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H&K 30 Round Polymer Magazines Now Shipping

H&K’s long awaited polymer AR-15 magazines are now shipping. They feature a translucent polymer body, using the same material that has been in use used to make the G36 magazines that have been in...

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First Fully 3D Printed Rifle

We got a look at the 3D printed “Liberator” pistol earlier this year, well it looks like the first fully 3D printed rifle has finally been created. And it broke, which was no surprise. The guy in the...

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Battlefield Envy: Another AK-M-Forgery From Afganistan

A reader emailed us a photo taken in an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit’s building at an Army base in Afghanistan. This rifle was proudly on display next to a selection of disarmed M18 Claymore...

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KABOOM: The .223 WSSM and 6mmBR Disaster

This post was written by Dr. Jim and Mary Clary. Under most circumstances, shooters don’t have to worry about chambering the wrong cartridge into the wrong rifle. After all, the cartridges are well...

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Tanzanian Special Forces With IWI Galil ACE Rifle, Meprolight Sights

Unbeknownst to us, the Tanzanian Special Forces adopted the IWI Galil ACE Rifle along with Meprolight Sights and Bulgarian night vision googles. The troops in these photos are taking part in a...

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Savage Arms Forcasted To Make $25 – 28 Million Profit in 2014

It is not often we get to peer into the accounts of a gun company. Up until recently there were only two publicly listed firearm makers in the USA, Ruger and Smith & Wesson, but they both produce a...

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Colt M4 Carbine Deal Falls Through, Chile Adopts FN SCAR Instead

A few months we reported that Chile had agreed to purchase 2,000 Colt M4 Carbines. The Chilean government now claim that Colt were unable to deliver the rifles at the price they originally agreed upon....

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Exclusive: H&K Semi-Automatic HK SP5k (MP5K) and HK SC5SD (MP5SD)

Heckler and Koch fans rejoice! H&K company has been listening to you. A Document received by TFB, dated a week ago, show that Heckler & Koch GmbH (Germany) applied to Germany’s  Federal...

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Homebuilt automatic rifle surrendered in Bogota

This homebuilt automatic rifle was voluntarily surrendered during a weapons amnesty in Bogota, Colombia. The large diameter, fully encapsulating receiver suggests it is of a straight blow-back design...

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TrackingPoint Tracking and Corner-Shot Capabilities

TrackingPoint have published this video showing what their rifle/scope system can do at Rifles Only Inc. range in South Texas. They demonstrate using the system to track moving targets and using the...

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Snake Hound Machine’s Loudener Muzzle Brake

  No you didn’t read that title wrong, the folks over at Snake Hound Machine actually have a muzzle brake in the works that makes your rifle (or AR pistol) even louder than it already is. Their...

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Arsenals New SAM7 SF

Nobody can tell you more about the new Arsenal AK than the folks who make it. This information is from Arsenal: The SAM7SF is a semi-automatic rifle built on the legendary forged and milled receiver,...

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Examples of criminally made and modified firearms seized in Ukraine

A few examples from an article posted here briefly providing an overview of several criminally manufactured and modified firearms seized in Ukraine. “A poorly thought-out design of a sub-machine gun....

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Chiappa Little Badger Single Shot .22LR

Italian arms maker Chiappa debuted their Little Badger .22lr single-shot break-open rifle earlier this year at the 2013 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The minimalist survival rifle comes with a 16.5″...

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The weirdest magazine that barely was.

Back in 1892 the U.S. Army held trials for a new service rifle with entrants from around the world.  The ultimate victor was the Krag-Jørgensen but some of the best rifles in the most rapid period of...

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Philippines Military Don’t Think .50 Cal Armed Rebels Are Playing By The Rules

A reader emailed us the above photo of Filipino rebel troops belonging to the the unfortunately named MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front). The man on the left is carrying one of the .50 Caliber...

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19th Century Malay Blunderbuss

One of our readers sent us this photo of a Permuras Aceh (Malay/Aceh Style Blunderbuss) from the 19th century. Looks like those things could be a loaded with a lot of shot (or stones or whatever else...

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Brazilian Federal Police Special Forces (C.O.T) Adopt H&K416

A reader from Brazil sent us these photos of the 10.5″ barreled H&K416 used by the Brazilian Federal Police Special Forces (C.O.T). It looks like they are using EO Tech holographic sights and a...

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Powered Picatinny Rail Coming To Beretta ARX-160

Beretta USA have signed a licensing agreement with Prototype Productions Incorporated (PPI) that will allow them to incorporate PPI’s powered picatinny rail system into the Beretta ARX-100 and Beretta...

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Colt LE901 Conversion Kits Will Be Available Around End Of Summer

Owners of the Colt LE901-16S Multi-Caliber Carbine have been unhappy that Colt has not been selling 5.56mm conversion kits that would allow them to actually use the carbine’s much talked about...

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