When you start to dive deep into the concealed carry market, it is easy to become overwhelmed. There are so many different options whether it’s firearms, holsters, ammo, or magazine holders that it can be difficult to pick at first. Fairly often, it takes a while [Read More…]
Okay, which one of you is buying all the ammo? No seriously. As if 2020 isn’t bad enough – viruses, unrest, elections – the lifeblood of the one thing that keeps me grounded in this crazy world has dried up. Forget trying to buy 5.56x45mm, 300BLK or 9mm, [Read More…]
Lever-action fans, cowboy action shooters, and ranch hands, this one is for you. As first teased at SHOT Show 2020, your lever guns are getting some new food. One of the industry’s premier ammo manufacturers, Federal Ammunition, has partnered with Henry Repeating [Read More…]
As a consumer of commercially available ammunition, I’ve found that some manufacturers don’t care to list their test barrel length, which has at times, been a hindrance to my shooting experience. I would like to express my hope that all ammunition manufacturers will [Read More…]
The US military is constantly seeking to develop the next best thing in warfighting technology. Some of the most important pieces of this technology are our weapons systems. TFB has recently reported on some of these initiatives, like the new M110A1 Squad Designated [Read More…]
Speer Ammunition needs no introduction. This Idaho-based bullet farm has been putting out quality rounds for decades. Their Lawman and Gold Dot lines have become practically synonymous with duty/carry ammo, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with any other top ammo name in [Read More…]
Walt Berger began making his own bullets by hand in his garage in 1955, which he credits with helping him shoot his way into the Benchrest Hall of Fame. Over the last sixty-five years, what started as one man’s part-time hobby has flourished into a thriving [Read More…]
If you’re in the long-range precision shooting game, by now you’re likely to be well familiar with 6.5 Creed. Designed by Hornady for Creedmoor Sports in 2007, the 6.5 Creedmoor is essentially a necked down .30 TC. A few years ago, USSOCOM (i.e. US Special [Read More…]
The U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command plays an important role in guiding the future of our warfighters’ lethality and survivability. Their mission statement is “To provide the research, engineering, and analytical expertise to deliver [Read More…]
Who doesn’t enjoy shooting suppressed .22s? Terrifically quiet, smooth and easy-shooting, and far less expensive to blow through rounds than probably any other gun you own except a Daisy Red Ryder. Tons of people enjoy hushed plinking for fun, and many shooters [Read More…]
During January’s pre-SHOT Show frenzy, TFB reported on several new ammo options that would be coming out over the course of 2020. At SHOT, TFBTV went a little more in depth with Speer about their new additions. Now in a June 18th press release, Idaho-based ammo [Read More…]
For several years, many shooters looking for bulk premium remanufactured ammo turned to Stand 1 Armory. The Dallas, Texas-based bullet farm was first incorporated in 2013 and soon became a popular source of ammo for shooters of many different calibers and styles. [Read More…]
Welcome back to another edition of the TFB Round Table sponsored by Ammunition To Go! For those who are first joining us, this is a multi-part series where TFB discusses the characteristics of great ammunition for specific applications. This could vary from big [Read More…]
The whole grasshopper versus the ant fable can easily be applied to the current ammunition market. While the ant worked diligently to scoop up 5.56×45, .22LR and 9mm at affordable prices, the grasshopper kicked back and banked on an endless summer bounty. Well, [Read More…]
Welcome back to another edition of the TFB Round Table sponsored by Ammunition To Go! For those who are first joining us, this is a multi-part series where TFB will discuss the characteristics of great ammunition for specific applications. This could vary from [Read More…]
If 2020 is a roller coaster ride, the ammunition market is that one part of a track with a huge incline and nothing but blue sky in front of you. Our friends at National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NAGSW) are getting the initial data on the COVID-19 [Read More…]
Welcome back everyone to Featured Deals of the Week: Quarantine Edition Part II. We’ll be focusing on all of those hard to find products that other people are panic buying so that you can panic buy them instead! Or normal buy them if that’s your thing. CCI [Read More…]
Hey, folks welcome back to another Featured Deals of the Week. One of these days Grammarly is going to stop assuming that “another Featured Deals” should be “another Featured Deal” or “other Featured deals”, but it is not this day. [Read More…]
SIG Sauer have announced a new addition to their extensive ammunition line, a premium 6mm Creedmoor hunting round with an 80 grain all copper bullet. With a muzzle velocity of 3,300 fps and muzzle energy is 1,935 ft-lbs it joins their 6mm Creedmoor, 100GR, Elite [Read More…]
Fiocchi, well known for its high-quality ammunition to suit whatever your need, has at SHOT unveiled its newest line of ammo. The Blue Guardian series is designed as defensive and duty ammunition for both civilians and law enforcement. Fiocchi Announces Blue Guardian [Read More…]
Loading mags are a pain, there’s no doubt about that. There’s a bunch of various pistol and rifle magazine loading contraptions out on the market, but most of them require you to load or align the ammo a certain way before you can push them into the [Read More…]
Good afternoon silenced shooters and welcome back to the latest edition of TFB’s Silencer Saturday. We spend a lot of time analyzing, researching and discussing the best suppressors for your needs within my weekly ramblings – which is obviously important. But we [Read More…]
I’ve seen this debate online a few different times. People saying they either need little to no ammo or 17 back up magazines on their person at all times. Now I know everyone’s different and you may not agree with me one way or another. That’s okay [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…]
Welcome back to another weekly deals post. As always feel free to let me know in the comments if you want to see more deals of one kind of thing or another. HK VP9 and a Free box of Hornady critical duty – $100 off What the deal is: Although influenced by other [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…]
Intro In the last few years, there has been an increase in the number of people who carry “truck guns” or vehicle-based guns in everyday life. It can be tricky navigating certain laws when it comes to truck guns but we won’t get into the legality. Maybe I’ll [Read More…]
The shotshells in the photo are early 20th century offerings from Remington. On the right edge of the photo is your standard 12 gauge. On the opposite edge is a monstrous 3 gauge shell. I can only imagine what was running through the mind of the unfortunate soul who [Read More…]
The caseless, tiny .22-caliber lead projectile fired from the Daisy V/L rifle of the 1960s used a nitrocellulose-based propellant which was molded, hardened, and affixed to the rear of the bullet—it was activated by a burst of compressed air. Once the projectile and [Read More…]
Weekly Deals Roundup: 22LR in bulk, AR-15 pistol upper, bulk 5.56 and magazines, S&W MP380 and vault, CZ Scorpion EVO Thanks for tuning in to the last Gun Deals of the year folks, have a Happy New Year! remington 22lr thunderbolt 40gr 5000 rounds – $129.99 [Read More…]
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