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Devil Dog Arms To Return
Devil Dog Arms, which previously closed abruptly and in disgrace, has updated their website indicating the company will return under new Investors. The statement of the website give some light into the surprise announcement earlier this year. In short, it would seem an investor group discovered the deception during their due diligence process to invest […]
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How It Works, “The Pig” Edition – M60 Machine Gun
Still in use today with the US military, albeit at a reduced capacity, the M60 machine gun is a well-known force to be reckoned with. With its ability to controllably lay down suppressive fire, “The Pig” (as it was affectionately known), was the back-bone of the infantry squad through the Vietnam War. The weapon was […]
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Molot To Produce The Vintorez Suppressed Rifle
The Vintorez (VSS) integrally suppressed sniper rifle is a system designed on the AK platform ** that fires a unique 9×39 cartridge with deadly accuracy out to 400 meters. Think of the Vintorez as being comparable to an integrally suppressed .300BLK rifle in the AR world. Developed specifically for Russian covert units, only a few civilians have […]
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New Guncrafter 1911 Long Slide 1911s: .50 GI, 10mm
Guncrafter Industries announced a pair of new 1911 style handguns chambered for cartridges other than the .45 ACP. (Guncrafter Industries is the same company that makes the .50 GI conversion for the Glock 20 and 21 pistols.) Model 4 The new Model 4 is chambered for the .50 GI cartridge and was designed for extreme […]
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Review: Brass Butter Reloading Lube
This is a guest article from our reader Mike R. covering Brass Butter, a reloading lube. Thanks, Mike! I was pretty excited when Tom brought back a product for reloading from SHOT Show 2016: “Brass Butter”. Since he is not a reloader he offered the sample to me (and asked me to tell him what […]
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Geissele Picatinny Bayonet Mount
Soldier Systems Daily is reporting on a product from Geissele Automatics that was shown at Modern Day Marine. This particular product is picatinny rail mounted bayonet mount. It can securely fit an Ontario Knife Company M9 (Modern use) or the M7 (Vietnam era issue). It is secured via three hand tightened screws to the picatinny […]
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Tommy Guns and Moonshine with Hickok45
This particular post need very little in the way of a lead. That’s because it’s not only a post showing one of Hickok45’s better videos but one featuring my personal top wish-list firearm, the Thompson Submachine Gun. Tommy guns were designed in 1917 by General John T. Thompson who hoped to create a gun capable of […]
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TFBTV: Review of the FN M4 and M16 from the “Military Collector” Series:
In this episode of TFBTV, James reviews two of FN’s rifles from its much-hyped “Military Collector” series. The FN M4 and M16 are almost exact (semi-automatic) replicas of the M4 and M16 issued to the U.S. Armed Forces. And while FN is offering the public a chance to wield the weapon used by the most […]
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Trijicon’s New MGRS: Machine Gun Reflex Sight
Trijicon announced a new reflex style sight designed specifically for military use on machine guns. The company states the new MGRS (Machine Gun Reflex Sight) is engineered for the pounding any optic will take when mounted to a rifle caliber, full auto weapon. Here’s a quick look at some of the features and specs on […]
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NEW: Aim Rack ‘Em Up AR500 Target System
Intelligent Target Systems has a slogan that neatly summarizes their newest addition to their product line: “We don’t always know what you’re up to…but we know what you’re up against.” And while the premise behind their slogan is simple – and true – not every industry business out there follows it. Basically, it means it […]
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MARSOC to drop Colt 1911s from service
It appears that the last active duty component of the U.S. Military has retired the tried and true 1911. In an article by the Marine Corps Times, Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC), has officially announced that it is withdrawing the .45 ACP Colt Rail Guns (M45 MEUSOC 1911)from service while completely switching to 9x19mm Glock 19s. […]
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Ukranian Malyuk rifle Developments at ADEX 2016
ADEX is the Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition held in the capitol of Baku, Azerbaijan. Ukraine came out with the 7.62x39mm (Also 5.45×39 but not at the show) Malyuk. Essentially the rifle is an AK74 or AKM in the guise of a bullpup, much like many of the experimental bullpup conversions in the United States and Russia, […]
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ADEX 2016- New Azeri long range rifles
ADEX is the Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition held in the capitol of Baku, Azerbaijan. The Azeris began work on a 14.5mm and 12.7mm anti-material rifle back in 2008 and having it enter service in 2009. This was the Istigal 14.5 and 12.7mm semi-automatic rifle. I would assume that the Azeris ran into the accuracy problem that […]
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TFB Review: ZEV Technologies Custom Glock 19
The Glock 19 is a pretty great pistol right out of the box. It is simple, relatively accurate, reliable, and reasonably priced. That being said, some improvements can be made. The triggers aren’t fantastic, the sights are pretty basic, and the barrels aren’t “match-grade” and can have issues with lead bullets. Many readers, along […]
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NEW: Remington R1 LS 10mm Hunter
This past week Remington held it’s annual Writers New Product Seminar in west Virginia. Remington always does a good job of presenting it’s new guns and products for the coming year then taking us to the large BSA facility and ranges to get some trigger time in with these new offerings. Most will be announced […]
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Black Hawk! Omnivore holster system
Soldier Systems Daily is reporting on a new product from Black Hawk! that was introduced at Modern Day Marine, their Omnivore Holster system. Essentially the holster is designed to solve the problem of versatility that so many holster manufacturers have tried to tackle over the years. That is that usually an individual gun owner, police […]
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Leupold Adds New Scopes to VX-3i Line
Leupold & Stevens expanded the VX-3i line of rifle scopes with the introduction of a few new models. The new models are: 1.75-6x 32mm 4.5-14x 40mm 6.5-20x 40mm 8.5-25x 50mm Earlier this year, Leupold introduced the VX-3i line with 15 different models. You can read more about those different models by clicking through to the […]
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Browning ProSilver SR59 Safe
Browning announced a new gun safe that it is selling called the Silver SR59. This safe is in the company’s ProSteel line and is a tall, extra wide model. The safe is 72″ tall, 56″ wide and 25″ deep. The company states it has a total long gun capacity of 59 firearms, though that depends […]
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Ergo’s KeyMod Forward Rail
If you have an A2 style front sight base on your AR, but no rail coverage between it and the birdcage, I’ve found the product for you: the KeyMod Forward Rail (KFR) from Ergo Grips. This rail system bolts down to the front sight base and adds a few extra inches of accessory rail real […]
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Rebel Silencers SOS-22 Tubeless Suppressor
It looks like a new silencer company has emerged with a strange tubless suppressor design. I stumbled on them while browsing Reddit and noticed they were running a sale to introduce the new SOS-22 rimfire suppressor. It appears that the new company is more or less Veteran owned and is based out of El Paso. The […]
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