Despite being the subject of a 1952 drama film, David Marshall Williams and his tappet form of gas operation remain somewhat poorly documented at the introductory level. This post and those that follow hope to provide a starting point to readers by describing the [Read More…]
Editor’s note: This article was written by Claymore. His previous blog posts can be read here. A while back I was talking with a friend who was employed by one of our government’s many “agencies”. As usual we eventually got around to discussing [Read More…]
Last year the Governor of California signed into law a bill that will ban all hunting in the state with lead-based ammunition by mid-2019. Because of this ban, the NSSF has been investigating the production of non-lead ammunition. They have just published a report [Read More…]
A short time ago TRUGLO TFO came out with a new set of sights for the 1911 called the Brite-Site. Without a doubt this has become my favorite set of sights. The Bright-Site is a Novak style with long fiber optic tubes, two in the rear sight and one in the front. You [Read More…]
Earlier this week I featured a photo of a Rifle Dymanics Krinkov, another reader emailed us a photo of his kids with the first Krinkov made by Rifle Dynamics. Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of The Day.
The FLIR ONE is a very nifty new product from FLIR (maker of high-end thermal imaging sensors and scopes). It is a low-cost thermal camera that attaches to an iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S. At a cost of just $350 it is perfect for DIY folks and has many uses around the home [Read More…]
BreachBangClear has posted an excellent trieste and introduction to new 7.62mm marking munitions from UTM. Man-Marking Rounds are deployed by the US Military, Federal agencies, and LE customers to better simulate real-world firearms combat. Simplified, UTM’s [Read More…]
Duane Liptak, Jr., the Director of Product Management & Marketing at MagPul Industies, responded to a thread on M4Carbine telegraphing the companies intent on “Arm Braces”. Direct Quote below: More braces and more opinion requests might just hasten an [Read More…]
Hat tip to Soldier Systems Daily for this. The people who make the HOG Saddle, have come out with a pad for shooting off a barricade. Don’t know what a HOG Saddle is? Here is a TFB article about it. According to HOG Saddle: A rifle skid pad designed to reduce the [Read More…]
At this year’s FNH 3Gun Championships, there are some stages that require some unfamiliar shooting positions to engage long range steel targets. Particularly Stages 8 and 9. Stage 8 has a giant tree trunk laying down and a shallow ditch behind it. There is [Read More…]
I consider myself very familiar with most modern military rifles. In fact, I am an avid collector of two distinct subsets of firearms; machine guns, and semi-automatic military style 5.56×45/.223 rifles. Collecting the latter has become an obsession to the point [Read More…]
While some are complaining about the softening of sales in the gun industry, a popular gun distributor is expanding. Davidson’s announced the company is opening a distribution center in North Carolina. Scheduled for a summer 2015 opening, the new center is [Read More…]
A popular platform for building DIY “zip guns” is the humble staple gun that is easily obtainable at your local office supply store. This is a four shot model (not sure if that means 4 shots fired all at once, or four barrels each fired on a single pull of [Read More…]
Saw this today at the FNH 3Gun Championships. A staffer/competitor modified his Beretta A400 Unico by adding a large button to his bolt release. Most shooters would buy an aftermarket part and have a gunsmith install it. He told me this is cheaper and easier. He drilled [Read More…]
An interesting product. The video is a bit old. December 2012 and stars Top Shot Bass Pro Shooter Chris Cheng. Challenge Targets made a cardboard target holder with a small twist. They have hinges at the base and a steel plate that is attached to the stand and sits [Read More…]
Well, the most powerful production revolver in the world anyway, and that’s just according to the manufacturer. For whatever reason, Russian designers took to creating a revolver to fire their 12.7x55mm cartridge (speculated to be a cut-down .338 Lapua case; it [Read More…]
Ruger announced a number of new rifles in the American Rifle line: Ranch models and left-handed models. The new Ranch models come with a 16.12″ threaded barrel and can be had in both .223/5.56 and 300 BLK calibers. The new Ranch rifles will be available in both [Read More…]
As an owner of an Adams Arms piston rifle, I can say that I love my piston rifle. It is reliable and eats just about everything I shoot without fail. When I started a .300blk build a few months back, I was looking at having my gunsmith convert a standard Adam’s [Read More…]
Fabryka Broni Łucznik has published three new videos to their Youtube channel. One is a brief tour of their factory in Poland, one is of the MSBS assault rifle that will purportedly be entering service with the Polish Military near the end of 2014. The last video [Read More…]
Ah the Reising. If you are like me and constantly check NFA classifieds like Sturmgewehr and Subguns, then you definitely know that the price of the Reising is perhaps its most alluring feature. Deemed a “poor man’s Thompson” by most, the Reising is [Read More…]
As previously delved into, a seemingly endless variety of these are regularly emerging, some of factory quality, others of bedroom quality. A very crudely made model recently trending in numbers, sometimes fitted with a barrel made from a section of brass hex [Read More…]
LordStickMax sent us this photo of his first NFA acquisition, a Rifle Dynamics Tula Krink chambered in 5.45x39mm. He has since added a Colt Commando and 5.56mm suppressor to his collection. According to the Rifle Dynamics website, they can no longer obtain the parts [Read More…]
Remember the Palmetto State Armory PA10 .308 stripped lower receiver we posted about last month? Well they’ve finally released an upper chambered in .308 Winchester to go along with it. Dubbed the PSA PA10 upper, it features a 16″ stainless steel barrel, mid [Read More…]
Preppers may want to pay attention: Federal has gone live with nitrogen-purged “fresh-fire” packs for 5.56 rounds. Federal is packaging 30 rounds (coincidentally ideal for most standard-capacity magazines) of 5.56 in (very) long-term storable containers. The [Read More…]
Michael H. Blank, formerly of the Broadsword Group, LLC and Sharps Rifle company has formally filed suit against his former employer. Mr. Blank contends that he is owed a 10% royalty based on a verbal contract between Broadsword and himself for IP he brought to the [Read More…]
MG Industries (MGI) is now making a New York compliant AR-style rifle that is based on their existing modular Hydra rifle design. The NY compliant gun retains the ability to change calibers quickly. Calibers the NY compliant Hydra can convert to include: .22 LR .223 [Read More…]
Here is a group of firearm enthusiasts in Slovenia and across Europe. They promote responsible firearm ownership and exercise their freedoms. They love to film their shoots. Here is a video of an assault wearing PenCott Greenzone Camo. Armed with two VZ-58s, one AK and [Read More…]
A friend shared this with me. He does not know the origins and context of the image. As you can see, this person is open carrying inside a Best Buy. Upon closer inspection, he has a right handed Blackhawk Serpa holster but is carrying it on his left side. It looks to be [Read More…]
An ingenious Redditor 3D printed this pretty sweet light mount for their Glock. In case you’re wondering if it will hold up to recoil, the designer made the video below to show it in action. It’s pretty sweet if you ask me, the only issue is it [Read More…]
WeaponsMan, a must read blog for those interested in military small arms, blogs about an early long-range consumer test of the TrackingPoint rifle and optic system: Quick take-aways: Best packaged gun any of them had ever seen. In the gunsmith’s experience, that’s [Read More…]
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