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Production of Alternative Ammunition
Last year the Governor of California signed into law a bill that will ban all hunting in the state with lead-based ammunition by mid-2019. Because of this ban, the NSSF has been investigating the production of non-lead ammunition. They have just published a report into US production of alternative (non-lead) ammunition. I found the following chart very interesting. […]
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New TRUGlO Brite-Site TFO For The 1911
A short time ago TRUGLO TFO came out with a new set of sights for the 1911 called the Brite-Site. Without a doubt this has become my favorite set of sights. The Bright-Site is a Novak style with long fiber optic tubes, two in the rear sight and one in the front. You have a […]
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POTD: Texan Kids and Short Barrel Rifles
Earlier this week I featured a photo of a Rifle Dymanics Krinkov, another reader emailed us a photo of his kids with the first Krinkov made by Rifle Dynamics. Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of The Day.
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FLIR ONE on Guns
The FLIR ONE is a very nifty new product from FLIR (maker of high-end thermal imaging sensors and scopes). It is a low-cost thermal camera that attaches to an iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S. At a cost of just $350 it is perfect for DIY folks and has many uses around the home (heat leakage and […]
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UTM Man Marker Rounds for 7.62 Weapon Systems
BreachBangClear has posted an excellent trieste and introduction to new 7.62mm marking munitions from UTM. Man-Marking Rounds are deployed by the US Military, Federal agencies, and LE customers to better simulate real-world firearms combat. Simplified, UTM’s man-marker rounds are a cross between very powerful airsoft and paintball projectiles that can be used with appropriate adapters […]
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MagPul: No “Arm Braces” From Us for Awhile
Duane Liptak, Jr., the Director of Product Management & Marketing at MagPul Industies, responded to a thread on M4Carbine telegraphing the companies intent on “Arm Braces”. Direct Quote below: More braces and more opinion requests might just hasten an end to this whole market through an opinion reversal, which isn’t good for anyone, so we’ll […]
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PIG Skins Barricade Pad
Hat tip to Soldier Systems Daily for this. The people who make the HOG Saddle, have come out with a pad for shooting off a barricade. Don’t know what a HOG Saddle is? Here is a TFB article about it. According to HOG Saddle: A rifle skid pad designed to reduce the effects of recoil […]
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Awkward Shooting Positions at FNH 3Gun
At this year’s FNH 3Gun Championships, there are some stages that require some unfamiliar shooting positions to engage long range steel targets. Particularly Stages 8 and 9. Stage 8 has a giant tree trunk laying down and a shallow ditch behind it. There is no way to go prone. You must shoot off the […]
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Gun Review: Beretta ARX-100 Review
I consider myself very familiar with most modern military rifles. In fact, I am an avid collector of two distinct subsets of firearms; machine guns, and semi-automatic military style 5.56×45/.223 rifles. Collecting the latter has become an obsession to the point that I have a poster in my gun room where I have crossed out […]
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Davidson’s Opens New Distribution Center
While some are complaining about the softening of sales in the gun industry, a popular gun distributor is expanding. Davidson’s announced the company is opening a distribution center in North Carolina. Scheduled for a summer 2015 opening, the new center is expected to help lower shipping expenses and shorten delivery time to customers on the east […]
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POTD: The “Kaulkinator” or K-441 (DIY .410 Shotgun)
A popular platform for building DIY “zip guns” is the humble staple gun that is easily obtainable at your local office supply store. This is a four shot model (not sure if that means 4 shots fired all at once, or four barrels each fired on a single pull of the trigger, like the famous COP .357 […]
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DIY Enlarged Shotgun Bolt Release
Saw this today at the FNH 3Gun Championships. A staffer/competitor modified his Beretta A400 Unico by adding a large button to his bolt release. Most shooters would buy an aftermarket part and have a gunsmith install it. He told me this is cheaper and easier. He drilled and tapped the stock button release. Drilled a […]
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Reactive Carboard Targets
An interesting product. The video is a bit old. December 2012 and stars Top Shot Bass Pro Shooter Chris Cheng. Challenge Targets made a cardboard target holder with a small twist. They have hinges at the base and a steel plate that is attached to the stand and sits behind the paper target. If you […]
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Meet The RSh-12: The Most Powerful Revolver in The World is Russian
Well, the most powerful production revolver in the world anyway, and that’s just according to the manufacturer. For whatever reason, Russian designers took to creating a revolver to fire their 12.7x55mm cartridge (speculated to be a cut-down .338 Lapua case; it and the rifle it was designed for have been covered previously on TFB here), […]
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New Ruger Rifles
Ruger announced a number of new rifles in the American Rifle line: Ranch models and left-handed models. The new Ranch models come with a 16.12″ threaded barrel and can be had in both .223/5.56 and 300 BLK calibers. The new Ranch rifles will be available in both standard and compact sizes. The length of pull […]
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Adams Arms Releases 300 Blackout Piston Guns
As an owner of an Adams Arms piston rifle, I can say that I love my piston rifle. It is reliable and eats just about everything I shoot without fail. When I started a .300blk build a few months back, I was looking at having my gunsmith convert a standard Adam’s Arms kit to .300blk. […]
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Łucznik Arms Factory Publishes Three New Videos
Fabryka Broni Łucznik has published three new videos to their Youtube channel. One is a brief tour of their factory in Poland, one is of the MSBS assault rifle that will purportedly be entering service with the Polish Military near the end of 2014. The last video is of the Beryl Assault Rifle (kbs wz. 1996 […]
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Odd Guns: The M50 Reising Submachinegun
Ah the Reising. If you are like me and constantly check NFA classifieds like Sturmgewehr and Subguns, then you definitely know that the price of the Reising is perhaps its most alluring feature. Deemed a “poor man’s Thompson” by most, the Reising is known but to a few gun enthusiasts and small arms aficionados for […]
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More South American homemade submachine guns
As previously delved into, a seemingly endless variety of these are regularly emerging, some of factory quality, others of bedroom quality. A very crudely made model recently trending in numbers, sometimes fitted with a barrel made from a section of brass hex bar. A screw usually serves as a simple magazine latch. Examples fitted […]
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POTD: Rifle Dynamics Tula Krink
LordStickMax sent us this photo of his first NFA acquisition, a Rifle Dynamics Tula Krink chambered in 5.45x39mm. He has since added a Colt Commando and 5.56mm suppressor to his collection. According to the Rifle Dynamics website, they can no longer obtain the parts to build this gun. There are two left in stock, which are selling for $3,000. […]
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