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Green Alps, blue lakes, fine guns. A brief report from B+T AG facility in Thun, Switzerland
Being a gun nut and a traveller, I really wanted to visit Switzerland for a long time. This October I finally put these plans to life, and made a week-long leisure trip across the German-speaking part of Switzerland with my wife. Our main goal was just to see the country (which turned out even much […]
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M&P 15-22 Free Float Adapter
Tacticool22 makes an adapter that you can put on your S&W M&P15-22 so you can use any normal AR-15 free float handguard. The adapter is only $27. They even have a faux gas block so you can use two piece handguards if you so desired. Here bret248vista modified his S&W M&P15-22 into a M4 […]
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KRISS Vector Out Of Battery Detonation
Here is a rare occurrence. A KRISS Vector having an out of batter detonation. Tyler Moore, sent me pictures of his Vector’s malfunction. Here is the brass that caused the problem. According to Tyler on KRISSTALK.com: Sooo, on my fifth round at the range this weekend, my vector failed to fully seat a round. This […]
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Peruvian National Police Acquire 30,000 Beretta Px4 Storm Pistols
The Peruvian Ministry of the Interior has acquired 30,000 Beretta Px4 Storm pistols, chambered in 9mm, for use by the Peruvian National Police force. Army Recognition reports … The Peruvian Ministry of the Interior (MININTER) – via its Logistics Division – is preparing to begin the process of acquiring 30,000 9mm pistols for the Peruvian National Police, to […]
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Women making their mark on firearms industry
Most of us that follow the firearms community are aware that women gun owners and shooters are the largest and fastest growing demographic in the sport. Actual numbers are quite staggering when you really break them down at just how fast women are getting into the sport. For the six year period from 2005-2011 women […]
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POTD: A College Student’s JMB Collection
On a college student’s budget Jeff has started a designed-by-JMB (John Moses Browning) collection. He shared with us a photo of the first two pistols in his collection. Jeff wrote … I wanted to share my (modest) JMB collection. As a college student, I’m always looking for good deals and I found these two (used) at […]
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POTD: A .300 BLK Pistol
Andy sent us the photo of his .300 AAC Blackout AR-15 pistol fitted with a stock arm brace. Bonus points for an original background (not a sofa or grass). Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of The Day.
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Crosman MAR177 AR-15 Upper Review
Oleg Volk has reviewed the Crosman MAR177 .177 upper receiver attached to a standard AR-15 lower receiver, resulting in something that is legally a gun (the lower receiver) but fires pellets using air. It is a pre-charged repeater designed for competition training. Oleg really liked the upper as well as the concept … When I first saw […]
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After Action Report: One Armed Customer vs. Four Armed Robbers
The Houston Chronicle reports on an attempt to rob a bar by four armed men in Harris County. The robbery was foiled by a customer who was carrying. He fatally shot two of the robbers who fired at least three rounds at him. O’Donnell, who was not there at the time of the incident, said a head […]
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Hyper Extension Rapid Fire
Jorge Llames is a competitive shooter. In the picture above, he is competing in the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire. He has a unique technique to locking his arm. He is double jointed and hyper extends his arm when he shoots. The picture above really exaggerates the unnatural looking bend. Here is another picture. The […]
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Photo Review: Choate Machine & Tool GoPro Mount
As an alternative to the GoPro Sportsman Mount, Choate Machine & Tool has made their own GoPro mount. It is machined aluminum. It uses a simple steel barrel mount to attach the GoPro mount to a barrel or magazine tube. You do need to use a factory GoPro screw and capped nut off of […]
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MGI Offers AR-15 Using Glock Magazines
MG Industries (MGI) is now selling a 9mm Hydra rifle that uses standard Glock magazines. The Hydra, or MARCK-15, rifle is designed to easily convert – without tools – between calibers using swapable barrels and magazine wells. This specific version of the gun comes with a 16″ barrel and weighs about 7.6 lbs. Versions in […]
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Battle Rifle Company
Earlier this month, I took part in firing ten thousand rounds through an AR-15 in one day. Here’s why: At the 2013 NRA Annual Meetings in Houston, Texas, I came across a number of new products and companies, but none stood out as much as Battle Rifle Company. Looking back, in fact, I remember few products […]
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Trijicon ACOG Scopes with .300 AAC Blackout Reticles
Trijicon is now offering their 3.5×35 and 4×32 ACOG scopes with a BDC (Bullet Drop Compensation) reticle designed for the .300 AAC Blackout cartridge. The reticle is marked out to 600 yards for supersonic .300 BLK loads and 200 yards for subsonic loads. The diamonds drop markers are 2 MOA in width. From the press release […]
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Inforce WMLx Review (Guest Post)
This guest post was written by my friend Ryan Houtekamer I have owned three INFORCE WMLs: the WMLx, the new Dark Earth model WML, and the original design WML. I also now own the new version of the APL too. There are good reasons why I have so many lights from one company: they are […]
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POTD: The Swiss Like Their Machine Guns
World renowned gun expert and author Max Popenker took this photo recently in Switzerland. Apparently the Swiss have some serious machine gun collectors. Max writes … Small part of a typical Swiss gun collection. And, by the way, I was told that, according to Swiss standards, collection of hundred or so of working automatic weapons is […]
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Iran Catches The Modular Bug – Meet The “Fateh” Assault Rifle
The Iranians have unveiled a pretty slick looking modular assault rifle, named “Fateh”, reports Fars News Agency. Clearly inspired by Western designs, the Fateh sports an ACR-esque gas block, polymer shell deflector, “shotgunning” receiver halves, what appear to be ambidextrous controls, a multi-position collapsing buttstock (though the one on the rifle in the photos does […]
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Gander Mountain Virtual Range
Perhaps the most awe-inspiring thing many of us saw at the Blue August Gun and Outdoor Conference was the facility itself; The Lake Mary Gander Mountain features a virtual range. Ok that doesn’t sound that cool, and your mind probably jumps to a vision of a larger version of those old arcade games with light […]
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SCCY: The Working Man’s Carry Pistol
At the Blue August Gun and Outdoor conference, SCCY sent out some representatives to showcase their small, affordable line of pistols. The SCCY pistols can come in black, pink, or tan frame colors, and stainless or black slides. They are also available with or without a safety. The fit and finish of the pistols is […]
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How To Find Case Capacity With SolidWorks
A CAD program is a powerful tool, and can be extremely useful for the amateur handloader and cartridge designer. One of the things that I find most handy in the context of experimenting with hypothetical wildcat cartridges is using SolidWorks or another analytical CAD program to find the internal volume (case capacity) of a given […]
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