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Pump Action AK from Roll Call Custom Armory
We have previously covered the pump-action AR-15 (both the Troy PAR and the novel Bentwood Gunsmithing), but this is definitely something new. Roll Call Custom Armory has produced a custom Romaninan AK-47 under-folder pump-action rifle. Description from Roll Call Custom Armory: WOW!!! Here’s an Awesome Rifle you won’t see anywhere else! Up for auction, is a […]
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Masterpiece Arms DMG Multi Caliber Pistol
MasterPiece Arms is venturing into the “multi-caliber” pistol market with their new “Defender, Machined, Grip” series. While it has a decidedly 80’s “MAC-10″ look to it, the modularity really gives it some flexibility. I do really like that it accepts a standard Glock Hi-cap magazine. It will be interesting to see what the consumer adoption […]
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Concealed Carry On the Rise Among Women
Over the last week news articles in Olmsted County in Minnesota, and El Paso, Texas have come out regarding the substantial rise in concealed carry permits being issued – with a focus on the fact that an increasing percentage of permit holders are women. It isn’t just Minnesota and Texas, though, it’s all across the […]
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A “Flute’d” Firearm? .22LR Flute Firearm Turned in at Buyback
WeaponsMan picked up on a rather interesting modified firearm that was turned in at a Tampa Florida gun buy-back. It was a .22 bolt-action rifle built into a flute. Two rocket launchers and a flute fashioned into a gun were among the weapons turned into the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office’s Gun Swap program on Saturday. […]
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Comparing the MagPul AFG’s
Jerking the Trigger has an excellent picture showcasing the differences between the various generations and configurations of the MagPul Angled Fore-Grip (AFG). Interestingly, they keep getting smaller across the generations. Credit: Jerking the Trigger Win the new Springfield Armory XD-9 Mod.2 TFB's first ever gun giveaway.
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Homemade machine pistols seized in Sweden
The below are machine pistols of a design that were being produced and distributed by criminal networks in Sweden. Apparently specifications for many of the parts were simply sent off to various machine shops and ordered as ‘boat components’. All examples are smooth bore, chambered in 9mm luger and full auto only. Win the […]
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Yankee Marshall Explains why Officer Wilson’s Gun Didn’t Go Bang
Politics of the incident aside, gun guys have been seizing on the testimony that Officer Wilson’s sidearm had two “clicks” before the gun detonated as designed. Some have been assuming that it was light primer strikes or even a bad primer. By the Marshall’s explanation, its something even simpler… the handgun was not in battery. […]
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Smith & Wesson Gets a Partner for Army Pistol Competition
Over the summer the U.S. Army announced they’re looking to replace the Beretta M9, which has been the standard issue service weapon for soldiers since 1985. Yes, it’s been 30 years, but before the M9, there was a bigger, badder gun. In 1911, our Armed Forces started using the .45 ACP M1911 after the adrenaline-fueled […]
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LifeSizePotato Reviews The Arsenal Strike One Pistol
LifeSizePotato is the YouTube channel of a collector of rare, antique, unusual, and high quality handguns, which hosts video reviews of the weapons he collects. This week, he stepped outside of his box a little bit to review the Strike One handgun, a modern polymer commercial grade handgun unlike his regular features. As covered in the video, the […]
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Two Interviews With The Designer Of The AR-15, L. James Sullivan
InRange has an excellent interview (and range video!) with Jim Sullivan, a designer of the AR-15, Ultimax 100, Mini-14, and other firearms. In it, they get to fire Sullivan’s improved M4, which is more tolerant of sustained fire and employs the “constant recoil” principle used in Sullivan’s Ultimax 100 machine gun. I’ve fired the latter […]
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The Legendary Kalashnikov Documentary
RT produced this 25 min documentary about the Kalashnikov. For those of you who are not familiar with the AK-47 this video will give you some good background info on the infamous weapon. I dare say this video makes me want to buy a Izhmash AK now. In the documentary they interviewed a gun […]
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AK47 Pushup
Instructor Zero shows off some “Russian” pushups while utilizing his AK47. I am impressed the gun seems to hold up well as well as the magazine. What I would have liked to have seen is Instructor Zero shooting that AK47 after he did some pushups off of it. Just to further show how robust that […]
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New Walther PK380 Pistols
Davidson’s announced two new Walther PK380 pistols designed for “just plain fun.” One has a cheetah print frame, while the other has a red tiger stripe frame. While these finishes are not for everyone, they illustrate the growing trend of customization in the firearms industry. Customization has become one of the major industry influencers, and […]
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Liberty Ammunition .357 Magnum Loads
Liberty Ammunition is now selling a .357 Magnum load in the company’s Civil Defense line. The load uses a 50 grain bullet with a muzzle velocity of 2,100 fps. I’ve had a chance to run a lot of Liberty ammo over a chronograph. While short barrel pistols bleed velocity in any load, I’ve found the […]
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Vela One: High Speed Flash On A Budget
One of the great innovations in the past 50 years pertaining to the study of what projectiles do in flight and why is the advent of ultra-high-speed photography – the kind that can keep a rifle bullet in focus. This sort of endeavor is not for the novice photographer, but the results speak for themselves […]
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Strike’s New Trigger Finger Placement Enhancer
We’ve all had the value of shot placement drilled into us ad nauseam, and for good reason; it’s absolutely important. But if certain other factors aren’t taken into account as well your shot placement is going to suffer, and one of those factors is proper trigger finger placement. There seem to be two schools of […]
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CMMG Mk. 47 Mutant Pricing And Details
Our own Alex C has already posted a thorough review of the new CMMG dedicated 7.62×39 AR-15, so be sure to go check that out. Meanwhile, CMMG has released model and pricing details, through a press release: Fayette, MO (Dec. 1, 2014)-CMMG Inc. today announced the release of the Mk47 MUTANT – an all-new rifle platform that […]
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Review: The New CMMG MK47 Mutant
AR or AK? That argument has been beaten to death over decades and past attempts to convert AR15s to 7.62×39 have resulted in magazine issues or bolt failures due to the milling of the bolt face. People have tried to bring to market AR lowers that accept AK mags in the past, but they have […]
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GunLab’s Work On Reproduction VG1-5 Rifles
One of the many projects GunLab has been hard at work completing is producing reproduction VG1-5 (more properly referred to as the Gustloff MP 507) carbines. These were last-ditch carbines, intended to be vastly cheaper to make than either the Kar98K or StG-44 carbines then in service. They were intended to operate via a closed bolt, gas-delayed blowback […]
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Black Friday Record: 2 Guns Sold Per Second at Retail
According to The Blaze, the FBI Processed 144,758 background checks on Friday. The actual number of guns sold would be even greater than this because of sales with delayed background checks such as online purchases … By Friday afternoon, that figure had reached three checks per second, CNN reported, putting 2014 on track to blow past […]
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