Brownells, once the unquestioned leader in the retro AR space, is beefing up their lineup once again. These three new retro uppers add a newer twist to the range. Let’s break them down. More Retro Guns @ TFB: [SHOT 2023] The Carry Handle Corner: Retro And Clone [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Over the years TFB’s POTD has gathered thousands of interesting images from around the world. If you’re interested in a special subject you can use our search function. For instance, if you’re looking for photos of snipers just check here. Today [Read More…]
Heckler & Koch, Germany, have been renaming their weapon systems. It’s been going on for a while and I’ve been trying to decipher this ever since I saw some of the new HK firearms at Enforce Tac 2017, Germany. Could there be errors in my list? Yes, [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, Edward O takes a look at the 25th Anniversary Edition of Colt Canada’s Sa20, the civilian clone of the C7 rifle used by the Canadian Forces. For an additional perspective, Canadian Forces infantryman Wally F weighs in as a guest.
It would seem, at least according to Colt Canada, that the United States Marine Corps is a partner (with Canadian & British militaries) in the development of C7 and C8 rifle upgrades. The announcement came from Colt Canada’s General Manager Jeff Macleod at the [Read More…]
“Requirements”: A military development and procurement term that has leaked out a little into the civilian sphere. Requirements are only as good as the people that make them; sometimes requirements can get out of control, and sometimes they can result in [Read More…]
According to user “RebelRouser” on AR15.com, the Canadian C7 rifle is a markedly different from the standard M16 issued to US armed forces. While the C7 is built off of the Technical Data Package from Colt, the Canadians claim to have made over 150 [Read More…]
[ This guest post was written by CanadianSoldier ] The M-16 rifle is one of the most iconic firearms of all time, becoming well-known as the standard service weapon of the United States and its allies. But few know about the M-16′s close relative, the [Read More…]
Royal Netherlands Army have given their Colt Canada C7 rifles and C8 carbines a few tacti-cool upgrades. The upgrades include a nifty tan-colored bolted on rifle-length rail extension, tan-colored CAA Tactical buttstock, oversized magazine release, ambidextrous safety [Read More…]
A Canadian solider carved this replica of the Colt C7 rifle out of oak. More photos here. [ Many thanks to JussiV for emailing me the link. ]
This recently taken photo shows a blank firing line throwing AR-15 (or the original C7, the C7A1 has an A3 style upper receiver) in use by the Canadian Navy. I like the color scheme 🙂
Earlier this year the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced they will be switching from the G3 7.62mm rifle to the HK416. The Turkish government owned arms and ordnance manufacturer MKEK will be producing the rifle under license from Heckler & Koch. The H&K G3 [Read More…]
It seems the Afghans are moving to the AR platform, along with the Georgians. After a frustratingly long three-year wait, the fledging Afghan National Army finally has a new weapon in its arsenal: the Canadian C7 rifle. Some 42 boxes of surplus weapons arrived at the [Read More…]
The M16 has been in service for over 40 years and I did some research to see which governments now use it. I decided to create a map showing who uses the M16/M4, AR-15 (civilian version)and the C7/ C8 (Canadian version). This is what I came up with (click the image to [Read More…]
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