Angstadt Arms has announced that they’ll be offering a limited run of custom UDP-9 9mm pistols and builder sets consisting of the lower and upper receivers and the handguard. Let’s see how the company describes the pistol and builder set and take a look at [Read More…]
Ed Brown has announced that their new EVO-CCO9 Lightweight 1911 pistol is now available. As the company states, this pistol is their “smallest, thinnest and lightest 1911 to date!“. Particularly, it is 7.5″ long 5″ high, has a slide width of [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves reviews the new Ruger Security 9 Compact against the Glock 26. Both of these guns are similar: Polymer framed subcompact pistols sporting a 10+1 capacity in 9mm. Both are from good companies. But the Glock 26 costs almost twice as much as the Ruger Security 9 [Read More…]
In XX century very few weapons were truly ahead of their time. You can argue about many designs, and if they were actually innovative, but there is no doubt that when FN Herstal Browning HP was designed in 1935 it was way ahead of any competition. Original prototypes of [Read More…]
The CZ P-10 C is quickly becoming an iconic pistol. Chambered in 9×19, the P-10 C has many features that other pistols in its category do not, while being more affordable than many of its competitors. I’m not going to give a clinical description of the firearm [Read More…]
A new machine pistol, the Tokat 571, has emerged from the IDEF (International Defense Industry Fair) in Turkey. TFB reader, Stimpy75, sent us pictures and information from the IDEF 2019 fair, which included this new personal defense weapon. The Tokat 571’s [Read More…]
Sp-01 Phantom, AN APTLY NAMED PISTOL The CZ SP-01 Phantom is a variant of the famed CZ 75 in the SP-01 line. However, the Phantom differs from the rest of the SP-01’s in that it is 14.5 ounces lighter than its steel framed predecessor. The Phantom weighs in at 26.2 [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV’s #NRAAM2019 coverage, James visits Naroh Arms for the ‘skinny’ (LOL pun) on Naroh’s new Naroh N1 single stack 9mm pistol. Naroh has already been in the gun business, manufacturing AR-15 parts and accessories, but they’ve decided to try their hand at manufacturing [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV’s #NRAAM2019 coverage, James meets with Beretta to look at the new-for-NRAAM Beretta APX Carry. This tiny pistol packs 6 rounds of 9mm in a smaller version of the familiar and reliable Beretta APX pistol. This gun is geared towards CCW/EDC/concealed carry, and will be [Read More…]
CZ-USA is mixing up their line with a number of old and new school guns. Traditionally, CZ has been known for turning out classic bolt action rifles and the legendary CZ-75 series. In the last few years, they have really been trying to diversify their line up of modern [Read More…]
Wilson Combat has released the longer, 5″ barrelled version of their EDC X9 pistol. The new handgun is called EDC X9L. Just like its shorter barreled sibling, the EDC X9L is also chambered in 9x19mm and feeds from the same double stack 15-round magazines. The [Read More…]
Background As many of you know, for the last few years I have carried a P226 Elite religiously. To me, the P-Series from SIG Sauer is biblical and some of the best handguns to use daily. When the 320 was released to market a few years ago, I was interested, but it [Read More…]
Dressing for CCW as a young gun owner was a struggle for me. I’m 27,so I will admit I’m growing closer to the age of comfortable pants and fashion you would find in your dad’s closet rather than a cool trendy millennial. I remember when I turned 21, the [Read More…]
Overview The CZ SP-01 Tactical from CZ is one of the hottest selling models for CZ currently. It is based on the classic CZ 75 and then modernized for the 21st century The gun was launched in 2004 to accommodate the increasing number of weapon attachments on the market. [Read More…]
Intro In the last few years, there has been a massive increase in vehicle-based shootings. These shootings include police attacks, where officers are ambushed in their cruisers. Let’s be honest though getting into a gunfight at all is a bad day, and getting in a [Read More…]
Federal Premium turned a lot of heads in the ammunition industry when they came out with their original Syntech round. Those “lipstick” bullets as people called them caught a lot of eyes, and it was even more impressive once you shot them. You experience [Read More…]
Another Deals of the Week post back again! As always if there are deals, you want to see more, less, or any of please do not hesitate to let me know in the comments. 1000 .223 tracer bullets – $125 What the deal is: These are air pulled (no tool marks) 62gr red [Read More…]
Ok, so there are more than just five items on my list; I couldn’t decide which of the SIG Sauer ammunition should take the top five slots. But since SIG has been nice enough to supply me with ammo for decibel testing for TFB’s Silencer Saturday, I thought it would [Read More…]
Soldier Systems reported that FK BRNO has developed a polymer framed, multi-caliber version of their Field Pistol, which they unveiled at the IWA 2019 show in Germany. The standard 7.5mmFK model has a steel frame, but TFB’s Rusty reported during SHOT 2019, the [Read More…]
Strike Industries has released the 9mm version of their King Comp. This new muzzle device is called Mini King Comp 9mm and as the company describes, it “brings the proven performance of the full-size King Comp in a more compact, lighter package designed [Read More…]
A tiny 9 The new Kimber Micro 9 ESV is one of the latest additions to Kimber’s Micro 9 line of pistols. Like other Micro 9’s, the ESV has a steel slide and aluminum frame, and is an upscaled version of their Micro chambered in .380. The unique features of [Read More…]
The deal article of the week is here boys and girls. I can hear your wallets crying already. High Tower Armory 90/22 Conversion – $269.99 What… what the hell is it? Not my usual subheader, but pretty accurate if I do say so myself. This is “the next [Read More…]
OPSGear Warehouse Liquidation – Everything super cheap What the deal is and why it’s a good one: Yeah, I just combined those headings. It’s the wild west out here. OpsGear is apparently liquidating their warehouse inventory, which means tons of goodies [Read More…]
The talk of SHOT Show, and leading up to it, has been the NEW Mossberg MC1 sc 9mm perfectly suited for concealed carry. This is the 1st handgun that Mossberg has produced in 100 years. So aside from the fact that the MC1 sc 9mm is a solid carry option it has been [Read More…]
Weekly Deals Roundup This week’s deals include the Ruger LCR-X, the Testudo plate carrier and plates, Federal Guard Dog 9mm, a whole mess of S&W magazines, and more ammunition than you can shake a stick at. Ruger LCR-x in 38 special Double action revolver [Read More…]
Weekly Deal Roundup AR-15 5.56 pistol-length stainless steel barrel – $86.25 What the deal is: Ballistic Advantage is closing out one of their products, a stainless steel AR-15 barrel for 5.56. It is a pistol-length barrel at only 7.5″, and has a QPQ [Read More…]
Projectile with a Purpose Fort Scott Munitions is a manufacturer of bullets and complete loaded cartridges, specializing in solid copper spun (SCS) bullets designed to tumble upon impact, hence the acronyms TUI and SCS applying to their projectiles. They’ve [Read More…]
Italian handgun company Tanfoglio had their 9x19mm TCMP submachine gun with them at the Tanfoglio booth during Indo Defense 2018. We reported on the TCMP in 2016 when the company was showing the TCMP at the IWA Show, but since then TFB hasn’t heard too much about [Read More…]
Weekly Deals Roundup 3 – Sig Sauer P320 X-series and ammo, Lancer L5 Magazines, Heritage Rough-Rider SA, Steel Targets, Stag 15 Lower Deals of the Week number 3, 9mm edition. Sig p320 x-series with 500 rounds – $729.99-849.99 + Free S&H What the deal is: [Read More…]
In a surprising move, Honor Defense is now offering a line of frangible hollow-point (HP) ammunition to the public. Their immediate flavors are your usual suspects for modern carry calibers. Where a lot of gun manufacturers are now offering ammo, but produced by an [Read More…]