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16 Hits in 25 Seconds… at 300 Meters… With a Bolt Action
In a feat of marksmanship that I could not hope to repeat without a lifetime of practice comes from Scandinavia. The poised shooter hits 16 shots at 2-300 meters. Its interesting to watch, as the shooter uses his thumb to rack the action and what looks like his middle finger to pull the trigger. For those […]
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3-D Printed 22LR Revolver
The 3-D printing future for firearms is becoming brighter at an exponential rate. What started just a few years ago with the Liberator from Defense Distributed has morphed into is own collective community, building on collective knowledge and constantly sharing and collaborating. One of the latest designs featured on PrintedFirearm is the Imura revolver. Holding […]
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Gerber Short Stack AR Grip Tool
The Gerber Short Stack is a compact AR-15 maintenance tool. It has 15 functions and fits inside a Magpul MOE/MIAD grip. Windage Elevation Site Tool Firing Pin Scraper Buffer Tube Wrench Cleaning Cable Pull Handle 4MM Wrench T10 Torx #0 Cross Driver Bolt Carrier & Bolt Scraper ½” Wrench ¼” Wrench 3/8” Wrench ¾” Wrench […]
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Crimson Trace Lasergrips for Bersa Thunder
Crimson Trace is now making and selling Lasergrips for the popular Bersa Thunder .380 ACP handguns. The new Lasergrips use a red laser for aiming and have the standard grip activation that the rest of the line is known for. The model number is LG-646 for anyone who might want to order a set for […]
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Sako Carbonlight
Beretta announced the new Sako Carbonlight rifles are now available for purchase in the United States. Introduced at the 2015 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, the Carbonlight is the lightest rifle in the Sako 85 line. Unloaded, the guns weigh about 5.3 pounds. A significant portion of the weight reduction comes from the company’s use of […]
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The Benelli M1: Discussion (Part 1)
As a prelude to an upcoming shooting video featuring the Benelli M1 shotgun, Alex and Patrick discuss this famous scattergun before putting it to the test! Part 2, where we take the Benelli shooting, will be posted tomorrow. **Correction: The Benelli M3 is not a gas breather, it is also an inertia gun. -Alex-** The […]
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Captured Daesh remote controlled SVD
An article that came out on Fox News has a picture of an odd SVD contraption captured by the Peshmerga in action against Daesh in northern Syria. The article had this to say- In a dusty outpost near the Kurdish-held northern city of Kirkuk, a Peshmerga commander recently displayed two weapons that show his enemy’s […]
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POTD: An Even Older M16 Still In Service
Arik, a reader from Israel, emailed me this photo of a XEM16E1 rifle he was issued. He wrote … I was issued this rifle for a month, belonged to the Nahal infantry battalion and was still in full active service and firing rounds. The XEM16E1 was produced approximately from 1963 until 1967 when the US […]
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How many rounds can an AK fire before it breaks down?
Ron from the Las Vegas gun range Battlefield Vegas, where, like many Vegas range’s they only allow their rental guns to be used, shared some thoughts on how different AK rifles fails after tens after thousands of rounds (the above photo shows 30 days worth of 7.62x39mm steel shot at their range, of which 80% would have […]
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TacRack for One-Handed Slide Racking
The TacRack replaces the rear slide end cap of either a Glock or M&P pistol. It is CNC machined out of 6061 aluminum. The TacRack has ears that allow the user to rack the pistol on a hard surface such as a kydex holster or pistol belt. Here is a review by Trop Guns. The […]
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Strike Industries EMP for Glock 42
Strike Industries announced the company is now shipping the Enhanced Magazine Plate (EMP) for the Glock 42 pistol. The EMP slides onto the bottom of a standard G42 magazine and gives the shooter a larger grip area. Additionally, the EMP allows the shooter to load an additional two rounds into the mag. Although Strike Industries […]
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Reload an AK with One Hand
The guys at Polenar Tactical were made even more famous on Reddit. Žiga’s one handed AK reload has gone viral. Watch the proficiency and speed. He is amazing. http://i.imgur.com/dWIIMJp.webm
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A Four-And-A-Half-Pound AR-15
How light can an AR-15 made entirely with off-the-shelf components be? Guns & Tactics sought to answer that question with their ultralight black rifle build project detailed in a recent article: Two years ago, it would not have been possible to build a functioning AR-15 that weighed under 5-pounds with off-the-shelf parts. They were just […]
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VICE On Kalashnikov Rebranding The AK As “A Weapon of Peace”
Kalashnikov Concern has made an effort to rebrand itself following its consolidation, and spurred by the US sanctions of 2014, that prevent the importation of the Concern’s products to the lucrative American civilian market. VICE News, online offshoot of VICE Magazine, has traveled to Moscow to cover the rebranding, interviewing Alexey Krivoruchko, the Concern’s CEO, […]
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Palmetto State Armory AK-47 Now Shipping
Palmetto State Armory showed off their new AK-47 at the 2015 SHOT Show earlier this year, they’re now finally available. Palmetto claims their new PSAK-47 is completely assembled in the USA out of all new parts. It features a melonite 4150 steel treated barrel in a 1 in 9.5 inch twist, stamped steel receiver, Magpul MOE […]
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SADJ On Poland’s MSBS Radon Rifle
The Small Arms Defense Journal website have published an article written by Leszek Erenfeicht describing the history and function of the MSBS Radon rifle, one of the major dark horses of 21st Century rifle designs. The Radon was designed from a clean sheet, ignoring previous Polish developments and attempting to draw from the best industry […]
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TFBTV: Tips for Cheap Targets (Recycled Lawn Signs)
I am pleased to introduce our first video from Miles, fresh out of the Marine Corps. In this video Miles takes a look at some field expedient and unconventional target systems through the use of recycled cardboard lawn signs, specifically political campaign signs, which are in abundance at the end of many elections countrywide. We show […]
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Shooting the Can Cannon by X Products
I had the pleasure to shoot the Can Cannon, a new fun product from the folks at X Products. It’s a modified AR-15 upper that allows you to shoot 12 oz soda cans using .223 blanks. The pressure in the chamber propels a single can way past 100 yards. The chamber is modified so that […]
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50-Year-Old XM16 Still In Use In Cambodia
Earlier this week, we blogged about an AR-15 that had seen half a century of service; a weapon originally made by General Motors between January of 1969 and the end of 1971. Recently, pictures were circulated on Facebook of a rifle even older than that firearm: A Colt XM16E1, still in use in Cambodia. The […]
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POTD: Bowling (Pin shooting)
Max wrote .. This is a pic of my girlfriend Kristen shooting her Beretta 84 at a bowling pin. I like the pic because you can see the shell casing in mid air and the bowling pin falling down. It was taken at The Outback shooting range outside of Mcpherson KS. Thanks In case you can’t […]
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