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Wheelgun Wednesday: The Last Revolver Samuel Colt Ever Made
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (121+ words) There's a pretty common misconception floating around gun circles that Samuel Colt had some hand in the Single Action Army. Maybe he designed it, maybe he approved it, maybe he at least lived to see it. The reality is that…...
SK Guns Honors 9/11 with Limited-Edition Custom Commander 1911 9mm
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (202+ words) SK Guns'has created another highly-customized and attractive firearm on the 1911 platform, and this time they are honoring and remembering 9/11 as we approach the 25th Anniversary of that iconic day. The Limited-Edition and Custom Commander 1911 9mm will show a depiction of the Twin…...
A400 L Field: Beretta's Dressed-Up Take on a Field-Proven Platform
1+ week, 2+ day ago (83+ words) Walk into any sporting clays bay long enough and you'll eventually meet the A400. Beretta's gas-operated semi-auto has earned a place in gun racks from the skeet house to the uplands on the strength of a platform that runs reliably and…...
What is Wrong with 5. 56 AKs?
2+ week, 4+ day ago (593+ words) There are a lot of things in life I don't understand, and one of those things is why some people in the AK community look down on 5. 56 AK rifles. Many think that 5. 56 AKs are some kind of novelty, created specifically…...
TFB Behind the Gun #220: FM-9 D Belt-Fed w/ Adam | Freedom Ordnance
1+ mon, 10+ hour ago (189+ words) The FM-9 D continues to win over more shooters every month. For this week's episode of Behind The Gun podcast, Adam from Freedom Ordnance joins us to talk company roots, the real development story behind their closed-bolt 9mm belt-fed upper, and…...
Fudd Friday: The. 250-3000 Walked So The. 243 Could Fly
3+ week, 4+ day ago (49+ words) Before World War II, and especially before World War I, the rifles of the whitetail-hunting world looked a lot different from today. Lever-actions ruled supreme, and they were often chambered for rounds that have fallen from favor. These include. 33 Winchester,…...
How a Mercenary Movie Invented a New Type of Weapon
3+ week, 6+ day ago (759+ words) It is hard to overestimate just how much movies shape modern gun culture. Like many, I attribute my fascination with firearms to Hollywood movies. But I am only aware of one instance when a movie gun accidentally created a new…...
POTD: Colonial Armament Commando MK-56 - Belt Fed in a Rifle Package
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (514+ words) thefirearmblog. com POTD: Colonial Armament Commando MK-56 - Belt Fed in a Rifle Package Fifty. That's the number that matters here. Colonial Armament has pulled the wraps off the MK-56 Commando, a limited-edition belt-fed rifle chambered in 5. 56 that takes the familiar…...
TFB Review: Franklin Armory's Self-Regulating Piston OPS-16 Rifle
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (223+ words) thefirearmblog. com TFB Review: Franklin Armory's Self-Regulating Piston OPS-16 Rifle I have never really been a huge piston-driven AR-15 fan. The extra weight, complexity, and lack of real benefit for me as a fairly low-volume civilian shooter left me convinced…...
POTD: USMC M27 With HERA Arms Grip
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (601+ words) The image shows a machine gunner with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, during a live-fire range at Camp Schwab. I think it's safe to say he's not carrying his machine gun in this image, but the M27. But what's interesting is the HERA Arms…...