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Clandestine weapons so clandestine, they never were. Thanks OSS!
During World War Two the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was known as a sort of lost child and wonder lab among all the war efforts. I mean compared to the 101st jumping into Normandy,...
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Slide Fire Teams Up with Colt Competition on CRZ-16 Rifle
Slide Fire announced the company had teamed up with Colt Competition on a new CRZ-16 variant called the CRZ-16 Bump Fire Rifle. The new version of the gun, as you might expect, is equipped with a Slide...
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BREAKING: Court Rules H&K NOT AT FAULT for G36 Rifle Controversy; Owes German...
In the ongoing controversy about the G36 assault rifle, German gunmaker Heckler & Koch have won a major victory against the German federal government, as the Koblenz court where the company’s...
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NEW: Traditions Performance Firearms Mountain Rifle
Traditions Performance Firearms is known for their muzzleloader line and authentic reproductions such as their Kentucky Pistol and flintlock Trapper Pistol. The Connecticut-based company offers a...
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BREAKING: Kalashnikov Concern Discontinues AK-12, Replaces It with… The New...
The AK-12 is dead. Long live the AK-12! That’s the song Kalashnikov Concern is singing this week at the recent ARMY 2016 expo in Moscow, Russia. The radical AK-12 prototypes that have dominated...
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BREAKING: Kalashnikov Concern releases precision rifles at ARMY 2016
This coverage of Army 2016 will be covering some of the precision rifles that are being introduced, apart from the SVK, which Nathaniel F. is writing about. If you aren’t tracking, Kalashnikov Concern...
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Canadian C-19 Ranger Rifle Procurement to Begin in 2017; Will Be Complete by...
The Canadian Rangers will soon all get their hands on the newly adopted C-19 Ranger Rifle, developed by Sako and made in Canada by Colt Canada. The new rifle’s procurement is set to begin in 2017,...
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Why won’t you die? L85A3 prototype photos released to public
“Beneath this mask of a failed bullpup there is more than double feeds and malfunctions. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof, especially when they jam!”, in other...
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Ritter & Stark SX-1 Modular Tactical Rifle
Ritter & Stark will introduce its SX-1 Modular Tactical Rifle (MTR) to the US market at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition next month. TFB readers got a...
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BREAKING: S&W M&P 15/22 Rifles BANNED at Appleseed Events Due to Run Away and...
It might be time to take a second look at your favorite .22 caliber AR-15 trainer rifle: Bearing Arms is reporting that organizers of the Appleseed Project marksmanship program have banned outright the...
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Book Review: Guns of the Special Forces 2001-2015
Guns of the Special Forces is a recent publication by Pen & Sword Press written by Leigh Neville, an Australian defense and military author. The book is inspired by Guns of the Elite written by...
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Standard Manufacturing Offering a New STD-15 Rifle
Standard Manufacturing Co announced the release of a new STD rifle. The Model C of the STD-15 family follows the Model A and Model B that were announced earlier this year, and is a more affordable...
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Developments at Fabryka Broni: 7.62×39 MSBS, domestically made magazines
The Polish magazine Bron Amunicia TAC has recently made light of Fabryka Broni releasing both a 7.62x39mm version of the MSBS at the International Defense Industry Exhibition MSPO in Poland, and a...
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Inforce releases Gen2 WML lights
Inforce, a manufacturer of high quality picatinny mounted weapon lights has upgraded their WML line with their new Gen2 WML series of lights. The Gen2 has a redesigned body, along with the switch that...
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All Compass Rifles Recalled by Thompson/Center
Thompson/Center announced a total recall of the Compass line of bolt action rifles. The rifles, according to the company, may fire when a round is chambered and the rifle is dropped when the safety is...
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BREAKING: French Defense Procurement Department CONFIRMS Heckler & Koch HK416...
If any of you still had doubts about the HK416’s rumored win of the French AIF (Arme Individuelle du Futur – Future Individual Weapon) contract, doubt no more. The French DGA (Direction Générale de...
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What Is a Caliber System, and How Does It Affect Ammunition Design?
In a previous post about the sometimes ambiguous meaning of the word “caliber”, we discussed how the word had mutated through the centuries, picking up different definitions and connotations along the...
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“Controllable” vs. “Low Recoil”– What Do We Really Mean?
We hear a lot of talk about how some firearms are “controllable”, while others are not. The word “controllable” or “manageable” is often used in gun reviews to describe the recoil characteristics of a...
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Firearm Showcase: The Heckler & Koch XM29 OICW, the ULTIMATE Individual...
In May of this year, I got the rare opportunity to travel to Heckler & Koch’s headquarters in Ashburn, VA, to take a look at some of the experimental and prototype firearms they have located there...
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Bullpup 2016: New Manticore Products
For several years now Manticore Arms has put on an excellent show and sponsorship of a number of companies and vendors at the annual Bullpup Shoot in northern Illinois. Some of the prominent bullpup...
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