Rifles

The gun rights gang are abuzz with rumors that one of Illinois Governor Quinn's "political operatives" is organizing a referendum to ban assault weapons in the Land of Lincoln. I've called around the state...

TTAG recently tested the ArmaLite AR-10 using a wide variety of Remington 308 (7.62 NATO) rounds. In terms of practicality, the AR-10 only weighed a bit more than an AR-15 chambered (as you know)...

Capt. John Raguso keeps threatening to send us a review of Kel Tec's smokin' SUB-2000 9mm carbine. Today, Hi-Point Carbines drops the news that their long awaited .45 ACP rifle is ready to rock...

Over at Shooting Times, Guns of the Enemy in Afghanistan briefly describes the AKM, Dragunov SVD semi-automatic sniper rifle and PPSh-41 submachine gun. The article concludes "Questions about the U.S. military’s firearms are valid...

The Department of the Treasury has released its latest report on its Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Collections. Firearm and ammunition manufacturers forked over $101.7 million in excise taxes in the first calendar quarter...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRn68HwZf34 From vuurwapenblog.com via thefirearmblog.com: "As you can see, the carbine buffer allowed the bolt carrier to bounce back after making contact with the receiver extension. Many people say that this isn’t a problem unless...

Someone at TimbersmithUSA.com must have read my Hodrodding the WASR-10 series and decided there's a market for wood stock kits for Romanian AK47s that are G2G. The ready-to-rock units lack the shine or luster...

Your mother wanted me to tell you: you can put several eyes out with this thing, in rapid succession. Click here for more info from fullyautomaticairgun.com and some relevant YouTubery. Meanwhile, the stats: 30 round...

I didn’t want to get into black powder shooting. I successfully avoided it for years. Mind you, I'd always appreciated the history of black powder. For over 700 years, you needed black powder to make...

Buyers of the limited first production run of FNH USA SCAR 17S rifles get a free lockable, waterproof Hardigg® Storm hard side case, a certificate of authenticity and a choice of 10 or 20-round magazines. To paraphrase Bill...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQVNDy9gtrI Most folks knows Apple computers started in a California garage. Less well known: the modern small arms industry was born the same way. "America's rifle," the AR-15, owes it genesis to not one but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU-MArikik4 A fairly major digression here, at the conclusion of Capt. John Raguso's series on the ArmaLite AR-10. Hats off to the Captain for knowing his ammo, cold. Tomorrow, we'll unleash his ArmaLite AR-10 review...