I founded TFB in 2007 and over 10 years worked tirelessly, with the help of my team, to build it up into the largest gun blog online. I retired as Editor in Chief in 2017. During my decade at TFB I was fortunate to work with the most amazing talented writers and genuinely good people!
This is something I never thought I would see … MrDryCry wrote at Arfcom … Well…it finally happened today. I’ve been in the C&R game about 5 years and own about 10 C&R weapons…even went down the road to get my 003 FFL. I have [Read More…]
Richard Nagy built a 10 round magazine for his Mosin Nagant. Read about the project at Guns, Holsters & Gear.
Bushmaster is now selling a hunting AR-15 rifle featuring GameGuard camouflage. This camo pattern has been designed with the Texas and Southwest landscape in mind. The Bushmaster GameGuard Predator will retail for $1,459.
John Deere’s Armored A tractors were armed with two M1919 machine guns. Nifty.
Crunch Gear is reporting on a company that is making RAM heatsinks shaped like guns. [ Many thanks to mrsatyre for emailing me the link. ]
The Truth About Guns tests the myth that a ported barrel on a revolver will blind the operator at night … The scenario RF had in mind is a typical home defense situation. You’re in bed asleep when something goes bump in the night. You grab your bedside pistol, [Read More…]
Fiocchi’s new line of Canned Heat ammunition has been designed for long term storage. The ammunition is sealed in metal cans that are nitrogen gas hermetically sealed and are packed with desiccants to prevent rust, deterioration, and moisture. The Canned Heat line [Read More…]
MilPictures.com created this photo of the single shot Steyr HS .50 rifle. Placing cartridges between the knuckles is a technique popular among single shot rifle shooters. You can see a photo of blogger Albert Rasch using the technique with his .416 Rigby chambered Ruger [Read More…]
Swedish police discovered a double barrel shotgun disguised as a guitar when they raided the home of a man suspected of dealing in stolen weapons. The Local reports … Aside from the six more conventional weapons found in the apartment and a quantity of ammunition, [Read More…]
Reuters reports … Utah has become the first U.S. state to name an official firearm, placing an automatic pistol on a list of designated symbols, right along with the honeybee and the cutthroat trout. Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed the bill into law this week, [Read More…]
Libyan rebel and his nifty Mauser stock. [ Many thanks to Lance for emailing me the link. ]
Safariland is manufacturing SPEEDFEED I and SPEEDFEED III shotgun stocks in A-TACS camo for Mossberg and Remington shotguns. They are available for the Remington 870, Remington 1100, Remington 1187 and Mossberg 500/590. The MSRP is $149.95.
Winchester has added the Varmint HE 3/1 Segmenting expansion bullet to its line of .22 LR ammunition. This mean looking 37 grain hollowpoint bullet splits into four pieces upon impact. Three forward segments split off to the side, inflicting damage, and a rear core [Read More…]
A reader emailed me this photo of a Bolivian solider carrying a strange firearms and asked what weapon he was carrying. I was unable to identify it but Tony Williams, our resident ammunition expert, was. It is a Chinese QLZ-87 35mm grenade launcher. According to [Read More…]
Shorpy has a very high resolution photo showing the Smith & Wesson factory in Springfield, Massachusetts circa 1908. The below photos is just a thumbnail. Click through to see the full size photo. [ Many thanks to Hudson for emailing me the link. ]
New from Federal is the 20 gauge Heavyweight Turkey shotshells … New 20-gauge MagShok Heavyweight turkey loads are ideal for young hunters and shooters who prefer less recoil. These shells provide 40% less recoil than 3-inch loads–but remain just as lethal [Read More…]
[ Y-Man, our resident Nigerian shotgunner, continues his series of guest articles about his quest to build the perfect shotgun. Being one of the lucky few in Africa to legally own a gun, he has to fabricate many parts and ammunition himself because supplies of gun parts [Read More…]
FN Herstal has developed a 40mm grenade launcher sighting system called the FN Fire Control Unit (FN FCU). The FCU is mounted on a picatinny rail above the launcher. A laser range finder calculates the distance to the target and a clinometer measures the angle/elevation [Read More…]
New from Winchester … The new Model 1886 features a deeply-blued receiver, barrel and lever, along with a matching blued steel end cap and steel crescent buttplate. The stock is Grade 1 walnut with an elegant satin finish. The full-length tubular magazine holds [Read More…]
DoubleTapper has followed up the review did he did back in 2010 of the FAB Defense KPOS Glock Carbine Kit. DoubleTapper says … I personally find the KPOS to be both comfortable to shoot, and extremely useful.
United States, Australians, New Zealanders and Singapore soldiers got together at the Tarin Kot base in Afghanistan to play with each others toys. Army.mil reports … TARIN KOT, Afghanistan — AK-47 rifles, Squad Automatic Weapons, Steyr AUG models, M-4 [Read More…]
New from MasterPiece Arms is the .380 Premium Protector. The two-toned pistol features a blued frame with an aluminum grip. The grips are fully machined aluminum with a bead blasted finish that is protected by a clear anodize coating. I really like the look. Like [Read More…]
Leupold is now selling a variable powered scout-style scope, the VX-II 1.5-4x28mm Scout, through their custom shop. Traditionally scout scopes are fixed power. This scope has 7.75″ of eye relief on high power and 8.75″ on low power. If this sells well, I [Read More…]
Remington is recalling four Lot Numbers of its .223 Remington 62 Gr Hollow Point Match ammunition. They may have been loaded incorrectly. Remington has determined that four (4) Lot Numbers of its .223 Remington 62 Gr Hollow Point (Match) Ammunition may have been [Read More…]
Back in 2009 I reported that South Korea’s K11 OICW-style weapon was to be the first of its class to be deployed. Since then I had heard nothing about it and seen no evidence that the deployment went though until two articles that appeared last week on Korean news [Read More…]
Kit Up reports that the US Army would like hyper-burst capability (firing multiple rounds at incredibly high rate of fire) for the next generation carbine. It is not an official requirement yet for the potential M4 replacement, but could be in the future. Matt Cox [Read More…]
From NRA Blog … The HK MP5 was developed in Germany during the 1960s. The model used in the movie, the MP5A3, has an effective range of approximately 600 feet with a muzzle velocity of 1,300 feet per second. Weighing just over six pounds, this particular firearm [Read More…]
Earlier this year the Dutch police announced the adoption of a new pistol, the Sig Sauer PPNL (Police Pistol Netherlands). Heckler & Koch and Walther, who lost out on the contract, have announced their intention to take the government to court over the decision. [ [Read More…]
More info at Sig Sauer’s careers page. [ Many thanks to Matt for emailing me the information. ]
Manroy USA has purchased Sabre Defence after winning a bidding war with Colt USA. The Tennessean reports … Alabama-based Manroy USA bid $4.95 million for the company’s assets, more than double what it offered last month in a bank-sponsored sale that was [Read More…]
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