For the month of July, we challenged our readers with the category of the “BEST PCC (Pistol Caliber Carbine)” for the Reader’s Choice. The PCC market continues to grow exponentially and if you saw our recent coverage of TriggrCon 2019 that was more apparent than [Read More…]
Some cool photos of ARAS, Lithuania’s Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit, armed with SIG Sauer MCX carbine were shared on twitter earlier this week. The photos show the ARAS MCX’s configured with a folding visor stock. SIG produce a folding visor stock [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 19th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you missed any one of our other articles, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is [Read More…]
Serbia’s Zastava Arms, best known for their AK-pattern M70, have been developing a new rifle for the past couple of years. Back in 2017, TFB reported that they were working on a new rifle chambered in a 6.5mm cartridge. The Zastava M17 is designed to be a more [Read More…]
Dan Wesson have announced a new Dan Wesson Tactical Compact Pistol, describing the pistol as having “great conceal-ability and superior accuracy in a nimble 1911.” Originally introduced in mid-2018, the TCP is available in 9x19mm and .45 ACP with both alloy [Read More…]
The Cove is an Australian Army blog that covers everything related to soldiering. In a recent series of posts, author Solomon Birch took an in-depth look into the previously issued EF88 bullpup rifle. Mr. Birch used the M4 rifle as a comparative baseline. The EF88 [Read More…]
Kalashnikov Concern has released the competition version of the PL-14/PL-15 Lebedev pistol. The new pistol is called SP1. It has some new features added to make it attractive for the competition shooters. The company markets it for use in Production or Production Optics [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves wraps up his Triggrcon 2019 coverage with a review of the top 5 guns from the show. While there were a lot of new guns for a relatively small expo, a number of them stood out, and it was difficult to choose the top five. Two of these […] Read More [Read More…]
Daniel Defense announced the next three new additions to their existing DD5 line today. Each model accepts standard Magpul SR25/M110 pattern magazines, and some are available in multiple chamberings. These include 308 Winchester, 260 Remington, and 6.5 Creedmoor. [Read More…]
In all honesty, I never planned on buying a PTR 32 KF and it stemmed from a rather simple mistake that turned into a new gun purchase. I was online and instead of ordering 100 rounds of 5.56 ammo, I ordered a 1,000 round case of 7.62×39. I still to this day [Read More…]
We haven’t heard much about the HK433, Heckler & Koch’s latest infantry rifle, for a while. But HK USA’s twitter recently shared a product photo from CON-CAMO featuring soldiers with the rifle. Fields of green and the HK433 Machinepc: CON-CAMO [Read More…]
After WW2, the Soviet Union was replacing its entire fleet of small arms. And while some Russian weapons that were accepted into service in the late 40s and early 50s, like AK-47 and SKS, became a timeless classic and overtime proved itself, there was at least one gun [Read More…]
As TriggrCon 2019 was winding down on its last day, I came across Night Fision. For those who are unaware, Night Fision comes from… Night Vision + Nuclear Fission = Night Fision. They bring over 25 years of manufacturing experience with Tritium to the firearms [Read More…]
DNO Firearms has published a video where they test a DX-7 rifle with 3D printed polymer receivers. The DX-7 rifle is basically an improved AK that utilizes upper and lower receiver layout still using many standard AK parts with no or minor changes. The original DX-7 [Read More…]
Those of you who are into extreme long-range shooting have probably heard about the tacomHQ Structured Barrels because apparently, these barrels have been around for at least a couple of years. But for the majority of us, mere mortals, learning about the structured [Read More…]
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has announced that the first batch of 8,000 AK-12 rifles were issued to the units of the Central Military District of Russian Armed Forces. The personnel will get familiar with the new rifles in the proving grounds located [Read More…]
TriggrCon is meant to be an annual gathering of innovative, forward-thinking, and tactical brands proudly showing off their ‘wares for the firearms community to drool over (that may not be the mission statement for TriggrCon, but you get the idea). So [Read More…]
A couple months ago I received the SAINT VICTOR from Springfield Armory for review. I am a fan of the AR10 platform, own a couple so, I was ready to put it through the “TFB wringer”. As all in the Saint line do, the Victor arrived in a case with two [Read More…]
Monday again – and a great way of starting the week with some Minigun shooting. A month has passed since we started, and this is the fourth edition of the “Photo Of The Day: Minigun Monday”, the time and place where we go wild about pictures of Miniguns in [Read More…]
The second day of the Arsenals of History Symposium held at the Cody Firearms Museum brought about new discussions that ranged from developing a common lexicon to categorize small arms terms to how do museums work with guns in video games and drawing visitors in through [Read More…]
Seismic High Mass Ammunition is fresh off of winning one of TriggrCon’s Golden Trigger Awards with their 9mm QuakeMaker +M 185 Grain HP ammunition so we had to give them a closer look! Their claim to fame is making heavy for caliber bullets that are ripe for [Read More…]
If you visit the website of Circle 10 AK, you’ll find a large selection of machined aluminum stocks for a variety of AK pattern rifles. Earlier, we talked about fixed and side-folding triangle stocks made by this company. What was missing in their product line was [Read More…]
We announced the unveiling of the Doublestar Corp STAR10-P 308 Win AR Pistol a few weeks ago, but now we had the opportunity to handle one in person at TriggrCon 2019! This AR-10 pistol is a bit on the heavy side with it being over 8 lbs, but it balances really well. [Read More…]
Less than a month ago, we talked about the release of a rather interesting new SIG Sauer competition pistol – the P320 XFIVE Legion. Perhaps the most innovative feature that this new handgun comes with is the SIG Sauer’s patent-pending TXG grip module which [Read More…]
Quarter Circle 10 was holding out on us all along! We met with them at TriggrCon Range Day 2019 (Wednesday) and learned of their NEW Ambidextrous PCC dubbed “The Mick.” Then, the 1st Day of the Convention Center (Friday) they debuted their P320 PCC that will [Read More…]
We’re back to Mopti in Mali, and the Norwegians protecting the United Nations’ C130-J Hercules in this Photo Of The Day. We’re looking at a well camouflaged Heckler & Koch HK417, with a Schmidt & Bender scope in a quick-detach mount. The [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves is at TriggrCon 2019 visiting with Strike Industries to see their newest Glock and AR-15 accessories. ««« PATREON GIVEAWAYS »»» PLEASE check out our Patreon page if you enjoy our program, and consider helping us at TFBTV out! We give away hundreds of [Read More…]
At TriggrCon every year there are awards given out for some of the best in show items that can vary from small, cheap accessories to monolithic, expensive items. Essentially any manufacturer who is in attendance has the opportunity to win one of the coveted Golden [Read More…]
In this jumbo episode of TFBTV, James takes a look at the best Glock and SIG mods at #TriggrCon2019. Grey Ghost Precision will be offering lightweight aftermarket slides for the SIG P320. These slides are available for the full size and compact P320, and are optics ready. Projected to be available [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV’s #TriggrCon2019 coverage, James stops by the Quarter Circle 10 booth to check out their new pistol caliber ARs that accept SIG P320 magazines. Quater Circle 10 offers complete pistol caliber AR uppers, as well as builders kits which include a receiver set, barrel, and [Read More…]