In the past, OSS Suppressors has taken their fair share of heat and pressure (see that) for their unique designs, multi-generation models, price points and mounting systems. And honestly I have contributed to the criticism. Until recently, previous models featured two [Read More…]
We at TFB were fortunate enough to get a preemptive sneak peek of a lot of the firearms and sweetness that is present at SHOT Show Industry Range Day. Part of that was seeing in the flesh (err, bare metal) the NEW Tavor TS12 12 Gauge and the Tavor 7 .308 win rifles from [Read More…]
Kicking off my SHOT Show 2018 coverage is, of course, some suppressed fun from the team at Desert Design and Development – D3LLC. Their mainstay line is a set of GLOCK mag fed integrally suppressed ARs that feature silencers that are true to the MP5SD platform. So [Read More…]
Walking down the row of long-distance bolt action rifle displays, my husband and I were focused on allowing the participating manufacturers get set up for Industry Day at the Range tomorrow and trying to stay out of the way. Many reps and employees were huddled over [Read More…]
The 2018 Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoors Show is upon us! Over the next week, the TFB Team consisting of over 16 writers, and 4 videographers will be working our hardest (and fastest) to try and bring to you, our readership, some of the broadest coverage of SHOT Show [Read More…]
Welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday. In the third installment of everything that is quiet, we will focus on a SHOT Show Sneak Peek since TFB is currently headed to Las Vegas for the biggest industry show of the year. We have a few hints of new releases, but for [Read More…]
Next week, I’ll be attending SHOT Show in Las Vegas for the first time. I’ve read about it, my husband has been several times, but this will be my first experience…and I get to do it as MEDIA! Honestly, I’m as giddy as a schoolgirl! Sure, several of my articles [Read More…]
Almost a year to the day that the Army MHS contract was awarded to the P320, the Sig Sauer 2018 Catalog is highlighting the consumer availability of the M17 pistol. This years lineup also includes numerous new pistol, rifle, optics and accessory models, some of which [Read More…]
Not being a long range precision shooter, I am going to write this new product announcement from American Rifle Company using simple words and a lot of pictures. The Nucleus is a Remington 700 compatible bolt action with some advanced features like three toroidal [Read More…]
Christensen Arms, like many manufacturers, will be attacking the precision or long-range shooting market in 2018. Modular and tactical-style stocks are all the rave currently and a company known for pushing the envelope with carbon fiber barrels is not going to miss out [Read More…]
At an AUSA breakfast conference yesterday, US Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley gave us a hint at exactly what the US Army’s next rifle could look like, and the focus was on extended range capability. The rifle, Milley said, will give a 10x improvement in [Read More…]
The independent Turkish small arms company Sarsılmaz has released their first pre-production prototypes of the MPT76 and should soon begin production on their share (10,000 rifles) of the 7.62x51mm NATO MPT76 rifle contract ordered by the Turkish Armed Forces. MKEK [Read More…]
Savage Arms recently ushered in a new stock system called AccuFit which will be gracing dozens of rifles, both old and new, throughout 2018. Initially, Savage has announced 11 new configurations that will be sporting this stock which has the ability to adjust for an [Read More…]
Mosin-Nagant sniper rifles, both real and fake, are the most common WW2-era sniper rifles on the market – and you can even buy cheap mounts and repro PU scopes to convert any Mosin-Nagant to a fake sniper! But how do the mounts work? How can you set them up to get the best out of […] [Read More…]
Dark Storm Industries recently announced a trio of special edition AR-style rifles targeted for the hunting market. The new DS-15 Hunter special edition rifles are chambered for the 300 BLK cartridge, feature a camouflage finish and are available in three different [Read More…]
Owners of Remington 700s or similarly patterned rifles aren’t going to run out of options on how to upgrade and modify their rifles. Seekins Precision are releasing a DBM magwell for the R700 shot actions. For those who don’t know what DBM stands for it [Read More…]
A new Rifle Chassis from Magpul will make this year’s spring warmer and more welcome than ever. The name is Magpul Pro 700 Rifle Chassis and it’s based on a full billet aluminum skeleton clad in polymer. The idea was to make chassis full of features, as [Read More…]
The Army Marksmanship Unit’s .264 USA – a medium-sized 6.5mm round in-between the 6.5mm Grendel and 6.5mm Creedmoor in size – is not yet dead, it seems. The round, about which little had been heard in official channels for a couple of years, is the [Read More…]
Safety and marksmanship all begin somewhere for many of us. We at TFB believe it is extremely important to give back to the next generation of shooters, hunters, and collectors that will influence our passions long after we are dead and gone. In this episode of TFB TV, we look at a rifle club that [Read More…]
South Carolina based firearm manufacturer PTR just revamped their logo and website ahead of a SHOT Show new product announcement. And before we go any further, yes I have asked and no I don’t know what it is yet. However, PTR has graciously offered TFB some hands-on [Read More…]
The Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) based in Northborough, Massachusetts, recently uncovered a letter set to be sent from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to all Massachusetts License To Carry (LTC) permit holders. The letter explains that [Read More…]
Seekins Precision is releasing 5 new products. The HAVAK Pro HP1 rifle was the first. The second innovation is what they call: “Professional Composites by Seekins Precision” and the ProComp 10x stock. The ProComp 10x is a precision stock for all AR [Read More…]
At a small and lightly covered ceremony at Springfield Armory National Historic Site in Massachusets location, the U.S. Army officially turned over control of the Colonel Benton Small Arms collection to the National Park Service of the United States. Previously the U.S. [Read More…]
Almost every single exposed metal part of this Rigby rifle is hand engraved with elephant skin pattern – even the barrel! It is not anything common to see an engraved barrel even among such high-end bespoke rifles. It is so beautifully engraved that it seems to be [Read More…]
Welcome Remington! Precision bolt-action rifles like the Ruger Precision Rifle, the Tikka T3x TAC A1 and others have been waiting for you! You have to love competition! TFB’s Pete have us a hint of what was going to happen recently, there is now more [Read More…]
Tomorrow night on the FOX Business Network, the second episode of the new season of Strange Inheritance features a massive collection of military weapons passed down to two Oregon brothers. Primitive firearm collectors and history buffs can check out the ‘Cannon [Read More…]
SR1 is a balanced action rifle made by Kalashnikov Concern for the competition shooting market. We have earlier reported about this rifle which was shown during the Arms & Hunting 2017 exhibition. A couple of days ago, Kalashnikov Media released a video showing the [Read More…]
Next up for the Big Freakin’ Cartridge Test is RUAG Ammotec’s version of the NATO-standard SS109 round (equivalent to US M855). I believe the ammunition I tested may have been made in RUAG’s facility in Thun, Switzerland, although I have not confirmed [Read More…]
Savage Arms first flipped the world of rifles on its head when it introduced its AccuTrigger. Then, it followed up with an AccuStock which was a tremendous improvement over basic synthetic, factory stocks for rifles. The 3rd trick up their sleeve?… The AccuFit [Read More…]
Someone somewhere posted these old price lists from Heckler & Koch. They are dated from 1985, 1991 and 1992 and includes some of the HK firearms on sale back then. As a reference, in 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev (leader of the Soviet Union) and Ronald Reagan (President of [Read More…]
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