#BigBore

Back in 2020, we had a look at some of the creations of Marco Rigido, the creative mind, and skilled hands, behind the M.R. New System Arms gunsmithing company. Earlier this year we had the chance for a visit to Marco’s workshop and we can offer you a glimpse of some unusual big bore projects.

Winchester Ammunition had a few new ammunition options available at Industry Day At The Range 2023.

In this episode of TFB Showtime, Hop checks out Anderson Manufacturing’s new Gen 2 big-bore AR platform. The AM-10 Gen 2 is available in three barrel lengths, with receivers and barrels made in-house, and Magpul furniture as standard.

One of the biggest names in big-bore firearms, Big Horn Armory, has just announced that the company will be going through a pretty large expansion in order to meet increasing customer demand. This announcement comes during a time when much of the firearms industry has been adversely impacted by world conditions – Big Horn Amory seems to be making great strides in the opposite direction.

Wilson Combat has added three new big bore caliber offerings for their line of AR-15 pattern rifles. The new chamberings include the .350 Legend, .375 SOCOM and .450 Bushmaster. These cartridges are added to two other big bore calibers currently offered by the company – .458 SOCOM and .458 HAM’R. Let’s see what options are available for each of the new calibers.

Brannon LeBouef, of NOLATAC Firearms Training, St Bernard Indoor Shooting Center, and the NOLATAC Veterans Training Program, takes a partial look at the McCutchen MF-50M Fifty Caliber ( 50Cal rifle ) bolt action rifle. This unique rifle has a side loading 5 round magazine and a proprietary firing pin safety.

Usually, in the shooting community, there are two types of people. The first are the people who love big bore handguns either for hunting or just a range gun. The second are the people who see zero purposes to big bore handguns. Big bore handguns can be intimidating but once people shoot them, they usually can see the appeal.

Tromix Lead Delivery Systems has published this photo on their Facebook page. The image was accompanied by the following caption: “Production parts for the new Tromix 458 SOCOM AK are coming along“.

Recently, I came across a Norwegian suppressor manufacturing company called Hausken. By visiting their website you will find several suppressor offerings which mostly utilize a reflex design where the suppressor is partially telescoped over the barrel – pretty typical design for the European suppressors. At first, it doesn’t seem that there is anything interesting there in terms of the design of these cans. However, what caught my attention is the dimensions of the Hausken Whisper suppressor … it is huge!

Alexander Arms has a reputation for innovation and brings their version of the Remington 700 to market chambered in .50 Beowulf. They also show off some beautiful custom finishes.
A very special thanks to BROWNELL’S – check out their new Retro line here:
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Inceptor has some new ammunition offerings for 2018, including a 10mm and a monster big bore .450 Bushmaster ARX load. We discuss shooting steel up close with Inceptor’s frangible ammunition.

Modern shooters have it good. Load a cartridge, pull trigger, bang, and the case is easy to remove. Our older brethren did not have it so easy. Traditional black-powder cannons are quite a bit more involved, requiring multiple steps to clean, load, and ultimately fire.

At the 2016 National Rifle Association Annual Meeting, gunmaker Smith & Wesson announced a new single stack carry handgun for the civilian market: A .45 ACP variant of their popular Military & Police Shield, previously available in .40 S&W and 9mm only.

When faced with large, dangerous game set on ending your life before you end theirs, there really is no substitute for raw power. That’s a fact that African big game hunters throughout history have recognized, and reflective of this are the huge, cannonesque rifles they took with them into the brush. Some of the most massive and impressive of these were the weapons in various incarnations of the 4 bore caliber, named for being roughly the diameter of bore slugged by a round lead ball weighing one quarter of a pound. Later centerfire nitro 4-bore cartridges fired bullets as heavy as 2,000 grains (0.286 lbs) as fast as 1,500 ft/s. Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons puts his shoulder on the line shooting a single-shot blackpowder centerfire 4-bore rifle under the watchful lens of a high speed camera, capturing the rifle’s tsunami-like recoil in slow motion detail:

While I have never shot the .458, I find it alluring as a big-bore cartridge. Quickly gaining a following within the MSR market, the cartridge balances a wide range of capabilities and bullet weights to create a versatile package.Unfortunately, this growth in popularity has stretched its manufacturing base, with many loadings and parts difficult to find.