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Review: PRIME Ammunition Club: Geco & MFS Ammunition
As the panic buying began to taper off, PRIME Club introduced a new model for procuring ammunition for the shooting community. Shooters were able to purchase a membership and receive minimum guaranteed ammo shipments on a quarterly basis (a “shoot-scription”). At its release, the concept was well-received by a small and vocal portion of the […]
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AKs in Emergency Mode
The AK Operators Union, Local 47-74 has posted a video on the capabilities of operating AK-47 weapon systems in “emergency situations”. In short, they show that the AK weapon system can be operated without the dust cover and more interestingly, without the recoil spring (with some risk that the bolt will come off the rails […]
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Defense Distributed’s “October surprise”
Defense Distributed, Cody Wilson’s organization that created the famous Liberator 3D-printable pistol, just sent out a press release that simply simple said … Respectfully requesting your attendance for an October Surprise. September 30, 2014. … and embedded the below video: The term October Surprise means a media or news event that disrupts an upcoming election (International readers: the United States […]
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Green Laser for Glock 42
Viridian announced the R5-G42, a green laser sight for the Glock 42 pistol. The unit mounts on the trigger guard of the pistol and uses the same Instant-On capability the other lasers in the REACTOR series have. The unit ships with a hybrid, outside-the-waistband holster. The company states the lasers are shipping now. The MSRP […]
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Weapons Inspired Advertising
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression have a new ad campaign. According to Indulgd, CJFE is trying to bring attention to the risks journalists make and how dangerous it is. They laid out camera equipment in the shape of firearms and a rocket launcher. The ads have even inspired photographers to create their own […]
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Weekend Photo: .338 Lapua in the mist
There is something magical about shooting or hunting in cold misty conditions. Thanks to Kevin for this photos of his Remington 700 in .338 Lapua.
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Weekend Photo: Heckler & Koch HK416 Service Rifle
MNOR sent us this photo of his friend’s service rifle. He did not say which country his friend serves. The HK416 is a popular rifle for special forces around the world, and the standard service rifle for a number of European countries. This rifle features a slim profile stock, Aimpoint Comp M4 and a nifty paintjob. Submit photos you […]
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Weekend Photos: Face to face with a SBR
The very talented gun photographer Justin Colter sent us these photos of his AR-15 Short Barreled Rifle (10.3″ barrel) with AAC M4-2000 suppressor. Thanks Justin. Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of The Day.
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Weekend Photos: Mosin & Tokarev
Thanks to Michael for sending us this nifty photo of his Mosin rifle and Tokarev pistol. Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of The Day.
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Ammo Prices: 09/19/2014
Week 25. Next will will be the quarterly trending and summary! Interesting ammo news this week too… The Brady Center announced that they will be filing a lawsuit against online ammo retailers that they claim supplied the Aurora theater shooter with ammo (among other things). It will interesting to see if that does anything to […]
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How to buy an Armoured Personnel Carrier
This is a little off topic, but we often discuss international arms deals on TFB and, like me, many of you readers are big fans of the movie Lord of War (2005) which has been also discussed on TFB a number of times. If you have ever wondered how international arms deals go down, wonder no more. A Russia […]
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Gemtech GM22 Suppressor Review
Oleg Volk has reviewed the Gemtech GM22 Suppressor, which has a single high-quality core with asymmetric baffles. Oleg writes … Since oppressive regulations made silencers into durable goods (as opposed to disposables as in New Zealand), periodic maintenance is required to retain performance. Rimfire silencers are especially susceptible to fouling over time, filling up with carbon and […]
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POTD: Hunting Moose and Bear in Sweden
Henrik sent us the above photo with the following description … Greeting from Sweden. This is me hunting moose and bear in the northern part of Sweden. I figure you guys would like to see something less tactical once in a while. The rifle is a Marlin 1895 SBL Guide Gun in .45-70 with an Aimpoint micro on […]
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Ashbury Precision Ordnance Releases SABER SX Actions
APO is now releasing their own bolt action receivers now. Having shot quite a lot of rifles with APO chassis and used some of their gear, I know their products are of high quality. So the fact they are making their own receivers, in house, promises to be the same high quality and built for […]
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Daniel Defense Makes the Inc. 500|5000 List for the Third Consecutive Year
Daniel Defense was recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing, privately-owned companies in the US. A ranking of #1568 may not seem impressive on first glance, but considering there were approximately 28,000,000 small businesses in the US during 2013, it becomes obvious that the Georgia-based gun maker is part of the top […]
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5.7x26mm vs .22 WMR
Military Arms Channel takes a look at the 5.7x28mm round versus your standard .22 WMR bullet. He shoots them out of their respective pistols. A FNH Five Seven and a Kel-Tec PMR-30. He even uses a SBR PS90 for the test. The test consists of seeing if over the counter ball ammo can defeat a […]
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AR15Targets Inc. Skeletonized Lower
Nick Atkinson of Team Crimson Trace was using a skeletonized AR lower at the FNH 3Gun Championships. It is a prototype and as you can see it is not fully finalized and coated. According to the lower, it is stamped “AR15TARGETS INC.” No other detail on this custom lower but NIck was able […]
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Gear Review: Invictus Practical shotgun caddies
In the competition and tactical shotgun worlds, speed loading is quite the interesting topic. The traditional weak/strong hand “load 2″ and “load 4″ techniques seen many years ago in Europe and have since made their way to the U.S. have inspired innovations in shotgun caddies. If you aren’t familiar with these speed loading techniques, check […]
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A Short History of Tappet Operation, Part I: How It Works
Despite being the subject of a 1952 drama film, David Marshall Williams and his tappet form of gas operation remain somewhat poorly documented at the introductory level. This post and those that follow hope to provide a starting point to readers by describing the history and operation of his very important method of powering selfloading […]
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The “Fire Cobra”
Editor’s note: This article was written by Claymore. His previous blog posts can be read here. A while back I was talking with a friend who was employed by one of our government’s many “agencies”. As usual we eventually got around to discussing firearms and he took out this strange gun that looked homemade (See photo above. Yes […]
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