Walking down the aisles, many of the booths all look alike. Each with their tired yet simultaneously happy Marketing staff, you can almost tune each out. Its more of the same… until something special catches your eyes. Turnbull Manufacturing is one such company. [Read More…]
I was able to go hands-on with quite possibly the most customization precision rifle stock ever. The SISK STAR starts as a base receiver upon which everything is bolted on separately. The fore-end, stock, and other pieces are all additions to the receiver. Each piece is [Read More…]
An article posted to the Irish web magazine Independent.ie featured pictures of Haitian police sporting a Galil ACE 21 rifle and a Taiwanese T65 rifle or carbine. The T65 is in use by Haitian forces officially, but the ACE is not. The Galil ACE has garnered considerable [Read More…]
Live Free Arms has come out with steel machined mag release buttons. They are coated with melonite and retail for $26.96. It comes in two flavors, standard or extended. To check out the mag release, go to their website. Here is a pic of the extended version. [Read More…]
Federal Premium announced the introduction of a new .50 caliber muzzleloading bullet that they claim: is easy loading; provides outstanding accuracy from a non-sabot design; and scrubs fouling from the breech. The 270 grain copper bullets will be sold in 15 count packs [Read More…]
EOTech has come out with a thermal viewer. MSRP is $3,499. I suppose that is affordable than others. But compared to the Flir Scout, the X320 is still more expensive. Find out more information over at Tactical-Life
Last month I was at the TAC-CON Media Event shooting the new 3MR trigger. While we were there they hired a local videographer, Lear Miller, to video the event, and come up with a promotional video. Lear also did the initial video that sent the firearms community [Read More…]
ATK has announced that the company is splitting into two companies, a defense company, which will be called ATK Orbital and a sporting company that does not yet have a name. ATK Orbital will take control of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant and will sell ammunition [Read More…]
The Pentagon is planning on destroying $1.2 billion dollars worth of ammunition, representing less than 2% of the $70 billion conventional ammunition stockpile. USA Today … WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to destroy more than $1 billion worth of ammunition [Read More…]
Partial-privatization has been good to Kalashnikov Concern. First quarter production is up 230% from the first quarter of 2013. RIA reports … “In the first three months of the year we had a record-high volume production of small arms in the amount of 31,000 [Read More…]
In case you haven’t heard, PTR Industries has been making big moves to bring the HK-91 platform back to our shores. Originally formed in 2006 after its predecessor acquiring a full HK-licensed factory (Fabrica MIlitar or Portugal); PTR reorganized in 2010 and has [Read More…]
If you can ignore my camera’s inability to focus through a scope I would call this the “sleeper hit” of the show. Hawke Sport Optics recently released their Hawke Sport HD IR 3-9×40 Rimfire SR Reticle Scope. Calibrated for a 1300 fps .22lr round*, [Read More…]
I’m a huge proponent of being a student for life. No matter how young or old you may be, there’s always plenty to learn. Even if you’ve already studied content, things change and it’s always a good idea to get a refresher. I recently took the NRA’s Personal [Read More…]
The Faxon Muzzle Brake is a strong contender for my personal “Best in Show” award. While the brake looks effective, the magic behind it is a set of opposing threaded locking ring over the top of the base threads. No need to use crush washers. This is an [Read More…]
The famous curse of the breaking plastic safety buttons on Mossberg pump-action shotguns has finally hit me. My tang broke (Sounds like the punch-line of a dirty joke!) and I FIXED it, like a boss! I fabricated a new tang from a bit of aluminum, dremelled it into shape/ [Read More…]
Released at SHOTShow earlier this year, EO-Tech had a few sample at their NRA booth. Available for the 512 or 522, the Laser Battery Cap (LBC) is a stand-alone accessory and is now shipping as a complete package with applicable sights. Options include a visible-only [Read More…]
Nosler has announced that it is making a line of Noveske branded ammunition intended for Novekse rifles. Initial release calibers include 5.56mm in 55gr Varmageddon and 60gr Ballistic Tip varieties, .300 AAC Blackout in 110gr Varmageddon (supersonic) and 220gr Subsonic [Read More…]
Over the past couple of weeks we have had significant problems serving up the TFB homepage. Many readers have reported that they had not seen any new blog posts for 1 or even 2 weeks, and wanted to know if we were still operating. If anything, thanks to Nathan’s [Read More…]
Finally SureFire has made a E1D. In the past, flashlight users had to Lego together the components. Taking a E2D bezel and tail cap and putting them onto a single cell E1 body. Below are two iterations that I have made. But this requires buying two separate lights [Read More…]
So this picture was on social media. Shooting Illustrated posted this on their Facebook page and it looks like it was spotted at the NRA show. From the picture it looks like a modified Kel-Tec Shotgun. I am not really seeing the benefit to a double barreled pump [Read More…]
Dupleks, a Latvian ammunition company was show-casing their environmentally friends (and what looks to be highly effective) steel ammunition. They have multiple options including a similar segmenting slug design to the recently reviewed G2 R.I.P. Up first are two [Read More…]
FNH USA sent out a press release saying that they have cut the price of 14 different FNS-9 and FNS-40 variants by $100. Only black models have been discounted. According to the press release the price cut is because high sales volumes have allowed them to decrease [Read More…]
reader spotted an interesting submachine gun in a Vice documentary Syria's Unending Rebel Conflict: Wolves of the Valley. Just before the documentary end, at about 24:49, a man in a black range rover is shown waving around a submachine gun. It appears to be chambered in [Read More…]
If you are a gadget guy, these will fall directly in your belly-wicket. The AR-15 multi-tool is a recently released follow-on to Real Avid’s Golden-Bullseye-winning gun-tool from 2011. Specifically designed for modern-sporting rifles, the tool allows anyone to [Read More…]
At NRA 2014, Glock confirmed that they will be offering factory threaded barrels for Gen 3 firearms later this year. Included models will be the G17, G19, G21, and G23. Interestingly the full-size .40 G22 will not be included. Per the representative present, the G22 [Read More…]
SRM Arms was showcasing their non-lethal bolt for their rotary-tube magazine shotgun. Colored orange for easy identification, the bolt is designed specifically for lower-power bean-bag and non-lethal loadings. The bolt is drop-in into the existing firearm and can only [Read More…]
After the massive goof yesterday, we were up and running today. Over 9 hours of ground-pounding today to wrap up TFB’s coverage of NRA 2014. We will not be on the floor Sunday (Day 4). Having now just unloaded my bag, I came home with over 150 business cards, 15 [Read More…]
One of my favorite things to find: a small company with a nifty product. iSights has released a rail-compatible (Weaver & Picatinny) rail adapter for the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy-series phones. The phone comes complete with available apps from the iTunes and Google [Read More…]
Sharps Rifle Company had a small, but significant booth. They were there primarily to focus on two products: the relia-bolt and their new cartridge, the Sharps .25-45 The Relia-bolt is an upgrade over the standard mil-spec AR-15 bolt system. Using rounded and tapered [Read More…]
The MagPul booth was controlled chaos. Pure chaos. I must call them the “RedBull” of the shooting world. These guys know how to market their products. I mean, they pulled off having a restored bus in their booth, even without a mini-gun on top. Lot’s [Read More…]