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TFBTV Halloween Special 2017 (4K UHD)
Pumpkin spice has taken over. Pumpkin spice coffee, laundry detergent, cookies, even tampons. This is out of control. I’ll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you’re using here: it didn’t require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn’t earn the […]
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DRONE SNIPER Introduced by Jammer Korea at [AUSA 2017]
At the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting, Korean optics maker DI Optical was showing off many of their familiar products, but also had on display an interesting looking rifle attachment from a company called Jammer Korea. The attachment, named the “DRONE SNIPER”, is a familiar multi-frequency radio jammer, but in a […]
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DFNDR Light Weight Composite Body Armor | Big 3 East
Dfndr Armor has been making armor under their parent company for the military. Their composite armor is lightweight and they offer various protection levels. The armor below is for use in a backpack and it only weighs 3.2lbs. This one is rated for .308 win, just not AP rounds. The armor is a polyethylene based […]
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Indian PDWs: JVPC/MSMC Carbine
In the mid-2000s, India began looking for a carbine to replace their 9mm L2A3 Sterling submachine guns which they inherited from the United Kingdom. Two weapons were developed, one by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), and another by the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), a subdivision of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). […]
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Hornady .357 Sig 135gr Critical Duty Gel Test Review
We shoot Hornady .357 Sig 135gr Critical Duty ammunition from a Glock 22 with a Storm Lake 4.25″ barrel into Clearballistics ballistic gel to measure velocity, penetration, expansion/fragmentation, and retained weight. Buy it at Ventura Munitions. Guns in this video: Glock 22 w/ Storm Lake .357 Sig barrel Thanks to our sponsors: Ventura Munitions – Retailer of […]
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POTD: Korean Made Glock Clone
PK of PKDesignLab posted these pics of a Korean pistol displayed at the Seoul Air Show’s ADEX exhibition. It has similar stylings but once you take the slide of it really looks like a Glock inside. Other than a blatant copy of a Glock, the Koreans did manage to do something different from Glock, The […]
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Ghost Gunning like it’s 1889
Nicely documented below are some photos of the building process behind making a .22 copy of a Webley break-top revolver. This firearm was made entirely from scratch using some basic machine tools. “Bar stock with paper templates I made” “Block of wood for test fitting of the components of the action” “The pivot of the […]
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A Brief Survey of Shooting Slings, Part II
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, But he’ll remember, with advantages, What slings he used that day. Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words – 1907 leather, and USGI web – Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb’red. While the 1907 and web slings examined in part I were […]
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BATTLE ROPES from Breakthrough Clean
I hate cleaning! With a passion. Some people at the shooting range seem to love it, more than shooting their rifles actually, but that’s not me. I don’t know which kind of person you are, if you’re a “shooter” or a “cleaner”? I’m not saying either is wrong or right, but tools like the new […]
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Factory AR-15 Under $400!? Can The AR Market GO Any LOWER?
How low can the AR market go? Pretty darn low, apparently. A recent sale at Ground Zero Precision brought the price of their TAC-15M rifle down below $400 – Well below. You’re seeing that right – knock a hundred dollars off as part of an early Christmas sale, and you’ve got a fairly current-looking carbine with […]
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Iconic and Unique: The UK Vz.59 General Purpose Machine Gun
Very few service machine guns can compare in pure unique points to the Czech 7.62x54mmR UK vz 59 General Purpose Machine Gun, adopted in 1959 as the squad and platoon level belt fed machine gun of the Czech Infantry in the Warsaw Pact at the time. The weapon is still soldiering on today among the […]
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Review: H&K MP5K Briefcase And My Modifications
Last year Altra Firearms came across a collection of H&K MP5 parts. One of which was a genuine H&K MP5K briefcase. Now Rusty S. posted up a lightning review of his MP5K briefcase about two years ago. I had always wanted an MP5K Briefcase and there was one for sale very close to me. My […]
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The Ruger Mini-14: Let’s Get Real
If you want a Mini-14 buy one. If you want a carbine for a specific purpose, however, and provided have access to virtually any other modern carbine design, pick just about anything else. I say this not to disparage Ruger or the people who own Minis, but because it’s difficult to ignore the Mini’s limitations compared to […]
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Mossberg Introduces The 20 Gauge Shockwave
Shotgun manufacturer Mossberg is capitalizing on the popularity of their new firearm model by introducing a 20 gauge Shockwave variant. A quick reminder – even though the Shockwave has a 14 inch barrel and is chambered for shotgun shells, the overall length (OAL) exempts it from National Firearms Act (NFA) registration. No $200, to wait […]
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New Handgun Division: IPSC Production Optics
USPSA have been doing the provisional “Carry Optics” for a while now. IPSC just decided to let the new Division “Production Optics” have a go as a trial, until the end of December 2020. You can check the IPSC rules in the picture below for details on what is allowed and not. The trial means […]
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A Brief Survey of Shooting Slings, Part I
A sling is not only a carrying strap, but also an ever-present shooting aid. It stabilizes the rifle when a bipod is not available or practical (e.g. sitting position in tall grass), or when braced against unstable supports. This article investigates four shooting slings ranging from hallowed antiquity to the modern age: 1907 leather sling, […]
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Forgotten Soviet PP-71 SMG Designed by Dragunov
Sometimes there is virtually no way to see images of long-forgotten Soviet firearms that were not ever adopted. Even if any samples of such firearms exist, they are most likely gathering dust in some vault. Thanks to the video and description released by Kalashnikov Media, we have a chance to take a look at one […]
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FN Announces Mandatory Recall of M249S Rifles
One of the more interesting new gun announcements of 2016 was the M249S rifle from FN America. The gun was a semi-automatic rifle version of the M249 light machine gun (aka squad automatic weapon or SAW.) Unfortunately, the M249S is now being recalled by FN America. The recall applies to both standard and Para configurations […]
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Review: Making A T91 Replica
With the Wolf A1 upper receiver, you can make your own T91 rifle. But simply slapping it onto an AR-15 lower is only the first step. The T91 has some unique characteristics and thanks to T91 Tactical you can get even closer. A year ago, I got one of the few Wolf A1 upper receivers […]
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Hornady 9x18mm 95gr FTX Critical Defense Gel Test Review
We shoot Hornady 9x18mm 95gr FTX Critical Defense ammunition from a Bulgarian Arsenal Makarov with a 3.7″ barrel into Clearballistics ballistic gel to measure velocity, penetration, expansion/fragmentation, and retained weight. Buy it at Ventura Munitions Guns in this video: Arsenal Makarov Thanks to our sponsors: Ventura Munitions – Retailer of quality ammunition. Proxibid – Thousands Of Guns At […]
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