The Firearm Blog

Ruger recently announced a recall of a select batch of their Ruger American Rimfire rifles. The batch they’ve recalled are rifles chambered in .22 Winchester Magnum (.22 WMR) as well as .17 Hornady Magnum (.17 HMR) that were manufactured from November 17, 2013 to January 8, 2014. They’ve also included a diagram showing which rifles are affected by the recall.

The rifles affected are missing a vent hole, according to Ruger, “the hole does not serve any function during normal operation of the rifle, but is a safety feature and may help vent gas in the event of a problem such as a ruptured case head or bore obstruction, for example. We want to recall the rifles and add the vent hole.”  If your Ruger American Rimfire rifle doesn’t have a vent hole on the left si

Today on March 25th, 2014 I set out to test some PCP polymer cased ammo in some commonly available military rifles. I drug out a PTR-91 and an FN FAL with the ammo.

I function tested each rifle with 40 rounds of Winchester 7.62×51 beforehand to make sure each gun was in working order. They worked through the brass cased stuff with no problem, but with the polymer cased ammo the following occurred:

With the PTR, the first round caused a catastrophic failure, destroying the magazine:

The following is a promotional video released on the K14 rifle:

The K14 is a sniper rifle developed for the Republic of Korea (aka: South Korea) military.  It is a 7.62×51 chambered rifle and was developed by S&T Motiv, formerly known as Daewoo.

For more information on the K14, read the previous article we posted by clicking here.

Shooting Dental Floss with a 22LR? Sure no problem. In his sleep. Shooting dental floss as it swings? Please, give him a challenge! A ball at the end of the string and has to go into a small basketball hoop? Bring it!

Oleg Volk took a picture of fellow Gun Blogger SayUncle and his daughter for ENDO. Nothing cuter than a kid with proper trigger discipline.

What firearms do your kids use?

So today I am headed down to beautiful Phoenix, AZ to take part in a two day media event around the 3MR trigger system.  The trip will include a tour of the manufacturing facility as well as two days of range time shooting the trigger system both in a stattic target shooting mode for one day, and will conclude with a day of tactical drills.  Shooting days will be at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility just south of Anthem, AZ.

I know there are still a lot of people out there on the fence, and not sure about the trigger system.  I also know there are still a lot of questions about the system that they would like answered before spending the money for one.  So please feel free to leave questions in the comment section below, and I will do my best to answer them while I am there.  I will also be posting a daily recap, how the “learning curve” feels and photos from the facility and range time.

Stay tuned for more information!

The DRD Paratus is cool, but the Head Down Products “Deceptus” takes the take-down rifle to a new, more elegant, level. The Deceptus uses a specialized barrel nut, upper, and handguard; the rifle is otherwise AR-15 compatible. The break-down design allows the barrel to be removed from the receiver in under 30 seconds without tools.

We reached out to Head Down products asking about the rifle and a few features. Interestingly, the break-down action allows the rifle to change calibers quickly and easily. Head Down mentioned that they will sell custom caliber kits so long as the caliber is AR-15 compatible (300 BLK, 6.8, 6.5, 7.62×

The Outdoor Channel’s Down Range TV has released a compelling (if highly marketing tinged) look into Hornady’s operations and bullet-manufacturing.

The video, clocking in at just shy of 9:00 is a revealing expose of the specialized machines, processes, and people that make our gun food.

Click here the picture below to be taken to the video:

Click on the picture to be taken to the Down Range TV Blog video.

Some of you may remember that the NRA did a similar video published in 2012. Unlike the Outdoor Channel, the NRA vi

Hoppe’s recently announced a new gun oil called the “Synthetic Blend Lubricating Gun Oil.”  Hoppe’s claims the new oil delivers “highly effective lubrication” and offers “long-lasting protection of all firearms, fishing reels and other mechanisms.”

Hoppe’s states the new oil uses a blend of liquid molybdenum, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and other substances in this biodegradable, non-flammable product.  The company also states the product retains the well-known Hoppe’s

Midwest Industries has a replacement handguard for the IWI Tavor. It has Keymod slots and an optional light mount front plate to place a 1″ light below the barrel.

Front light mount cap

For more info, go the Midwest Industries

This S&W Bodyguard 380 was sent to a home-based FFL. Manufactured last month, it was sent from the factory with no slide serrations! Members of the Smith&Wesson Forum suggested that this is no problem as long as he sells it to a customer with a pair of pliers!

A reader spotted an AK-style rifle chambered in 12 Gauge at the Norinco booth at IWA ’14. Stamped on the side, underneath “Jianshe Industry, Made in China” is “USSG COCOA, FL”. This is an import mark that means this particular gun is destined for EAA Corp. / USSG Inc. of Florida. EAA / USSG are best known for their Russian and Italian imports.

Did someone spell Jianshe incorrectly and have to correct it?

This 12 Gauge AK bears no resemblance to the Catamount Fury Chinese AK shotguns that were imported by Century Arms a couple of years ago. The receiver design is substantially different.

The stock is a import-legal s

More food for thought on manipulating a handgun. Travis Haley, of Haley Strategic, breaks down some simple observations of the anatomy in a pistol grip.

This guest post was written by SO of the Defense and Freedom blog.

The biggest challenge with pistols in emergencies is the decision whether to shoot or not.  Yet once the decision to shoot has been made unconsciously, the most pressing challenge that remains is to hit. To hit a target with a pistol is so very difficult at all but knife fight distances that training with pistols is usually much more about the hitting than about the decision-making and safety rules.

Technology did help a lot in this regard, and it is predictable that it can help much more in the future.

The sights used by fighter pilots evolved from simple ‘iron’ sights to simple holographic sights in the late 1930s. This is where pistol users are today.

Only a few years later, around 1943, fighter pilots began to benefit from holographic sights which used gyroscope to correct for the acceleration of the own aircraft and aerial gunnery became much more accurate against maneuvering

The Sudanese military have selected the Chinese QBZ-97 bullpup for their Future Soldier System. The Sudanese military have been using Chinese weapon for a while now and those including: Type 96 main battle tank, HJ-8 anti-tank missile, Type 56 and Type 81 rifles, CQ rifle (copy of the M16A1), QJZ-89 50-cal heavy machine gun, M99 50-cal sniper rifle and the QLZ-87 automatic grenade launcher. Sudan is also the main middle-man in trafficking Chinese arms into the Syrian Civil War.

Whilst film buffs complain about the seemingly endless Hollywood cycle of remakes and reboots, those in the firearms world couldn’t be happier when a classic design is revisited for the modern age. Case in point, the new Brügger & Thomet VP-9 pistol, a 21st Century ‘re-imagining’ of the World War 2 Welrod integrally suppressed pistol. This pistol debuted at IWA this year, and is now starting to appear in the firearms press. Its product data sheet can be reviewed on B&T’s site, and Max Popenker’s new entry on the type appears on his worldguns.ru site.

Curiously, B&T are

Wilson Combat, perhaps best known for high-end 1911 handguns, is now offering custom gunsmithing and enhanced replacement parts for the Beretta 92 and 96 series of pistols.

There are a variety of gunsmithing packages available, with many custom options also readily available.  Wilson Combat is also selling a range of replacement products that are considered user-installable.

According to Wilson Combat, they have used Ernest Langdon as a technical