1+ week, 5+ hour 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…...

2+ week, 1+ day 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…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (214+ words) The rifle carries over every feature from the existing platform: genuine American walnut stock with diamond checkering, the match-grade trigger adjustable within a one-pound range using the included hex key, the patent-pending fully adjustable trapezoidal rear sight, and an internal…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago  (470+ words) On this episode of TFB Behind the Gun, we sit down with Caleb Giddings to talk about competition shooting, training, and the realities of getting better behind the gun, and of course, his time so far at Taurus USA. Caleb…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (896+ words) Perhaps one of the most interesting adaptations of a magazine-fed light machine gun or automatic rifle to belt feed was the Degtyarev RP-46 (Company Machine Gun), adopted in 1946, which was one of the Soviet Union's most practical postwar attempts to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (338+ words) Auto-Ordnance has announced the Thompson TM1 CP, a lightweight take on the iconic M1 Thompson chambered in. 45 ACP. Dubbed the Lightweight M1 Thompson, the new model carries the same recognizable silhouette that made the original "Tommy Gun" famous while shedding a significant amount…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (309+ words) The UK's path to develop the SA80 is littered with fascinating kitbashed mock-ups and (some might say) abominations. These sort of mock-ups and prototypes are common within firearms development and the UK's Royal Armouries is custodian of quite a few of…...

4+ week, 13+ hour ago  (1043+ words) One of the more unique firearm concepts that I wish would have made more of an impact on the market in the last two decades has to be the revolver shotgun. Combining the ammunition diversity of the shotgun world with…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (204+ words) SK Customs, the custom firearms division of SK Guns, has announced a limited-edition recreation of the Colt 1911 associated with Chicago Prohibition-era crime figure Al Capone, known as the "Sweetheart." The run is limited to 200 units, chambered in. 45 ACP, and follows…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (465+ words) Specialized equipment often reflects very specific mission requirements, and few examples are as niche as the modified Smith & Wesson Model 41 pistols issued for the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird pilot survival kits. In March 1967, the U. S. Air Force ordered a limited batch of…...