From The Battle of La Drang Valley, Cpt. Dillon’s AK47
Within the Leeds based Royal Armouries small arms collection in the United Kingdom there is a particular Soviet AK47 that is kept amongst the collection of other AKs. The serial number is ГЛ4027, in...
View ArticleAimpoint Supplying Army With 30,000 M68CCOs
Aimpoint was very recently awarded a 10 million dollar contract for the delivery of 30,000 M68 Close Combat Optic reflex sights to the U.S. Army. The commercial variant of this sight is the Aimpoint...
View ArticleFrankly, Pistol Caliber Carbines Don’t Make a Lot of Sense – Here’s Why
I know that I am not going to make any friends by writing this, but that never stopped me before, so why not? Here goes: Pistol caliber carbines don’t make a whole lot of sense for the American rifle...
View ArticleAustralian EF88 Details/Tier System
During the adoption of the Thales EF88 rifle by the Australian Defense Force, one of the operational requirements for the EF88 was to produce a tiered system for combatants. There is nothing new about...
View Article10/22 Dressed As a Krink?
The Ruger .22 LR 10/22 rifle probably has the record for the most “drop in” imitation firearms ever. There are 10/22 platforms that will allow it to look like a Garand, a P90, even an AK74! The...
View ArticleDRD Tactical Announces Law Enforcement Use of Kivaari Rifles
DRD Tactical announced that two Georgia law enforcement agencies are now using the Kivaari rifles. According to the company one agency is a “large” department while the other is a “medium” sized...
View ArticleNosler’s New M48 Long Range Rifle
For 2017, Nosler introduced a number of new products. One of the company’s new rifle offerings is the Model 48 Long Range Rifle. As the name suggests, Nosler designed the new M48 for target shooting...
View ArticleChapuis Armes “ROLS”: New Straight Pull Bolt Action Rifle
French firearms manufacturer Chapuis Armes has joined the small list of European companies who offer straight pull bolt action rifles. They’ve recently introduced a new rifle called ROLS. As the...
View ArticleGIGN Adopts CZ 806 Bren 2 in 7.62×39
French Counter-Terrorism group National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) recently announced at SOFINS 2017 that it would be adopting CZ’s 806 Bren 2 in 7.62x39mm with a 9 inch barrel. So far 68...
View ArticleTurkish Savar Drone In Use with Turks, Azeris
Turkish company Harp ARGE has exported its first anti-drone jamming device to the Azeri military recently, in an unmentioned quantity for delivery. Already in service with numerous Turkish military and...
View ArticleLWRC IC-A5s Now in Use by Swedish LE
In what appears to be LWRC cornering the Swedish special operations and SWAT issue rifle market, we have yet more evidence of LWRC’s piston operated IC-A5 rifles in usage by the Särskilda...
View ArticleCommando’s Choice: The De Lisle Carbine
The De Lisle Commando Carbine has fascinated small arms enthusiasts since knowledge of it became widespread after the Second World War. Almost entering myth like lore, it is claimed to have been the...
View ArticleNosler Varmageddon Rifle Now in 22 Nosler
Nosler announced that its current Varmageddon AR rifle is now available in 22 Nosler. These rifles are built by Noveske Rifleworks, a company with a significant following in the shooting industry. The...
View ArticleThumbhole Takedown Stock for 10/22 from Volquartsen
Volquartsen Firearms announced the company was now offering a range of laminated thumbhole stocks for the Ruger 10/22 Takedown rifle. The stocks are designed for ambidextrous use and are available in...
View ArticleCounterfeit M4s In Iraq
A number of AR15s that have been turning up in Iraq appear to be counterfeit products but are in the markets and treated as legitimate production versions of the rifle companies the producers are...
View ArticleFuchs Over & Under Bolt Action Rifles
Earlier we showed a side by side bolt action double rifle on TFB. Today we’ll take a look at a couple of over and under bolt action rifles made by the same company – Fuchs. The O&U versions of...
View ArticleDo Bullpups Have Better Balance? A Different Perspective
The bullpup rifle tends to be – when it comes up – a pretty divisive subject among “tactical” rifle shooters. Bullpup detractors dismiss the layout as clunky and awkward, while its proponents cite the...
View ArticleNew Addition To The Howa Long Range Rifle Line
There is a new model to choose from if you are looking at the Howa Long Range line with a fancy new stock. Shooters looking for a precision rifle to start out in the long range shooting game have never...
View ArticleThreat Analysis: IS Marksmen in Sinai
Soon after the release of the so-called Islamic State’s marksmen shots video (discussed in-depth here), the terrorist organization released another video but this montage focused on the Sinai peninsula...
View ArticleTaiwanese Raysun Counter Drone System in Iraq
Defense Blog has published evidence that Iraqi security forces are using a counter drone gun to aid in the fight against the so-called Islamic State’s many hobby drones that are either acting as...
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