The British Army is set to move away from its use of the FN Para Minimi or L110A2/A3 at the fire team level. During a seminar at the 2018 Future Soldier Technology conference, held in London 12th-14th March, the CO of the British Army’s Infantry Trials and [Read More…]
Earlier this week, TFB ran an article on TFBTV’s “March Gatness” tournament (posted at http://gat.life). We’re going to determine what readers think to be the best rifle, shotgun, automatic pistol, and revolver (click here) ever made. TFBTV [Read More…]
I was hoping that I would get to see some Chinese made guns at IWA. We do not get to see Chinese made guns in the US apart from some shotguns that are imported like the Catamount Fury and the saiga style shotguns imported recently by SDS Imports. China South [Read More…]
The HK416 A7 is not even up on the HK homepage, I can only find the A2 version. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. TFB reported about it (as in the G95) already last year, check here for more details. It was also to be found at the Heckler & Koch booth [Read More…]
The Canadian government, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have introduced a new bill which would require tougher background checks and retailers to independently maintain records of their sales and individuals purchasing firearms. Bill C-71 seeks a number of [Read More…]
Nathaniel, Matt, Miles or virtually any other TFB writer could drop pages of knowledge on the development and use of the M1A rifle. Instead, you’re stuck with me and my incidental stories; I’ve lusted after a proper M1A ever since I first saw a print of the iconic [Read More…]
Leupold first put on display their Mark 5HD scopes at SHOT Show 2018’s Industry Day at the Range which TFB checked out in person. Leupold makes two offerings currently of the Mark 5HD with one being a 5-25x56mm and the other a 3.6-18x44mm. Both of these models can [Read More…]
Legacy Sports International, the US importer of Howa rifles, has a new firearm for the precision minded hunter. Howa is glad to introduce their newest offering to shooters with the H-S Precision rifle. This rifle, like many Howa rifles, comes with their sub-MOA accuracy [Read More…]
MasterPiece Arms (MPA), manufacturers of the MPA BA Rifles and Chassis Systems, has set its sights on the law enforcement market. With the recent addition of its new Law Enforcement / Military Sales Coordinator, Trinity Brown, MPA is poised to expand its offerings of [Read More…]
Vertx®, a leading manufacturer of low-profile apparel and gear, announces the launch of a new cutting-edge tactical glove line designed to further support the Prepared Professional™. This new line of gloves consists of four innovative styles including the [Read More…]
The Canik TP9 has been a successful pistol. The first run of them was abysmal but the TP9DA, SA, SFX, and Elite are some of the best well-rounded striker-fired pistols to come to the market under $400. Canik is making a quick detach TP9 stock to convert the Canik into [Read More…]
The Technical Directorate for Military Production (TDMP) is a defense armaments manufacturing arm set up within the Popular Mobilization Forces (الحشد الشعبي) that were established in Iraq during 2014 to combat the growing threat of the so-called Islamic [Read More…]
Expanding the line of its air pistols, SIG Sauer has released the airgun replica of P226 X-Five competition pistol. The new air pistol is called X-Five ASP (Advanced Sport Pellet). With the steel slide and frame, blowback action and similar weight, the SIG X-Five ASP [Read More…]
Maria Gushchina? Never heard of her? If you’re a regular here on TFB we have written about her before, here and here for instance. She is a Russian sport shooter with three Handgun World Champion titles in the Lady Production Division. I was in Hungary at the [Read More…]
Chen Lee aka SMGLee posted this photo on his Instagram account. It is a Glock Crossbolt Safety on a Taiwanese Police issue Glock 19. I have never seen this before, have you? Sure we saw the safety on the MHS Glock submission but that was a different design than this. [Read More…]
EnforceTac is an annual special trade show which only accepts visitors from official agencies, i.e. security agencies, Police and Special Forces and military personnel. The show has grown further in its seventh edition and hosted about 250 companies in three halls at [Read More…]
B&T of Switzerland is rolling out a new pistol towards the end of the year, and it will be available in two different versions. USW-P – a striker-fired pistol version of the USW-SF. USW-SF – A striker-fired version of the USW with all the features of the [Read More…]
Given the success and depth of USA Shooting’s shotgun program in recent years, it stands to reason that simply making America’s team might be the hardest thing to do. That will be the case this week as the nation’s top shotgun competitors converge on the Tucson [Read More…]
Among a large number of airguns and airsoft, the third largest group of products at IWA are shotguns. Sure there are the boutique high-end shotguns but just as many if not more prevalent are tactical style shotguns made in Turkey. Remember the Akdal MKA1919? It is an [Read More…]
At IWA, CZ showed off their newest version of the CZ Shadow 2. They are following the trend and milling the slide to mount an optic. This is most likely due to the surging popularity of the carry optics divisions in IPSC and of course USPSA. CZ Shadow 2 Optic Ready If [Read More…]
As I said in another article, I kept my eye out for things I don’t see here in the US while roaming the halls of IWA 2018. A large percentage of IWA is made up of airsoft and airgun manufacturers along with blank firing guns. MWM Gillman GmbH is a company that [Read More…]
A couple of weeks ago we reported about the suppressed version of the Merkel Helix rifle. Recently the company has introduced another variation of their rifle called Helix Speedster. The main difference of the Speedster from other Helix rifles is its new stock which [Read More…]
GO DIRECTLY TO THE POLLS ➼➼➼ http://gat.life The month of March has become – quasi-officially – tournament season, thanks in no small part to the NCAA basketball tournament. Everyone loves a little bracket-based competition, and presumably, everyone here loves [Read More…]
Last week, Hrachya posted a sneak peak of the Umarex HDR50. I happen to attend IWA 2018 while I was in Germany last week and got a chance to take a closer look at it along with some of Umarex’s other offerings. First I shall premise this post with a little [Read More…]
Yesterday kicked off the 9th annual USASOC Sniper Competition at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Barrett announce they will be attending the 9th Annual USASOC Sniper Competition as a platinum sponsor. Taking place March 18-23, the event will test and honor the best sniper [Read More…]
Oberland Arms from Germany are on the offensive with a lot of new product launches at their home market, at the IWA Exhibition. They have developed a straight-pull rifle called OA-GZR. It’s not a pump, like the Troy PAR, for instance. The rifle is not a rebuilt [Read More…]
Galco Gunleather is excited to introduce the improved Pocket Magazine Carrier (PMC™) which made its debut at SHOT Show in January. Improved for 2018, Galco’s Pocket Magazine Carrier now features vertical magazine orientation, an adjustable tension unit and twin [Read More…]
Expand Your Mind, Extend Your Range Learning about shooting disciplines should always be an ongoing experience. Even those of us with hundreds or thousands of hours of training time can find value in absorbing the shared expertise of others. One book that I have [Read More…]
CCI Ammunition is pleased to announce an addition to its popular Mini-Mag rimfire product line. New Mini-Mag Segmented Hollow Point combines all of what made the original a favorite with a bullet engineered to split into three equal-size parts on impact, creating three [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James discusses (and busts) four of the most popular AK-47 myths with the help of Mishaco and Karl from InRange TV. Is the AK as 10+ MOA inaccurate as people say? Is it as reliable as legend tells us? Are they cheap to make? And what’s the deal with shooting [Read More…]
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