Good afternoon everyone and welcome to TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the brand new YHM 338 Bad Larry Suppressor. Last week Pete discussed suppressors with defined borders. This week I am taking over, in Pete’s [Read More…]
Welcome to our Photo Of The Day! Every day, we feature a photograph or two. I took these images for an upcoming review of the brand new Schmidt & Bender 6-36×56 PM II (yes, it’s finally here!), so consider them a teaser of some sort. I also took the [Read More…]
Welcome to another Photo Of The Day! At The Firearm Blog, we love to discover new gear and technologies and sometimes combine them together for even better functionality. Today we have the brand new Pulsar Thermion DUO DXP50 thermal scope with a Shield RMSx reflex [Read More…]
Finland and Norway already have very generous legislation and traditions for suppressors, and today Sweden joins the club. The new legislation means that suppressors should no longer be considered a firearm part and they no longer require a specific license to possess, [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: What’s life in the military like? Well, the Finnish Army picture above is a great example of things that can happen. We can hear Nancy Sinatra’s – These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ in the background. The rifle looks like an RK [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day has become an impressive gallery, with an ever-growing number of images of firearms in all sorts of environments. Today we’re going to add one more, on the subject of a new era of semi-automatic Designated Marksman Rifles (DMR) that is seeing [Read More…]
The Firearm Blog was the first ever to report about the Heckler & Koch 417P, as the first pictures appeared together with Concamo almost two years ago. Since then, it has been rather quiet – until now. To the best of our knowledge, the HK417P has now been [Read More…]
Ase Utra Oy from Suomi Finland have been manufacturing sound suppressors for hunting, sports and professional use since 1994. Their usual production exceeds over 10,000 units per year and they state that they are one of the world’s largest manufacturers of sound [Read More…]
Ase Utra Oy from Finland have been manufacturing sound suppressors for hunting, sports and professional use since 1994. Their usual production exceeds over 10,000 units per year and they state that they are one of the world’s largest manufacturers of sound [Read More…]
Riihimäki, Finland. Yes, that’s the birthplace for the new T3x Ultimate Precision Rifle, or UPR for short, which was just released together with 3 other new Tikkas. The new T3x UPR has some features that I’m sure will interest TFB readers. For instance the [Read More…]
Ase Utra Oy from Suomi, Finland is one of the largest manufacturers of sound suppressors in the World. If you, like me, have no idea how big a company has to be to classify for that title we get a little help from Ase Utra as they claim the make over 10,000 suppressors [Read More…]
So you think think the Ruger PC Carbine is too common and boring? Well, Today’s Photo Of The Day is going to give you some inspiration. This configuration is going to be extremely quiet with 9×19 mm heavy subsonics. I‘m always on the lookout for small, [Read More…]
In 1965 the Finnish Army adopted the 7.62x39mm Valmet RK62, and it has been produced in volumes over 350,000 by Valmet and Sako in Finland. As with many “modern” firearms, the RK62s have been in need of upgrades and modernization, and after years of planning [Read More…]
We got to Austria for Today’s Photo Of The Day, to have a look at some new firearms and systems that have been introduced. In the Spring of 2018, TFB reported about the new modular Steyr Mannlicher SSG M1. Recently, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the [Read More…]
TFB first reported about the new Steiner M7Xi IFS 4-28×56 – Intelligent Firing Solution – about a year ago. The specifications of the new Steiner MX7i IFS look very good on paper, and the limited look I had through the glass at last year’s [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Let there be Light! There are so many nice things attached to this rifle, like a Schmidt & Bender Ultra Short Dot with MSR reticle and an Aimpoint T-2 on top for a fast aim. The AR15 is suppressed too, by an ASE Utra. I think I see a Magpul [Read More…]
Ase Utra is a Finnish maker of sound suppressors, and an excellent at that. Cole-Tac call themselves “a tactical accessory manufacturer“, and pictured is a custom made High Temperature Suppressor cover. It’s made for full auto firearms, but I figured [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day is the SAKO TRG M10 and its new cousin Sako TRG22A1 next to it. One rifle is using the Steiner M5Xi with the MSR2 reticle. The other one has the Schmidt & Bender 3-27 with MSR2 reticle and Aimpoint T-2 red dot. The TRG A1 is equipped [Read More…]
TFB recently wrote about the new SAG handguard – check the story here – and now we have the first pictures from users out in the wild. These pictures were taken by Finnaccuracy at Finnsniper 2018. The handguard is made out of T6061, and extruded and then CNC [Read More…]
The discussions were finalized during the IWA exhibition in Germany, and it’s now official that Stoeger Canada Ltd.will start selling Ase Utra sound suppressors in Canada. Ase Utra is a Finnish company which started in 1994, and one of the of the largest [Read More…]
Here you can find a nice array of photos (from Bartosz Różański) from the Polish Snipers of the 21:st Brigade. As you can see they are using their new SAKO TRG M10 sniper rifles. As TFB reported before, Poland have bought 150 TRG M10 rifles, which they now seem to [Read More…]
The European Union’s Firearms Directive is taking steps forward. As usual TFB is “Firearms Not Politics”, but we need to give you the background and history of the upcoming Firearms legislation to be able to discuss what is going on. The Firearms [Read More…]
Hunters in the North Rhine-Westphalia area in Germany can now use sound suppressors for their hunting rifles. The Ministry of Interior has regulated this in a decree to the The Federal Hunting Act. You may ask why this is important to you, but there are some very [Read More…]
TFB is proud to add a new rifle to the list that the Finnish Police are using: AR-15. To our knowledge we are first to report this. This follows the trend we have been reporting for a while. German Police, Swedish Police etc. are going for AR-15 style rifles, at least [Read More…]
I had the opportunity to compare the brand new Tikka T3x TAC A1 with the Ruger Precision Rifle (Gen 1). The Tikka is so new it’s hardly on the market yet. First official deliveries to mortals like you and me are – to my knowledge – end of May. Both [Read More…]
Austria is investing a large sum of money for the protection of their soldiers. A total of 1.2 billion Euros will be invested by 2020, and by the looks of it a lot of the sourcing will be made with local suppliers. However, Ase Utra, a Finnish supplier of sound [Read More…]
IWA Outdoor Classics is a gigantic trade exhibition in Nürnberg, Germany. The first IWA started in 1973 and has kept on growing. This year there are over 1 500 exhibitors and a record of 49 000 people visited the show (trade visitors only). In comparison the SHOT Show [Read More…]
Bipods, a simple construction with two legs to support your rifle and hopefully help you make a better shot. But also what sets men and shooters apart, and drains wallets. The subject of bipods could have ended quickly. There are fully functional bipods for 40-50 [Read More…]
I feel very excited about the new Tikka rifle. So excited I have applied for a license (a must where I live), and since I already own a few .308 Win I went for a 6,5 Creedmoor this time. While people were busy looking at the new Tikka T3x TAC A1 at SHOT Show, the [Read More…]
Photo of the day is a Tikka T3x TAC A1 with a 20″ barrel and a folding stock. Optics from Steiner Germany, that rides a bit high but most likely setup for Night Vision testing previously. This is a pre-production rifle, but very close to what the final product [Read More…]
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