Okay, so what is Survival Trial, and why is it relevant to this blog? Well, dear readers, it is because it is a competition that involves shooting at the NRA Whittington Center near Raton, New Mexico. Possibly a stretch, but certainly an event that will test your [Read More…]
There is no place for a manual safety on a modern defensive handgun. There, I said it. And I make this statement not as an expert pistoleer or gunfighter (although in my head I am both). I base this opinion solidly on common sense alone. Ok, before you start throwing [Read More…]
Panteo Productions posted this video up. Dave Spaulding of Handgun Combatives makes some good points about the state of firearms training. He points out the ridiculousness of Gear Gap. Like the Missile Gap, the Gear Gap is the perception of what latest gear you think [Read More…]
Last year, we posted an image of the JGSDF Howa Type 89 Rifle. In that post, we had mentioned a mythical modernized version that appeared to be an Airsoft version made by Tokyo Marui. Well these pictures do not appear to be airsoft. Below is a photo of a typical Howa [Read More…]
Webley revolvers today truly are symbols of imperial British might, and the MK VI is perhaps the most coveted, as most have been ruined by conversion to fire .45acp (a cartridge that is much more powerful that the .455 Webley loadings). In this video, we do some shooting with a true British icon. [Read More…]
According to Long Range Shooting Handbook, SOCOM has officially chosen the .300 Norma Mag for their Advanced Sniper Rifle (ASR) Cartridge. Here is photo comparing other popular cartridges to the .300 Norma Mag. Here is what Long Range Hand Book had to say on the [Read More…]
The Rancho Deliverance Shooting Range located in Lake Elsinore in Southern California recently posted these pictures on their Facebook page of a Palmetto State Armory AR-15 that went kaboom. Apparently a customer had some sort of jam and asked someone at the range to [Read More…]
Remington’s lawsuit against Colt Defense, LLC, Fabrique Nationale Herstal USA, and the federal government has been dismissed by Senior Judge Nancy B. Firestone of the US Court of Federal Claims. The sealed lawsuit, which contested the award of a mega-million [Read More…]
Last Saturday, Cincinnati Zoo officials shot and killed a 17 year-old western lowland gorilla after it threatened a toddler who had fallen into the moat surrounding the exhibit (the child was later released from the hospital basically unharmed). Aside from the [Read More…]
SIG SAUER is now selling a weapon light designed specifically for handguns. The new light is called the FOXTROT1. SIG designed the light with touch switches on both sides of the body for ambidextrous activation. The light can be used in either a constant on mode or in a [Read More…]
SIG SAUER recently announced the introduction of the ECHO1 – a thermal reflex sight produced by its Electro-Optics division. According to the company, the new sight offers “military grade technology at consumer grade pricing.” At the heart of this [Read More…]
In February 2016 TFB reported about the new CZ Shadow 2 and the upcoming press release. I promised the TFB readers to try to find out the name of the model in the picture below, but unfortunately I was unsuccessful. Shame! Instead the World Champion Maria Gushchina was [Read More…]
With the recent announcement by Heckler and Koch USA that the SP5K (MP5K-ish) will be available to the U.S. market, also comes a flood of consumer emotions. Excitement: “This is awesome!” Euphoria: “Yipee Ki Yay, Mother F******!” Anxiety: [Read More…]
An announcement was made during this year’s NRA Annual Meeting (NRAAM) regarding a number of firearms industry businesses banding together for a common cause. The organization is called VFOB, which stands for Veteran’s Family of Brands. Of course, their name [Read More…]
The Polish Army has just signed a new contract to have 26,000 Beryl rifles and Mini-Beryl Carbines produced for use. The Polish arms manufacturer Fabryka Broni “Łucznik” Radom (FB Radom), which loosely translates to “Radom Armory,” will be [Read More…]
HM Defense & Technology manufactures AR-15 barrels that have an integrated gas block rather than a separate block that mounts onto the barrel. Now the company is shipping complete AR-15 rifles that use these barrels. According to the company, the Monobloc barrel [Read More…]