SilencerCo posted up this photo of an American-180 on their Instagram page. For those not familiar with the American-180, it is a .22LR machine gun that feeds from a large capacity pan magazine. The magazine came in different capacities, 165, 220, or 275 rounds. E&L [Read More…]
ECD101.com, a blog dedicated to the crap that lives in our pockets every day, artfully slaps WIRED.COM squarely across its face with facts. Bravo EDC101. Bravo Like always, I want to point out that we are non-political here, but this fact checking article by Dave Estes [Read More…]
Earlier on TFB we reported that POF had increased their ammunition production in Pakistan three-fold. We speculated that rising security concerns might have been the cause for this but this has turned out to perhaps not be the case at all. This week at IDEX 2017, POF [Read More…]
ATN has introduced a remote control device for its Smart HD optics. This little device called X-TRAC (Tactical Remote Access Control) attaches to the weapon in a place convenient for the support hand to reach. It is a wireless controller and connects to the scope via [Read More…]
Is 2017 the Year of the Low Bore Axis? It seems like it just might be! Amid a sea of other pistols advertised as having low bore axes (some of which do deliver on that claim), the Jablunka-based Czech Small Arms has introduced a new pistol with about as low a bore axis [Read More…]
Strike Industries is at it again with their new G4 Slidecomp Glock compensator that requires nothing other than you owning a 9mm Gen 4 gun. That’s right, no threaded barrel, no expensive porting, just a stock Gen 4 Glock in 9mm. So why is this exciting? Well, if [Read More…]
While not exactly “breaking news” material, Bushmaster ACR fans have a reason to to be happy this week. The company is offering a factory short barreled rifle (SBR) configuration of their ACR platform. For regular readers, the Masada/ACR saga is well known [Read More…]
CMC AK Elite triggers are already available on CMC Triggers website. They come in three different trigger shoe types: flat, curved (AR-style) and traditional AK type. All the three versions are offered either with 3.5 lb or 4.5 lb trigger pull weights. These options [Read More…]
UA Arms makes a lightweight 1911-style pistol called IA 5.0. The gun uses a metal frame, which is made of aluminum or titanium combined with stainless steel. It is not an alloy, but the two metals are bonded together by a process called explosive welding. The result [Read More…]
A professor and her team at NC State has developed a type of metal foam that is capable of stopping some of the most powerful small arms rounds in use by the military. Sandwiched between a ceramic strike face and a Kevlar or aluminum backplate, the ballistic composite [Read More…]
Good news for everyone’s favorite Dakotan ammunition company, Black Hills has just won the contract to provide subsonic .300 Blackout ammunition for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Hostage Rescue Team, according to a listing at FedBizOpps. The [Read More…]
Proxibid.com, sponsor of TFB TV, has partnered with TheFirearmBlog.com to give you a shot at winning your very own Glock 19 Gen4. On top of that, a Daniel Defense M4V11 will be awarded to the entrant with the most social media referrals. Make sure to share this [Read More…]
Solid copper hollow points typically offer excellent reliability and are a solid alternative to traditional, lead core jacketed hollow points, especially in locales where lead is banned. This test features a Springfield Armory standard, 5″ 1911A1 firing Prograde’s loading of Barnes 185 [Read More…]
A British company called Vorpal Arms manufactures a very interesting looking muzzle brake called SOLO. It is sort of a combination of conical flash hider and a multi-chamber muzzle brake. The SOLO also has external threads, which allow mounting an outer jacket/blast [Read More…]
DoubleStar “Mortar Plate” is a minimalistic AR-15 stock, which clamps on the rear of the buffer tube (receiver extension). It is compatible both with mil-spec and commercial buffer tubes. The “Mortar Plate” is machined from a billet 7075-T6 [Read More…]
The SCAR Stock has been jokingly compared to the popular Ugg Boot. It is not hard to see the resemblance especially in the FDE SCAR variants. As a joke, here is an AR with an Ugg Boot. Does it constitute as a redesign/remanufacture if I shoulder an Ugg Boot?
Benelli’s Performance Shop announced a pair of new M2 shotguns that are designed for specific hunting needs. They are the M2 Waterfowl Edition and the M2 Turkey Edition. M2 Waterfowl Edition The Waterfowl Edition starts with a base M2 semi-automatic shotgun and [Read More…]
Like it or not, Brass To Face or BTF malfunctions are not a thing. Sure, it is an annoying thing to happen when you are at the range but it is far from a malfunction. I am not going to dive into the reason for the brass to be ejected towards the face, there are [Read More…]
Primary Machine has dropped some new Glock compensators that look eerily like the KKM Two Port compensator (I currently have one in for evaluation, review coming soon). This isn’t the first Glock comp to be launched that is reminiscent of the proven KKM style, [Read More…]
This past Friday I received an email from my friend, Jay Jacobson, president of Franklin Armory. As you may know, Franklin Armory makes a very well thought out binary trigger that was accepted and approved by the BATF without reservation. I’ll let Jay explain why they decided to make this [Read More…]
When I started the Modern Intermediate Calibers series, I did not expect it to grow as large as it has. The initial plan was for 7 major calibers, which grew into well over 20, and the spinoff Modern Personal Defense Weapon Calibers, which itself will have at least 20 [Read More…]
Troy industries was the first company to recognize the growing “retro” trend in AR-15s, the kind of folks that do not necessarily want the latest M4gery or newest blaster from the most tactical manufacturer. Retro types want to own or build a gun like [Read More…]
The GL-Core stock from Fab Defense uses a novel system of polymer inserts to change the stock between milspec and commercial diameter buffer tubes. If you’re like me, you’ve built a few ARs. One of those was probably a budget AR, and maybe you had some parts [Read More…]
The most common Crimson Trace laser grips out in the wild are for the 1911, most often found on Kimbers as well as other manufacturers’ pistols. The laser grips have become part of a daily carry for many 1911 guys to include many of the guys I know that carry a [Read More…]
According to the National Post, the Canadian government will begin supplying elements of the Kurdish Peshmerga in Iraq with small arms and light weapons. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau previously announced Canadian material support for the Peshmerga a year ago, but only [Read More…]
Rimfire ammunition, after what seems like an eternity to shooters, is finally becoming available again. Federal Premium is growing their already expansive line of rimfire offerings with some more bulk packs and more premium hunting rounds with Hunter Match. The .22 long [Read More…]
We are still fresh into 2017 and it is shaping up to be the year of the pistol. An anonymous source has revealed that Wilson Combat will be releasing a new 4″ alloy 1911 that takes double stack magazines. Dubbed the EDC X9, the new model won’t use STI/SVI [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, we field strip the KelTec SUB2000 in 9mm, Glock magazine version. The KelTec is surprisingly simple in its internals, even though it more or less requires tools to field strip. Thanks to our sponsors: Proxibid – Track Down Your Perfect Rifle On Proxibid.com Ventura [Read More…]
Silencerco is gradually expanding their line of threaded barrels for consumers. In just 2017 they have supplied more offerings for Smith & Wesson M&P pistols and now they are providing threaded barrel options for the Beretta M9 & 92FS as well. The new [Read More…]
The Feed Ramp is a recently published blog that is essentially trying to replicate The Onion or The Duffel Blog when it comes to the firearms industry. The blog is a light-hearted attempt at poking fun at everything from IDPA, the ATF, to even Pat Macnamara! Some of the [Read More…]