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!
The Shooting Times (UK) have written a review on the .22 Hornet. It achieves great results and is economical both with powder charges and noise, so why is the .22 Hornet so underrated? We review a calibre with a sting in its tail. “Despite mild velocity figures [Read More…]
Oddly enough the below ‘rocket’ is actually a rifle chambered in the 7.62x39mm cartridge! It is used in a RPG launcher for training purposes. I assume that it would be used in an actual RPG launcher and not a training replica. I came across this link a PFOA [Read More…]
Have you ever heard of a punt gun? A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations. Punt guns were usually custom-designed and so varied widely, but could [Read More…]
Bushmaster has a great flash animation showing how an AR-15 bushmaster functions. It allows you to make some of the parts transparent so you can see inside. A screenshot of what the animation looks like:
A great article from the Shooting Times about the evolution of magnum handgun cartridges from the .357 Magnum developed in the 1930’s to the colossal .500 S&W Magnum. In the 1930s, handgunners were looking for ways to extend the power of the popular .38 [Read More…]
Students in Svalbard, Norway, are taught how to use a shotgun and ammunition to fend off polar bears at the beginning of every school year. Since polar bears can outrun a human in a matter of seconds, every student at the University Center undergoes weapons and arctic [Read More…]
David continues his ‘African Shooting Lessons’ entry here. “A good shot develops a sense of how much time he has–and uses that time.” (Photo from wikipedia.org)
Bitter, on this blog entry, had this to say about my attempt to find out who pays too much for firearms: A) The laws aren’t consistent. If only members of the military and law enforcement can purchase firearms, it’s hardly an open market. B) Culturally, it’s not a [Read More…]
B.B. Pelletier has just completed a long 6 part series on the air gun sport of Field Target Field target began in Great Britain sometime in the early 1980s. According to the British Field Target Association (BFTA) field target manual, the year was 1981. They say there [Read More…]
Hi Gun bloggers and gun enthusiasts, I am trying to compile a “Global Gun Price Index” to see how the price of firearms compare in different parts of the world. If you are able to help me or have suggestions please feel free to email me. My email address is [Read More…]
I came across this post by RUDY850 on the PAFOA forum showing a very clever way to save space in your gun rack by mounting pistols on the gun safe door.
I have been getting many visitors coming to this blog looking for SKS manuals. I thought this was strange as I only had one small post linking to an SKS manual. It turns out that SKS manuals are very hard to find! Many sites are selling the PDF versions of old manuals [Read More…]
A humorous blog post from Dave Petzal: If you are not familiar with the 8-bore, it shoots a 1,250-grain conical bullet at about 1,500 fps, or an 860-grain round ball at 1,650 fps ….. This year, one of the .375 shooters got the chance to try it, and asked me if he [Read More…]
From Australian International Arms (AIA): Australian International Arms have manufactured the 5th generation of Lee-Enfield, for target shooting, military match and sporting markets. However, unlike the 4th generation, this is not a ‘converted’ Lee-Enfield. The AIA [Read More…]
According to the Orlando Sentinel the so called missile launcher was nothing more than a carrying case for an anti-tank weapon. Not exciting after all. Below is a photo of the carrying case:
This article has a great comparison between wet and dry suppressors. It also includes some great videos. The term ‘wet’ means some sort of liquid, be it oil, water, grease, gel or another substance is used to cool the gasses exiting the suppressor. The gas [Read More…]
Below is a very funny 34 second video clip from the TV series American Dad. “Pen gun, mightier than the sword”, haha 🙂 Below is the infamous “Stringer” pen gun:
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At the heart of the game is the Black Death Target (BDT), which consists of five square black targets with a white circle and black dot in the center — the “good shot” area. The object of the game is the highest score you can get with five shots in the [Read More…]
“A man in Florida surprised police by handing in a surface-to-air missile launcher during a gun amnesty in the city of Orlando.” – BBC Very funny! The full article can be read here. The photo below (from Wikipedia.org) is a FIM-43 Redeye which entered [Read More…]
GunBlast.com – the online gun magazine has just posted four new articles: John Wayne 100th Birthday Commemorative Ruger New Vaquero .45 Colt Sixgun by Jeff Quinn He has inspired patriotism when it was sorely lacking in our country. Before we go into the life of [Read More…]
A very interesting article about the Chinese .45 ACP Broomhandle. Review of Mauser Machine Pistol: A famous design in its own right, the C-96 Mauser “Broomhandle” was extremely popular with the Chinese. Since the C-96 was considered a highly effective [Read More…]
6mmbr.com has a selection of free printable targets including short, medium and long range as well as varmint targets. They are downloadable at this web page.
No Longer Trendy: The .300 Weatherby : First, the .300 Weatherby has committed the cardinal sin of becoming old. Introduced in 1944, commercial ammo was first available in 1948, which makes it either 63 or 59. Some cartridges, like the .45/70, are so old that they [Read More…]
The amazing Oleg Volk has produce an amazing photo sequence of a flint lock firearm firing. Click on the thumbnail to view the full sized photo.
A very interesting article at the Pyramyd Air Reprt. I do not shoot competitively with air guns nor do I hunt with them but I do enjoy knocking about a soda can once in a while. During my plinking I have never noticed the spiriling pellet phenomenon which is explained [Read More…]
From the SurvivalBlog.com “When customers ask me to choose between the Mossberg 500 and the Remington 870, I go with the Remington.” I personally prefer the Mossy 500, not for any reason in particular, just my personal preference. I find people often prefer [Read More…]
A a very interesting article from the American Hunter Magazine comparing different slug designs including various sabot slugs. In the days of my youth, we transformed rabbit guns into deer guns by simply changing the fodder; you bought slugs from a hardware store bin at [Read More…]
I came across this very cool easy to load AR magazine at SayUncle.com. It opens up allowing you to simply drop in your .223 cartridges then close it up. For me loading mags is the most boring chore I have to do involving firearms. Below video showing it off. More [Read More…]
eBay has announced they are restricting the sale of all gun parts that it required for firing a gun. Here is the full announcement: In mid-August, we will be updating our Firearms, Weapons and Knives Policy to place more restrictions around gun-related items. Once these [Read More…]
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