I came across this movie on youtube from a TFB reader recently. It is a series of movies made about various artisan trades in the 1700s, there is one on blacksmithing and so on. However this entire movie is about the process that a colonial gunsmith would go through to [Read More…]
I love covering these stories about small arms turning up all over the place, and in the oddest of circumstances, the criminals who stashed the MP40 and Lee Enfield, or the elderly lady who passed away and left behind a fully functional Sten gun. But I think this one [Read More…]
A TFB reader sent this into us about the Chinese Type 05 Police revolver in their new 9mm round. China adopting a 9mm revolver for their police forces is old news from last year, however the particular round they’ve adopted has apparently been featured on the [Read More…]
So you know those anti material rifles we’ve been posting about in use by some of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces against Daesh? The 14.5mm ZPU barrels turned into anti material rifles otherwise known as Zagros? Well apparently, video has come out of Syria and [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…]
Very few companies execute a company blog well. Fewer still are able to create a good video blog. Elzetta is one of the few that has shown a penchant for the latter. In their latest video, Elzetta shows why it is so important to choose a type 3 anodizing versus type 2. [Read More…]
An answer to a question I haven’t thought to ask, Freedom Printing 3D tested two of the most common materials used for 3-D printing, ABS and PLA. Using a simple hammer, the ABS lower receiver was able to stand up significantly better to impact. Comparatively, the [Read More…]
Not a wheelgun fan myself, but that does not mean I lack for appreciation of those who run them really well. An admitted personal weakness has been getting the reloads down pat. With my muscle memory dedicated entirely to box-magazine fed handguns, the individual rounds [Read More…]
Our friends at the Off Target Youtube Channel discuss the Mosin Nagant M91/30 PU Sniper Rifle variant. This is a rifle I would love to own, both for fun at the range and also for the history, but I cannot justify the price. I think they are selling for about [Read More…]
Another of my YouTube favorites, Taofledermaus, has appealed to both my love of IT and firearms. Setting up over 50 lbs of hard drives, he and his cohorts put a M855 “green tip” into 5″ HDD platters. I had high hopes for the light “armor [Read More…]
2A Armament, a new manufacturer of ultra-lightweight AR parts (like the Balios Lite system), has released a fantastic video showcasing their manufacturing capabilities. Rarely do companies showcase their machining capabilities in such detail. It’s a small shop, [Read More…]
One of the great innovations in the past 50 years pertaining to the study of what projectiles do in flight and why is the advent of ultra-high-speed photography – the kind that can keep a rifle bullet in focus. This sort of endeavor is not for the novice [Read More…]
One of the developers working on the video game Homefront: The Revolution, due to be released in 2015, is also a TFB reader and he has been working on the gun mechanics of the game. He and his co-developers are aiming to make the guns as customizable as possible. One [Read More…]
No offense intended to our European, South American, African and Asian readers, but I find it really difficult to get excited about the game of soccer, although if they adopted this German’s invention I think I would take up the game … In other news, the [Read More…]
There are three questions I seem to get asked as a firearms industry writer on an almost daily basis, which are: Q: Is this AR a good one for me? or What is a good AR for me? Q: Can you recommend a good AR trigger? Q: Can you recommend a good handgun for me […] [Read More…]
I received an email from Silencerco about how to purchase a silencer or if the term fits suppressor. The video is done very well. It’s both informative and humorous.
Larry Vickers, who I was fortunate enough to meet in person at SHOT Show this year, just published a video showing elite Russian FSB (Spetsgruppa “A” or Alfa, also called Alpha Group) troops doing confidence drills with pistols. These drills are nothing [Read More…]
Despite a previous ban, the Norinco T97 is quickly becoming one of the most popular black rifles in Canada. It is a .223 bullpup with a 19” barrel that uses a short stroke gas piston and a rotating bolt, along with a reciprocating charging handle. At its core, the [Read More…]
The ever-ingenious Destin at SmarterEveryDay built a underwater periscope so he could film an AK being fired underwater with a super-ultra-high-end high speed camera that is not waterproof (and probably costs a little less than $1,000,000 to buy outright). I [Read More…]
Lindy Beige, archeologist and military reenactor, discusses Hollywoods portrayal of swords … I had not come across Lindy’s YouTube channel before. He has a lot of very interesting videos on medieval weaponry and armor. Thanks to WhaleOil for the tip.
Aimed Research is making very high speed videos of ammunition testing. By slowing down bullet impacts, we can see what really happens and hopefully improve future bullet performance. Take this video of a shotgun shell loaded with flechettes: While this video [Read More…]
Nick Chen emailed me about a nifty camera mount called the Swivl that, using infra-red, can track people as they move about, making it perfect for shooting video downrange without putting a cameraman in harm’s way. Nick wrote … It is a small base that you [Read More…]
Indie game developer Wolfire has developed a FPS shooter where things like reloading involve having to issue separate commands for each action that would be required in real life to operate the guns. For example, reloading a 1911 pistol involves issuing a command to [Read More…]
Two new Tavor videos hit YouTube showing off this increasingly popular firearm. The first is a professionally produced video from ZAHAL and IWI. This video uses the full auto X95 version of the gun and runs it through some water and mud testing. The second video is [Read More…]
Revealed at last year’s SHOT show, the Kel Tec KSG (Kel-Tec Shotgun) has been one of the most sought after new guns in recent days, selling on gunbroker for sometimes 50% over MSRP. This, I’m sure pleases the dealers trying to keep them on the shelves. [Read More…]
Proof Research is a relatively new company in Montana that is producing high-end lightweight hunting and tactical rifles. What separates them from other custom rifle makers is that they manufacture in house the actions, stocks and carbon fiber-wrapped barrels they use [Read More…]
This video advertising Cabela’s Shooting Star Exploding Targets is awesome. Glitchy dubstep and slow motion explosions go together so well. Do yourself a favour and watch the video in 720p HD on Youtube itself. Cabela’s Star Exploding Targets are available [Read More…]
Last week I blogged a frame from the high speed underwater video Andrew made. He has now uploaded the full video.
The Izhevsk Shooting Club has produced a high quality seven part video series on the disassembly and reassembly of the AN-94 rifle. Unfortunately it is all in Russian, but most TFB readers will be able to follow what is being explained the first four parts of the [Read More…]
Serbu Firearms, maker of the Super Shorty 6.5″ barreled shotgun and the BFG-50 and -50A .50 BMG rifles, has published several videos and photos of their current project, the Typhon 20. It is a single shot, bolt action, very similar to the BFG-50, albeit a [Read More…]
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