Compensators used to be something you’d only ever find on competition-oriented guns. It seems as the concealed carry community has grown, however, more and more people are opting to train and carry pistols with compensators on them. It is for this reason that [Read More…]
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At SHOT Show 2022 Industry Day at the Range, Faxon Firearms and Q introduced a joint project – Q Fix bolt action rifles and AR-10 style gas guns chambered in 8.6 Blackout. The cartridge is developed by Q and the contribution of Faxon Firearms to the project is the [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms has introduced a new series of pistol compensators called EXOS. These compensators feature one large top port for muzzle rise compensation and angled side slots that “allow gas to deflect upwards as opposed to only deflecting sideways, reducing up [Read More…]
Right out of the box, most firearms are perfectly serviceable for most individuals. As your relationship with your gun evolves, you’ll probably notice that there are one or two things that you’d want to change to make it fit your exact purpose and task. [Read More…]
Owners of the Glock G43 and G43X pistols beware, there are new drop-in Faxon Match Series barrels available in various configurations and coating types. The barrels are machined by Faxon Firearms out of 416-R stainless steel and then given black Nitride or PVD surface [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms have just introduced a new line of barrels for the Ruger 10/22. I am a huge fan of the rifle and I often like to compare it to a teenager’s first car in the regard that that same teenager will almost inevitably change everything about it save for a [Read More…]
Faxon firearms have added a new product to their line of firearms accessories. The new Fill-In Magazine Marker Bands are a cheap and easy way to keep your magazines marked when they are loaded. These marker bands could keep an unaware individual from loading the wrong [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms have launched their new line of 9x19mm AR platform pistol calibre carbines. The Bantam PCCs are available as a 16in barrel carbine and a 10.5 inch braced pistol. Both feed from Glock pattern magazines and comes with M-LOK forends. Faxon describe the new [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms from Cincinnati, Ohio, engineers and manufactures parts for the AR15. The 350 Legend was announced at the 2019 SHOT Show in Las Vegas and is marketed as the “World’s Fastest Straight-Walled Hunting Cartridge“. Winchester’s legendary [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms have announced the launch of their new 9x19mm pistol line, with the guns available from the 24th June. The FX-19 Hellfire and the compact FX-19 Patriot come with custom Faxon frames and barrels, a 1911-profile grip angle, an undercut trigger guard, [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms has built a reputation for making high quality, lightweight AR-15 components. With their most recent project, they quite possibly have outdone themselves by producing a factory AR-15 for consumers that weighs in under 5 Lbs. The FX5500 Ultralight AR-15 [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms revealed their Hellfire and Patriot slides at NRA 2018. Currently made for the Smith & Wesson full-sized M&P pistol series, the slides are the first in a new line of accessories for Faxon. The optic cuts will allow for the direct-mounting of a [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms has always been a strong aftermarket parts manufacturer for the AR-15 platform. Moreover, people seek them out for their extraordinarily light components that still maintain impressive accuracy. More recently they have begun to add in pistol parts to [Read More…]
Longing for that Silent Night with your new suppressor? Don’t forget about your host weapon. Baring a few outliers, most firearms need to be equipped with a threaded barrel to become a true host weapon. As such, I’ve listed a variety of threaded barrels here to [Read More…]
Although the ARAK-21 caught the shooting public’s attention, it is the barrels from Faxon Firearms that have seem to have generated the company a lot of positive press in recent years. The latest addition to its barrel line is the sub one pound 10.5″ pencil [Read More…]
Faxon has rolled out Glock barrels in both threaded and non-threaded varieties at this year’s NRA Annual Meeting in Atlanta. They will be offered in several colors, in both threaded and unthreaded models for Glock 34, 17, and 19 at the time of the show with more coming soon. Thanks to our [Read More…]
We rarely get to pick the brains of the people in our industry who are the technical geniuses that bring the products we love and enjoy to fruition. In this episode of InRange TV, Ian and Karl from Forgotten Weapons have a candid Skype talk with Nathan from Faxon Firearms about various barrel [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms has been busy getting ready for SHOT Show like all of us. They introduced new SLIMLINE barrels and muzzle attachments as well as new bolt-carrier groups (BCG). The two newest ones are for .308 Win/7.62 NATO and 9mm. The new .308 Win/7.62 NATO BCG has a [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms is making some of the lightest barrel setups in the industry with their newest offerings for 2017. Both their barrels and muzzle attachments have tremendously shaved down on weight in comparison to their competitors. The SLIMLINE barrels are a pencil thin [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms are more than the ARAK platform. This time they have teamed up with Lancer Systems to produce handguards in one of my absolute favorite materials: Carbon Fiber. The new CF handguards will be available with Rainier Arms from 10.2″ to 13.3″ and [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms had several new items and a number of older ones to showcase at Bullpup 2016 this year. Most people probably know of Faxon for their ARAK rifle, a combination of AR15 and Kalashnikov platform designs but Faxon probably does more business with making [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms is now offering matched bolts and barrels in both 5.56 NATO and 300 BLK configurations. According to the company, when a customer orders both a barrel and a bolt for the same caliber, the company will “precision match the bolt to the barrel using [Read More…]
I had the opportunity tody to speak with Bob Faxon owner of Faxon Firearms. Much of our conversation surrounded the last year and the products of the coming year. To begin Faxon is now selling AR15 uppers which will retail at $699.00. They sport free floated barrels in [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms, maker of the ARAK-21 multicaliber rifle, have announced the introduction of 7.62×39 caliber conversion kits for their flagship firearm: Faxon Firearms Adds the 7.62×39 Kit to the ARAK-21 Platform Cincinnati, OH (Feb. 2015) – Faxon Firearms, [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms announced they are now offering three different calibers as part of their normal stocking identification markers for AR-type magazines. The three marking bands are: 5.56/.223 in blue 7.62×39 in yellow 300 BLK in red Using specific colors to mark [Read More…]