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CMC 3.5lb Single Stage Drop in Trigger for AR-15
The Daily Shooter has reviewed the pre-assembled drop-in trigger for AR-15 lower receivers. He reviews the single-stage 3.5 lbs version, it is also available in 4.5, 5.5 and 6.5 lbs version with either a curved trigger blade or a straight targer-style trigger. The recommended retail price for these is $196, but you get buy them […]
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My thoughts on Beretta’s Pod Gun 2
TFB has covered a product update by Beretta, the GunPod2, which is essentially an electronic box that’s installed inside a shotgun stock. It can track your hunting path, shots taken, and store all that information in the cloud. The internet has responded to gun tech in some of the following ways: “I hate ‘smart’ everything. […]
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Riflecraft Introduces The RS-3: A Cross-Body Sling For Marksmen
I am not someone who is very concerned with gear. My main rifle is close to bone stock, besides the optic, and is only “blinged out” with a USGI web sling. My Glock uses the much-maligned stock sights, because those work fine for me. I generally look at small products like slings and lubricants that claim to […]
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POTD: A Last Chance AR-15 Pistol
JC decided it was now or never to build the AR pistol of his dreams. He wrote … I have twins due in September, so this was my last chance to build a gun to my specs. Here is the build sheet: Spikes Tactical upper Odin Works 300BLK 10.5 barrel (-local, Boise company) Odin Works […]
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Review: TorkMag 50 Round AR15 Magazine
Last month I posted about a new ultra-capacity AR15 magazine, shortly afterwords The Firearm Blog was contacted by TorkMag to have us review the new TorkMag-50. The TorkMag-50 showed up on my day off from work, so I hastily threw it into my range bag and headed off to my gun club during a short break in the seemingly never ending […]
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Poison Pill Indeed – 7N6 Out of a Krinkov
I, for one, am glad we have never had a real all-out shooting war against the Russians. Their 7N6 is a nasty little ball round, designed from inception to tumble. To see just how much trouble the 5.45 round is, MrGunsNGear did a quick gel-block test using a Krinkov. I can see why they were […]
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British Police Guards armed with SMGs
While on my trip in the UK, I noticed a staggering amount of armed police officers guarding the gates to castles and palaces. These were not security guards but actual police officers. All were armed with Glocks and a couple of them were armed with either a MP5 or MP7, and this was at every […]
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Firearms in the Tower Of London
The Tower of London is a cool place to learn about the history of England. In the center there is the White Tower. It houses the Royal Armouries collection as well as gifts given to the Crown. As one of the Yeomen Warders (the Beefeater guards) had said: “I say gifted, but usually at the […]
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SilencerCo Releases Piston Kit for Most Calibers
As an unabashed suppressor lover, I have really enjoyed seeing SilencerCo grow rapidly. They have done so through savvy marketing – but more importantly creating products people really want. Latest in my “must buy” list is their piston kit that covers the gamut of popular calibers and thread pitches. The kits would save an end-user […]
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Review: New Strike Industries Mega Fin XL Rail
I keep in pretty close touch with the folks at Strike Industries and I have to say not without good reason. Strike turns out more innovative and downright great products than just about any company I know of. It seems every few weeks I get word of another interesting product they are working on. This […]
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Running a Bolt-Action Like a Semi-Auto, Shooting to Win
Bolt-action rifles are generally regarded as slower than semi-automatics, but Sniper’s Hide Cup 2015 competitor Marcus Blanchard proves that is more a matter of shooter skill than it is of mechanisms with his performance three days ago on the 540 yard Moving Target Stage: Holy cats! That’s how you run a bolt gun, folks! Thanks […]
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Wilson Combat Rapid Thread Muzzle Brake Blast Diverter
Just when you think you’ve seen all the AR muzzle blast diveters on the market you stumble upon another one, this time from Wilson Combat. Their Rapid Thread Muzzle Brake Blast Diverter is similar to many of the others we’ve covered, it actually looks a little like the Gemtech Blast Jacket and Kineti-Tech Sound Directors. […]
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Light Rifle 1.5: A Clarification
My series of posts on the history of the light rifle is ambitious, by the standards of the blogging I’ve so far done. I seek to cover the concept from the pre-WWII-era to the 1960s and beyond. However, I’ve already made a mistake that has become increasingly apparent over the past two months since I released […]
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Weld your Own AR-15 from Flat Spot
For the ultimate do-it-yourself-er or someone still waiting on their Ghost Gunner, The Flat Spot has a nifty weld-your-own AR receiver out of mild steel. The kit is not 100% weld and go, as it does require some work. Details on construction for The Flat Spot: AR-15 RECEIVER FLAT(weldable) mild steel construction for $28.00 Combine with […]
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Dual or Quad-Weilding? Jerry Miculek Takes on the Arsenal Double-Barreled 1911’s
In suitably epic slow motion, Jerry Miculek has now dual-wielded the Arsenal 1911 handguns. Corny jokes about .90 caliber or .180 caliber aside, the shooting is – as usual – awesome in its accuracy and speed. Seriously, Jerry Miculek is my hero.
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Pulsar Apex XD38A Now Shipping
Pulsar is now shipping the new Apex XD38A thermal imaging rifle scope they announced at the 2015 SHOT Show. Along with this announcement, the company has finalized the specifications on the scope. The scope uses a white hot and black hot technology that allows the shooter to swap back and forth for the best image […]
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POTD: A Flat Dark Earth Combo
Andrey sent us a photo of his nifty carbine pistol combo, a IWI Tavor and a FNX45 Tactical, in matching Flat Dark Earth colors. He wrote .. My futuristic looking FDE combo.Thought these two look great together. I refer to my Tavor as a space laser rifle to my non-gun friends. IWI Tavor With Eotech 512, Primary […]
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UK Army’s 105mm Light Gun
While on my trip in the UK, I came across the L118 Light Gun. It is a 105mm caliber howitzer. In Liverpool, Army Recruiters had one on display. According to the info sheet above: The versatile 105mm Light Gun is towed by a medium-weight vehicle. It can also be carried around the battlefield underneath a […]
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New Ares SCR Adjustable Sights From ARES
If you’re a fan of iron sights and in the market for some easily installed sights from a company with a solid presence in the military and law enforcement world, the new ARES SCR Adjustable Sights may be just what you need. ARES new sights come with the tools necessary to install them and are […]
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Berlin Crisis, 1961: The Beginning of The End of The M14
In 1957, the T44E4 rifle was formally adopted by the United States Armed Forces as the United States Rifle, 7.62mm, M14, but this only marked the beginning of the rifle’s troubles. After numerous delays and production crises – including the rejection in December of 1960 of 1,784 of H&R receivers (about ten percent of the receivers that had been […]
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