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BREAKING: Hearing Protection Act Moves Up, Hope for Saigas, Veprs, and 7N6,...
The effort to deregulate of silencers has reached an important milestone: The Hearing Protection Act has made it out of committee, and been incorporated as part of another larger bill. House Resolution...
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Improved F90 Modular Bullpup Rifle Officially Launched by Thales
Thales Australia has launched the newest update to its F90 bullpup assault rifle, at DSEI 2017. The weapon, which is the pre-production version of the prototype F90 Export shown off at IDEX 2017,...
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ARMY Tests Show PMag Superior, Led to USAF Adoption, Says Air Force Spokesperson
The US Air Force’s recent decision to adopt the Magpul PMag Gen M3 was based on Army testing conducted in 2015, according to a spokesperson for the Air Force. In a communication with Military.com...
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Merdeka 2017: Malaysia’s Small Arms Arsenal On Parade
Irfan Z. is a long time friend of TFB, and has contributed tips about various subjects, particularly within Southeast Asia. This is his first guest post entirely written by him, for TFB. Malaysia has...
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The “Best” Home Defense Gun
If you’re a gun guy, odds are pretty good that non-gun people often ask your opinion on things. At least, People often make the mistake of asking my opinion, anyway. I guess they figure that just...
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Dude Makes A Soda Can AR-15!
In one of the most awesome feats I have seen on YouTube in a while, YouTuber FarmCraft101 makes an AR-15 lower receiver from old soda cans. That’s right, a soda can AR-15! All of you pedantic...
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Brownells Launches Retro M16A1 Furniture | Let The Cloning Commence!!!!
I’m not gonna lie, I am super excited to see more retro AR-15 parts like new production retro M16A1 furniture hit the market since M16A1 kits have become very hard to come across in good, complete...
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Hot Off the Assembly Line: Ruger AR-556 MPR
Ruger dove into their hat of tricks once again to bring out a more specialized version of their bread ‘n butter AR-15. They have developed the AR-556 MPR (“Multi Purpose Rifle”). The AR-556 MPR has...
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BTI Recalls M&P AR-15 Lower Parts Kit Complete
Battenfeld Technologies recently sent us a press release stating that there is a recall on their M&P branded AR-15 Lower Parts Kit Complete. Apparently the hammers included in some of the kits were...
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In detail: The Steyr Mannlicher RS-556 rifle
I had the opportunity to examine the brand new Steyr-Mannlicher RS556. This firearm is one of the contenders to become the next service rifle for Germany in 2019, and possibly many other countries. It...
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Sons Of Liberty Gun Works Talks Staking AR-15 Castle Nuts | Yes, It Is Necessary
Every time that I ding a rifle for not having the endplate properly staked, I expect no less than 6 neckbeards in the comments screaming about how it is 2017 and thread locking compounds have come so...
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SIG Sauer RECALLS SIG716 DMR, SIG516 Carbon Fiber and SIGM400 Predator
Several models of rifles from manufacturer SIG Sauer are now being recalled, the company announced in a release Friday. The issue stemmed from a problem in the heat treatment of the hammer of SIG’s...
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Springfield Armory SAINT M-LOK Now Legal for the California Republic with...
The Springfield Armory SAINT has found considerable attention and buyers in what is a very soft modern sporting rifle market. First, introduced with a Keymod forearm. Then, offered with a free-float...
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TFB REVIEW: Flint River Armory CSA45 Carbine
The Flint River Armory CSA45 is a side-charging carbine chambered in .45ACP that operates on a gas piston system and uses standard AR15 fire control parts. My expectations for this gun were admittedly...
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Geissele Introduces VSASS Semiautomatic Sniper Rifle at Modern Day Marine 2017
Geissele has taken the step from manufacturing accessories, to making the guns themselves: The company released its new VSASS semiautomatic sniper rifle system at the Modern Day Marine 2017 industry...
View ArticleEarly Night Vision: Vietnam Era AN/PVS-2 Starlight Scope
Fortunately night vision has come a very long way in terms of thermal and Infrared optics choices that today’s grunts have. However, once upon a time, 6 pound passive starlight PVS 2s were considered...
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BREAKING: Army 7.62mm Rifle Program CANCELLED – ICSR is No More
The US Army’s program to field a new standard-issue 7.62mm caliber rifle is dead in the water, it seems. Multiple anonymous sources have informed TFB that the Interim Combat Service Rifle program has...
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Too Dangerous to Live? ICSR, Cancellation, and Vulture Marketeering
We have just seen the cancellation of the Interim Combat Service Rifle, which gives me a good springboard to talk about marketing. Specifically, we will be discussing a kind of undercover word-of-mouth...
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CMMG Adds the 22 Nosler to Mk4 Rifle Line
It appears that CMMG has been actively working to expand its product offerings. The latest announcement from the company is that CMMG added the 22 Nosler cartridge to the Mk4 rifle line. Specifically,...
View ArticleAccuracy: A Cheap AR15 versus the Mini-14
In this episode of TFBTV, James puts the rumor that the Mini-14 is inherently inaccurate to the test. While the earlier Mini-14s were not very accurate, Ruger has undertaken a series of improvements,...
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