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Slovakian 9mm Frankencarbines
Thanks to my friend Jan Lučanský of Laugo Arms for telling me about this company. Originally he was remarking on the Hungarian Steiner Bark that I posted earlier. The Bark9 is actually a Slovakian firearm. It uses a Scorpion EVO3 fire control group and mag well. Well they didn’t just stop there. Here they take […]
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A Cute Lil’ AK Chambered in 7.62×25 Tokarev
Check out this cute little guy that was recently posted on r/NFA recently. It’s some sorta homemade AK variant chambered in the 7.62×25 Tokarev. The poster that shared it on Reddit claims it belonged to a private security guard in Karachi Pakistan. Remember our Pakistan Gunsmiths post? I bet that baby AK in 7.62×25 Tok […]
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OLD Bullpup – Bushmaster M17s with MAC
I have sold few firearms that I own, but I only regret selling one, a Bushmaster M17s bullpup rifle. As such, Military Arms Channel decided it best to hit me where it hurts and highlight his own rifle (just kidding, I don’t think MAC would do that to me). The rifle has an interesting history […]
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A TFB Readers Experiences With Not So Safe Gun Handling!
For those of us who have been around guns most of our lives we no doubt have stories of those we’ve seen handling guns in an unsafe manner. Heck you may have even seen a ND at one time or another I know I have. I’ve seen people from all walks of life handling guns […]
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BIG BANG: Cannon Loading in the 18th Century
Modern shooters have it good. Load a cartridge, pull trigger, bang, and the case is easy to remove. Our older brethren did not have it so easy. Traditional black-powder cannons are quite a bit more involved, requiring multiple steps to clean, load, and ultimately fire. The loading sequence starts with the Worm or Wad-Screw, which […]
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POTD: Fedorov Avtomat
Found this cool cut away. It looks like a CG render rather than a real firearm. I am not that familiar with this gun and its operation to know if the CG model is accurate or not. Any of our readers know this gun inside and out? Phil Note: Hey Alex have you got one?
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IWI Introduces 300 BLK Version of X95 Assault Rifle
Israel Weapon Industries announced the introduction of the 300 BLK caliber into its X95 line of assault rifles. The new military weapons will be shown at the Eurosatory 2016 show in France this month. Until now, the X95 has been available only in 5.56 NATO, 5.45×39 and 9mm. The 300 BLK makes a fourth caliber […]
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Operating Systems 101: Short-Recoil
Two basic mechanisms dominate the field of handguns today: The aforementioned straight blowback system, and short-recoil operation. The latter of two is a mechanism as clever as it is old; the first short-recoil weapons date back to the latter half of the 19th Century! Short-recoil harnesses the same principle of inertia as does straight blowback, but […]
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Operating Systems 101: Straight Blowback
The first entry in our coverage of automatic weapon operating mechanisms will be the humble straight blowback method. Conceptually simple, it is one of the most common systems, being applied almost universally to .22 caliber rimfire autoloaders the world over, as well as being very commonly applied to budget centerfire handgun and rifle designs. The […]
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Operating Systems 101: Introduction and Foundation
What makes an automatic (or semiautomatic) weapon work? How do these weapons accomplish being able to fire round after round through a single barrel with no interference from the operator? That’s what I aim to explain in this series, which hopefully will give my readers a brief and readily accessible foundation on firearms operating mechanisms. […]
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Is There Room for a Traditional Civilian Semiauto Rifle?
We live in a world today that is completely inundated with AR-15 pattern rifles. In 2016, for just five Benjamins – sometimes even less! – you can purchase your very own fantactical black rifle and rely on it to work when you need to and shoot where you mean to. I won’t try to say otherwise: […]
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HK VP70z: The Original Plastic Wondernine
H&K became a household name because of their rifles, but their innovative pistols certainly shouldn’t be overlooked either. In this episode of TFBTV we shoot the VP70 pistol, the first handgun ever to make use of a polymer frame.
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The More You Know: Polygonal Rifling
Back in what now seems like a lifetime ago, I spent a year of my life trying to find a way to match fired bullets with their respective cartridge cases. Because the ammunition manufacturing process involves pressing brass (the cartridge) overtop the softer copper alloy (the bullet jacket), I theorized that the ‘tool marks’ left […]
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New Gear from Tac Shield
Tac Shield announced a series of new products the company is now offering for sale. I highlight a few of these below: Direct to Rail Attach Bipods This is a rifle bipod that is able to directly attach to a Picatinny rail instead of needing an adaptor. Tac Shield built the bipod with a quick […]
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POTD: EDC Serbu Shorty
For this POTD, here is a photo of a holstered Serbu Shorty. Although I don’t think this qualifies as a holster. More like a weapon catch since the trigger and trigger guard are not covered. Unfortunately the image is low res so I cannot make out exactly what is going on with the kedex weapon […]
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Revealing Your Baby’s Gender With a Bang
There have been a few people to use this method of announcing a baby’s gender to their families. A little binary explosive and some blue or pink powdered chalk is all you need alongside your favorite rifle of choice. Here is one done with shotguns. Not sure what they used to get the powder […]
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HK Gets Its FDE On
Heckler & Koch (aka HK) is now offering VP9 and VP40 pistols with a flat dark earth (FDE) frame. The new colored frames are not simply finished in FDE, rather the plastic is properly tinted during the manufacturing process. This means the color will not flake, chip or peel off during hard use. The slide […]
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GRAPHIC CONTENT: GoPro Footage Of U.S. Special Forces
The footage is a little bit washed out and you don’t really see that much. A U.S. Special Forces Operative is working with Afhan National Army soldiers. They break into a house and a firefight ensues. According to American Military News, the ANA solider that breached the building was shot off camera.
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Magpul Introduces 5.45mm-Compatible AK Magazine
Rumors of a new Magpul magazine for the AK-74 platform are confirmed: The company has just released the PMAG 30 AK74 MOE magazine, designed to hold 30 rounds of 5.45x39mm ammunition and compatible with all 5.45mm caliber AK rifles that take traditional AK-74 pattern magazines. The company’s website has been updated to support sales of the […]
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HK MP5 Field Strip
The H&K MP5 is the world’s greatest submachinegun, and its sales even 50 years after its introduction are quite strong. So let us take a look at what makes the greatest SMG of all time tick in this field strip.
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