Category: Weapons Education

Floridas new laws are already in effect. Lets see how it goes. Fox News Reports Florida deputies confiscated an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle from an Army veteran on Thursday, and the seizure was the first of its kind under the state’s new gun control law enacted following the Parkland school shooting. Jerron Smith, 31, of Deerfield […]

I wonder how it will stack up against the ever so popular creedmoor? Guns.com writes CMMG rolls out an all-new rifle, the MkW ANVIL XLR2, chamebred in the power-packing 6.5 Grendel. Offering a 22-inch medium tapered barrel, the mid-sized AR pushes the 6.5 Grendel round out to 800 yards. Utilizing the ANVIL’s Powerbolt design, created by […]

The FirearmsBlog writes Cobalt Kinetics has some interesting news for us. The new model Twenty-Seven offers a modern approach to a traditional semi-automatic rifle. Target customers are most likely people living in areas where features like pistol grips are forbidden, hunters of small to medium game and competitive shooters that may live in restricted areas. You canconfigure your Model 27 and it’s”legalness” when ordering. The lower receiver is unique, and the stock allows length […]

Who here has used this target? Kind of interesting to hear the backstory on its creation! The FirearmBlog Writes In June of last year, we published a short post on the odd story behind the current Diplomatic SecurityService’s qualification target known as the DSQ-1A, or colloquially as an “Izzy” target. The long and short of it was that the figure holding an AKMS in […]

This rifle will offer an edge over your traditional bolt actions! The FirearmBlog writes Savage’s MSR 10 Hunter is now available in the 338 Federal chambering. Since its introduction in 2006, the 338 Federal has established itself as an extremely versatile, high-performance big game cartridge. Shipments of these firearms are currently being delivered to dealers. Built on the .308 case and “necked-up” to hold a .338 diameter bullet, […]

Probably not the best idea. Guns.com writes A New York educator with a concealed carry permit was charged with a felony after she was found with a 9mm handgun in her purse on campus. Gillian L. Jeffords, 24, of Warwick, was charged Wednesday with criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds, a Class E felony, after a […]

Honestly it looks like a blast to shoot! Guns.com writes Tromix Lead Delivery Systems did a flashback this week to the very curious NFA-regulated Trimese-16 triple rifle. The gun, literally one-upping the infamous Siamese-16*, has three barreled uppers with interlocking gas tubes. The gas system of each feeds into the next rifle and it only has one […]

Always facinated by the differences between ammunition in black powder and modern cartridges. The NRA Writes Without ammunition, a firearm is no more than an inefficient club. For this reason, much of the technological development effort in firearms history was devoted to ammunition. Essentially, ammunition consists of four parts: powder, projectile, primer and cartridge case. […]

These are great if you have never bought one before! The NRA Writes The recent rise in the number of concealed-carry permit holders translates to a lot of first-time gun owners purchasing firearms. If you’re a long-time shooter who grew up around firearms the notion that buying a gun could be intimidating is hard to fathom—in […]

Thats one impressive piece of ammo! The FirearmBlog writes The first photographs of the tungsten carbide cores for the US Army’s new XM1158 round have surfaced. The Army’s 7.62x51mm XM1158 Advanced Armor Piercing (ADVAP) round featured in the US Army’s Manufacturing Technology program 2018 Fiscal Year Update as one of their successful programs. The XM1158 round is said to provide improved performance against barriers and armour […]