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Small Caliber Book Reviews: Assault Rifle, By Maxim Popenker and Anthony Williams
Both authors of this book may already be familiar to readers: Maxim Popenker runs world.guns.ru, and also occasionally contributes to TFB, and Anthony Williams is known both for his forum and his General Purpose Cartridge concept. In 2004, they co-published Assault Rifle, a relatively slim volume with the goal of giving the reader a comprehensive but digestible […]
...UPDATE re: Idaho Mother Shot By Toddler
In response to reader emails, I’m writing an update on the case of the Idaho mother who was accidentally shot and killed by her 2-year-old son in Walmart right after Christmas. The details everyone has been wondering about have been released, and in some ways those details only seem to open the case to more […]
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Jim Sullivan On The M16 In Vietnam (And Commentary By Daniel Watters)
Following up on their previous interview segments with AR-15 designer Jim Sullivan, Forgotten Weapons and InRange have posted a video on Full30 of Sullivan describing his view of what went wrong with the AR-15 in Vietnam. Sullivan’s view essentially boils down to “they changed the type of powder that was used, which raised the port pressure, […]
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Marine Shot In The Helmet Caught On Camera
Here is a video of a Marine who was lucky and his helmet protected him when an enemy sniper shot at him. 40 seconds into the video you hear a pop and the Marine in front of the guy with the camera tilts his head back from the hit. No injuries other than his ears […]
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Coming Soon: Modern Weapon Systems ION
Modern Weapon Systems is a Missouri based firm that originally was exclusively involved in dealing firearms. Its Owner, Ian McFarland is a product of the automotive industry and his knowledge of machining and the principles of torque, recoil, and combustion led to him deciding to develop a firearm of his own. I met Ian completely […]
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FN America Wins Contract To Build M240 Machine Guns For US Army
Ongoing demand for machine guns has resulted in the US Army taking bids for production of M240 machine guns. Most recently, FN America has won a contract to produce the weapons: FN AMERICA WINS CONTRACT TO BUILD M240 MACHINE GUNS AND SPARE RECEIVERS FOR THE U.S. ARMY (McLean, VA – January 5, 2015) FN America […]
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Ares Armor Crayon Drawing Sent To BATFE Director
Dimitrios Karras of Ares Armor is a little frustrated with the BATFE’s inconsistency regarding 80% lowers, and what constitutes their manufacture. To assist ATF director B. Todd Jones in understanding, Karras wrote a letter outlining some of the previous statements made by Jones regarding this issue: On page 2 and 3 you state the following, […]
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CZ Adds 26 Nosler to the Sonoran Rifle Offerings
CZ USA first showed the Sonoran rifle – a long range, mountain rifle that weighs less than 8 pounds – at the 2014 SHOT Show. At the 2015 show, the company will have a new version of the gun chambered for 26 Nosler. The 26 Nosler version of the gun has a 26″ fluted barrel […]
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Ruger Elite 451/452 Trigger
Ruger is now selling a trigger upgrade for the AR-15 type rifle. Called the Elite 452, the two-stage trigger is a fully assembled kit in a polymer dry fire housing that includes a new grip, hammer spring, safety selector, and all of the needed pins, screw to mount the grip and springs. The polymer dry […]
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Ruger GP100 Match Champion – Adjustable Sights
Ruger announced the introduction of a new GP100 Match Champion revolver with adjustable sights. This compliments the fixed sight Match Champion the company introduced about a year ago. The revolver is designed with competition shooting in mind, though I suspect it would make an excellent self-defense gun as well. It is chambered in .357 Magnum […]
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How Many .22LR Does It Take To Go Through Bulletproof Glass?
22plinkster got a sheet of bullet proof glass and tests to see how many shots it takes to make it through. His first groupings were terrible due to a dirty barrel. Once it was cleaned out with some copper jacketed rounds, it took 64 shots with CCI Velocitors to make it through the glass and […]
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Sydney Siege
It seems that every time an event occurs that receives a massive amount of media attention and has multiple law enforcement agencies involved, all the interesting small arms in use come out of the woodwork and make themselves available to the viewers around the world. It’s a pity that there is usually an event where […]
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Pistol & Blade quick draw
Anton Beukes posted a video showing his CCW gun and knife draw. It is very clean and very impressive manipulation. Not sure why you would need a knife when you have a working gun, but you cannot argue against the execution of the drill.
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Gun Review: Kahr Arms CW380 .380ACP Pistol
A little over ten years ago, I purchased my first Kahr – the original Kahr K9. The K9 was a single stack 9mm, which was a much less common configuration ten years ago than it is today. At the time, there was no S&W Shield, Beretta Nano, Kel-Tec PF9, Springfield XD-S, Ruger LC9, or the […]
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BIG NEWS: Introducing the TFB Patent Blog
For almost as long as I have been running TFB I have wanted to have a sub-blog dedicated to showcasing all the new gun and gun-related patent applications issued by the US Trademark and Patent Office (USTPO). Finally my dream is a reality. Let me introduce the TFB Patent Blog (Click “Gun Patents” in the black menu […]
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Bond Arms Extreme Torture Test
**Disclaimer: The video is long, but worth a watch. This is an in-depth torture test** Bond Arms has made quite a name for themselves over the years by building quality products that will ensure years of shooting pleasure for all of their customers. A Bond Arms gun has been used to win Cowboy Action Shooting […]
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Meopta Announces New MeoStar HD Binoculars
Meopta, the company founded in Prerov, Czechoslovakia, in 1933 by physics professor Dr. Alois Mazurek is coming out with a new premium binocular, the MeoStar HD. Up to 1992 Meopta focused on the production of military optical products, including a stretch from 1971 to 1989 where three-quarters of their business was dedicated to manufacturing products […]
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Leupold Deltapoint Pro
Leupold announced the Deltapoint 2 last year at Shot Show. However the past year they kept pushing the release further back. Well now they have canceled the Deltapoint 2 and are coming out with the Deltapoint Pro. Here is a video of the Deltapoint 2 from last year’s Shot Show. The Deltapoint Pro […]
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CZ 1911 A1
CZ-branded guns are now being made in the US. The first? The 1911A1. CZ will be showing their version of the 1911A1 at the 2015 SHOT Show. The pistol is designed to be a modern interpretation of the classic Government model, but with tighter tolerances and other changes. These guns will have walnut grips and taller sights. […]
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CMMG Has Begun Shipping MK47 Mutants
According to a press release, CMMG has begun shipping MK 47 Mutant rifles to “select stores”: Fayette, MO -CMMG Inc. has announced that the company has shipped its first production run of Mk47 MUTANT rifles to preferred retailers and big box stores, including Cabela’s and Bass Pro Shops. The announcement comes just a little over […]
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