James Reeves is at Thunder Ranch to talk to Jack Daniel and Clint Smith about the “budget” versions of the Thunder Ranch AK. These AKs are $999 but come fully decked out and ready to run with a number of great accessories and features right out of the box. Thunder Ranch accomplished this [Read More…]
Atlantic Firearms, importer and purveyor of interesting guns, has imported a range of collapsible stocks for roller delayed blowback firearms. These new production stocks are made by MKE in Turkey and imported with cooperation from Century Arms. Atlantic is also the [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 150th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this Gat a [Read More…]
Century Arms have announced a partial recall of BFT47 rifles after the discovery of some ‘durability issues’ which might ‘affect proper feeding and or chambering of ammunition’. Check out Century Arms’ notice below for further details and a [Read More…]
Over the last decade, the availability and after-market support for the MP5 platform has exploded. With a number of companies offering MP5 clones or variants, there are now a number of different companies to look at when it comes to purchasing an MP5 variant. I have an [Read More…]
The Century Arms BFT47 – who could have imagined that all-American-made AKs would ever be a thing? Well, here it is, with a bulged and forged 4140 steel front trunnion, a carburized 4140 steel bolt and a 16” 1:10 chrome-moly 4150 steel barrel. Century Arms @ [Read More…]
Century Arms has been a force of nature when it comes to legitimizing the Turkish Canik pistols. They are continuing with competing in the competition market with their latest iteration in the Canik SFX pistols. The Canik Rival is a race gun from the ground up. To top [Read More…]
The iconic roller delayed blowback Heckler & Koch MP5 and its clones enter another chapter as Century Arms introduces the AP5 (Apparatus Pistol). These clones are made in Turkey by MKE manufacturing and imported by Century Arms in a variety of versions, from [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves interviews Adam with Century about the new Thunder Ranch edition VSKA AK. From Century and Davidson’s press release: Clint Smith, President and Director of Thunder Ranch®, is a Marine Corps veteran of two infantry and Combined Action Platoon tours in [Read More…]
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When it comes to firearms training schools, Thunder Ranch is among the foremost in the business. For almost 30 years, this premier institution now based in Oregon has served to provide top-level instruction for a variety of gun/shooting types and the full spectrum of [Read More…]
Century is importing affordable (well….*more* affordable) MP5 clones from MKE of Turkey. Many shooters don’t know that Heckler & Koch licensed certain factories to produce the MP5 in somewhat recent history. Licensee factories existed in places like Turkey, Mexico, France, Great [Read More…]
Century Arms unveiled their new AP5 and AP5P pistols at TFB’s GunFest 2021. While the pistols themselves may not exactly be “new”, they do introduce new options into the US market for fans of the roller delayed blowback platform. New Century Arms AP5 [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 75th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this Gat a sweet [Read More…]
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During the SHOT Show 2020, Century Arms has introduced a number of new AK variations that will be added to their product line in the foreseeable future. These guns include a couple of new iterations of the VSKA rifle, a 9mm WASR and a prototype of a 5.45x39mm AK that is [Read More…]
This hasn’t been done before and has been demanded for a long time, the Century Arms AK74 completely American made! Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments below. Stay until the end for a special guest appearance. Read more at: ««« GUN AND GEAR GIVEAWAYS »»» PLEASE [Read More…]
In August of 2017, TFB reported that much-beloved maker of AK mags and other parts/accessories, US Palm, was sadly going under. After a hiatus of a year-and-change, in September 2018 TFB also reported that they appeared to be setting up for a resurrection with the help [Read More…]
Century Arms has posted this photo on their social media pages accompanied with a caption that reads: “Long time no see!“. For most of the folks in the US AK community, this was a clear hint that they are going to resume the importation of Romanian WASR [Read More…]
Late last month, Century Arms successfully defended against a motion to dismiss filed its XTech Tactical lawsuit. The order means that Century’s lawsuit against XTech can continue. The matter involves a waffle patterned AK47 magazine design that Century alleges was [Read More…]
Canik USA have announced the launch of a pair of new 9x19mm TP pistols, the ONE Series. Available through Canik’s importers Century Arms, the ONE Series is described as a “distinctive packaging and are offered at incredible prices.” Here’s [Read More…]
This year Century Arms had two big ticket items on the SHOT 2019 list. The first was the company’s custom line of AK-patterned rifles and Canik handguns that were worked on by a custom shop outside of Century. Century Arms gave them carte-blanche to complete different modifications to the AK [Read More…]
A woman working at the Cugir Arms Factory was reportedly killed in an explosion and subsequent fire on the 12th November. The Romanian factory is a state-owned company which produces various firearms including WASR semiautomatic AKs and the Micro Draco AK pistols. The [Read More…]
TangoDown has announced the addition of a new AK grip to their Battlegrip family of pistol grips. The new grip is called BG-AK. As the title of this article implies, this is exactly the same grip as the US PALM AK pistol grip. The latter became an accessory that is [Read More…]
At the beginning of the current year, Century Arms announced that they started importing Romanian AK-based 9mm pistols called Draco NAK9. JMac Customs, being one of the leading AK accessories making companies, has already designed and prepares to launch three new [Read More…]
Circle 10 AK has announced on their social media pages that Century Arms will start importing again the Romanian PSL rifles. The company will offer two versions of the newly imported PSLs that will differ in the scopes they will come with. One version will have a [Read More…]
Century Arms has achieved a lot of adulation for their C39V2 AK-47 rifle. Now they are ushering this into the world of pistols with the introduction of the C39V2 Pistol with a Shockwave Blade. The stout power and compact package that this will provide for AK [Read More…]
Circle 10 AK, with the permission from Century Arms, has published on their social media pages the announcement of a new Century Arms AK-based 9x19mm pistol called Draco NAK9. This gun is made in Nova Modul in Cugir, Romania and imported to the USA by Century Arms. I [Read More…]
We recently received an excellent opportunity to tour Apex Gun Parts, which you can read about on a recent TFB post here. During the tour we got a chance to sit down with Jeff Salvig and really ask him some in-depth questions about the surplus industry and how he got [Read More…]
Jim of Burst Review was doing a test and familiarization of the TP9SFX with RMR mounted on it. He shot through 800 rounds of steel cased USA Forged 9mm by Winchester before realizing he was close to 1,000 rounds without any lube or cleaning. So he started [Read More…]
My friend Calvin asked to see a comparison of muzzle flash on an AK47. He was curious how much a factory Slant Brake could mitigate flash if at all compared to a bare muzzle. I took him up on it and said I could film it. I took my RAS47 out to my local range. […] [Read More…]
Yes, yes, yes… All weapon systems do need and should be cleaned, but the comically ironic introduction from Century Arms was too good not to poke fun at. Debuted at the NRA show and now shipping, Century Arms has released not just one, but three separate cleaning [Read More…]
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