POTD: The Ultimate Mauser
Over at NitroExpressForums is a series of photos of the rare 1918 improved Mauser rifle prototype. Some are embedded below, but be sure to click through to see them all:
So you know those anti material rifles we’ve been posting about in use by some of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces against Daesh? The 14.5mm ZPU barrels turned into anti material rifles otherwise known as Zagros? Well apparently, video has come out of Syria and [Read More…]
The MP-44, also known as the “Sturmgewehr”, was a very influential weapon to post-war thinking. Even the Americans – who at the time rejected the “assault rifle” concept as we now know it – took notice and immediately began [Read More…]
Well, certainly it is not in fact the last big game rifle, but rather a little-known offshoot of what was the last military bolt-action rifle adopted as a standard infantry weapon by its home country, the relatively well-known MAS 36. The pictures below shows the [Read More…]
A TFB reader sent these into us about West Point professor Arthur Alphin making firearms development and history videos for his classes, using his own firearms, and those from the West Point Museum. We’re so used to seeing videos explaining cycles of operation [Read More…]
Now I’m no knowledgable business guru, but Jane’s is reporting that the state owned company that had a stake in Izhevsk, Rostec (which by the way, did you know Kalashnikov Concern also makes boats?) has now sold 51% to a company called Ural Mining and [Read More…]
In a recent press release, American Sportsman Shooting Center is putting together a summer camp for high school/middle school teenagers (it actually doesn’t specify an age limit, but this is what I am assuming). – Grapevine, TX – American Sportsman [Read More…]
Over at NitroExpressForums is a series of photos of the rare 1918 improved Mauser rifle prototype. Some are embedded below, but be sure to click through to see them all:
Retiv sends us this follow up image of an AN-94 mockup/demilled gun in 7.62×39, at an expo. He writes: Mr. Nathaniel, here is additional photo for you from Russian forum where i got first photo of that thing. Did they just attach 7.62×39 mag to it? It does [Read More…]
Last year, I previewed the prototype of the WOLF Optics (WPA) PSU 1x/4x variable zoom optical gunsight for TFB. That write-up is available here. WOLF Optics sent me the final production model of this optic after the Spring 2015 Big 3 East Event. The WOLF Optics PSU is [Read More…]
These pictures and video were published on War History Online in two separate articles over the course of the past six months. The images and video are absolutely astounding. It seems that a duo of treasure hunters or artifact seekers, using commercial metal detectors [Read More…]
Jane’s has come out with a report that Australia is in the final stages of procurement of the EF88 5.56x45mm service rifle, or the “Enhanced F88”. Currently, the Australian Defense Force (ADF) has just over 80,000 servicemen and women. With this [Read More…]
Outdoorhub just posted this link to a news report about the Svalbard island in Norway where it is legally mandatory to carry a firearm while on the island. I couldn’t find any further news reports other than this one to back it up, or how seriously it is enforced. [Read More…]
For those looking for a more compact option, Rainier Arms has introduced a “PDW” lower receiver for the AR-15, with a more compact buffer tube and collapsible dual-rod stock arrangement. An article at Guns.com elaborates: Rainier Arms is taking orders for [Read More…]
On the heels of the formal cancellation of the Indian rifle tender that would have selected a foreign arm to replace the problematic indigenous INSAS rifle, the Indian government has announced they will proceed with a newly announced home-grown development, the [Read More…]
In a twist with their usual designs, Slide Fire Solutions came out with a completely different approach to their rapid fire bump fire stock systems in the SSAK47-HYB. Unlike their other models for the AK and AR, which have a very simple appearance, this one is actually [Read More…]
Kalashnikov USA has come out with a press release stating their new products are ready for sale/shipping in the United States, under the new banner “Russian Heritage/ American Innovation”. The company is not directly connected with Kalashnikov Concern (more [Read More…]
Ruger has announced a new takedown addition to their operating rod actuated SR-556 rifle line. From the press release: Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is pleased to introduce the new Ruger® SR-556® Takedown autoloading rifle, an innovative twist on an [Read More…]
At the recent IDEF Istanbul exhibition held this past May, Azerbaijan had some interesting developments of various small arms on display. Interestingly there wasn’t any demonstration of their service rifle, the Tavor (similarly, it appears most of the military [Read More…]
In about an hour’s time we will be publishing a TFBTV video about the Pedersen rifle, which was chambered in the .276 Pedersen. Almost three decades later the British developed the .280 British round, very similar to the .276 Pedersen, and an experimental [Read More…]
Russian special forces were spotted recently in the Russian republic of Dagestan, which has been experiencing an insurgency recently. The commandos were equipped with at least two foreign weapons, an HK417 7.62x51mm rifle with an impressively large suppressor, and an [Read More…]
The Taliban have been on the move recently, capturing an Afghanistan National Army District Headquarters in a recent battle. Footage of the battle show a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs, or Humvees) and FN SCAR-Heavy rifle in use by the fighters, [Read More…]
The Australian Army’s program to produce a successor to the F88 “Austeyr” is on the verge of bearing fruit. Army.gov.au reports that the F90, formerly designated “EF88” is now being issued for trials, in preparation for final modifications [Read More…]
The search for a new rifle fit for the Canadian Rangers has ended, and the replacement is surprising. Colt Canada was selected in late 2014 to provide rifles to replace the Rangers’ venerable No. 4 Lee-Enfields, which many assumed meant the next rifle would be a [Read More…]
The pictures are a couple of years old (prior 2009), but interesting nonetheless. Apparently it is a picture from a seized weapons cache in Iraq, later in the war due to the ACU helmet cover on the kevlar laying on the floor. The gas tube is completely removed so [Read More…]
This past weekend was the bicentennial anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, where Napoleon was defeated by the combined armies of the British and Prussians, and which marked the transition of Europe into a four-decade-long peace that would only be interrupted by the [Read More…]
In my previous two TFB articles on the latest development of the Chinese QBZ-95 family of bullpup rifles, I mentioned that there’s a flat-top model in the work as part of the QBZ 95-1 Plus. Recently, the information on that flat-top model was reveled on the Emei [Read More…]
Dan sent us a photo of his very nifty Lancer L30 LTR chambered in .308 Win. He writes … Some F-Class and Long Range Practice in Mifflin, PA with Some Coworkers. Lancer L30 LTR in 308 Win. Bartelin 24″, 1-11.25 Twist Barrel Chambered in 308 Win Match Rubber [Read More…]
Hungarian YouTuber capandball gives us a look at the world of blackpowder rifled-musket competition shooting, with his original Springfield 1861 Rifle-Musket, manufactured at Bridesburg: The original guns, when coupled with Minie-style projectiles, can provide quite [Read More…]
Chris sent us a photo of his Saiga chambered in 5.45mm converted into a AK-74 style rifle. It installed a Tapco G2 trigger, Magpul Zhukov handguard, Magpul grip, K-Var stock. It think its looks great. If a few years ago you told me Magpul furniture would look good on [Read More…]
Released at the SHOT Show 2015, Minox USA introduced their new tactical line of optics and among those is the new ZP8 1-8x24mm model. For those that have never heard of the brand, Minox is a very old German optic maker and it has recently acquired Optronica, [Read More…]