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Revolver Showdown
Jerry Miculek compares a S&W L-Frame against a Colt Python and a Ruger Speed Six. He admits it to us that he is a little biased since he has been shooting for S&W for the past 25 years. After the test firing he does a table top talk and breaks down the features of each […]
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Transitional Beretta 92Ses Available Through PSA
The historically interesting – though obsolete – Beretta 92S pistol is available for an excellent price from Palmetto State Armory, blogs WeaponsMan. The 92 series, once described by Andrew Tuohy as “the best handgun you should never buy”, went through a series of evolutions, taking it from something closer to a reimagined Walther P39, to […]
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Winchester Collectible Ammo Box with 200 Rounds of 45 ACP
Winchester recently came out with a new collectible gift box with 200 rounds of 45 acp ammo inside. This is a really good gift idea for birthdays, Christmas or just because. It will certainly make a 1911 shooter happy! The all wood collectible box contains two 50 round boxes of flat nosed 230 grn. match […]
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Ballistic Radio’s 10K Round Test of A Knight’s AR-15
Ballistic Radio has been running their Knight’s SR-15 pretty hard. How hard? They’ve so far fired 9,500 rounds, without any cleaning or weapon-induced malfunctions. The picture at the title of this article says a lot, but there’s a video as well. Realistically, there are very few weapons as reliable as a well-made, well-maintained AR-15. Ballistic […]
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Troy 45 Degree Offset Folding BattleSights
Troy Industries just released their new 45 Degree Folding BattleSights. They feature an ambidextrous sight base allowing them to fold compactly to either side of your rifle. They’re available in either the HK front and round rear or M4 front and DOA rear configurations in black or flat dark earth. They retail for $239. Check […]
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IWI Galil ACE Rifle and Pistol Coming to the USA. MSRP Announced.
MAC reports that the IWI Galil ACE will be offered in the USA as a pistol and rifle chambered in 7.62x39mm. It will go on sale after SHOT Show (February 2015). The first officially announced Galil ACE product is the pistol variant. From the press release … The IWI US ® pistol will be available initially in 7.62x39mm with […]
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POTD: Brought Back from WWII
Zachary sent us this photo of the Walther P38 pistol and bayonet his grandfather brought back from WWII. The bayonet has its original Afrika Korps belt frog. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term “frog”, a frog is what holds the sheath onto the belt. Early frogs were made of leather with later […]
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2015 Remington Air Guns
Remington will be expanding their reach with more air guns in 2015 including a new adjustable stock air rifle and 1911 Co2 bb pistol. Air guns fire a metal projectile such as a bb or pellet at high velocities using compressed air or gas and can be used to hunt small game and pests. They […]
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Ruger AR-556 Sneak Peak
Tactical Life got a sneak peak at the new Ruger AR-556. Ruger’s direct impingement AR-15. According to the video, the gun will retail for $749 and has a lot of features not seen in an AR of that price point. Such as folding rear sight, serrated angled face, forged receivers, Cold hammer forged barrel. More […]
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TrakBelt 360
I saw this posted on Facebook. It looks rather interesting and rather adaptable for many professions and hobbies. TrakBelt360 is a Kickstarter campaign for a belt system that allows 360 degree movement of the accessories attached to the belt. So something that is positioned on your left can slide around to your back or all […]
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Winchester Expands Train & Defend Line
Winchester Ammunition announced the expansion of the Train & Defend line of ammo at the 2014 National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers show in Little Rock, Arkansas. The new loads will be for the .45 ACP. The Train & Defend line matches the recoil and trajectory of practice ammo to a hollow point designed for […]
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WarFairy Charon 3D Printed AR15 Lower
Remember the WarFairy 3D printable AR lowers we posted a while ago? (You can see them here and here). Well it looks like someone actually made one, and test fired it too. It didn’t go too smoothly however, check out the creators notes and video below. These pictures show my 3D printed AR15 lower which I […]
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Liberty Ammunition Civil Defense 10mm Auto
Liberty Ammunition is introducing 10mm Auto into its Civil Defense Line of ammo. The lead-free ammo features approximately twice the velocity, three times the terminal effect, 30% more energy and less felt recoil. The ammo is nickel-plated, has solid copper projectiles and nickel-plated brass cases. The projectile is designed to fragment in soft tissue, resulting […]
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The Sturmgewehr: A First Encounter, 1943
What was the Soviet reaction to the Sturmgewehr? EnsignExpendable, at his excellent Soviet Gun Archives blog has the answer: “To the People’s Commissar of Defense, Marshal of the Soviet Union, comrade I.V. Stalin: Since the Spring of this year, forces of the Kalinin, and then Volkhov and Leningrad Fronts have captured, among other weapons, several specimens […]
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Locally made ‘katta’ pistols seized across India
Homemade firearms have long featured strongly in Indian criminology. Known locally as Kattas or tamanchas, these crude handmade pistols account for up to 30% of firearms related crime. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, their use is continuing an upward trend with around 75% of gun homicides in the capital being carried out using […]
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Faxon Firearms Introduces Magazine Marker Bands
Faxon Firearms announced they are now offering three different calibers as part of their normal stocking identification markers for AR-type magazines. The three marking bands are: 5.56/.223 in blue 7.62×39 in yellow 300 BLK in red Using specific colors to mark magazines for different calibers is not a new concept, but the marking bands are certainly […]
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The Shooter’s Little Black Book: The Black Book Series from MagPul
Now expanding product offerings past on-weapons accessories, MagPul has introduced and is now shipping their Black Book series. The first offerings in the to-be-expanded series are the Precision Rifle Data Book and the Rifle Quick Reference Cards: The Black Book series will be a collection of knowledge and education-based publications from the Magpul Dynamics crew. […]
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POTD: From $30 Broken Gun to Post Apocalyptic Shotgun
A reader (who did not leave a name) sent in this photo of a post apocalyptic style shotgun he made from a broken and rusted $30 Rossi single shot … This started out as a thirty dollar broken Rossi single shot that I bought from a pawn shop. After a little bit of work with the […]
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1911 in .380 Auto from Browning
John Browning’s namesake company is expanding its handgun offerings to include a .380 1911. While other designs have been inspired by the platform (the Sig comes to mind), none have yet to use full-size mechanical interfaces (safety, slide catch, etc. The .380 version features the same 85% frame common to .22LR versions. The upcoming Browning Black […]
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Could The Next French Service Rifle Be… Italian?
Since the French announcement earlier this year that they would begin replacing the aging FAMAS with a new design by 2017, there has been some speculation over what design would be chosen as its replacement. One question that hovered over the heads of myself and a friend, though, was how, exactly, the FAMAS fleet – which unlike the Russian […]
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