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Review: H&K MARK23 The Civilian Version MK23 SOCOM
Many of you may be familiar with the H&K USP but did you know it has a bigger sibling and they were developed at the same time? In the early 1990s US SOCOM needed a new service pistol. They held the Offensive Handgun Weapon System trials. Only Colt and H&K participated. The Colt OHWS failed […]
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Liberty Suppressors 762HR Hunting Rifle Suppressor
Liberty Suppressors has introduced a new hunting rifle suppressor called 762HR. This is a .30 caliber can based on the company’s Chaotic family of suppressors. This silencer is compatible with .308 Winchester, .30-06 Springfield, 7.62x39mm and a number of other .30 caliber cartridges (up to .300 Winchester Magnum) as well as with a wide variety of […]
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Mount Up: ANR Design ANVL UKON RMR Base with BUIS
Kydex holster and stealth makers ANR Design has come up with a new mount for the Trijicon RMR when on long guns. Branded the ANVL, the picatinny rail attachment incorporates both front and rear back up iron sights that cowitness in the lower third of the RMR. The mount is designed to be run forward […]
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BOTW: 300BLK PDW
Third Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by Tony R. A pretty clean and straightforward 2-stamp build, with good component choices (IMO, that is). I don’t have any experience with Holosun, and personally am not a fan of top mounted lights, but this is not my build. Keep the submissions coming in! You […]
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M17 Handgun Seeing Operational Service in Iraq, Syria During Low-Light Shoot under NVGs
An image of the sidearm that has replaced the Beretta M9 in U.S. Army service has recently surfaced through DOD media outlets. The image is of a soldier from the “Brave Rifles” 3rd Cavalry Regiment that is currently deployed to Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria. The image caption states that the photograph was taken […]
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Danish Adoption of SIG P320 X-Carry Confirmed
Back in April, we reported that the Danish Armed Forces had selected the SIG Sauer P320 X-Carry. Trials of new pistols to replace the venerable SIG P210 began in late 2017. The Glock 17 Gen 5, Beretta APX, Canik TP 9 SF, and the SIG P320 X-Carry were tested with the SIG Sauer weapon winning out. […]
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The SIG MCX Rattler Review ft. the SIG SRD 762Ti Silencer
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves reviews the SIG MCX Rattler, a 5.5″ PDW in .300BLK that has been purchased for US SOCOM evaluation. The Rattler is, essentially, as scaled-down MCX in the incredible .300 AAC Blackout cartridge, which offers bullets in supersonic weights from 80 to near 200 grains and subsonic rounds optimized […]
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Sneak Peek: Five Strike Industries Pending Projects
Strike Industries – a company that constantly develops great firearm accessories and isn’t afraid of experimenting with new concepts and ideas. This is really one of the few companies that regularly and frequently release new products to the market. If you follow them on social media, then you probably know that they also publish the status […]
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USAF’s New GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon
At the 2018 NDIA Armaments Forum the US Air Force detailed some of their current major small arms programmes. One of these was for a new ultra compact Aircrew Self Defense Weapon. This is a compact conversion of standard M4 carbines into a package small enough to be stowed aboard USAF combat aircraft. TFB reached […]
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8x50R Austrian M1895 Mannlicher Straight-Pull – the original!
In this video, Mike takes a look at an 8x50R M1895 Austrian Mannlicher straight-pull long rifle, and takes it out to 300m for a shoot. In the discussion, he talks about how you can keep an 8x50R fed despite there being no ammo available (hint – trimmed 7.62x54R brass), and describes how the Austrians loved […]
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HK69A1 Spotted in use by Central African Republic Rebels
Although these photographs were published by at least mid-2014, the presence of an HK69A1 in the hands of any insurgent group is interesting enough to those of us at TFB. The pictures were taken by a Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic while embedded with the then victorious rebel group Séléka, more formally known as Séléka CPSK-CPJP-UFDR. The […]
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Metravib’s Picatinny Mounted Gunshot Spotter
Metravib, the defense wing of the European based ACOEM Group was recently in the news for displaying a Picatinny rail mounted variant of their acoustic gunshot detector and locator. The company must be revamping their publicity efforts because the device was displayed publicly in a similar configuration as early as 2012 in this video titled in Japanese, […]
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Berger Bullets Official 7mm Bullet of the US F-Open Rifle Team
With so many bullet weights, diameters and calibers to play with in regards to shooting one would almost think we have everything we need, right? Well, Berger Bullets is part of the minority that disagrees and continually tries to improve upon what we already have. They recently introduced a 7mm 184 Grain F-Open Hybrid Target bullet […]
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Top 5 Guns for Future US Space Marines
With the recent announcement of a new US Space Force, everyone on the Internet has been talking about being first in line to the recruiter’s office to become one of the country’s first Space Marines (we have seen enough movies to know it is only a matter of time). But once you’ve signed up, what […]
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NEW THUMPER: Black Rain Ordnance BRO Spec-15 .450 Bushmaster
Black Rain Ordnance has a tendency for creating the uncommon and unique in regards to the eternally loved AR-15 platform. Being sure as to not deviate from that firmly cemented reputation they have introduced to us a new rifle that is sure to thump anything in its path! They have now announced the new BRO […]
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POTD: Saxon Double Wheellock Pistol of the Royal Guard
If you ever have the opportunity to venture out to the beloved land of cheese you may come across a quaint, but magnificent collection of firearms. In Alma, Wisconsin lies the Castlerock Museum that is host to hundreds of old firearms, armor, swords, knifes and anything you could imagine from battles and combat of old. […]
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Kimber Special Edition K6s Classic Engraved Revolver
Kimber has introduced a new variation of the K6s revolver – the K6s Classic Engraved. This version of the revolver is identical to other K6s revolvers in terms of the features and characteristics with the exception that it is a factory engraved gun. The engraving gives this modern weapon a bit of a classic look. […]
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Another look at Brazil’s crime weapons
Every once in a while, TFB has been showing images of the huge variety of firearms used by criminals in Brazil, seized by authorities or otherwise. Unlike the country’s law abiding and tax paying citizens, to whom firearms of even in the “permitted” calibers are all virtually out of reach due to economic and bureaucratic […]
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Silencer Saturday #25: 300BLK RATTLER BITE
Welcome home, suppressor lovers. This is the quarter hondo edition of TFB’s Silencer Saturday. Before we get in to the decibel numbers for the bark and bite from the short barreled Sig Rattler paired with the Sig 762QD silencer, we will take a look at last week’s poll where I asked some basic questions about your […]
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Unregistered Machine Gun in the Attic, Now What? British Law Actually More Permissible Than US
Generally speaking, firearms laws in the United States are better than those in the United Kingdom – except when it comes to museums. In the US, the Gun Control Act of 1968 offered a brief window for registration of prohibited items (Machine Guns, SBRs, SBSs, etc) in an effort to allow those who possess them […]
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