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To Challenge A Newly Won Throne: The Rise And Fall of The Light Rifle, Part II
This is the second part of a series of posts seeking to describe and analyze the 7.62mm Light Rifle concept promoted by the Americans, and subsequently adopted by NATO in various forms. You can read...
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Blast From The Past: Miss America Shooting A Cutting-Edge Rifle
In late 1963, photographer Arthur Rickerby snapped photos of a Colt demonstration of its new AR-15 rifle. The photos appeared TIME Magazine, and their focus was on more than just the rifles themselves:...
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Review: Meprolight MOR combo Tri-Powered Reflex sight and Laser Designator
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) were one of the first militaries to understand the importance of an optic equipped rifle for every infantryman. The standard reflex sight of the IDF is the Meprolight...
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Black Hills 77 grain Tipped MatchKing Precision 5.56mm Ammo
Black Hills Ammunition released an improved version of their famous 77 grain long range precision 5.56mm round. The new version features a green color polymer ballistic tip Sierra boat-tail projectile...
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Taiwan Unveils New XT-105 Rifle
In 2013, TFB reported on the latest developments of the Taiwanese next-generation rifle program, then called “XT-97″. It is now being reported that the latest variants are called “XT-105″, and that the...
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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...
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Weekend Photo: Inside A Dagenham Gun
Rufus writes: This is a picture of my original Armalite AR-180 manufactured in England by Sterling. I saw it in a shop next to one of the new ones produced by the current Armalite (which is the same...
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Optic Review: Minox ZP8 1-8x24mm Tactical Scope
Released at the SHOT Show 2015, Minox USA introduced their new tactical line of optics and among those is the new ZP8 1-8x24mm model. For those that have never heard of the brand, Minox is a very old...
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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....
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Capandball Shoots an Original 1861 Springfield Rifle-Musket
Hungarian YouTuber capandball gives us a look at the world of blackpowder rifled-musket competition shooting, with his original Springfield 1861 Rifle-Musket, manufactured at Bridesburg: The original...
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Weekend Photo: Long Range Lancer
Dan sent us a photo of his very nifty Lancer L30 LTR chambered in .308 Win. He writes … Some F-Class and Long Range Practice in Mifflin, PA with Some Coworkers. Lancer L30 LTR in 308 Win. Bartelin 24″,...
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QBZ-97 flat-top Keymod Model and Custom Color Variant
In my previous two TFB articles on the latest development of the Chinese QBZ-95 family of bullpup rifles, I mentioned that there’s a flat-top model in the work as part of the QBZ 95-1 Plus. Recently,...
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Waterloo Weapons In Slow Motion, By Royal Armouries
This past weekend was the bicentennial anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, where Napoleon was defeated by the combined armies of the British and Prussians, and which marked the transition of Europe...
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SKS Obrez
The pictures are a couple of years old (prior 2009), but interesting nonetheless. Apparently it is a picture from a seized weapons cache in Iraq, later in the war due to the ACU helmet cover on the...
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Replacement Selected For Canadian Rangers’ Lee-Enfield Rifles
The search for a new rifle fit for the Canadian Rangers has ended, and the replacement is surprising. Colt Canada was selected in late 2014 to provide rifles to replace the Rangers’ venerable No. 4...
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Australian Army Fielding F90 (EF88) For Trials
The Australian Army’s program to produce a successor to the F88 “Austeyr” is on the verge of bearing fruit. Army.gov.au reports that the F90, formerly designated “EF88″ is now being issued for trials,...
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Taliban Fighters In Kunduz, Afghanistan, Spotted Using SCARs and HMMWVs
The Taliban have been on the move recently, capturing an Afghanistan National Army District Headquarters in a recent battle. Footage of the battle show a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles...
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Russian Special Forces Using HK417, AI AW In Dagestan
Russian special forces were spotted recently in the Russian republic of Dagestan, which has been experiencing an insurgency recently. The commandos were equipped with at least two foreign weapons, an...
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POTD: The mythical Enfield EM-2 Rifle No.9 Mk1
In about an hour’s time we will be publishing a TFBTV video about the Pedersen rifle, which was chambered in the .276 Pedersen. Almost three decades later the British developed the .280 British round,...
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Developments from Azerbaijan
At the recent IDEF Istanbul exhibition held this past May, Azerbaijan had some interesting developments of various small arms on display. Interestingly there wasn’t any demonstration of their service...
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