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Which Henry Rifle Would You Like To Win? [Poll]
We have not done a giveaway in a while and when Henry Rifles contacted us asking if we wanted to give away a rifle, I asked “which rifle?”. They responded “your choice”. I am not eligible to win, so my choice is irrelevant (If Henry has any spare rifles they wanted to give away to a […]
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American Shooting Journal: Underwater Guns
If you previously watched on how water can deflect bullets in the D-Day post last week, one should know that merely a few feet of water is enough to slow a conventional bullet down from lethal to an annoying bump. As such, its an interesting question on how divers can engage in projectile-based combat. Both […]
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Stoeger M3K 3Gun Budget Shotgun
Move over Mossberg 930 JM PRO, Stoeger has a new shotgun coming out for 3Gun. Stoeger’s new M3K 3Gun Shotgun is based off their inertia driven M3000 and added features you find in 3Gun shotguns. Enlarged bolt handle and enlarged bolt release. It looks like they beveled the loading port as well. Stoeger also swapped […]
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NRA Opens Steampunk Exhibit
The NRA museum has a variety of exhibits that give gun aficionados a glimpse into the lengthy history of firearms. New for 2015 is a steampunk exhibit, which the NRA says will give visitors a chance to see both the creative results of artists’ designs along with a few of the more unique real guns […]
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POTD: A Magpul’d Saiga 5.45mm & AR-15 SBR
Chris sent us a photo of his Saiga chambered in 5.45mm converted into a AK-74 style rifle. It installed a Tapco G2 trigger, Magpul Zhukov handguard, Magpul grip, K-Var stock. It think its looks great. If a few years ago you told me Magpul furniture would look good on an AK I would have said “Never!”, but I […]
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“Grip Key” Kydex Key Holder
In the last few years since the gun world discovered the use of kydex to make holsters the popularity of this material has spawned many uses. Whether it’s a holster, knife sheath, gun mounts etcetera we continue to see more and more inventive uses of kydex. This is yet another innovative use and that’s the […]
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Nammo’s New Armor Piercing Ammunition
At the NDIA conference, Nammo gave a presentation on their new lineup of armor-piercing ammunition. Nammo produces both the tungsten cored AP rounds in use with the US Armed Forces: The 7.62mm M993 and 5.56mm M995. Aside from data on these previously enigmatic round types, the Nammo presentation also covers new round types they have […]
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New Bushnell Binoculars
Whether you’re zeroing your gun’s optics or sitting in a blind waiting for the perfect game, you need a good set of binoculars. In answer to that need Bushnell is expanding their current line to include three new models, the E-series, L-series, and M-series. The new binoculars are designed to deliver better color regardless of […]
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New Mission First Tactical KeyMod Handguard
Mission First Tactical (MFT) announced a new KeyMod hand guard for the AR rifle platform. These new hand guards are called the TEKKO Metal AR Carbine KeyMod Rail System (which I’ll call TMARCKRS for the rest of this article to save keystrokes.) The TMARCKRS has a Picatinny rail in the 12 o’clock position and KeyMod attachment […]
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Can The Slidefire Emulate Full Auto in a Support Capacity?
Never having enough ammo to just go out and test this philosophy, I am grateful to our own Ian Mccullum from Forgotten Weapons for experimenting to see if the SlideFire is indeed useful as a support-weapon. Turns-out, yes. While the Slidefire may not simulate full-auto, it does not maintain the POU (dangit… NutNFancy reference) by losing […]
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Weekend Photo: The Chinese Type 97
Indiana F wrote … My new Type 97 rifle on its first day at the (in field) range. The rifle has a T97.ca FTU unit, and a decent Hawke Red Dot that I’m using until I get a hold of something nicer. The Mags are IMI Defense 30 rounders pinned to 5 for compliance. In […]
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Weekend Photo: Jeff’s PTR-91 (Semi-auto H&K G3 Clone)
Jeff wrote … After toying with the idea for years, I finally decided to order a gun from an internet store. For years I had wrongfully believed that the process would be complicated, expensive, and take weeks. I couldn’t have been more wrong! I bought this PTR-91 from Atlantic Firearms last week. The process was […]
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Lever-Action Rifles: Are They Still Relevant?
Writing for ShootingIllustrated.com, NRA editor and author Jim Wilson raises the topic of the lever-action rifle’s role in civilian and law enforcement shooting. On Facebook, author, instructor, and gunsmith Grant Cunningham concurs with Wilson’s assessment, broaching the discussion to the public: Wilson’s article sparked an exchange in the comments between myself and Grant: Nathaniel No problem […]
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Weekend Photo: Is ET Back?
Uncle Webkins wrote … Looks like ET’s back. I caught the little bugger in my ammo bucket. I like it! On a side note, ET could have really used a firearm (or two, or three) in that movie. That fragile little extra-terrestrial spent the entire movie on the run from “government scientists” determined to experiment on […]
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Weekend Photo: Black Beauty
My Hungarian gun-editor friend Gabor sent us a phto of a Steyr AUG chambered in 9mm. He wrote … A futuristic black beauty: Steyr AUG 9×19 mm semi-auto carbine. Positives: Practically zero felt recoil, better trigger than on the military 5,56×45 mm AUG. Negatives: the ejection port is only on the right side (unlike the original), […]
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SIG Sponsored Top Fuel Rail Dragster!
Yep you heard it right SIG is sponsoring an NHRA top fuel rail dragster. This is very very cool. Most of these run a quarter mile in just over 3 seconds at near 300 mph. This rail job has a black paint job with the SIG logo and a P-320 graphic on the side. This […]
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KAI USA’s Zero Tolerance 0630 and KERSHAW Siege Tomahawk
KAI USA has released some nice products this year and TFB has had a bead on them since the SHOT show. We were able to get a few of their new blades for a closer look. It is clear that KAI and ZT have really tuned into their consumer base. As a gun and knife […]
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Khan Arms A-TAC Force DUO-SYS
The new A-TAC Force DUO-SYS shotgun from Turkish manufacturer Khan Arms debuted at IDEF 2015 in Istanbul. The Khan DUO-SYS 12 gauge action allows the user to alternate between pump/action mode and semi-automatic mode, this is of most use to law enforcement who might be switching between various rounds, such as breaching rounds, that might not have the energy […]
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POTD: There are two types of people in this world …
Rome107 writes … Choose your side! On top is my Izhmash Saiga in 7,62×39 with folding stock, Surefire L4 flashlight and AK74 muzzle brake. Folded length is 60 cm what is the minimum required length here. Internals are modified to use all AK mags. As coming from Izhmash you need to use proprietary mags at […]
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Berger Releases New 6.5mm 130gr AR Hybrid OTM
Berger has announced that development on its long-awaited 6.5mm 130gr AR Hybrid OTM bullet has completed and the new bullet is entering production. From Berger’s blog: We are thrilled to announce that our recent tests were successful and our new 6.5mm 130gr AR Hybrid OTM Tactical bullet will soon be released to the public. For […]
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