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I hope it is not off topic to announce here that Gaston Glock has passed away today. He was undoubtedly in the same league as Samuel Colt, John Moses Browning or Eugene Stoner when it comes to the development of modern firearms and apart from that a prominent figure in Austria though he tried to...

Does anyone here own the "tactical" version of the CZ 600? If so, could you tell me how long the upper (action + barrel) is? I'd be interested in the model but I only have a very small safe, the maximum I managed to store so far was a 14.5" AR upper, so I reckon the 16" of the CZ will be too...

S&W is obviously hopping on the 5.7 bandwagon with its new M&P. The function is described as a gas operated rotating barrel. Does anybody already know how this works in detail? To, me, it seems unnecessarily complicated given that 5.7 obviously works fine with delayed blowback (FN, Ruger...)...

Back in my days, the rule was that sidearms were reserved for officers, machine gunners, grenadiers and medics. It appears to me that pistols are becoming more ubiquitous on the modern battlefield, pics from Ukraine showing almost every common grunt carrying a leg or shoulder holster (that...

I'm looking for a small .32 in a modern design - is there anything out other than the KelTec and the Tomcat? Does maybe Ruger or Taurus offer a subcompact in that caliber that slipped my attention? Or is there maybe anything anounced? I need a small package still suitable for a firearms...

just out of interest: Are all Glocks circulating in the US also made in USA or are there Austrian-made specimen available as well? The other way round, I've never seen a US made one other than in pictures...

Hi Folks, Maybe some of you has an answer to this issue that has long been puzzling me: The Russians managed to not only create the 9x21 AP round, but also to put more or less the same AP capability in a 9x19 as well (the 7N31). In the light of these developments, I always wondered about the...

I always wondered why the US Army would choose the APC9 over e.g. the MP9 or the MP7. Are there any inherent advantages of the classic SMG design compared to the magazine-in-pistol-grip machine pistol layout? When it comes to compact size with still a useful barrel length, doesn't the latter...

Finally, there appears to be a lead-free option for .22lr: https://cuttingedgebullets.com/shop/cutting-edge-bullets/22lrhttps://cuttingedgebullets.com/shop/cutting-edge-bullets/22lr Apart from cutting out the lead, I'm pretty sure that these bullets will penetrate far better, eliminating one of...

are there any .32 semiautos with a polymer frame other than the KelTech P32?

Hi Folks, since news about the NGSW project are scarce and more or less reiterate the same well-known facts over and over again, maybe someone here wants to share some thoughts... The most ambitious of the three finalists appears to be the Textron entry with the Cased Telescoped concept. While...

just out of curiosity: Did wire mesh-type suppressors like in the High Standard HDM or the suppressed version of the M3 grease gun fall out of favor because they are less effective in terms of sound reduction as compared to modern baffle designs or simply because they are less durable and...

the Russians use this captive piston "silent" cartridges for their special ops, and something like a silent shot revolver basrd on the same tech has been conceived but never mass produced for Vietnam tunnel rats. I still can't wrap my mind around how this principle can produce more that air gun...

does anybody know more about that request for proposals? Are there already any actual contenders or is this just a vague plan by now?

Does anybody know the barrel length of a G19 when it comes with the threaded factory barrel? Just occurred to me that this configuration somewhat combines a G19 line of sight with a G17ish barrel length...

It occurs to me that more and more militaries and agencies that are updating their service sidearm are switching to a compact size platform as the new standard (e g. Marines, Coast Guard...). Does anybody know if this is a consistent development and what might be the rationale behind this trend?

Does anybody know the rationale behind fielding the compact version of the new service pistol not only for MP, concealed carry etc., but for all applications? The Army in comparison uses the M17 as the standard pistol and the M18 for special purposes...

I reckon since the M17 / 18 has been regularly issued for a while now, there might be the first actual user reviews out there - does anybody know more about how the new gun fares with the troops as compared to the M9 or M11?

I own a pump-action rifle with AR15 aesthetics that's similar to this one. Last time I cleaned the rifle, it occured to me that it features a buffer spring in the buttstock just like an actual AR15. Now I'm a bit confused: The system is locked during firing and is anyway not actuated by rapid...

I just wondered what might be so superior about this gun to even consider it as the next standard rifle for the Army? the cartridges appear to be so fat that the magazine holds only 20, the system appears to be quite complicated, and I'm not even talking about adopting a non NATO standard round...