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POTD: Go Big Or Go Home? SureFire Edition
James Krupp had posted this image below of his Beretta M9A3 sporting a SureFire X300 Ultra, Benchmade Infidel and SureFire A2 Aviator. This was posted in a SureFireholics group. So I decided to one up his photo with my Hellfighter, Strider (which is a Surefire collaboration knife) and my M92A1. The only thing I need […]
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Vendetta Precision VP-06 Muzzle Brake
Vendetta Precision has introduced a new muzzle brake called VP-06. The company states that they are offering an effective yet affordable muzzle brake. Here is how they describe it: Behold, our newest addition to our muzzle brake collection! Engineered to be an effective and affordable option for all shooters, the VP-06 does more than please the […]
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Illegal Firearms Seized in Kiev, Ukraine
Recent news from the National Police of Ukraine and local Ukrainian websites were full of reports concerning seizures of illegal firearms. The diversity of types and origins of these firearms is amazing. I decided to combine all the information from these news reports into a single article and present it to our readers. The first set […]
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Review: TacSol 2211 – 2011/1911 .22LR Conversion Kit
Using a pistol in .22LR offers a shooter a lot of fun and an affordable way to practice your pistol skills. However it is a bit difficult to get a .22LR pistol to match your normal pistol of choice. One such example is a .22LR trainer that matches my STI Steel Master. That is until […]
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Blaser R8 Chassis Made by Russian Belyj Veter Stocks
While doing a research in Russian online resources, I came across a small local company called Belyj Veter Stocks. Pavel, the owner of the company is also the designer of all the products they make. Perhaps the most significant one in their current product line is the aluminum chassis made for Blaser R8 rifles. The […]
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PK Design Labs’ New M52 Weaponlight And Tape Switch
For those of you not familiar with Paul Kim AKA PK and his legacy of flashlight design, you just need to look at the flashlights that helped SureFire in the 2000s. He was responsible for helping to develop and design many of the SureFire Lights you may use and enjoy. The X-series pistol lights and […]
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Radians Expands their Portfolio & Acquires Bellingham Glove
Radians is known for many things within the shooting sports industry. They have great quality hearing protection in the form of muffs and earplugs, shooting glasses and gloves. To help expand those categories they have recently acquired Bellingham Glove which is a company under LFS Glove. This new joint venture will be the beginning of […]
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Spotlight On the 2018 Firearms Industry Compliance Conference
Gary Taylor (Division Chief, ATF Import Branch) and Desiree Dickinson (Programs Manager, ATF Import Branch) will address Federal Firearms Licensees including those who import regulated firearms and firearms components at the upcoming Firearms Industry Compliance Conference (FICC). This session, to be held on May 17, will provide licensees with information pertaining ATF Import Regulations, Import […]
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TFBTV: Five Summer Concealed Pistol Carry Methods + Beach Jam Playlist
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves delivers two rounds to the X and 150+ get right summer jams to your face, head, and neck area. We discuss several unorthodox methods of carrying a gun with shorts and a tee and no belt, just in time for summer CCW. (Sorry, no zap.) It’s a challenge […]
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SKAT GM-200 and GM-200 Bullpup Modular Bolt Action Rifles
SKAT is a private Russian firearms manufacturing company founded by a gentleman named Gennadiy Kozhayev. The company makes a variety of firearms including Glock clones, AR-15 rifles and PCCs, bolt action precision rifles etc. Mr. Kozhayev is also the head of Russian National Federation of Benchrest and Varminting. This organization and the SKAT company are deeply […]
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TFB Review: EXPLORER Cases Ultimate 3-Gun Travel Solution Kit
Back in 2016 I stumbled upon EXPLORER Cases at SHOT and have stayed in contact with them ever since. I did a review of a case then as well as a padded gun case and backpack kit (which I think must have been a prototype for this kit). When this new case (and kit) came […]
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Report Shows Project ChildSafe Hit Record Numbers in 2017
Project ChildSafe is a program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation to promote firearms safety and education. We are committed to promoting genuine firearms safety through the distribution of safety education messages and free firearm safety kits to communities across the U.S. The program had 3 main goals in 2017: Demonstrate Success and Momentum with […]
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Rock Island April 2018 Premiere Firearms Auction Sets 10 World Records!
I was going to write another overview of the most expensive firearms sold at recently ended Rock Island April 2018 Premiere Firearms auction in the same fashion that I have been doing it before. However, this time the auction was quite different – it set 10 world records of firearms sold at auctions. So instead […]
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Relocating the Kabul Arsenal
To be quite honest, the old Kabul Arsenal never needed to be “relocated” as it had never been lost, destroyed, or otherwise essentially altered. What this post is adding to the conversation is that someone who had a very legitimate interest in the arsenal bothered to snoop around present-day Kabul with the intention of historical […]
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Sixty Five Percent Of US Law Enforcement Carry GLOCK
With nearly 20 years of law enforcement behind me, I’ve carried my share of different pistols. Some were chosen for me, others were selected off a list of approved personally owned weapons. For the last decade I’ve picked GLOCK as my choice for on duty and off duty carry. Besides being hyper-reliable, they fit my […]
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Sold-Out Women’s Firearm Training Conference Begins Thursday
A Girl & A Gun Women’s Shooting League (AG & AG) is welcoming 350 participants, 100 instructors and staff, and more than 50 vendors to its 6th Annual National Training Conference, which begins Thursday in Burnet, Texas. The Presenting Sponsor of the event is CZ-USA Firearms. This marks the second year of the partnership between […]
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CAA Micro Roni OLIGHT Flashlight 900 Lumen Upgrade
The CAA Micro Roni is a clever little device that transforms a Glock handgun into a personal defense weapon sub-gun. CAA designed the Micro-Roni to be modular. The front of the Micro-Roni can accept their front integral tactical light. The tactical light is actually a plastic housing for an Olight flashlight. You can upgrade this […]
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NEW RELEASE: The Dead Air Armament Odessa-9
After weeks of teasing us on social media with coded messages and Cold War imagery, the evil geniuses at Dead Air Armament are ready to announce their latest release. Dubbed the Odessa-9, the Utah-based crew’s new silencer is ultra slim, modular and purpose built for pistol use.At 1.1 inches, the 9mm pistol suppressor is just […]
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Beretta GLX-160 UBGLs in Service with Egyptian SOF
A recent image posted on Egypt Defense Review has shown perhaps one of the more detailed images publicly available of Beretta GLX160 40x46mm Low-Velocity UBGL/Stand Alone configuration grenade launchers in use by Egyptian special operations forces (also in use are CZ 807s). The caption states that these operators are from the “103th Battalion” after a night […]
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Chinese Type 81 LMGs Found with Amphetamine Filled Packets in Mosul
Damien Spleeters of Conflict Armament Research recently posted this photograph on his Twitter feed of a 7.62x39mm Chinese Type 81 LMG that was recovered among an entire cache of Type 81s after the battle for Mosul. We had some Easter eggs in the @conflictarm ISIS report (http://www.conflictarm.com/download-file/?report_id=2568&file_id=2574 …). Stuff we keep investigating. Here’s one: We documented […]
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