Yes, yes, yes… All weapon systems do need and should be cleaned, but the comically ironic introduction from Century Arms was too good not to poke fun at. Debuted at the NRA show and now shipping, Century Arms has released not just one, but three separate cleaning [Read More…]
Winchester has announced three new calibers within its Deer Season XP series of ammunition. The new calibers continue to round out the brand including loadings in .30-30 Winchester (150 grain), 7mm-08 (140 grain), and 300 Blackout (150 grain). This brings total [Read More…]
Wilson Combat and Larry Vickers have teamed up again, this time to support a firearms charity, GunsForACause.org. The specific 1911 was Larry’s personal carry and demo gun, a Wilson Combat Vickers’ Elite edition handgun, personally worked on by Larry himself [Read More…]
The house I live in was built at the turn of the century – the 18th century. And on really cold days I sometimes like to think of what firearms had walked in through the door in years past. More than 50 years before the birth of our nation, flintlock smoothbores [Read More…]
Clay Martin of Off The Reservation talks about the simple aspect of a shooting stance. He also brings up the type of pants one wears while shooting. Now while he doesn’t actually draw attention to it or even mention it out loud, his message is clear. It is along [Read More…]
As previously reported, CMMG sent James a pre-production model of the CMMG Anvil for review. James took the Anvil out on several range trips over a month-long period and fired around fifteen boxes of various ammunition through the Anvil without any cleaning. In this overview, James discusses what [Read More…]
Tom Demerly is a blog writer and he got a chance to not only see the Dearborn, MI Police SWAT Team train, he got to train with them. Embedded with the SWAT Team, they respond to a call of a mass shooter. At least that is the training scenario. They use the Ford Research [Read More…]
This video was posted on Twitter about the recent military coup going on in Turkey. We don’t get to see the helicopter and the target is too far away to discern what it was. But you can see the automatic trail of tracers fired down onto the ground. There seem to [Read More…]
Episode 2 of glocky and mccolt is now live here.
This image was posted by 9 KUSA News. One in a billion.” That’s how this shot was described by police: A Jeffco deputy fired at an armed robbery suspect… and ended up shooting a bullet straight down the other gun’s barrel and disabling it. [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson announced the acquisition of Taylor Brands, a company that manufactures tools and knives under the recognizable names of Schrade, Old Timer and others. The acquisition is part of an ongoing strategy the company has undertaken to expand its footprint [Read More…]
Leica announced its new generation of rangefinding optics that includes a compact, stand alone rangefinder and a set of rangefinding binoculars. Rangemaster CRF 1600-R The Rangemaster CRF 1600-R is a stand alone laser rangefinder that has a line of sight (LOS) ranging [Read More…]
France, one the world’s first adopters of the bullpup rifle, will officially be abandoning the stockless rifle concept for good, it seems. The competition to replace the venerable FAMAS bullpup rifle has moved forward, and the only competing bullpup design, HS [Read More…]
Strike Industries has introduced the Ricci holster adapter for the Safariland 6000 series holsters. The aluminum belt hanger adds up to 2.75″ of drop as well as 45 degrees of forward cant to make the holster more comfortable when seated, something that I can [Read More…]
A topic that has been debated again and again in one of the industry professional groups I am a member of is should you use your slide stop to send the slide home when reloading a handgun. Some experts say absolutely, it is a time saving measure that will get your [Read More…]
Nathan S. did a great review of the Salvo 12. However there were a couple shotguns he did not test it on. I got my hands on a Salvo 12 and put it on a variety of different shotguns with varying loads. I went on a hunt for low velocity rounds. I found a box […] [Read More…]
When it comes to muzzleloading, we are all looking for ways to make this primitive means of hunting more modern and convenient. One great convenience muzzleloaders use is pre-formed powder pellets. As opposed to pouring traditional powder, pre-formed charges are easier [Read More…]
Since we know that gunshot wounds follow physical laws – Newtonian mechanics, specifically – we can use physical quantities to describe what happens to a bullet when it enters a fleshy target. In a previous post, we were introduced to three physical [Read More…]
One of the primary focuses of my study of modern small arms has been that of their terminal effectiveness, i.e. their “lethality” or “wounding”, although neither of these latter terms are exactly correct. Over the past several years, I have [Read More…]
The National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the US Department of Justice, has released guidelines on the development of new “smart” handguns for law enforcement. The guidelines are intended to help firearms manufacturers produce firearms with [Read More…]
In a world full of AR15s and AK variants, few companies dare to be different. This list deals with a few offerings on the market that we wish would make more range appearances but tend to sit on the shelves or in distributor warehouses. Criteria for this list requires the guns to be listed by [Read More…]
It would seem, at least according to Colt Canada, that the United States Marine Corps is a partner (with Canadian & British militaries) in the development of C7 and C8 rifle upgrades. The announcement came from Colt Canada’s General Manager Jeff Macleod at the [Read More…]
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is a champion for firearm and hunting rights as well as preserving hunting lands for the public. As more and more depressing, controversial, and appalling news swirls in the media related to crime and firearms the NSSF is [Read More…]
Georgia based rifle manufacturer Bergara USA announced that it is now shipping the Premier Stalker Rifles with a new one piece carbon fiber stock. These bolt action guns have a sub-MOA guarantee, and can be used for a range of shooting activities including hunting and [Read More…]
After months of anticipation, the new National Firearms Act (NFA) rules and procedures are finally here. And as much as we have covered 41F and its predecessor 41P here at TFB, there are people that still have questions about the process. Like me, for example. So we [Read More…]
This photo was posted recently but subsequently removed. It was posted by James Yeager of Tactical Response on his Instagram page. Now this photo is taken out of context but I fail to see how standing on a battle buddy’s torso is beneficial. Maybe they are [Read More…]
Creedmoor Ammunition is now manufacturing a 9mm load using the new Shell Shock NAS³ cases. This handgun load uses a Hornady 124 grain XTP bullet loaded to +P pressures to produce a muzzle velocity of 1,175 fps and 380 foot pounds of energy. These rounds are being sold [Read More…]
My friend Johnny in Sweden competes with this old Tangfolio Goldmatch. Just the other day it broke. So this happened during a lv 2 handgun last weekend. Broken barrel link… This platform is old and it looked like that I was gonna be forced to scrap it! But help [Read More…]
In May of this year, I got the rare opportunity to travel to Heckler & Koch’s headquarters in Ashburn, VA, to take a look at some of the experimental and prototype firearms they have located there in their famous “Grey Room”. It wouldn’t be [Read More…]
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