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Crimson Trace shoot (Part 3 of 4): Full-auto and night vision gear
One of the huge draws of the Crimson Trace Midnight 3-gun shoot was using infrared and night vision goggles in the dark. To top it off, they also provided full auto stage guns. In short, it was totally...
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CMMG Auto Sear Trip and Anti-Bounce Kit
If you have a full auto M16/AR15 lower, and you want to run a .22 LR conversion, take a look at the CMMG kit that was designed for you. The Auto Sear Trip and Anti-Bounce Weight Kit is designed to...
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Knob Creek ’13: Full-auto cousins
Just a small sample of some fun guns. From left to right: 1) H&K MP5 in 9mm 2) Ruger 10/22 .22LR in full-auto 3) H&K MP7 in 4.6×30 4) H&K UMP in .40 The post Knob Creek ’13: Full-auto...
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Texas PD Training: KRISS Vector Vs. H&K UMP (Part 1)
First and foremost I would like to thank everyone involved in helping get this series of articles together. Without Phil (our T&E Manager and Senior Writer) helping bridge the connections between...
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Dallas Sheriff SWAT: KRISS Vector Vs. H&k UMP (Part 2)
As seen in Part 1 of the KRISS Vector test with the DeSoto Police Department, I promised a part two with the guys you call when the expletive hits the proverbial fan: SWAT. After testing with DeSoto...
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Gun Review: TPM Outfitters MP5-N Build
Recenly our friends at TPM Outfitters really did us a favor by showing up at out KRISS Vector demonstration with an H&K UMP to use for comparison. I mentioned that they surprised me by bringing an...
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Ruger AC556 Select Fire Mini-14
The A-Team would be jealous. The post Ruger AC556 Select Fire Mini-14 appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
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Machine Guns Are Legal: A Practical Guide to Full Auto
I love machine guns. They don’t call the selectors on automatic firearms “fun switches” for nothing, and I have yet to hand off a machine gun to someone and have it not bring a smile to their face (it...
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Media Lab Recreates Heat Shootout.
NRA Media Lab breaks down the shootout scene from the movie Heat. They want to see if some of the aspects of the shootout are legitimate. They focus on the shooting, moving and communicating aspect of...
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Full Auto Armalite AR-10
Jerry Miculek gets to play with all the cool toys. He goes to the Institute of Military Technology in Florida. Reed Knight brings out a rare Armalite AR-10 made in 1957. It only weighs about 6 lbs and...
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Rare FN CAL 5.56 Select Fire
Jerry Miculek is at it again with the unicorn guns. This time he gets to try out a FN CAL. It is designed like the FAL but is chambered in 5.56. The selector switch is very interesting. It of course...
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Gun Review: Sig Sauer MPX-SD
The Sig MPX caught everyone’s attention from the very beginning. After having shot one a few weeks ago I can understand why. Man is this sub gun fun to shoot! Probably the best news I can pass along is...
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3D Printed Machine Gun Shoots Paper Airplanes
Papierfliegerei 3D printed most of the parts to build his machine gun. It does not use any propellent but is electric powered. Ok, the title I used is a little misleading. It is a machine gun by...
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Donations Now Accepted To Repeal The Machinegun Ban!
Fully automatic firearms have never been illegal in the United States on a federal level. As a matter of fact, there are over 180,000 legally owned machine guns in the country but the registry was...
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Gun Review: Browning M2HB .50 Caliber
The Browning M2 Machine Gun is the the stuff legends are made of. This gun was designed in 1918 and has been in continuous service since 1933. It is used by 100 nations and few improvements to the...
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Machine Pistols On Trial: How Viable Are They?
Disclaimer: For the purpose of this article, the term “machine pistol” refers to fully automatic conventionally laid out handguns, not submachine guns, PDWs, or obscenely large pistol-like firearms...
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Tromix Siamese M16 Twin Mag Dump
Tromix posted up this video of a dual mag dump out of their twin M16s. The camera angle is poor. At first glance, it looks like the red dot is inline with the magazine and trigger group. But if you...
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Full Auto Pencil Shooter Gun
The ingenuity of humanity never ceases to amaze me. As such, I am mesmerized by the bike-chain & electric-drill powered magazine-fed pencil machine gun (or perhaps just the voice) of YouTube user...
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VG6 Epsilon Muzzle Brake
Here is a very interesting test of this VG6 Precision AR muzzle brake. The shooter is firing the AR on full auto, with one hand and away from his shoulder. The gun hardly moves at all. The post VG6...
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How Well Does Direct Impingement Handle Heat?
DI is usually identified as the weak link in the AR-15 system when it comes to sustained fully automatic fire. How vulnerable is that system to fully automatic fire? That’s a good question, but...
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The Colt SCAMP: Yesterday’s Pistol of The Future
1969 was a year of great optimism and achievement for the United States. NASA’s space program took humans to the Moon in July of that year, while the Mariner 6 and 7 probes gave humanity its first...
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BREAKING: IWI Recalls Galil ACE Pistols Due To Full Auto Receivers
IWI USA has issued a recall for their newly released Galil ACE pistols due to the presence of a pin hole for a full auto sear. AKs with this pin hole have long been considered by the ATF to be machine...
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Reconsidering the M1 Carbine as an Assault Rifle
The M1 Carbine is a weapon that, although popular with shooters and soldiers alike, has been unfairly dismissed in the broader context of the development of the modern assault rifle. Although initially...
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TFB Experiences Battlefield Vegas
After the Wednesday round of the 2016 SHOT Show, I sat down for an evening of quiet work, to finish up a few articles I had from the day’s show-trekking. Less than an hour later, I was standing in a...
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Part 9: Getting a Home-Based FFL – Getting & Using the SOT
For those not an FFL, there is an annoying quirk in the system – one cannot get their Special Occupancy Tax (SOT or “Class III” which is an incorrect, but commonly used term) when they apply and...
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IV8888’s Piston AR Meltdown
Do piston guns handle heat better than DI guns? If so, why? If not what shortcomings do they have? The video from the popular YouTube channel IraqVeteran8888 embedded below doesn’t quite answer these...
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Full Auto for Any AR: How a Lightning Link Works
Commonly known as the “Lightning Link” the S.W.D., Inc. Auto Connector is a rarity to see these days. With fewer than 900 manufactured and registered in the NFA registry, the Lightning Links are a...
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As Close to Practical Full-Auto as One Can Get – MAC Shoots the “Echo”
Yes, the varrous “bump fire” stocks are enjoyable to shoot, but they have limited practical utility. With one pushing the weapon forward, maintaining aim (which is usually accomplished by pulling the...
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FOR SALE: Colt M16A1 Full Auto Lowers $499ea
In an American gun-lover’s dream world, the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 and the Firearms Owners Protection Act (FOPA) of 1986 would be repealed. Among other regulations, both laws control and...
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Firearm Showcase: Johnson’s Daisy Mae Auto-Carbine at the Cody Firearms...
In January, just before the 2017 SHOT Show, I got the opportunity to travel to Cody Wyoming to visit the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, to see some of their rare firearms...
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The British Machine Carbine From 1940-1953, Courtesy Forgotten Weapons and ARES
The Sterling L2A3 was the iconic Cold War submachine gun of the British Army. Inexpensive to make, compact and rugged, it was a design that incorporated the experience from the Sten submachine gun, a...
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World’s First Full-Auto Firearm was an 1855 Percussion Revolving Rifle ?!
This American revolving rifle is designed by Ralph Mershon and Jehu Hollingsworth. It is a percussion firearm and it is reportedly a select fire one with full-auto fire capability/mode! After loading...
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Bigshooterist Talks About His Frankengun (971D)
Jeff of Bigshooterist YouTube channel has released a video where he talks about the machine gun that he has created. This is a very strange looking firearm, to say the least. This gun is made of all...
View Article[SHOT 2018] PepperBall … Rifled! (Also, Full Auto)
TFBTV’s Corey Wardrop speaks with Monty Scott, PepperBall’s Director of Training, regarding several new products from the non-lethal company. For those unfamiliar with the company, Corey and Monty...
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Hatsan Introduces the Blitz, a Full-Auto .30-Cal Air Rifle
Airgunners and pellet slingers, this one is for you. Among a few other product lines, Turkey’s Hatsan Arms produces a wide array of pellet guns. With a 8th July press release, Hatsan’s US division has...
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The Rimfire Report: Trejo Model 1 Machine Pistol – The World’s Smallest...
Hello and welcome back to The Rimfire Report! In this weekly series, we discover, discuss, review, and research the various firearms, ammunition, and history of the rimfire firearm world. Today we’re...
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The Rimfire Report: Belt-Fed On a Budget in 22LR?
Hello and welcome back to another weekly edition of The Rimfire Report. This weekly series explores anything and everything rimfire. The guns, ammunition, sports, history, and stories from the rimfire...
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The New P1 Full Auto Blowback BB Air Pistol from Crossman
We’ve been getting a lot of snow up here in the north and it’s times like this that make it just a little bit more difficult to get out to the range to spend a few rounds. Thankfully, BB guns are a...
View ArticleFull Auto MP5 vs. Plastic Body Armor
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves is at West Orlando Firearms Training with Heckler & Koch for a reveal of their new pistol. Bulletproof backpack manufacturer Ballistipax was also attending...
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SILENCER SATURDAY #243: Full Auto Rimfire – B&T 22 Suppressor Review
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to another edition of TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the YHM Turbo K 556 rifle suppressor. Last week we...
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[SHOT 2023] Friday Night Lights: TFB In The Dark – NVG + Full Auto
Welcome back to another Friday Night Lights. Last week I posted about some hidden night vision related gems at SHOT Show 2023. TFB in the Dark returns with full auto M16s, night vision and other...
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