Pachmayr has announced that a new series of 1911 grips made of a material called Raffir Alume is now available for preorder. Raffir is the name of the company who makes the Alume material. It is basically an epoxy with aluminum mesh embedded into it. Here is how this [Read More…]
If you are used to and have experience with rifles of traditional layout, then it should be quite awkward for you to do simple weapon manipulations with a bullpup rifle. And arguably the most difficult is to do a magazine change with a decent speed. People who do a mag [Read More…]
It’s time for another trip in the TFB Time Machine; to a window of time when the seas were host to tall, wooden ships of the line, powered by green energy before it was cool, battling for dominance of trade and territory. To that end, one of the tools employed was [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Let there be Light! There are so many nice things attached to this rifle, like a Schmidt & Bender Ultra Short Dot with MSR reticle and an Aimpoint T-2 on top for a fast aim. The AR15 is suppressed too, by an ASE Utra. I think I see a Magpul [Read More…]
There is a a guy quietly making SureFire M600DF great again. Cory of Modlite has been quietly working for the past 3 years to make the best weaponlight possible. I know that sounds like every other light manufacturer’s goals and claims but Modlite’s [Read More…]
In 2018, Dick’s Sporting Goods halted sales of “assault weapons” in all retail locations, citing the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, as the reason for the move. The company also raised the purchase age of firearms to 21 and stopped selling “high [Read More…]
Hot off the heels of double Yankee Hill Machine silencer reviews this past Saturday, we are right back at you today with some 300BLK subsonic goodness. The YHM ULTimate upper receiver (“top end”) was announced in mid-October 2018, and since the government [Read More…]
Last year Mean Arms, the makers of the MA Loader, came out with a caliber conversion insert. The EndoMag converts a 5.56x45mm PMAG into 9mm. With the EndoMag you can use your standard AR lower to shoot 9mm and all you need is a 9mm upper. Installation of the EndoMag is [Read More…]
The US Department of Defense has announced that Barrett Firearms Manufacturing has been awarded a near $50 million contract to produce their MRAD sniper rifle to fulfil US Special Operations Command’s requirement for an Advanced Sniper Rifle (ASR). While not [Read More…]
The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš planned to present a special edition of the CZ 75 pistol to President Donald Trump during his visit to the White House on March 7, 2019. The Republika pistol was made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the [Read More…]
Federal Premium has expanded out their line of Hydra Shok Deep to now include .40 S&W and .45 ACP for those who rely on those cartridges for carry and protection. This bolstering of the Hydra Shok Deep line of ammunition occurred recently in the middle of February [Read More…]
There’s a lot you can tell about a person by their firearm choices. For example, if a guy carries an Interarms import Walther PPK or an H&K P7, he’s probably a well-heeled shooter and maybe a little of a Bond or Hans Gruber fan. If he carries a revolver, [Read More…]
Last September The Firearm Blog got a behind the scenes look at how an episode of Hollywood Weapons was made. Larry Zanoff, one of the co-stars of the show, is the lead armorer at Independent Studio Services (ISS) Props. While we were in town, Larry gave us a tour of [Read More…]
Today’s Picture of the Day shows a British soldier with his L115A3 Long Range Sniper Rifle, taking part in the annual International Sniper Competition. The location is the Salisbury Plains training area. The British Armed Forces adopted the Accuracy International [Read More…]
The Streamlight company recently announced their new TL-Racker shotgun forend which is compatible with Remington 870 or Mossberg 500/590 shotguns. The TL-Racker forend has an integrated weapon light and boasts 850 lumens with one and a half hours of run-time. [Read More…]
Of all the questions in the gun world, What Is An Assault Rifle, seems to be the one answered and used by those least competent to do so. And since TFB is (arguably) the world’s leading resource on firearms, I thought we should take a minute to settle the debate once [Read More…]
The Cherokee Nation Marshal Service have selected RISE Armament to provide new patrol carbines. The new carbines will be chambered in .223 Wylde. The Marshal Service selected the RISE Watchman, which was specially developed for Law Enforcement officers. The Cherokee [Read More…]
FosTecH Inc. has created the Echo Sport trigger, their second pull and release trigger system for AR-15 rifles. The Echo Sport is different from Fostech’s first version in that there’s an added paddle switch to change firing modes from binary to standard [Read More…]
The Journal reported that 52 year old, Christopher Yates has been arrested and charged with stealing a firearm and firearm parts from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE/ATF). The thefts reportedly took place at an ATF facility in West [Read More…]
[SPOILERS AHEAD] In this episode of TFBTV, James reviews and rates the guns used in Netflix’s post-apocalyptic thriller, Bird Box, featuring Sandra Bullock. Bird Box puts quite a tactical spin on the genre because the good guys can’t use their eyes (or any imaging, for that matter) [Read More…]
New Flik Magnifiers American Defense Manufacturing (ADM) announced the release of two new magnifiers available May 2019. The Flik3 and Flik5 will provide shooters the option of 3x and 5x magnification. With the increased popularity of flip to side magnifiers it is great [Read More…]
Hi everyone, last week Pete launched “As Seen On TFB”, our new weekly review of the news, reviews and editorials from the past seven days here on The Firearm Blog. We will be continuing to recap of all the highlights, at the weekend, in cased you missed them during [Read More…]
There are many traditions associated with Saint Patrick’s Day: wearing green, window-mounted shamrocks, disgusting green beer and now TFB’s Skilled Shooter, Lucky Shot posts. I’d like to think that we have included a little something for everyone (who doesn’t [Read More…]
Good afternoon everyone and thank you for reading TFB’s Silencer Saturday, where we voluntarily register our firearms with the government and gladly pay $200 for the pleasure to do so. Today we get to review the YHM Resonator and YHM Turbo, complete with some [Read More…]
Just announced is the Beretta 92X Performance – a steel-framed pistol with upgrades that are geared towards the competition shooter. Besides the new Vertec steel frame, the Beretta 92X features an oversized, ambidextrous, frame-mounted safety versus the [Read More…]
In 2016 TFB was the first to report about the new Tanfoglio Domina Open pistol. Time flies and the Domina can now be seen in competitions around Europe. Tanfoglio (Italy) just released pictures of the 2019 version, which is the topic of Today’s Picture Of The Day [Read More…]
The SiOnyx Aurora is a rather capable night vision camera. Read my review of it here. While the Aurora night vision camera was never intended to be helmet mounted I was able to cobble something together to see if it could be done. The popularity of the Aurora camera has [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to our second edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, our newest series here on TFB. If you missed our first article, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this a good deal [Read More…]
Smith and Wesson just issued a safety alert regarding recent production M&P 15-22 rifles and pistols. According to the safety alert some M&P 15-22 bolts may be out of spec. They have issued a PDF and a video to help you find out if your M&P 15-22 is [Read More…]
I hope you guys enjoy a deal or two this week. Let me know in the comments if you want to see more or less of something, if there’s a deal you want hunted down, or any other comments and concerns. Beretta CX4 Storm 92mag 9mm – $599 What the deal is: This [Read More…]
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