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Friday Field Strip: WWII German G43
This is our first, of many I hope, Friday Field Strip. Each week we will do a field strip of a different firearm. This week we strip the German G43 rifle, which is essentially a G41(W) rifle improved with the addition of a gas system inspired by the Soviet SVT rifles. However, the unique flapper-locking system […]
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Davidson’s Exclusive Tavor SAR-B16
Davidson’s Inc., a US based distributor of firearms, is selling an exclusive version of the Tavor rifle. This limited edition version of the Tavor SAR-B16 rifle has a digital woodland camo finish on the stock and a matte black finish on the barrel. It has the following features: caliber: .223 Rem magazine: one Magpul PMAG, […]
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Winchester Model 94 Short Rifle in 450 Marlin
Winchester Repeating Arms announced the company was now selling a Model 94 Short Rifle chambered for the 450 Marlin cartridge. The new guns will have a walnut stock with a satin finish and straight grip. The 20″ barrel is ported to help with recoil and the stock has a Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad added to […]
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POTD: The AN-94, In Use Today
Polish gun magazine Broń i Amunicja posted two photos of the elusive AN-94 rifle in use with Russian forces recently. The 5.45mm hyperburst rifles are seen equipped with optics mounted via rails to the Soviet-era dovetail scope mount integral to the receiver of the weapon. Broń i Amunicja writes: Tak po cichutku, bez większego rozgłosu, pojedyncze […]
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Shotguns of the Shotgun World Shoot 2015 (VERY PHOTO HEAVY)
Open Division With about 700 competitors from 34 countries the Shotgun 2015 World Shoot in Italy is the largest IPSC Shotgun competition ever. Having Beretta, Benelli and the Kalashnikov Group as sponsors of the main event, those brand names give away quite a lot which type of shotguns that were used by competitors. In the […]
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Review: Strike Industries Cookie Cutter Comp .300 Blackout/.308
A while back Strike Industries introduced their Cookie Cutter Comp in 5.56, I got a chance to take a closer look at one in .300 Blackout/.308. Admittedly the Strike Industries Cookie Cutter Comp has been sitting on my workbench for a while now, I didn’t have a .30 cal gun that had the correct 5/8×24 thread […]
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Can You Identify This Mystery Speed-Loading Shotgun?
This mystery shotgun with a custom speedloading mechanism was around Shotgun World Shoot in Italy. I never got to see the owner shoot or do any reloads, but I heard he is very fast in “Option 3” (empty start) and in reloading. The gun is a modified Benelli M1 (Super 90), and in its shown […]
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Springfield Armory Unleashes Weekend ‘Hit the Range’ Accross the USA
On the heels of the very successful Duel 3 promotion which left a lot of happy new guns and gear owners Springfield launches another program called “Hit the Range”. All across the country Springfield representatives will be attending the days shooting activities from October 9th–11th. The first 50 shooters at these designated ranges will receive […]
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More Italian Trials Rifles
Previously, we looked at the Breda Model 39, an Italian rifle that competed against what would become the Beretta BM-59 in a bid to be the Italian military rifle of the 1950s and ’60s. TFB friend Trevor Weston sends along more photos of three Italian rifles that are not well known today. The first two are Beretta-made licensed-produced […]
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The Soviet 7.62×39 Tokarev-Mauser: A Forgotten Carbine
After the decision to create a new family of infantry weapons for the then-new intermediate 7.62x41mm obr.1943 cartridge (the precursor to 7.62×39), Soviet designers were tasked with creating new kinds of weapons in this chambering, including machine guns, selfloading rifles, assault rifles, and bolt-action carbines. This last category was apparently given a low priority, as it was […]
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New Fixed-Blade Knife From Hogue
If you’re looking for a new fixed blade knife to round out your kit, Hogue has you covered. New from Hogue International is the EX-F02, a knife with a fixed blade crafted of A2 tool steel. According to the company the knife was designed for durability and versatility. The EX-F02 has a polymer/OverMolded rubber handle and […]
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HiperFire Releases ECLipse Trigger
I’m a fan of HiperFire triggers so seeing one supposedly even better than the 24C I run in my competition rifle is highly intriguing. However, its an anticlimactic release, which is basically announcing the name change of the TarHeel 3-gun Special Edition trigger to the ECLipse. Still, for a trigger to “eclipse” the performance of […]
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Details on K&M .308 Bullpup Direct from Ken Himself
Putting .308 into a bullpup rifle is no easy feat. While many companies are working on a solution, it seems that K&M Arms is getting close to a solution with their updated M17S based design. WeLikeShooting spent some time out at the bullpup shoot and got some details on the upcoming rifle from Ken McAlister […]
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Geissele Super Precision Optic Mount
At the 2nd day of the Big 3 Media Event at Daytona Beach, FL, Geissele Automatics introduced their new Super Precision Optic Mount. The Geissele mount was developed specifically by request from a DoD customer. It should be available commercially by SHOT Show 2016. Geissele will release a number of models that match specific optics. At least […]
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H&K Mark 23 Suppressed
The Heckler and Koch Mark 23 may well be the finest production handgun ever made: Match grade accuracy, unparalleled reliability, and size that makes throwing it just as lethal as shooting it all play into it being a fantastic pistol. This behemoth of a gun was designed at the request of the United States Special […]
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Meprolight Announces New Optic
Meprolight, the company responsible for providing a large percentage of night sights and optics to the Israeli Defensive Forces, has a new optic coming out. It’s called the TRU-DOT RDS, and it was designed with the needs of hunters in mind. Of course, just because it’s great for hunting doesn’t mean it’s not a fantastic […]
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Hi-Lux CMR8 1-8x26mm Tactical Scope Preview
This is a TFB exclusive product preview at the Fall 2015 Big 3 Media event at Daytona Beach, Florida. One of the companies at the event is Hi-Lux Leatherwood optics. I have reviewed more than a few of their optics for TFB. To my surprise, they brought along the working prototype of their new 1-8x tactical scope. […]
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POTD: WW2 WTF
Our good friend Trev Weston sent us this photo. I love the expression of the guy holding the tripod steady! The machine gun looks to be, at least to my untrained eye, a MG34. It has anti-aircraft “spider web” sights mounted at the front with rear anti-aircraft sights mounted in front of the feeding mechanism. […]
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Underground SMGs of The Early 1980s, By Ronaldo Olive
Following on our earlier article about improvised and homebuilt weapons, Brazilian gun writer Ronaldo Olive emails us this article he wrote for Harris Publications in the 1980s about some of the simple underground improvised submachine guns seized by Brazilian police during that time. The article is copied below, but for those who prefer, they can download […]
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LED Lenser T2 QC 4 Color LED Light
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