The Firearm Blog

Mr. Revolverguy shared with us his journey into 300BLK.  He documents his experiments, trials and errors with 300blk. He also reports his reloading information. There is a wealth of knowledge there in one detailed article.

You may have read rumors about Remington Outdoor Company’s plant consolidation online. We spent today meretriciously researching and talking to industry sources. Everything in this post is fact, not rumor and conjecture.

From a small company called Old World Collectibles and Creations comes the ultimate in recycled brass.  A chess set made entirely of used .223 brass.  Using both brass and steel cases, it creates a visually striking juxtaposition between the different cases.  From their site, the chessboard with it is available in either wood or a steel version.  For more, see their website at http://www.oldeworldcollectibles.com/

Teludyne Tech inventors of the StraightJacket Barrel System is now building custom target Mosin Nagant rifles they’re calling the Moszilla. The StraightJacket Barrel System consists of a thin tube that surrounds the factory barrel with a proprietary substance injected between the barrel and tube. Teludyne claims their system helps increase accuracy, improve heat dissipation and reduce recoil.

Primary Weapon Systems (PWS), known for their piston rifle systems, has announced the release of stripped DI upper receiver kits (no BCG or charging handle). The kits come complete with 1/8″ twist barrel, .223 Wylde chamber, PWS muzzle device (brake or flash hider depending on the model), and keymod fore-end. All PWS DI receivers are 100% American-made, manufactured at PWS’ facility in Idaho.

The good news for IWI continues to roll in: Army Recognition relays an Interfax report that Vietnam will shortly begin license production of the Galil ACE 31 and 32 rifles. This contract, which will produce rifles to supplant the ageing AKM rifles in use by the Vietnamese Army, does not represent a new relationship between IWI and Vietnam, the latter having used Galil rifles and Negev machine guns in limited and specialist roles for a few years now.

Blaser’s new break action combination gun is a triple barrel design that gives shooters a lot of variation with each trigger pull.  The BD14 is a drilling gun, which derives its name from the German word for three and not the mechanical act of boring.

SARRP stands for Special Application Rifle Retention Platform. It is a kydex holster for an AR platform.

Rifleshooter.com repeated their previous .300 Winmag test with a rifle chambered in .223/556.

Maximus Arms, known for their 100% US made high end 1911 has released a left handed variant. While I am not a left handed shooter, my wife is.  We have learned with her that we have four different school of thought, find a dedicated left handed pistol that may or may not fit her hand, find one of the ambi pistols that fits her hand as best it can, shoot a right handed pistol that fits her well left handed and learn to adapt or just flat out learn to shoot right handed.  We ended up going to second choice, and finding a happy medium with a S&W M&P40c that fits OK and has ambi controls.  So seeing a company start to offer something like the 1911 in a dedicated left handed pistol is really nice to see.

Over at AllOutdoor.com Ashley reports on the arrest of a Japanese man for printing guns on a 3D printer. He was not aware that plastic guns were illegal and possessed no ammunition. Ashely writes …

TK Custom, an Illinois firm specializing in the manufacturer or Moon Clips and Moon Clip revolver conversions, are now able to convert S&W Model 460 X-Series revolvers to chamber the new .45 RAPTOR cartridge.

You may ask, because the 45 RAPTOR has the same performance as the .460 S&W, why would you do this? For a start it means you could use the same high powered big bore hunting cartridge with your semi-automatic carbine and your hunting handgun, secondly it has the added advantage of being able to use Moon Clips, enabling much faster reloading of the handgun.

TK Custom Moon Clips