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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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BREAKING: Beretta APX Striker-Fired Pistol Reaches The Civilian Market… In...
Almost two years ago, Beretta announced a new striker-fired, polymer framed handgun, which they called the APX. Now, the APX has finally hit gun stores… In Argentina. User mithrils of The Beretta Forum...
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Bullpup 2016: New from Black Rhino Concealment
Black Rhino Concealment is a Kydex company that has been very successful in recent years. They have expanded from a small shop operation to a full time professional company, nowadays making mostly...
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Lee-Metford trench art of the Boer War
The .303 Lee Metford bolt action rifle filled the needs of the British Empire between the Martini-Henry of Zulu lore, and the SMLE that would fill the hands of Tommy infantrymen for the next half...
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DX Korea 2016- Modified K2C1 rifle, Korean Corner Shot
Defense Exposition Korea 2016 was recently held in Seoul and the company S&T Motiv (former Daewoo Precision) showcased some of their latest products. The current South Korean infantry rifle is the...
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MARSOC to drop Colt 1911s from service
It appears that the last active duty component of the U.S. Military has retired the tried and true 1911. In an article by the Marine Corps Times, Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC), has...
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New Guncrafter 1911 Long Slide 1911s: .50 GI, 10mm
Guncrafter Industries announced a pair of new 1911 style handguns chambered for cartridges other than the .45 ACP. (Guncrafter Industries is the same company that makes the .50 GI conversion for the...
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New Gear: Kinetic Concealment’s CompRail System
Kinetic Concealment launched a new product called the CompRail System. The CompRail System is an optic mounting platform for pistols that uses the handgun accessory rail. The idea is to allow for the...
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Gun Review: Glock 19 Gen4
The Glock 19 has been the gold standard for striker fired handguns since shortly after its introduction to the US market in 1988. Some of you 1911 guys out there are going to dispute that, but the...
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Breaking: Rangers Go Glock, Is the US Army Soon to Follow? 1911s Not Longer...
“It’s Over. Glock Won.” Hognose writes. What did Glock win? Total domination in the US Special Operations world, and (my speculation) possibly the Modular Handgun System contract as well, by extension....
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The Simplest Homemade Pistol? Mark Serbu Gives the World the GB-22 “Gun...
What is the simplest gun you can possibly make? When you hear this question, the kind of gun that comes to mind is probably a simple zip gun, like the one below, which has a forward-moving mass, a...
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Sig Sauer Legion PVD finish concerns
On a number of social media groups and online forums across the internet, there have been reports from Sig Sauer Legion owners of the finish on their handguns wearing off, rusting in spots, or cracking...
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The Modern Civilian PDW Reborn? BreachBangClear Slings a Glock, and It’s...
The National Firearms Act really is a drag. Thanks to its legal restrictions on short barreled rifles, some of the lightest and handiest classes of firearms are substantially restricted from common...
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First Impressions: Ruger’s New American Compact
Ruger recently added a Compact model to the American Pistol line of handguns. The company was good enough to send me one in 9mm for testing (the ‘pro’ model without the external safety). So far, I’ve...
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Caracal Replacement Pistols Now In USA
Caracal USA announced that the upgraded Model F pistol has now made it to the shores of the United States. For customers subject to the 2013 recall, this should be good news. According to the company,...
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Modern Personal Defense Weapon Calibers 002: The 4.6x30mm HK
If the 5.7x28mm FN is the first successful modern PDW round, then the 4.6x30mm HK is the second, and its biggest rival. German firm Heckler and developed the microcaliber 4.6mm in the 1990s as a...
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Unidentified SF working in Aleppo Province
Photographs of the rebel group Free Syrian Army have been circulating around since September that show a group of soldiers firing what appear to be Soltam K6 120mm mortars (Israeli origin, M120 in the...
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BREAKING: Remington Finally Introduces RP9 and RP45 Striker-Fired Handgun
Big Green is going “Glock”: Remington is finally introducing its long-in-development polymer handgun. The new handgun is a tilting-barrel striker-fired affair, but it possesses some unique features...
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“Why Didn’t He Design Anything Else?” Looking at Mikhail Kalashnikov’s...
Last weekend, I took the major arguments of Kalashnikov conspiracy theorists head on, and one of those – which I hear rather frequently – is why he did not design any other weapons besides the AK-47....
View ArticleIWI Jericho 941 Review
In this episode of TFB TV, Edward O takes a look at the IWI Jericho 941 pistol. This Israeli handgun is built on the Cz75 design, and has seen many iterations and manufacturers over the years. It’s...
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