At the World Defense Show 2022 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) presented the BW20 family of weapons for the first time. In December last year, the first video of the BW20 rifle was published on Youtube. While the original video only featured a [Read More…]
If we take an honest look at firearms these days, it is easy to see that now, in 21 century, there is significantly less diversity in weapon design compared to 50s or 60s. Everything we see now are gas-operated rifles based on AR-15, AR-18 and AK. But another major [Read More…]
Is 2020 going to be the year of the Rimfire? The new Rebel .22LR Sub Gun takes Ruger 10/22 magazines which is going to make a lot of people happy. It’s the first pistol to have the brand new Mission First tactical Stabilizer. Below you can read the Official Press Release: “Patriot Ordnance [Read More…]
James Reeves checks out the POF booth at SHOT to see one of the lightest .308 ARs ever made. Per Hrachya H. of TFB, POF has made an “ingenious .308 receiver design that manages to fit a .308 magazine into AR-15 lower receiver dimensions. This year, they added another rifle and a pistol to the [Read More…]
Patriot Ordnance Factory (POF-USA) has announced the release of a new series of AR-15 pattern weapons called Minuteman. In POF-USA’s own words, the features seen in Minuteman rifles and pistols are “Everything a respectable rifle needs, and nothing it [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV’s #NRAAM2019 coverage, James Speaks with the gang from POF about their new POF Revolution, a .308 AR-15 (NOT an AR-10) that WEIGHS LESS THAN A 9MM MP5! How do they achieve this? Check the video and find out. ««« PATREON GIVEAWAYS »»» Go to http://tfbtv.gun.team for [Read More…]
This was one of the most interesting Reader’s Choice polls we have conducted thus far! The voting results we received were close, but simultaneously the victor won by a landslide. The diversity of suggestions from you, our beloved readers, was very impressive as [Read More…]
Well it’s one for the money, two for shot show… Don’t you step on POF’s blue suede rifle. Well, it’s not really suede, but their new “Wonder” rifle has a lot of neat features, not least of which is a “Blue [Read More…]
Today we take a look at a build that brings us back to the Colt Commando era. and back to the future again! The idea behind this build was to get a modern M16A1/XM177-style AR15. Let’s begin with a short history lesson with this legendary photograph. Apart from [Read More…]
On the 28th December Pakistan Defence shared a ‘documentary’ looking at Pakistan’s Ordnance Factories. Produced by Midas Communication Pakistan, the short film showcases some of the work done by Pakistan’s Ordnance Factories and the large [Read More…]
A shorter Revolution, Renegade New from POF-USA are pistol versions of their small-frame .308 Revolution and their DI renegade. The new Revolution pistols in .308 feature a 12.5″ fluted barrel, buffer tube with brace and an 11.5″ handguard with M-lok. [Read More…]
Another year, another award: The POF USA Revolution compact .308 rifle continues to rack up awards, as it has been awarded the NRA American Rifleman Magazine’s 2018 Golden Bullseye award for Rifle of the Year. Just this past August, industry peers and [Read More…]
We all know that Glocks are the glorified tinkerer-toy of the handgun world. With decades of reliability, law enforcement backing and an abundance of aftermarket parts, many manufacturers want to get in on the game. Patriot Ordnance Factory, Inc (POF USA) has tooled up [Read More…]
[UPDATE: Some information in the original writing of this article was incorrect; more specifically, the previous and new locations of POF USA’s headquarters. The new, correct information is now in this article and it is Italicized.] Patriot Ordnance Factory (POF [Read More…]
The 6.5 Creedmoor as a caliber has been experiencing an exponential rise in popularity as of late. Adding fuel to that fire is Patriot Ordnance Factory (POF) with their new P6.5 Edge rifle chambered for 6.5 Creedmoor. This new rifle of POF’s utilizes the same [Read More…]
POF-USA’s Revolution compact .308-caliber rifle, has won Rifle of the Year at the recent Firearms Industry Choice Awards. Previously reviewed here at TFB, the Revolution may not be the first to execute such a concept, but integrates a whole host of premium [Read More…]
This is a guest post by Zain from Pakistan The ‘Sporter’ cal .308 Winchester has been designed as a hunting rifle with the firing mechanism of G3A3 in semiautomatic mode. The accuracy of the gun has been enhanced with a freely floating extended barrel and a mil [Read More…]
Earlier we reported that Česká zbrojovka (CZ) had tentative plans to partner with Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) to locally produce a licensed variant of the CZ 807 in 7.62x39mm locally within Pakistan. Most recently we have seen official confirmation that POF is [Read More…]
Earlier on TFB we reported that POF had increased their ammunition production in Pakistan three-fold. We speculated that rising security concerns might have been the cause for this but this has turned out to perhaps not be the case at all. This week at IDEX 2017, POF [Read More…]
Right on the heels of Iran’s state ammunition factory doubling ammunition output, Pakistani Ordnance Factory (POF) announced a three fold increase in ammunition due to expanding POF’s brass mil. At first glance this could be a strategic measure, amping up [Read More…]
The Pakistani state arms company Pakistan Ordnance Factory has updated their clone of the Israeli Corner Shot weapon system, with their POF Eye system. We covered the POF Eye on TFB back in 2008, but since then the company has been continually updating the design. Most [Read More…]
Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF), the state owned small arms, light weapons, and ammunition manufacturer has entered into negotiations and a Letter of Understanding to locally produce the CZ 807 rifle, in 7.62x39mm for a Pakistani Army contract, understandably replacing [Read More…]
With the recent announcement by Heckler and Koch USA that the SP5K (MP5K-ish) will be available to the U.S. market, also comes a flood of consumer emotions. Excitement: “This is awesome!” Euphoria: “Yipee Ki Yay, Mother F******!” Anxiety: [Read More…]
The latest country to seek an upgrade to their aging fleet of small arms is Pakistan, according to statements made last week by military officials from that country. The current Pakistani rifle suite consists of license-produced Heckler & Koch G3 rifles, and Chinese [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…]
Patriot Ordnance Factory (POF) is teasing a new 9mm pistol that should be released in the coming months. The gun is called the Patriot Sub Gun, or PSG for short. The new guns are AR-styled pistols that use Colt 9mm stick magazines. All controls are said to be completely [Read More…]
Patriot Ordnance Factory announced the addition of the 7.62×39 caliber to the company’s Puritan line of AR rifles. The new guns will use AR, not AK, style magazines. According to POF, the guns will shoot 1 MOA and will have all of the other premium features [Read More…]
POF is breaking with their tradition of offering only oprod guns (aside from the straight-pull ReVolt) by introducing a new .308 Winchester direct impingement precision rifle. Calling it the “Olde School”, they are presenting the rifle as being more [Read More…]
Patriot Ordnance Factory have produced a range of merchandise featuring 18th century Minuteman armed with AR-15 rifles. Along with t-shirts, posters and beef jerky, they also have a limited edition bronze sculpture. The sculptures are being made by David Paul Venell. [Read More…]
Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) had a new compact variant of the G3 called the G3S. I have not seen the specifications for this weapon. From what I can see, it features a redesigned fore-end, picatinny mounted under-barrel grenade launcher and a very short barrel. POF [Read More…]