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Semiauto Rifles of WWI and Before
Semiauto rifles are taken for granted today – every military in the world uses them, they are the mainstay of many types of competition, most police forces, and a great many hunters. And yet, the...
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Enfield Rifle Company MERC415
The modern Enfield Rifle Company officially launched the MERC415 Type I carbine. Although the company opened in December 2012, the official announcement was held until now due to recent market...
View ArticleIWI Galil ACE rifle in the field
IWI’s Galil ACE rifle, a modern version of the Galil, has been making significant inroads in the South and Central American markets. This video from Vice shows soldiers patrolling with the Galil ACE...
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Review: Wheeler Engineering Professional Leveling Reticle System
[ This review was written by Dr. Jim and Mary Clary ] For years we pretty much mounted our scopes the old fashioned way, setting our rifle between two sandbags to level it out, placing the scope in the...
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H&K 30 Round Polymer Magazines Now Shipping
H&K’s long awaited polymer AR-15 magazines are now shipping. They feature a translucent polymer body, using the same material that has been in use used to make the G36 magazines that have been in...
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Battlefield Envy: Another AK-M-Forgery From Afganistan
A reader emailed us a photo taken in an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit’s building at an Army base in Afghanistan. This rifle was proudly on display next to a selection of disarmed M18 Claymore...
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KABOOM: The .223 WSSM and 6mmBR Disaster
This post was written by Dr. Jim and Mary Clary. Under most circumstances, shooters don’t have to worry about chambering the wrong cartridge into the wrong rifle. After all, the cartridges are well...
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Savage Arms Forcasted To Make $25 – 28 Million Profit in 2014
It is not often we get to peer into the accounts of a gun company. Up until recently there were only two publicly listed firearm makers in the USA, Ruger and Smith & Wesson, but they both produce a...
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TrackingPoint Tracking and Corner-Shot Capabilities
TrackingPoint have published this video showing what their rifle/scope system can do at Rifles Only Inc. range in South Texas. They demonstrate using the system to track moving targets and using the...
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The weirdest magazine that barely was.
Back in 1892 the U.S. Army held trials for a new service rifle with entrants from around the world. The ultimate victor was the Krag-Jørgensen but some of the best rifles in the most rapid period of...
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Brazilian Federal Police Special Forces (C.O.T) Adopt H&K416
A reader from Brazil sent us these photos of the 10.5″ barreled H&K416 used by the Brazilian Federal Police Special Forces (C.O.T). It looks like they are using EO Tech holographic sights and a...
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Powered Picatinny Rail Coming To Beretta ARX-160
Beretta USA have signed a licensing agreement with Prototype Productions Incorporated (PPI) that will allow them to incorporate PPI’s powered picatinny rail system into the Beretta ARX-100 and Beretta...
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Lanco Tactical Grip Stop
Lanco Tactical has developed a simple hand stop that cuts the difference in angle between a vertical foregrip and a grip like the Magpul AFG (Angled Fore Grip). It is selling for $39.95. Lanco...
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So Long Izhmash, Long Live Kalashnikov!
It deeply saddens me to write that Izhmash, which was founded over 200 years ago by Tsar Alexander I, has officially been renamed to Kalashnikov. The (Google Translated) press release is below … Based...
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IWI Silently Updates Tavor X-95 Design
Mac from the Military Arms Channel toured the IWI factory earlier this year. He published a number of photographs which indicate that IWI have silently updated the design of the IWI Tavor X-95. The...
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A Georgian Bushmaster M4
After the Russia-Georgia War of 2008, which if you recall lasted just over a week, the Russian military proudly displayed the remains of Bushmaster M4 rifles that they captured and destroyed. The M4...
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Gun Review: Arsenal SAM7SF AK-Pattern Rifle
Introduction: As a long-time Arsenal fan and owner, I was thrilled to discover that I would be reviewing the Arsenal SAM7SF, which Arsenal has ambitiously termed the “Game Changer.” Much of this...
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Exclusive: Taiwan’s Latest Type XT Prototype Rifle
The Taiwanese military have been developing a modern assault rifle since 2008. Four years ago they unveiled their first prototype, named the Type XT97. The latest prototype has just been unveiled and...
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The CIA & The Double Four Ammunition Of Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan
The Double Four, or “44″, is the name given to the 7.92x33mm Kurz, the round first developed for the famous Sturmgewehr 44, manufactured by craftsman in the famous gun workshops of Darra Adam Khel,...
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Shooting Guns With Google Glass
For the non-techies amongst us, Google Glass is wearable computer worn like a pair of glasses. It can project images onto the tiny transparent screen that sits in front of your eye and giving you a...
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