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In Which I Talk Early Selfloaders At Gun Guy Radio!
About a month and a half ago, Ryan Michad of the Firearms Radio Network reached out to ask me to do a segment for the Gun Guy Radio show. He wanted to tackle the subject of the selfloading rifle trials that led to the US adoption of the first standard-issue selfloading rifle in the world, the M1 Garand. […]
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The National Firearms Museum Takes A Look At Rare 9mm Handguns
The National Firearms Museum in Fairfax Virginia is one of the most important collections of small arms in the world, but their representatives also leave the museum and travel to places where they can find firearms that they don’t have in their collection. As part of their Curator’s Corner segment on the NFM Curator’s YouTube […]
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Review: Hatsan .30 Carnivore QE Air Rifle
“Big bore” and “air rifle” are not two combinations I see in a sentence very often, but new releases in the air rifle world are pushing bores and performance higher and higher. Hatsan of Turkey is part of that crowd, having recently released the “Carnivore” line of big-bore air rifles in .30 and .357 (9mm) […]
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New Zealand Army Selects LMT To Replace Steyr AUG
The New Zealand Army has been looking to replace their aging Steyr AUG rifles for some time. The New Zealand Ministry of Defense held trials to select a successor, competing in which were Beretta, CZ, Colt Canada, FNH, Steyr, SIG, H&K, and LMT. It was recently announced by the NZ MoD that Lewis Machine & Tool […]
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New .300 BLK From Stag Arms
It has not been long since the .300 AAC Blackout cartridge became an officially recognized round, but it has had more than enough time to gain significant popularity. The round was originally made by handloaders interested in slinging .30-caliber bullets using their ARs and is now used on an increasing basis for everything from target […]
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The Russian Balanced-Action A545 Rifle In Action
The dark horse of the Russian next-generation individual weapon trials has been the A545, better known as the AEK-971. Where the AK-12 is essentially the well-known and respected Kalashnikov with some new architecture that supports the modern accessory-driven paradigm, the A545 is the incarnation of a more radical concept, dating back to the Abakan trials […]
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Review: ProSounds X-Pro Hearing Protection Earplugs
High-volume induced hearing loss is considered a high-priority national health issue. Within the shooting community, its a battle we are constantly fighting, always pushing for suppressor usage (which are not always legal), teaching people about the value of ear pro, and instilling good habits in our fellow shooters. At our detriment has been the fact […]
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POTD: A Yugo M92 in 2A Clothing
Rusty sent us a photo of his Yugo M92 pistol proudly wearing the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Rusty wrote … Yugo M92 with a CNC Warrior Brake, Midwest Industries Handguard, Mapgul AFG2 foregrip, Magpul MOE grip, Ergo railcovers and Primary Arms red dot. Thanks for sharing!
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CTK Picatinny Rail for LUTH-AR Stocks
I, for one, was happy to see the release of the LUTH-AR stock, as it provided a lower-cost, lighter, weight competitor to the Magpul PRS (review coming on the LUTH-AR), but the stock is missing a few features that endears the PRS to me. CTK Precision our of Clintonville, WI has stepped up with a […]
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C-Products Announces 2 New Magazines in 7.62×39 for the AR
C Products Defense has released two new 7.62×39 magazines to the market. The new 28 and 20 round magazines are designed to fit in the standard STANAG magazine pouch without issue, unlike previous in-house and competitor designs that were so large they earned the “banana mag” reputation. The new magazines feature tested coatings that ensure […]
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DIY .410 Staplegun Revolver
So I posted Clint Westwood’s DIY video of how he rifled a barrel. Then I wondered what he was rifling a barrel for. Well he converted a staple gun to fire .410 shotgun shells. Since this is a rifled .410, does this fall under law as a pistol? Or AOW? It is not a SBS […]
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DIY Barrel Rifling Tool
Hat tip to Bryan S. for sharing this with me. Here is a guy who made his own barrel rifling tool with some components he had lying around. It is rather clever how he does it. Here is the fruit of his labor.
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Olympic Arms Offers Glock Pistol Barrels
Olympic Arms is now selling barrels to convert your Glock 22 to shoot 9mm. The barrels are made of 416 stainless steel and use broach rifling with traditional lands and grooves. Olympic Arms specifically states on the company website that the barrels are “excellent for shooting lead bullets.” These 4.5″ barrels sell for $109. Olympic […]
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Quarter Circle 10 Side Charging Uppers
Quarter Circle 10 debuted their aluminum AR lowers that accept Glock mags last year, they now have a non-reciprocating side charging upper on the way. It works with any of Quarter Circle 10’s blow back bolt assemblies (sold separately) and also works with their 9mm, .40S&W, .357 Sig and .45ACP barrels (also sold separately). The Quarter […]
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More Photos of The Elusive QBZ-03 Rifle In Action
The QBZ-03 is the mysterious conventional-layout younger brother of the more well-known Chinese QBZ-95 rifle. While the QBZ-95 uses a novel hybrid mechanism, the 03 uses the mechanism of the older 7.62mm Type 81 and 5.8mm Type 87, but marries this to architecture similar to the QBZ-95. Kurtis sends along a whole whopping set of photos […]
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The Tactical Kalashnikov: The AK-12 In Full Auto
http://sturgeonshouse.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/14-the-small-arms-thread-part-4-or-was-it-the-light-rifle-part-4/page-76#entry19439 Kalashnikov Concern has been hard at work improving the AK-12 rifle, which – although its status has waffled between “adopted” and “not” – is expected to be adopted and standardized by the Russian armed forces. The YouTube channel of Grigory Rhein has posted a few videos of shooting the latest incarnation of the AK-12, […]
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POTD: A Mystery Fifty Cal
Ronaldo from Brazil sends us photos of a .50 cal sniper/anti-materiel rifle captured in a drug raid. He says: This .50BMG rifle has just been seized in Rio de Janeiro by crack BOPE (Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais) Military Police troops in he possession of a group of drug dealers, but I have been unable […]
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Blast From The Past: The Original Colt M4 Promo
Old promotional videos and literature aren’t just entertaining for their nostalgic qualities, but also as important tools for the historian. Features being marketed in a video or pamphlet give the viewer decades later a marker for when those had been introduced, and the characteristics emphasized in such articles give a window into the way the winds […]
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Springfield Armory® DUEL 3 Promotion Coming Soon
Springfield Armory has announced the “Duel 3″ giveaway which will run through the month of September. This is one of if not the largest giveaway in the gun industry. Prizes will be awarded daily and weekly with everything topped off with the grand prize. Further details will be announced as we get them. Springfield is […]
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The B&T APC-9 Submachine Gun, VP9 Pistol And Others (B&T Police & Military Day 2015) [PHOTO HEAVY]
It has now become a tradition for B&T to invite their partners and customers for a yearly mini exhibition in Thun, Switzerland. This year about 40 exhibitors and some 800 participants could enjoy the possibility to wander around the latest products and also try some of B&T’s and H&K’s guns at the shooting range.
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