In late June, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced that they’d discovered three hand grenades, seven guns, and other items of interest during a search warrant in Red Deer and Sylvan Lake, Alberta. The raid resulted in three people being charged [Read More…]
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in…” one of the most butchered quotes in all of Hollywood history could be applied here tonight. Two weeks ago TFB broke the news that the GLOCK Slimline pistols, previously only available in two-tone silver [Read More…]
Victrix Armaments, an Italian brand of precision long-range rifles, has announced on their social media pages that another Italian company called Rottigni Officina MEccanica (ROME) bought the Victrix brand from Beretta. The Victrix Armaments brand used to belong to [Read More…]
Strike Industries has announced the availability of their new GRIDLOK series of handguards. Some of the key features of these rails are the modular construction and the possibility to quickly detach the rail from the barrel nut. Let’s take a closer look. Here is [Read More…]
Contrary to what some mainstream media outlets might portray, data from the American background check system ‘NICS’ shows that guns aren’t “icky” and the shooting sports is still a popular recreational activity. 2019 marks the first year that recorded more [Read More…]
The 5.56x45mm Carmel was introduced recently by IWI Israel. We haven’t really gotten a chance to get our hands on one until now when we caught up to IWI in Tel Aviv, Israel. No word yet on whether or not the rifle would be introduced to the U.S. commercial market but it does look like [Read More…]
In a video reported by Radio New Zealand, NZ Police officials demonstrate how they will destroy firearms collected from residence after a recent law banning ownership by citizens. The machine, a hydraulic press or bending machine is used to crush the firearm, in this [Read More…]
As a kid, I used a large donut-shaped magnet that I found in the garage, attached it to a length of rope and scoured under brackish water bridges for lost treasure. Besides dozens of crab traps, a few shopping carts and random ferrous trash, my dream of reenacting a [Read More…]
GLOCK has announced to distributors that the new G43X and G48 Black Slide models will be hitting loading docks across the country in a few short weeks. For those of you who were on the GLOCK slimline train last year, but wanted a round trip ticket to Black Slide bliss, [Read More…]
Hot off the wire is the news that the sale of Savage Arms, to a financial buyer, has been completed for $170M. The possibility of Savage Arms leaving Vista Outdoors has been discussed for more than a year, with discussions starting after a business transformation plan [Read More…]
Constructed by Lou Biondo of Business End Customs, two 1911 pistols made from meteorite metal are heading out for sale by Heritage Auctions for approximately $1M. The meteorite pistols are constructed from part of the Muonionalusta Meteorite discovered in Sweden in [Read More…]
Backpack feed systems are nothing new to light machine gun design, these examples dating to the early days of the AR10 and AR15, in addition to modern Russian concepts, and even a Libyan take on the idea. The Prime ManPack/ Machine Gun Backpack from Aleppo Systems is a [Read More…]
Back in May TFB reported on Heckler & Koch’s first quarterly financial report for 2019. We reported that the company was enjoying a large order intake for both military and law enforcement contracts, many of which we have covered here on TFB, but also noted [Read More…]
Flex Force Enterprises (formerly Radio Hill) is more widely known for their counter UAV handheld DroneBuster device but the company also makes machine gun mounts that are currently in use by the U.S. Government. Their ASP-Land and ASP-Maritime are gyrostabilized mounts [Read More…]
Russian RIA Novosti news agency reports that Albert Bakov, the CEO of TsNII TochMash, informed them that the first batch of new Udav pistols is delivered to the Russian military for field testing. Normally, large-scale field testing is the final stage before adoption. [Read More…]
The National Rifle League (NRL) hosts a multitude of different shooting disciplines including NRL22, a rimfire class out to 100 yards, and now they are adding to that with the introduction of a new Air Rifle class for the 2019 / 2020 Competition Season. While many [Read More…]
Late last month, Century Arms successfully defended against a motion to dismiss filed its XTech Tactical lawsuit. The order means that Century’s lawsuit against XTech can continue. The matter involves a waffle patterned AK47 magazine design that Century alleges was [Read More…]
A news article with a heading that is fit for satire is unfortunately true. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE or ATF) is often tasked with the destruction of firearms that are no longer serviceable as duty weapons or are obtained through [Read More…]
The fact that there is a new John Wick movie around can’t have escaped anyone. Named “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” it’s filled with firearms and other sharp objects. The Blade Show in Atlanta was just the other week as well, where a [Read More…]
It appears that the financial woes that plagued Acusport and ultimately lead to their undoing roughly 1 year ago have followed them into United Sporting Company (USC). As of June 11th, USC has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of [Read More…]
For those who are unaware, the month of June is not just the metaphorical start of summer, but it is also June Safety Month. A month in which the principles of safe firearm handling and storage practices are promoted, shared and passed on to many shooters both old and [Read More…]
If you have ever wanted to build yourself a custom Ruger 10/22, but feared you might not have all of the information you need to get the project done, Amilcar Hernandez has written a conclusive book, “Build A Custom 10/22® Step By Step” to help you finish [Read More…]
As most are aware, the issue of 3D printed guns comes up from time to time, usually in a negative light. Despite the controversy, scientists and enthusiasts have still provided useful designs and concepts that have taken 3D printed guns a long ways from from the first [Read More…]
A specialty of local illegal gunsmiths in Indonesia for the last few years has been building these all-encompassing portable solutions for all conceivable encounters. Carrying them has become somewhat a trend with street criminals, the availability of ammunition likely [Read More…]
TFB reader, Stimpy75, was very kind to provide the following photos from the International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF 2019) that took place in early May, 2019. There were some small arms on hand, including the Tokat 571 machine pistol we posted about, but armored [Read More…]
Kimber Manufacturing has issued a safety recall and warning regarding some optics ready pistols and optics plates manufactured during a specific period in 2018 and 2019. The Kimber Safety Recall covers the Aegis and KHX lines of pistols as well as some optics plates [Read More…]
According to TASS Russian News Agency, the Belarusian State-owned Foreign Trade Unitary Enterprise “BELSPETSVNESHTECHNIKA” (BSVT) has started assembling Vepr rifles and shotguns from Russian-made Molot parts. TASS was informed about this cooperation by a [Read More…]
The Swiss referendum that challenged stricter gun control regulations in Switzerland has ended with 64 percent of the people voting FOR the tighter controls according to www.ge.ch/votations. The linked website has an interactive map to show how close each district [Read More…]
Strike Industries has released another cool new product – the Scorpion Universal Reflex Mount for Glock pistols or the G-SURF. This is a drop-in red dot mounting solution for your Glock that can be installed on a standard Glock pistol without any modifications to [Read More…]
Earlier this evening, the internet was a flutter with images of a rumored new pistol from SIG Sauer. Well, TFB is here to let you know that the rumblings are true: the SIG Sauer P365XL will be available to consumers in just a few short weeks. A select group of TFB and [Read More…]
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