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Next Level Arms Ambi Charging Handle
Next Level Arms makes Ambi Charging handles for AR-15 and AR-10. I got my hands on an AR-15 version to check it out next to my Raptor. Below you can see it next to my Noveske Edition Raptor. The wings of the handle are wider on the Next Level Arms. As […]
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Firegild Luxury Firearms
Custom firearms manufacturers are nothing new, but Firegild starts at a level above where other companies stop. Firegild starts with guns from many of the most popular manufacturers such as Beretta, Colt and Ruger. Then they design a unique, personalized handgun that uses gems such as rubies, sapphires, emeralds and diamonds. Fine leathers and exotic hides […]
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Learning From A Sad Gunsmithing Story
Hognose, blogging at his home WeaponsMan.com, has touched on a very worthwhile subject in one of his latest posts: How to deal with gunsmiths (if you’re a customer) and customers (if you’re a gunsmith). He springboards off a tale originally posted on Reddit about some gunsmithing work that didn’t live up to expectations, but where […]
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AK Guy’s AKs In The USA
Brandon Herrera, aka The AK Guy, has started an Indiegogo campaign to crowd fund a documentary of big manufacturers, builders, YouTubers, and other prominent people in the American AK Industry. His goal is rather reasonable. $6,000 to fund the logistics of making this video series. If he can raise more funds, then even […]
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MPT-76 Production Begins In Turkey, MAC Takes a Look
Two weeks ago, Janes reported that production of the Turkish MPT-76 rifle had begun. The rifle is a 7.62mm caliber derivative of the German HK417 rifle, itself a derivative of the AR-15 series of rifles. The MPT-76 inherits the operating rod mechanism of the G36 through its German parents, but differs from the HK417 in […]
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Leatherman “Tread” Wearable Multi-Tool
Leatherman recently announced a new wearable bracelet multi-tool called the “tread”. Looking at it you can see the name came from it’s resemblance to a tank tread. Essentially what you have are a set of 29 assorted tools. I can see this being useful for archery, shooting sports or just everyday use.Leatherman says they will […]
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F-35 25mm Cannon Live Fire
Check out this video of the first live fire of the General Dynamics GAU-22/A four-barrel 25mm cannon onboard an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at Edwards Air Force Base in California. It weights in at 230 pounds and spits rounds out at 3300 shots per minute with a muzzle velocity of 3560 feet per second. Here’s […]
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Dangerous PCP Polymer Cases Ammo (Update)
On March 25th, 2014 I posted the results of an ammunition test on The Firearm Blog that can be read here. The ammo exploded, did damage to equipment, and well could have done damage to the shooters had I not taken precautions. Some photo highlights… See the magazine spring in the top left? Yeah, that could […]
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BCM Keymod rail covers now shipping
Bravo Company came out with these rail sections at SHOT 2015, but have since worked some more on the design and they are now ready to ship for $9.95 a pack of five, with each section covering 5.5 inches. However, the materials they picked allow users to clip the length to whatever appropriate size needed […]
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Y-man update: testing my Mossberg 500 Rifled Barrel…
Greetings! May your hunts be prosperous, and your nights restful! Jambo! [I just made that up.. ha ha!] Well, this is a range report of sorts: just to give you all an account of how far I have been able to go with Mathilda, my Mossberg 500A Shotgun, in recent times. I earlier this year got […]
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POTD: How Not To Guard Your Recruitment Center
People have stepped up in response to the recent attack in Chattanooga, TN. Dustin Ellerman, of Top Shot, posted this picture on Facebook. There are some obviously glaring issues with this photo. First he has a vertical grip on his pistol AR. Now I will be nice and grant him the benefit of the doubt. […]
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Colonial Williamsburg Gunsmith
I came across this movie on youtube from a TFB reader recently. It is a series of movies made about various artisan trades in the 1700s, there is one on blacksmithing and so on. However this entire movie is about the process that a colonial gunsmith would go through to produce a single flintlock rifle. […]
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Royal Navy Field Gun Competition
This video shows a competition where participants race with artillery. This brings a completely new meaning to the phrase “Race Gun”. The race is set up with some basic obstacles. However not only does the entire team have to traverse the course and its obstacles, so does the cannon. Every part of it. It looks […]
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.600 Nitro Express from a Revolver
The .600 Nitro Express is the one of the largest of the Nitro Express rounds ever developed, second only to the .700 Holland & Holland Nitro Express. Originally meant for big-game hunting, its a round so powerful, it dents common handgun steel targets. As such, someone decided to build a handgun for it. The .600 Nitro […]
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Guns that Go Boom… Badly
Wide Open Spaces has collected an impressive amount of photos of various catastrophic detonations in firearms. While most of them would likely have left the shooter stunned, there are a few that I would hazard caused some damage to both the gun and the shooter. Interestingly, it shows that no one type or model of […]
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The General from Republic Forge
Based on the officer’s model 1911, Republic Forge is now building The General. The General is a single-action pistol chambered in .45 ACP. According to the company, the gun has a match grade 3.5″ barrel and the company’s proprietary recoil system. The gun will be customizable with a variety of finish and grip options. Some […]
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Hogue 10/22 Takedown Stocks
For those in the market, Hogue is now selling OverMolded stocks for the Ruger 10/22 Takedown rifle. The new stock choices are available in both standard and thumbhole configurations. Additionally, there are six different colors that can be purchased. These color options are: black purple OD green flat dark earth Ghillie Green Ghillie Earth The […]
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Tacstar’s Rail Mount/Sidesaddle for Shotguns
Whether you’re a hunter or target shooter, odds are you’re always looking for ways to improve your shotgun. Tacstar has a new aftermarket accessory out that not only helps you reload faster but also allows you to mount optics to your gun. It’s the Tacstar Rail Mount/Sidesaddle, a sidesaddle shotshell holder attached to a Picatinny […]
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MHS Request For Proposal To Be Released By End of Month?
In the second half of June, we reported that the Army had released a new second draft of the request for proposal (RFP) for the new MHS handgun, now called “XM17″, slated to replace the M9 handgun made by Beretta that has been in use since the 1980s. The latest news on the grapevine is […]
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POTD: Little Green Welcoming Party
After Alex C’s excellent review of the MAS 49/56 rifle, I decided I just had to have one of my own. The MAS 49/56 is the perfected French vision of a semi-automatic infantry battle rifle, an important piece of late 20th Century history, and a very handy, relatively lightweight, and inexpensive civilian full-caliber semiauto. I […]
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