IMFDB Raising Funds
The Internet Movie Firearm Database is without a doubt one of my favorite gun websites. They are raising funds for a new website design kickstarter-style by offering prizes with each level of donation.
Posts by Steve Johnson
Founder and Dictator-In-Chief of TFB. A passionate gun owner, a shooting enthusiast and totally tacti-uncool. Favorite first date location: any gun range. Steve can be contacted here.
Bug A Salt, The Anti-Insect Artillery, Reviewed
Have you ever contemplated dumping the lead from a shot shell, filling it with salt, and pointing it an unwanted coackroach? I have. If done inside this of course violates Cooper’s Gun Safety rules and possibly the spouse’s house rules regarding gun play. [Read More…]
Remington Expands Ammunition Plant
Remington has announced that they are planning a $32 million expansion of thier Lonoke, Arkansas ammuniution plant which should be completed by the second quarter of next year. The expansion is to help them meet increasing demand for ammunition domestically [Read More…]
DefCad Pulls All Model Files At State Department Request
The State Department requested that Defense Distributed pull their 3D printer files because they might be in violation of ITAR regulations which prohibit distributing weapon blueprints and technical documentation overseas and they have complied, pulling all [Read More…]
Spanish Cartridge Mystery Solved
Over a year ago a Spanish reader emailed me to ask about the strange cartridge he found (pictured above). It had a ~7.62mm sized rifle bullet in what looked like a 9mm pistol cartridge case. Carlos wrote … I recently moved to my grandmother‘s house in Madrid [Read More…]
Kazakhstan Special Forces Adopt Beretta ARX-160 in 7.62x39mm
Despite most of the industry showing no interest in continuing to develop firearms which chamber the 7.62x39mm, Beretta delivered a 7.62x39mm of their ARX-160 not long after the original 5.56mm. It looks like Kazakhstan may have been the first country to adopt [Read More…]
Electronics Arts Says It Won’t License Gun Designs In The Future, Will Use Them Anyway
Electronics Arts, the maker of the Battlefield series of video games, has announced they will not pay to license gun designs in the future. They believe they are legally entitled to depict trademarked designs because video games are artistic expression. Kotaku.com [Read More…]
Izhmash Prototype VS-121 Sniper Rifle
Izhmash has unveiled a prototype sniper rifle called the VS-121. This bullpup rifle uses an action based on the Dragunov sniper rifle action. With its heavy profile 24.4″ barrel it weights just under 10 lbs. It will be chambered for 7.62x54mm, 7.62x51mm and a [Read More…]
Smithsonian’s National Firearms Collection At Buffalo Bill Center
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West of Cody, Wyoming have just opened a new exhibition that showcases 64 fascinating guns from the Smithsonian’s National Firearms Collection. The guns will be on display at the Cody Firearms Museum until fall 2015. [Read More…]
Glock USA Now Exporting Pistols
Last year consumers in the USA noticed that more and more new Glock pistols on sale had USA stamped on the slide instead of the familiar AUSTRIA. For reasons unknown Glock increased production in the USA. It is now being reported that Glock USA is actually exporting [Read More…]
Uberti Silverboy .22 Magnum Lever Action Rifle
Uberti has added a .22 Magnum to the list of calibers they chamber this lever action rifles in. The new chrome-finished SilverBoy chambered in .22 Mag is being marketed for use as a youth rifle or as a Cowboy Action Shooting training rifle. The Uberti Silverboy has a [Read More…]
Shot Show Industry Day At The Range
Each year on the day before SHOT Show the media are invited to the Boulder City Range to test-fire all the new guns. Non-media industry people are technically not allowed. From next year onwards, there will be second range day on the first day of the show for “key [Read More…]
HS Produkt VHS-2 Assault Rifle
Of all the assault rifles designs put into production released since I first started TFB, the Croatian-made HS Produckt VHS Assault Rifle has been one of my favorite (and the only one I have not had the opportunity to shoot). This is partly because the sleek/skinny [Read More…]
AR-15 Grip Prototype From Strike Industries Solves Middle Finger Pain Problem
Strike Industries emailed us CAD drawings and renderings of a prototype AR-15 grip they are working on. The grip attempts to solve middle finger pain associated with intense and prolonged magazine reload drills. When reloading an AR-15 or AK the middle finger takes up [Read More…]
A Girl And A Gun Documentary
Independent filmmaker Cathryne Czubek is directing a documentary about female gun culture. The trailer is embedded below … A Girl and A Gun presents a feminine perspective on an object whose history is deeply bound up with men and masculinity. Filmed throughout [Read More…]
First (Almost) Entirely 3D-Printed Gun
Cody Wilson has completed his 3D printed handgun. Forbes reports … All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were printed in ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer from 3D printing company Stratasys, with the exception of a single nail that’s used as a [Read More…]
Steven Spielberg To Direct American Sniper Movie, Starring Bradley Cooper
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Steven Spielberg will be directing a movie adaptation of Chris Kyle’s autobiography that will star Bradley Cooper … Steven Spielberg has found his next directing project: an adaptation of American Sniper, the [Read More…]
ARF Digital: Electronic Marking System For Airsoft
The sport of airsoft relies on an honor system because, unlike paintballs for example, airsoft BBs do not mark the person they hit. Since it is easy for even an honest player not to notice they were hit by a lightweight BBs, the honor system has its limitations. One [Read More…]
SABER Rifle Chassis System Now Available In .30-06
Ashbury Precision Ordnance’s high-end SABER Modular Rifle Chassis (Sporter) is now available for the Remington 700, McMillan G30 and Stiller TAC300 rifles chambered in .30-06. For hunters and recreational shooters the SABER Composite Series [Read More…]
Individual Carbine Competition To Get The Axe
Matthew Cox at Military.com has broken the news that the Pentagon has finally got its way and the Individual Carbine Competition will be cancelled. The U.S. Army plans to cancel its Improved Carbine competition before conducting the final, soldier-evaluation portion of [Read More…]
