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Lithgow Arms’ Premium Bolt Guns Are Coming to the US | SHOT 17
As we wrap up our SHOT Show coverage, we turn to a new company on the US market, but an old name in Australia: Lithgow. This Australian gun company dates back to the Lithgow Small Arms Factory,...
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California Ammunition Sales UP FIFTY PERCENT
Widener’s Reloading and Shooting Supply is a Johnson City, TN based online ammunition company that has pushed a press release out citing a number of alarming panic/bulk buy figures from customers in...
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SVD Rifle Factory Torture Testing
The reliability requirements for military firearms are perhaps the highest. Ideally, they must be able to perform flawlessly in any climatic condition found on the planet. And that’s why military...
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Britain’s Civilian Service Rifle Matches
Civilian Service Rifle (CSR) matches are to the United Kingdom what CMP Service High Power matches are to the United States. Matches are held from 500 meters to 100 meters and consist of what the...
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BREAKING: Orbital ATK Sues Heckler & Koch Over XM25 “Punisher” Airburst Weapon
In a new twist to the ongoing story of the US Army’s XM25 CTDE “Punisher” airburst infantry grenade launcher, Orbital ATK, a technology partner on the program, has sued fellow partner Heckler &...
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Indonesian Pindad SSx 7.62×51 Battle Rifle
Indonesia’s state owned defense company Pindad has been perfecting a battle rifle since the platform was first introduced in 2014. The rifle is called the SSx, short for Senapan Serbu, Indonesian for...
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Drone Defenders in use with U.S. Army
This image was captured by U.S. Army soldiers on post outside Mosul, Iraq and ran in Stripes. A seemingly very uninteresting image apart from the Drone Defender propped up against the concrete wall....
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.22 LR AK-22s used in Holey Artisan Bakery Attack
The ARES Hoplite blog has researched and reported on a growing trend within terrorist groups in Bangladesh using .22 LR cosmetically similar Kalashnikov blowback rifles to carry out violent attacks....
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Kazakh made Thermal Sights adopted by Turkey
Jane’s has reported that the joint Kazakh and Turkish defense company Kazakhstan Aselsan Engineering has begun export of the Python thermal weapons sight to Turkey. The company is jointed owned by both...
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Polish Reservists to receive 57,200 Beryl Rifles
Previously on TFB we covered the 26,000 Beryl rifle order by the active component of the Polish Land Forces. That May 2016 contract was at the time the largest acquisitions order in recent...
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USMC Releases RFI for 11,000 More IARs, Rumors Abound of Pure-Fleeted M27...
Earlier today, the United States Marine Corps Systems Command released a request for information (RFI) to manufacturers regarding the industry’s capability to fill an order for 11,000 new IAR-type...
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Mountain Infantry Assaults with Small Arms
The Bundeswehr social media outlets recently released this training video of a Bavarian mountain battalion executing a vertical ascent and subsequent assault on an enemy position. The video is very...
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Firearm Showcase: The Williams Sporter Carbine at the Cody Firearms Museum –...
In January, just before the 2017 SHOT Show, I got the opportunity to travel to Cody Wyoming to visit the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, to see some of their rare firearms...
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Laser Range Finders at the USMC Squad Level
Marine Corps Times has reported that Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) is in the process of evaluating a number of either picatinny mounted or scope integrated laser range finders to issue at...
View ArticleMaking HISTORY Come ALIVE WWII Squad Tactics LIVE FIRE
On January 28th, TFB TV undertook a daunting task. We wanted to try and recreate an organizationally correct U.S. Army Paratrooper squad, with the same small arms and live ammunition that squad would...
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Lessons Learned from Our WW II Squad Live Fire
The overall point of the WW II Live Fire, apart from creating an episode for our Youtube Channel, was to gain information and knowledge about these small arms that were used in World War II in ways...
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Firearm Showcase: The British EM-2 Bullpup at the Cody Firearms Museum – HIGH...
In January, just before the 2017 SHOT Show, I got the opportunity to travel to Cody Wyoming to visit the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, to see some of their rare firearms...
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Heartland FFA’s Mosin Nagant 10 Round Mag and Grip
The Mosin Nagant may be overrated but I still like those old Soviet rifles, and most rifles from WWII as well. Mosins used to be dirt cheap and plentiful, now they’re harder to come by and prices have...
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Firearm Showcase: Mason Experimental 1901 Semiautomatic Rifle at the Cody...
In January, just before the 2017 SHOT Show, I got the opportunity to travel to Cody Wyoming to visit the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, to see some of their rare firearms...
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BNTI Arms Warrior Series 7.62×39 AR
BNTI Arms is a Jacksonville, FL based company that is releasing a dedicated 7.62x39mm AR15 to the public called the AR/AK 7.62 BA Beast Optics Ready Rifle. The company has previously focused on .308...
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