Watchtower Firearms is a new gun company that emerged out of Texas in 2023. The brand name is an homage to the US military forces who fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II’s Guadalcanal Campaign, which was codenamed Operation Watchtower. Among other [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV Show Time, James Reeves is at Watchtower Firearms speaking with them about their new double stack 1911/2011 style pistol. This model is a collaboration with @PewView and is (almost) literally guaranteed to be the smoothest 2011 at the show. ««« GEAR USED IN THIS VIDEO [Read More…]
From the late 18th to the mid 19th century, revolvers were expensive, uncommon, and had safety issues such as the chain-fire phenomenon, which would destroy the firearm (if you were lucky). Firearms designers and manufacturers recognized the need for multiple shots, [Read More…]
Gravity pulls the empty shells from the 30 mm cannon to the ground, as an AH-64 Apache from A Company, 1-3rd Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade engages targets downrange (2020). POTD, short for Photo Of The Day, is TFB’s recurring articles [Read More…]
In Norse mythology, the valkyries were angelic female shepherds of the dead slain in battle, who chose from among them the warriors who would prepare for the coming of Ragnarok, and and who would whisk the chosen away through the sky to Valhalla. In the late 1950s and [Read More…]
“…Not until they invent handheld laser beams or something” – maybe you’ve heard this tacked on the end of an argument about how small arms are at their peak, and unlikely to change very much anytime soon. Well, the day when Star Wars-style [Read More…]
Not something you normally see at the range. This happened while my wife was visiting some co-workers in Salt Lake City. They took her and their kids to shoot some guns out in the desert. Just some shotguns and some pistols. They were visited by an Apache Helicopter. [Read More…]
Please excuse my Boondock Saints reference. This is footage of an Apache, followed by some Little Birds, firing on a a target in the night while observed with NODs.(Night Optical Device). From the footage it does not seem likely that anyone could survive this barrage. [Read More…]
This great looking contraction was called the “Apache”. Read more about it at Hell in a Handbasket
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