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7 Reasons I Don’t Like The MP-44 Sturmgewehr
In the early summer of this year, a car-full of gun nerds set out to capture the rare Pedersen rifle on camera for the first time. The passenger with the van Dyke mustache and ponytail had just...
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Luth-AR Releases Carbine Stock Compatible MBA-3
Luth-AR the latest start-up by Randy E. Luth, is now offering their latest version of their MBA or “Modular Buttstock Assembly”. The MBA-3 is the aptly named 3rd version of the stock system, keeping...
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Wounded Vets back to shooting
Personally, I consider a range trip one of the more therapeutic activities I can do on my own time. Something about the relationship between myself, the firearm, and the target, in that literally...
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Colt out of bankruptcy?
In a recent article on Guns.com shows an outlined plan for Colt Defense to get itself out of the current financial quagmire that it finds itself in these days. And no, it doesn’t involve a Native...
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Bullpup AR Conversion
Recently I stumbled upon this gem of creativity, a fellow somewhere in the US who designed and put together a bullpup configuration of an AR15 by re-configuring the trigger group into a stock, putting...
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Suppressors affecting velocity
Dustin Ellermann recently conducted a simple test in which he shot various firearms of varying calibers through a chronograph with and without suppressors on each, in order to test their velocity. The...
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Putting Things In Context: The RSC 1917 And The MP.44 Sturmgewehr
Recently, I ran an article on this site pointing out some of the less impressive aspects of the MP.44 assault rifle’s history. Many people were unhappy with my assessment that the legendary Sturmgewehr...
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Rainier Arms Back-Up Iron Sights
Rainier Arms has been aggressively expanding from being a high-end parts reseller to also selling parts of their own design (though typically made under private label). The latest product to the fore...
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RISE Armament Debuts $99 Trigger Group
I had the pleasure of reviewing RISE Armament’s single stage 535 Advanced Performance Trigger, and it is the trigger that I currently run on my 3-Gun Rifle. RISE is introducing their new offering, the...
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Meprolight contract with IDF
Meprolight has just won a contract to supply the Israeli Defense Forces with the Mepro M5 Reflex sight for the next several years. It appears that this is going to be a whole issue, because it seems...
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FM-9 Belt Fed 9mm AR upper
Andrew of GY6Vids reviews the FM-9 beltfed 9mm AR upper made by Freedom Ordnance. It is an interesting system. I am curious how well it would work with a Slide Fire setup. It looks like a lot of fun as...
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SIG MCXs among British Counter Terror Cops
The Daily Mail has an excellent group of photographs concerning an elite Scotland Yard unit that was set up before the Paris attacks, but has increased its tempo of training to counter such attacks as...
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Visual Tutorial on Delayed Blowback Operation
When it comes to rifles, most firearms owners are familiar with gas-operated rotating bolts, as it is the most prevalent type of operating mechanism being the heart of an AR-15 and AK-47 (and most...
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UTG Pro Release New Slim M-LOK Handguards in 13″, 15″, and 17″
UTG continues to press hard with new product releases, this time offering a new series of extended M-LOK Handguards. The new “Super Slim” series features 7 tracks of M-LOK at the 1:30, 3, 4:30, 6,...
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Hoplite Shoulder armor
A company called Hoplite Armor has come up with an armor package that are shoulder plates, that covers about half of a shooters bicep. The system is attached to the arm via a strap that connects to an...
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CMMG Announces New “Krinkov” Mk47 Guns
CMMG has seen a considerable amount of success with the Mk47 line of firearms. The company expanded the line to include new models previously and is doing it again. The newest Mk47 guns use a Krinkov-,...
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Review:Lights, Sights, Lasers Course Overview
Recently, myself and three friends attended a course taught by Wes Doss called Lights, Sights, and Lasers Tour in Wabash, Indiana. We’ve blogged about the course before on TFB but this will be an in...
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Gun Guy Radio: The Sturmgewehr In Context
Nearly two weeks ago, I published an article that caused a great deal of consternation among my readership, even resulting in a prompt rebuttal video from Ian and Karl with InRange TV. That highly...
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The Colt SCAMP: Yesterday’s Pistol of The Future
1969 was a year of great optimism and achievement for the United States. NASA’s space program took humans to the Moon in July of that year, while the Mariner 6 and 7 probes gave humanity its first...
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L-3 Communications to pay out $25.6 million
Well that escalated! Hot on the heels of the U.S. Government suing EOTech for the alleged fraud in their sights, specifically in claiming that their sights could work in certain cold weather and humid...
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