A whole lot of internet ink is wasted on the topic of discharges of firearms under unintended circumstances – let’s call it unintended acceleration – but for guns. In almost all cases, it’s entirely possible to actually avoid the situation [Read More…]
Known for their triggers, handguards, and a variety of other high-speed products, Geissele has been a long-time favorite of the special operations community. With their SSF (Super Select Fire) trigger being in many a firearm, the company has been expanding their [Read More…]
In what perhaps many fanboys of the two platforms are viewing as the ultimate sacrilege, photos of a proposed design incorporating an AK-style safety onto an AR-15 have been setting the forums ablaze with voices of dissent the loudest while those of reason are largely [Read More…]
The AR-15-style combined safety/selector thumb lever has become a hallmark of modern assault rifle and carbine design, proving to be an ergonomic and simple design for fire control management. However, it wasn’t always that way. The AR-15’s selector lever [Read More…]
It seems I hear about a hunter being injured or killed every season when he or she falls from a tree stand. While accidents will always happen, often times the injuries can be prevented or lessened through the use of safety gear. Gorilla Gear makes a line of harnesses [Read More…]
WARNING – Image with blood shown. Those with weak stomachs should not click! Despite being the most friendly people on the planet, weapons can still be mean to Canadians. This time, a Savage Axis beat up the shooter during an out of battery detonation as the [Read More…]
Developed by police officers from a large metropolitan area, the new Triggersafe is a simple device to make your AR-15 safer when its intended to be completely safe. In short, the Triggersafe is a device that completely covers the trigger of a standard forged AR-15 [Read More…]
There is always time for gun safety, and Hickok45’s latest YouTube video addresses an important one: shooting steel. This video is well worth watching if you’re not entirely up on gun safety while shooting steel and is also a good one to share with new [Read More…]
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of the long handguard on a rifle, but there is a thing as TOO long of a handguard. In recent years the trend has been to push handguards out as far as possible with the non-firing hand pushing forward on the gun for better [Read More…]
Earlier this week, my fellow TFB writer Pete M wrote a post arguing that a manual safety has no place on the modern defensive handgun. I think he’s right for the most part, but I’d like to explore something he didn’t consider. Pete’s point is [Read More…]
There is no place for a manual safety on a modern defensive handgun. There, I said it. And I make this statement not as an expert pistoleer or gunfighter (although in my head I am both). I base this opinion solidly on common sense alone. Ok, before you start throwing [Read More…]
In what I am not sure is click-bait or a true rant against all the backseat Range Officers, Armslist’s media folks has taken a rather un-mainstream opinion on the wearing of eye protection. In many of their videos, the Armslist staff is shown not wearing eye [Read More…]
If you have ever taken a basic handgun safety course or perused the NRA’s website, you should be familiar with them. Actually, if you have been around the firearms world at any greater length or depth than only topical interest, you should be familiar with them. [Read More…]
The ammunition company Hornady has come out with two very simple products. The first one is called the “Rapid Rack”. It is basically a chamber flag, made out entirely out of aluminum. Ideally, a shooter can have this in their weapon system, thus keeping it a [Read More…]
Discussions about smart guns have been underway for some time now and has, in recent years, been actively pursued by a handful of tech companies. In fact, Jonathon Mossberg who is indeed part of the almost 100-year-old O.F. Mossberg and Sons company, started his own [Read More…]
Warning: PSA contains graphic images of an injury. While some gun owners see the golden rules of gun safety as a bit of a no-brainer – why wouldn’t you follow them? – there are plenty of instances where it becomes clear they’re not followed by [Read More…]
I’ve been there and done that. In a rush to get through a limited range session with plenty to do, I simply did not put on eye protection for a new gun with new ammo. While the worst that happened was a hang-fire, it certainly reminded me of my own idiocy. As we [Read More…]
Imagine it pouring down torrential volumes of rain for days, and you are in the forest, sleeping in sleeping bags, with no option to go indoors whatsoever. You’re standing around with a group of your friends, embracing the misery, when some sort of leader walks [Read More…]
Can’t say I ever expected to see a push-button safety for an AR, but I can say now that one exists, I am curious. Elftmann Tactical, known for their triggers, has released a push-button style safety for the AR-15. Just like most similar models, the safety has a [Read More…]
I don’t think there is a single shooting event/competition, civilian or military, where it is declared in the safety brief, that everyone present is a range officer and has the right to call out an unsafe act or situation, on behalf of the whole group. Often times [Read More…]
A reloading PSA has popped up in a Facebook forum known as the Shooting Bench, complete with pictures to really hammer the message home. Apparently the reloader in question was loading .45-70s and failed to crimp; his account follows: “Anyone ever wondered what an [Read More…]
Wide Open Spaces has collected an impressive amount of photos of various catastrophic detonations in firearms. While most of them would likely have left the shooter stunned, there are a few that I would hazard caused some damage to both the gun and the shooter. [Read More…]
In case one has not yet gleaned it from my posts, I am always all about safety (though do avoid being a “Range Nazi”). As part of that, I truly enjoy seeing innovations that allow shooters to practice with their firearms at their leisure without the [Read More…]
In a recent press release, American Sportsman Shooting Center is putting together a summer camp for high school/middle school teenagers (it actually doesn’t specify an age limit, but this is what I am assuming). – Grapevine, TX – American Sportsman [Read More…]
I agree with ToddG from Pistol Forum that holstering a hammered firearm is indeed safer than holstering a common striker-fired handgun. This is principally because a shooter can “ride the hammer” to ensure it cannot fall during the holstering movement. [Read More…]
Several times in the last year TFB has reported on serious accidents involving bullpups mainly the Kel-Tec KSG. Now some may say it’s the gun and a bad design. I have to take issue with this. The first time I handled a KSG the thought of a possible hand injury [Read More…]
Tim Lau over at Modern Service Weapons recently posted the most profound addition to military weapons manipulation that I have seen. A combination of common sense and brilliance, Tim proposes a decidedly different (and easier, as I tried it on my personal 92), way of [Read More…]
I’ll admit it, I am completed enthralled with binary explosves like Tannerite. Having said that, I use them with extreme caution, typically on sanctioned ranges under good conditions at minimum safe distances. Those that do not heed the warnings risk life and [Read More…]
Being a fan of the “race to the bottom” that manufacturers are taking in regards to weight, it pleases me to see V7’s introduction of a dedicated sport-set of lightweight safety/selectors. Like most V7 products, the selectors make solid use of titanium [Read More…]
So, this is not a release about some sexy new product. It is a nod to a company that has done a good job of maintaining a safe workplace for their employees. Daniel Defense, engineering and manufacturing the world’s finest firearms, precision rail systems and [Read More…]
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