I went to Cabela’s to pick up an order and took a walk in their used firearm section. On the counter they have this IDF Sniper Rifle certified by Springfield Armory. It was the giant night vision scope that caught my eye. If you recall, Miles posted [Read More…]
InfidelAA posted a video showing a way to conceal carry an H&K SP5K. Can you imagine a mugger coming across this? Not your everyday carry CCW. I was amazed at this technique and tried my hand at replicating it. I used an Omega MP5K from Atlantic Firearms. If [Read More…]
One activity that probably all reloaders hate is sifting media out of their cleaned pieces of brass. Should you de-prime first or not? Will it be easier to get all the media out? Did I miss any? Why has no one thought of an easy way to do this mundane task in the [Read More…]
The shooting world has become completely infatuated with 6.5mm calibers over the last couple of years. Hornady may have ignited an avalanche of support when they introduced the 6.5 Creedmoor and now they have another trick up their engineering sleeves. Originally [Read More…]
Hornady has expanded the Critical Defense ammunition products by introducing the rifle line. Designed for defensive use, this new Hornady offering will be loaded with FTX bullets. The FTX bullets feature Hornady’s Flex Tip Technology, which has two main [Read More…]
Peter Hofer pushes the boundaries of double rifle design to its extremes. Nothing demonstrates that better than a double rifle chambered in .17 HMR displayed near the one chambered in 4-bore. We had a chance to see these rifles during the Arms & Hunting 2017 [Read More…]
Kimber will be rolling out another limited edition pistol for consumers this fall. This time around it is a nod to one of their most requested and favorite limited edition variants: the Texas Edition! You will for a short time be able to get a Kimber Micro 9 Texas [Read More…]
AFA LLC, the company with an automated pistol magazine loader, was utilizing IndieGoGo’s website to crowdfund their project of the AF Loader. Like many small companies and start-ups, cash flow is not always in an abundance when you are starting out. As a result, [Read More…]
The new Walther PPQ Q4 Tac is ready for the new Provisional IPSC Production Optics Division. As you can spot, it’s also Suppressor ready. TFB will cover more about the new IPSC Production Optics Division (USPSA calls it Carry Optics) in future articles, but in [Read More…]
The Kahr Firearms Group recently announced the company was now offering a Thomspon carbine chambered for the 9mm cartridge. The new rifle is being offered under the Auto-Ordnance brand. According to the company, this is the first time the gun has been manufactured for [Read More…]
Coincidentally, the day before TFB published Part 1 of a photo report on DIY weapons seized in Brazil (https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/10/17/bunch-diy-weapons-seized-brazil-part/), news broke that the São Paulo State Civil Police had just busted a small – [Read More…]
Ruger Day is not only coming, it has arrived! Today is October 22nd. If you break that down into a shorthand date of 10/22 you get one of the most widely loved and utilized rimfire rifles in history. Ruger firearms has officially declared October 22nd (10/22) as the [Read More…]
Hartford gunmaker Colt’s Manufacturing has introduced a new carbine model at the 2017 Bahrain International Defence Exhibition & Conference (BIDEC). The weapon, called the M5 Enhanced Carbine, is an AR-15-style rifle fitted with Geissele Super Modular Rail [Read More…]
We have already seen the 6.5mm CT Carbine prototype brought out by Textron for the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting, but TFB also got an up close and personal look at Textron’s cased telescoped machine guns. Textron has two different cased [Read More…]
The HK433 family is going full power, Heckler & Koch told TFB at the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting. When speaking to representatives of the company about their new rifle which was being shown off in the USA for the first time, I asked the [Read More…]
In examining the future of infantry capability, we must not only be aware of potential technological solutions, but of the need to re-think and re-work what it means to train and prepare troops for future battlefields. At the core of this is the simple matter of man and [Read More…]
Kevin Brittingham started Advanced Armament Corporation when he was 19 years old. In the more than two decades that have passed, he has helped to influence the silencer, ammunition and firearms industries in dramatic fashion. If you are looking for proof, take a walk [Read More…]
A bit of a warning to start with, this article is almost completely free from firearms. However the vehicle should suit and interest a lot of TFB’s readers. It’s like if 5.11 Tactical started making cars. The car’s exterior and design screams [Read More…]
Over the years, I’ve had a significant number of people ask me about how to keep a pistol in a vehicle that would be close at hand in an emergency. There have been a number of possible solutions including nylon rigs that attach to the visor, rigs that strap to the [Read More…]
An interesting 19th century revolver turned up during a Police raid in Liverpool, UK. The revolver has a tip up break action and appears to be styled similarly to the Webley-Pryse cartridge revolvers of the 1870s-80s with an octagonal barrel. Sadly, no [Read More…]
Stealth Gear USA is a company that started in 2012 that focuses on developing and producing holsters for handguns. Their VentCore holsters are the base of the company, and the technology offers for instance ventilated laser-cut ports to allow breathability of the [Read More…]
Sierra Bullets is a long time manufacturer of projectiles for the firearms industry. Some of its designs are legendary, and many shooters prefer its designs to any of the other options on the market. One of the company’s best known bullet lines is the MatchKing. [Read More…]
Inland Manufacturing announced a new .30 Carbine chambered pistol that it plans to ship in 2018. The new pistol has a design similar to that of the reproduction M1 Carbines the company already makes. However, this gun is definitely different. Starting off, the gun uses [Read More…]
Eagle Imports recently announced the company was now shipping the Llama Micro Max pistol. This pistol was first shown in the United States two years ago at the 2015 National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers Expo and Annual Meeting. According to the company, [Read More…]
The day before yesterday it was 40 years since the German Special Forces group GSG9 stormed the Lufthansa Flight 181 in Mogadishu, Somalia, and rescued all of the 86 passengers. The legendary German Anti-Terror unit GSG9 (Border Guard Group 9) is now setting up a new [Read More…]
Let’s look at Norway for an interesting bipod! If you know me you know I’m close to being a collector of bipods. Look for my previous review of the Atlas 5-H for instance. Vertebrae AS is a small product design and development company, based in rainy [Read More…]
Do you remember Vitaly Bulgarov’s AR-15 DEX-stock? If not please check last year’s article to refresh your memory and compare it to what the KILN (new name) project looks like one year after. Most of the details are unknown at this time and KILN have asked for [Read More…]
Staffed by a team of scientists and engineers using ITAR-controlled sensitive technology, TFB’s Instagram feed (@firearmblog) is reborn anew. And as much as most of us loathe social media for updates like ‘Aunt Judy’s middle toe removal was a success!’, [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James addresses another myth that has spread in popularity lately due to a number of highly publicized political stories: Is the silencer truly silent? Or does it just suppress noise? Does it really make that “pew pew” sound like in the movies? This video [Read More…]
If you ever wanted proof that there is no end to the forces that want to ban firearms and knives here it is. Just months after the EU Firearms Directive (aka EU Gun Ban) the UK Home Office comes with more suggestion on how to restrict the ownership of certain firearms. [Read More…]
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