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7.62mm ICSR Replacing the M4? Yes – A Brief Review of What We Know About the...
Yes, the M4 Carbine will be replaced by a 7.62mm Interim Combat Service Rifle, and also no it won’t. Ah, I see I need to explain. This past weekend, I published an article reporting on the ICSR...
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50,000 MORE H&K M27s for Marines: USMC Releases M27 IAR Sole Source Notice
The United States Marine Corps has issued a new acquisition notice for up to 50,814 M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles (IAR), to be sole sourced from Heckler & Koch. The notice is technically not a...
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New Suppressors for Devil Dogs? USMC Releases RFI for Commercial Suppressors...
Suppressor manufacturers, start your engines. The United States Marine Corps Systems Command (MARSYSCOM) has issued a new request for information (RFI) to the industry regarding future suppressors for...
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Why The Army’s Next Round HAS to Be Light – In Just One Simple Example
We are at a crossroads in small arms development. Demands for improved weapon effectiveness have reached their apex. At the same time, the soldier’s burden has grown into a crisis so pressing even the...
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New Russian 9.6x53mm Lancaster Cartridge and .366 TKM News
The idea of .366 TKM cartridge was accepted really well in the Russian shooting community. What makes it unique for them is that firearms chambered in this caliber have partially rifled barrels which...
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Gonna Compete in ICSR? The Army Will Help You Get Ammo
Manufacturers who are gearing up for the US Army’s Interim Combat Service Rifle competition better know where to get their ammo for testing, and the Army is ready to help. The US Army is facilitating...
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TFB Review: PROOF Research Barrel + Hornady 6.5 Creedmoor Ammunition = A...
This year I was fortunate to have saved up enough to rebarrel my .308 18″ barrel Surgeon Scalpel. I opted to go with a 24″ 1/8 twist PROOF Research Carbon Fiber Wrapped barrel in 6.5 Creedmoor. Ever...
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KGMade Ticho CZ455 Integrally Suppressed Rifle
In the silencer world, there is nothing more sexy than a well made integrally suppressed rifle. Maintaining a near stock barrel profile, most designs are covert enough to pass as a stock firearm, that...
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Gallow Technologies Weapon Storage and Displays
I have been searching for a security cabinet for interim storage of a few firearms and have come up dry. My requirements are something more than a locked closet but less than a full-on safe for...
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Adjustable AK Gas Block From Dead Goose Society
Ah, adjustable gas block, you nimble little minx. For so long you have preferred the AR flavor of rifle, shunning your Eastern Block cousins. Oh sure, there have been boutique shop runs of AK blocks...
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Success! AR-trigger fitted to the B&T APC
With B&T Firearms now available in the US there is more and more activity in various groups on social media. Before there were only really a few selected individuals who could own B&Ts, mainly...
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UPDATE: Olympic Arms Restructuring; NOT Closing Its Doors
We reported here at TFB in late January that Olympic Arms announced that they were shutting down. The effective timeline of when that would occur was not set in stone. Like many companies that close...
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POTD: H&K’s New HK433
Larry Vicker’s was sent some photos of the HK433 by a German fan. The HK433 is H&K’s new rifle. It is interesting that they are going with Keymod but the rest of the gun reminds me of the FN SCAR,...
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Polish National Prison Services Seeking New Rifles, Shotguns
The Polish national Central Board of Prison Services has released a solicitation for 600 5.56x45mm rifles and 500 pump action, tubular-magazine fed shotguns. Currently, the Government service has a...
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Singapore’s National Day Parade Simulated Terrorist Attack Extravaganza
Asian countries like to hold demonstrations for the public and during Singapore’s National Day Parade the SG Army collaborated with Police and held a simulated terrorist attack demonstration. There was...
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Ruger Sneaks 6.5 Creedmoor Gunsite Scout To Market As Davidson’s Exclusive
It looks like Ruger quietly rolled out a 6.5 Creedmoor Gunsite Scout as a Davidson’s exclusive without so much as a peep as far as I can tell. With the 6.5 Creedmoor skyrocketing in popularity, it only...
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Vietnam Begins Manufacture of 12.7mm KSVK, Expands Capabilities
Dat Viet, a Vietnamese language news website has reported that the production of Vietnamese made bolt-action, five round magazine-fed12.7x108mm KSVK anti-material rifles has commenced at the Israeli...
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The FAA/FARA, Argentina’s assault rifle
Having been a long-time (since the early 20th century) user of bolt-action Mauser rifles and carbines in 7.65x53mm chambering, Argentina’s armed forces began thinking in adopting a semi-auto rifle...
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Savage Arms Offers New Model 10 GRS Chambered for 6mm Creedmoor
Savage Arms recently announced the company was now offering a version of its Model 10 GRS rifle that is chambered for the 6mm Creedmoor cartridge. The company states that rifle is capable of “accurate...
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MPT76s Now Issued With 3E EOS AVCI Optics
MKEK select-fire 7.62x51mm NATO MPT76s currently being issued to soldiers in the Turkish Army will soon be coming with magnified daylight optics in the form of the Turkish company 3E EOS and its...
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