Springfield Armory announced today they will be releasing the XD-S in 40 caliber. This release will complete the XD-S single stack line as far as caliber offerings. At .9 inches in width it’s one of the slimmest carry pistols in major calibers. This new offering [Read More…]
Introduced at the CES show now wrapping up in Las Vegas (just in time for SHOTShow to move in), FLIR has announced the upcoming release of its Scout TK thermal vision monocular. The new Scout TK is the latest and smallest offering in FLIR’s Scout brand. The new [Read More…]
It’s a pleasure to see such interest in the Home-Based FFL series. It’s expanded far past what I originally intended into a continuing saga showcasing my personal trials and tribulations. Further, the reader mail has been avaricious for additional content, which we [Read More…]
Ruger continues to expand its operation into areas it was previously unwilling to enter. This latest entry is a .22 caliber suppressor/silencer that fits their line of threaded .22 caliber rifles and pistols, like the 10/22 and the SR-22. Ruger said the following about [Read More…]
For the new year, Auto-Ordnance will begin selling a Thompson carbine with a shorter length. The new gun drops the barrel length from 18″ to 16.5″ by using a sub-16″ barrel and permanently attaching a Cutts compensator. The overall length is 39″. [Read More…]
It may seem obvious, but just so that we are clear, do not vacuum up a lit cigarette butt when there is gun powder already inside your vacuum cleaner. Back in 2013 two Norwegian guys experiment with what happens when you vacuum up gun powder. I do not speak or [Read More…]
Colt’s exit from bankruptcy has hit a snag: The owners of the company, Sciens Capital Management have defaulted on a $15 million funding commitment to Colt Defense LLC, as part of the company’s exit from bankruptcy. The private equity company agreed to pay [Read More…]
The Chinese Type 81 is a strange fusion of the AK, SKS, and Dragunov rifles and could be mistaken as an AK at a quick glance. The Type 81 is exceptionally rare in the USA, and today on TFBTV we look at perhaps the rarest variant of all: The 5.56 variant made exclusively for the […] Read [Read More…]
Check out this tiny double barreled shotgun. The person manipulating it installs the barrel and the forend onto the shotgun. Loads it and closes the barrels. Then cocks the two hammers and uses a pencil to fire the first round. Next up is a miniature Mauser 98K [Read More…]
For 2016, Hogue announced an expansion of the grip color options that it offers for the SIG SAUER P238 and P938 handguns. The additional color choices are available in its G10 line of grip panels for these two pistols. For the P238, the new color options are G-Mascus [Read More…]
SIG SAUER continues to expand the company’s line of self defense ammunition. This time the company added three calibers in time for the SHOT Show. The new calibers are: .38 Special, .44 Special and 45 Colt. The .38 Special load is a +P rated round that uses a 125 [Read More…]
I was looking at alternate Keltec Shotgun choke adapters and came across these somewhat ridiculous upgrades for the Kel-Tec Shotgun. Yes, that is a rail on a rail you see in the photo above. Tactical pointy thingies for your KSG sums it up. There are tactical chokes for [Read More…]
Eagle Imports will begin selling three new Grand Power pistols in 2016: the K22 X-TRIM, the K22S and the CP380. Both the K22 X-TRIM and K22S pistols are chambered in .22 LR while the CP380 is chambered for the .380 ACP cartridge. The K22 X-TRIM and K22S are modeled on [Read More…]
Jeffery Widder has taken inspiration from the Gyrojet of the 1960s. His non-lethal round, called the Pogojet, is said to be able to deliver consistent non-lethal energy not only at close distances but at longer range distances as well. The Pogojet —whose official name [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…]
Crimson Trace released details about its new LiNQ System that it will be showing this month in Las Vegas at the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoors Trade Show. The LiNQ System is a remotely activated light and laser system the company developed for the AR platform. [Read More…]
SilencerCo has been pushing new products out one after another. Latest to keeping up with their own impressive pace are two cans, the Hybrid and the Omega 9K. The Hybrid is a universal suppressor for most uses and the Omega 9K is the exact opposite – a dedicated [Read More…]
I know what you are thinking… But no, not those kind of gun stocks. I’m talking about the kind related to public trading. I know we are not a politically oriented venue, but sometimes political events directly impact our realm. In this case it appears that the two [Read More…]
It may not be a firearm but it’s a weapon well worth a second look especially for hunters. New from Crosman is the Pioneer Airbow, which is technically a bow due to the simple fact that it shoots arrows but is operated like a gun with a configuration similar to [Read More…]
Within this modern firearms renaissance we are blissfully living through, a few older designs were bound to be overlooked. In this list, we look at five rifles that were extremely popular and/or historically significant in their heyday, but have been overlooked almost entirely by a generation of [Read More…]
Earlier this year we posted about an ammo vending machine in a private gun club. Well Mike Robinson of Tactical Graphics purchased a crane/claw game for his gun store. Instead of toys and plush animals, he lined the bottom with empty brass and filled it with Magpul [Read More…]
VooDoo Innovations, part of the Adams Arms’ family, has announced the release of their first Glock Barrel, a Glock 17 model ready for both Gen 3 and Gen 4 handguns. Released to an already crowded market, the VDI barrel sets itself apart by loading up with [Read More…]
Thanks to Ronaldo for sending this one to us. The video says this is a New Year’s Eve celebration in Syria. More importantly there is a considerable amount of anti-aircraft tracer rounds being fired out into the night sky. I wonder what happens to those [Read More…]
As part of their recent set of mud testing, including some disappointing results from the fabled M1 Garand, and AK rifles, Ian and Karl of InRange have tested a weapon most people would expect to wither like a delicate flower at the first frost, in the presence of mud: [Read More…]
Strike Industries showed off their new collapsible Viper Stock to us a few months back, well it’s finally available for purchase. Their new lightweight and compact polymer Viper stock weights in at just 6.3 ounces. The butt pad area is shaped to be a better fit [Read More…]
Buried in their new product announcement for the year, Kimber has announced the release of their Micro 9 9mm sub-compact handgun. The new Micro 9 is the big brother to Kimbers existing Micro .380 series and the slightly-larger-brother to Kimber’s Solo series. [Read More…]
My friend Matt alerted me to this today. YouTube shut down Hickok45’s YouTube channel for “repeated violations of Google’s Policies”. I do not have any further information regarding this. At this moment there is nothing posted on his Facebook [Read More…]
5.11 certainly has a market pegged, but companies are starting to push into niches were 5.11 has not yet tread. Berne, a company known for creating rugged work wear has opted to expliot one of those niches focusing on the company’s core audience. The first two [Read More…]
In the world of firearms practice really does make perfect. You can never have too much target practice or too much ammunition, and the two conveniently go hand in hand – or hand-on-gun, as it were. Most shooters use a variety of methods to practice including [Read More…]
Next up in the race to SHOTShow is Kimber, which announced a veritable plethora of new firearms for the new year. Their core line of 1911s is no slouch for new offerings including multiple new SKUs and new chamberings for older models. For new families of products, [Read More…]
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