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Czech Army Cancels Purchase of SIG 716 and Meopta Optics
The Czech Defense Ministry has canceled a $4.5 million (USD) contract to purchase 238 USA-manufactured SIG716 rifles along with day/night optics and spare parts and tools from Meopta, a prominent...
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The SAL SLR: The Canadian .30 Cal. Self-Loader You Never Knew Existed
MilArt blog has an excellent piece on experimental Canadian small arms. Included are very high resolution photos of the SAL SLR, the late war/post-war Canadian selfloading rifle effort. Be sure to...
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Setting the BAR higher, HCAR designer interview
During the fall Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot, TFB got the opportunity to catch up with Robert Landies II of Ohio Ordnance Works Inc, and talked to him about his interesting new rifle, the HCAR (Heavy...
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Desert Tech MDR Pricing
Euro Optic’s website has released pricing on the Desert Tech MDR rifle. It looks like conversion kits in .223 and .308 may be available on release, priced at $657.03 and $950.00, respectively. Phil...
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Behind the Scenes of Polenar Tactical
Due to a little unwarranted attention from law enforcement in Slovenia, Polenar Tactical came out with a video explaining who they are and what they do. They are the ones who made the “Sh!t you see at...
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Aero Precision Ultralight Scope Mount
Aero Precision, a major manufacturer of AR-15 and AR-10 receivers, has recently started making 1-piece scope mounts for the AR-15 and AR-10 style rifles and other types of black rifles. Based in...
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POTD: Low cost long range
Frequent TFB commenter JNZ emailed us a photo of his new long range rifle that he will be using over the winter while a fully custom rifle is built for him. It is a Tikka T3 CTR in .308 topped off with...
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Russian Dual Medium Assault Rifle To Enter Production in 2015
The Russian special forces dual-medium assault rifles are reportedly slated to enter production next year, according to vpk.name. These rifles use supercavitation to allow for much shorter projectiles...
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Keltec CMR30 Draws Nearer
Oleg Volk posted a public release on Alloutdoor.com. According to Oleg, Keltec is ramping up for a massive release later this year. Supposedly several thousand will be released. Many of you and I have...
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American Tactical Imports sues Tennessee Arms Company
American Tactical Imports (ATI) is suing the Tennessee Arms Company (TAC) for patent infringement. ATI claims that TAC’s Hybrid Polymer Lower Receiver infringes on ATI’s patent 8,789,305 (“Hybrid lower...
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POTD: National Match M1A
dwavinchi sent us a photo of his Springfield Armory National Match M1A with a Sage EBR (Enhanced Battle Rifle) chassis / stock system installed and scoped with a Leupold 3-9x. The resulting rifle is...
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Weekend Photo: The AI Family
DLamz sent us a photo of his Accuracy International rifle/stock collection. They are (left to right) … Custom Remington 700 in .308win with AICS (Accuracy International Chassis System) Custom Stiller...
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AK-12, All Dressed Up For The Dance
Konstantin Lazarev has some excellent photos on his Facebook page of an AK-12 undergoing testing. The rifle has been painted in earth tones, and has clearly already seen fairly heavy use, judging by...
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Could The Next French Service Rifle Be… Italian?
Since the French announcement earlier this year that they would begin replacing the aging FAMAS with a new design by 2017, there has been some speculation over what design would be chosen as its...
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2015 Remington Air Guns
Remington will be expanding their reach with more air guns in 2015 including a new adjustable stock air rifle and 1911 Co2 bb pistol. Air guns fire a metal projectile such as a bb or pellet at high...
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POTD: Brought Back from WWII
Zachary sent us this photo of the Walther P38 pistol and bayonet his grandfather brought back from WWII. The bayonet has its original Afrika Korps belt frog. For those of you who are unfamiliar with...
View ArticleIWI Galil ACE Rifle and Pistol Coming to the USA. MSRP Announced.
MAC reports that the IWI Galil ACE will be offered in the USA as a pistol and rifle chambered in 7.62x39mm. It will go on sale after SHOT Show (February 2015). The first officially announced Galil ACE...
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The Sturmgewehr: A First Encounter, 1943
What was the Soviet reaction to the Sturmgewehr? EnsignExpendable, at his excellent Soviet Gun Archives blog has the answer: “To the People’s Commissar of Defense, Marshal of the Soviet Union, comrade...
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Upcoming LaRue 2-Stage Trigger and Giveaway
Is anyone here a LaRue fan? If so, you might be excited to know that are bringing a new trigger to market–The MBT (or Meticulously Built Trigger). It is a 2 stage trigger built from S7 Tool Steel....
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1895 Winchester-Lee Ka-Boom
Forgotten Weapons has the story on an 1895 Winchester-Lee rifle that exploded three days ago. The rifle was firing ammunition made from modified .30-40 Krag brass at the time of incident. Fortunately,...
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