Photo Of The Day – If you’re looking for a modern version of the Welrod look no further. In Europe, it’s called the B&T VP9. VP stands for “Veterinary Pistol”, which makes a lot of sense. A few years ago I shot it at the B&T Police & [Read More…]
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For most of you, today is a fairly normal day. You woke up, fed the dog, drank coffee, did some lunges and/or pull ups and headed out to your gig at ACME Bottle Company. For me, however, your beloved host of TFB’s Silencer Saturday, today marks an important occasion. [Read More…]
Regular Silencer Saturday reader and commenter Brett Baker dropped a friendly knowledge bomb on us last weekend. Mr. Baker alerted the community to a post on Sturmgewehr.com signaling the possibility of Innovative arms building Welrod clone pistols for the U.S. market. [Read More…]
We all have our “Grail Guns” – firearms that we have lusted and yearned after for years but may not have the means to obtain. Given the opportunity, and resources, we’d jump at the chance to own that one gun that might as well be in a museum and unavailable [Read More…]
Today’s Photo is the B&T VP9 (Veterinary Pistol) – a firearm that many would like to own, but few can. (sorry, that’s was unintentional) The picture is from Vogt Waffen AG in Switzerland, used with kind permission. B&T veterinary pistol VP9 [Read More…]
The Welrod and Welwand are fascinating objects of a bygone era of espionage. Invented specifically for the British Special Operations Executive, they were purely weapons of assassination for use inside Fortress Europe or against Imperial Japanese Military officers. So effective and reliable were [Read More…]
Whilst film buffs complain about the seemingly endless Hollywood cycle of remakes and reboots, those in the firearms world couldn’t be happier when a classic design is revisited for the modern age. Case in point, the new Brügger & Thomet VP-9 pistol, a 21st [Read More…]
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