Two high end, precision 1911 manufacturers, STI International and Detonics Defense, have entered into a business partnership in the hopes of producing better 1911s. It seems that the two seem to compliment each other, with STI having very good quality control and [Read More…]
CaptainBerz posted a three part video of how to make your own inexpensive tripod hog style saddle. The first video is just Berz and Nate talking about the benefits of shooting with a tripod and saddle. They did mention that shooters would use PVC pipe and cut it in [Read More…]
It seems that there is a race to create the brightest, farthest throwing flashlight these days, and this competition has led to a now common form factor: multiple emitters, large enough bodies to hold multiple battery cells, and in many cases the ability to recharge [Read More…]
A film casting company by the name of Project Casting has put out a request for people with extensive firearms experience and happen to live near or in the state of Georgia, for the chance to be used in the oncoming episodes of The Walking Dead Television show. The [Read More…]
This past weekend was the bicentennial anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, where Napoleon was defeated by the combined armies of the British and Prussians, and which marked the transition of Europe into a four-decade-long peace that would only be interrupted by the [Read More…]
Reloading spent cartridge isn’t just about saving money, it’s a technique often used to create specifically hand-loaded rounds. Thanks to careful hand-loading techniques from outdoorsmen such as Elmer Keith we have rounds like the .44 Magnum; without [Read More…]
When it comes to spending time with your favorite rifle, there are two absolute truths: there’s no such thing as too much ammunition or too much target practice. If you enjoy a little auditory feedback with your target practice, odds are you’re a fan of [Read More…]
Our friend Andrew at GY6vids takes a flamethrower to bottles of Gatorade … so that you don’t have to. The results were surprising (or at least to me they were, but I was not much of a firebug as a kid, I was too busy shooting to get round to burning stuff).
The AR platform has been popular since its creation more than 50 years ago, and although there are quite a few components on the market for them, the importance of certain parts is sometimes minimized. One part some shooters don’t worry about is the trigger guard, [Read More…]
Most of the time, we at TFB get to test products. Typically, they are evolutions on top of one another, with new features that push the envelope of accuracy, durability, usability, and/or aesthetics. I enjoy them, but is not often that we are asked to review a new idea [Read More…]
Kalashnikov Concern has introduced a new pistol for the Russian Army, called the PL-14 “Lebedev” at the recent Army-2015 Expo. Guns.com has more on the new handgun: Russian firearms colossus the Kalashnikov Concern has unveiled a prototype pistol that they [Read More…]
Brownells has come out with their own .308/ 7.62x51mm twenty round magazines for the AR platform. They have the brown anti tilt followers as well. They are retailing for $19.99 from the standard website and $16.97 if you have a dealer/discount account on their website. [Read More…]
Hungarian YouTuber capandball gives us a look at the world of blackpowder rifled-musket competition shooting, with his original Springfield 1861 Rifle-Musket, manufactured at Bridesburg: The original guns, when coupled with Minie-style projectiles, can provide quite [Read More…]
The NRA museum has a variety of exhibits that give gun aficionados a glimpse into the lengthy history of firearms. New for 2015 is a steampunk exhibit, which the NRA says will give visitors a chance to see both the creative results of artists’ designs along with a [Read More…]
In the last few years since the gun world discovered the use of kydex to make holsters the popularity of this material has spawned many uses. Whether it’s a holster, knife sheath, gun mounts etcetera we continue to see more and more inventive uses of kydex. This [Read More…]
At the NDIA conference, Nammo gave a presentation on their new lineup of armor-piercing ammunition. Nammo produces both the tungsten cored AP rounds in use with the US Armed Forces: The 7.62mm M993 and 5.56mm M995. Aside from data on these previously enigmatic round [Read More…]
Whether you’re zeroing your gun’s optics or sitting in a blind waiting for the perfect game, you need a good set of binoculars. In answer to that need Bushnell is expanding their current line to include three new models, the E-series, L-series, and M-series. [Read More…]
Mission First Tactical (MFT) announced a new KeyMod hand guard for the AR rifle platform. These new hand guards are called the TEKKO Metal AR Carbine KeyMod Rail System (which I’ll call TMARCKRS for the rest of this article to save keystrokes.) The TMARCKRS has a [Read More…]
An article posted by the Los Angeles Times has come out with a review of the increase in accidental discharges by Los Angels County Sheriff deputies, saying it doubled since 2012 when the agency switched over from Beretta 92Fs to the Smith & Wesson M&P. The [Read More…]
Released at the SHOT Show 2015, Minox USA introduced their new tactical line of optics and among those is the new ZP8 1-8x24mm model. For those that have never heard of the brand, Minox is a very old German optic maker and it has recently acquired Optronica, [Read More…]
Each year, the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) holds conferences on various defense-related subjects. One of these conferences is the Armament Small Arms Forum, which for this year of 2015 occurred on June 1-3 in Whippany, New Jersey. Anually, after its [Read More…]
Shotguns have been the preferred home-defense weapon for some time now due in large part to their enormous power. Not only can a 12-gauge shotgun breach walls and blow the locks off doors, it can disable a vehicle with a well-placed slug. Of course, when pellets are [Read More…]
A few months ago there was a hat hitting the market that was being touted as “bullet proof” and now there’s a hat coming out designed to be used as a self-defense tool. It’s the Gotcha hat from FAB Defense, and it includes a hand-held tool [Read More…]
Some reloaders prefer to deprime before tumbling and a hand deprimer might be just the ticket. Frankford Arsenal sent us new Platinum Series hand depriming tool to run through its paces. Using the hand deprimer allows you to quickly deprime cases without setting up [Read More…]
Heckler and Koch’s VP9 is a popular gun, and many of the gun owners who have purchased one have done so for self-defense purposes. There are practically endless aftermarket options and accessories for pistols, but perhaps the one item purchased on the largest [Read More…]
Surefire has an interesting new entrant into the flashlight market–a flashlight that auto adjusts based on ambient light, from 15 to 600 lumens. This new Fury with proprietary IntelliBeam Technology (P2XIB) features an intelligent sensor and microprocessor-based [Read More…]
The Daily Mail has come out with an article about a lady who served in the British intelligence service after World War Two as a translater and left behind a 9mm Sten submachine gun after her passing in 2014. She was 99 years old and lived in a small row house in [Read More…]
I was at the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival last weekend. Bantam is where the original Jeep was designed and made before it was bought by AMC. Jeep fans from all over come to this event. There is a section for military Jeeps and there I met Edward Maurer. Ed owns a [Read More…]
Apex Tactical Specialties announced two new parts for the Shield and for the SD pistols from Smith & Wesson. For each pistol line, Apex is now making low-profile and no-profile loaded chamber indicators. These new parts will work on guns chambered in both 9mm and [Read More…]
The end we knew would come has finally begun. Colt Defense, LLC is set to file chapter 11 bankruptcy protection tomorrow, according to insider sources, reports marketwatch.com: Gun maker Colt Defense LLC plans to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by Monday, [Read More…]
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