Arms announced the release of a new over and under shotgun called the 555. The shotguns were first shown at the 2014 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits, and are now part of the company’s line-up. The shotguns can be had in 12- and 20-gauge, and will [Read More…]
Blaser’s new break action combination gun is a triple barrel design that gives shooters a lot of variation with each trigger pull. The BD14 is a drilling gun, which derives its name from the German word for three and not the mechanical act of boring. The top [Read More…]
ATK has announced that the company is splitting into two companies, a defense company, which will be called ATK Orbital and a sporting company that does not yet have a name. ATK Orbital will take control of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant and will sell ammunition [Read More…]
Modular Driven Technologies debuted their new MDT LSS Chassis system for Mossberg MVP rifle chambered in .223/5.56. It’s designed to use all the various collapsible AR-15 butt-stocks and pistol grips on the market. The LSS chassis also has a separate adapter [Read More…]
Browning has introduced the AB3 to their rifle at the 2014 SHOT Show. The AB3 is described by Browning as a “value-packaged” rifle. Despite its lower price point the AB3 is designed to be a contender for accuracy, features, style, and comfort. This is not what [Read More…]
Killer Innovations is a new company, based out of Tumwater, WA that is beginning to make their own line of products for the firearm market. Their first two products released were a muzzle brake that they are making in both .308 and .223 and scope rings in 30mm and [Read More…]
I have been in the gun hobby since I turned 18. On their 18th birthday, many young men and women will go out and buy a tobacco product or lottery ticket as a sort of rite of passage, but I knew what I wanted: A gun. I went to my local sports emporium and picked [Read More…]
The Steyr AUG has been around for quite a while. It was designed in the 1970’s, an era where terrific advances in special effects and movie making technology led to some of the most spectacularly corny science fiction movies of all time. Consequently the AUG looks [Read More…]
Ruger has just announced the Ruger American Rimfire, a bolt-action rimfire rifle that uses the Ruger 10/22 magazine. As much as I love the .22 cartridge, feeding it is a problem in many guns. I generally find a brand of ammunition that feeds well in a particular gun [Read More…]
Reuters has broken the news that Alliant Techsystems (ATK), the owner of Weaver optics and mounts, is in talks to purchase scope and accessory maker Bushnell. Bushnell is said to be valued at around $1 billion. The company is currently owned by the private equity [Read More…]
This post was written by Dr. Jim and Mary Clary. Under most circumstances, shooters don’t have to worry about chambering the wrong cartridge into the wrong rifle. After all, the cartridges are well marked and we all know which rifle we are shooting on any given day. [Read More…]
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