Hearing protection often goes through the same incremental improvement process that firearms gear and ammunition do. Safariland’s Liberator HP line of over-the-ear hearing protection has been some of the best in the business in terms of overall value for [Read More…]
Today we’re going to examine two iconic firearms from two wildly different worlds. The FP-45 Liberator, the American made single shot insurgency pistol, was a symbol resistance to an occupying force. The Hi-Point Yeet Cannon, a modern-day semi-automatic handgun [Read More…]
Derringer – Today’s Photo Of The Day here at TFB. Derringer is a collective name for a type of compact gun that usually lacks a magazine, for it to become as small as possible. Some Derringers are available in multi-shot design; this is achieved with the [Read More…]
Despite 1,000’s being made and attempting effective employment, Liberator handguns from the Second World War tend to be looked down upon. The diminutive .45 gun was simply difficult to use and near impossible to employ accurately (as demonstrated by Forgotten [Read More…]
Inland Manufacturing announced that it will offer derringer-style handguns in 2017. The new gun, called the Liberator, will be chambered in .45 ACP. Even though Inland Manufacturing is known for making reproduction M1 Carbines (and a Vietnam era one), the Liberator [Read More…]
One of the more interesting plans to provide weapons to the irregulars and resistance fighters during World War II involved airdropping around a million crudely made single shot pistols over occupied territory. Most shooters and history buffs are rather familiar with [Read More…]
For those who like to shoot a lot of steel-cased 7.62×39, and do so in a hurry, you might want to check out the Liberator carbine from Liberty Gun Works. The rifle uses a proprietary bolt that Liberty Gun Works states will more reliably runs steel case [Read More…]
Forbes has published an article about some of the modifications and upgrades that the 3D printing community have made to the open source DefCad Liberator Pistol. Andy Greenberg writes … Travis Lerol, a 30-year-old former military software engineer in Glen Burnie, [Read More…]
Vintage Ordnance are producing clones of the FP-45 Liberator pistol for just $599.50 + S&H. I have long since wondered why nobody was producing replicas. Reading their website I now know why … Though our reproduction is sold as a firearm and exceeds the [Read More…]
Designed to be as inexpensive as possible, assembled from mostly stamped sheet-metal parts, the Liberator was a single shot pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge the US military was using for standard handguns and submachine guns. It was so cheap that each one set [Read More…]
Xavier has a write of an an amazing five barrel shotgun made in Czechoslovakia. Looks like a similar concept as the Winchester Liberator and Colt Defender Eight barreled 20 gauge Colt Defender Mark 1 Read it here.
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