We all know the frustration of trying to chase down your spent brass. Whether it’s a day at the range or shooting on private property we as shooters don’t want to pollute our surroundings with spent casings. Being a “brass goblin” myself, I have [Read More…]
At SHOT Show 2020, I stopped by the Super Vel Ammunition booth and learned about the latest developments in their Hush Puppy Project. The products of this project include silencers with wipes and handguns featuring external slide locking levers that allow having utmost [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James reviews the TSA databases and the FAA traveler traffic reports to figure out which airports found the most guns at TSA security checkpoints in 2019. While it’s easy to predict which airports may have taken the most firearms from passengers, James dives deeper, [Read More…]
One of the areas that a company called WOOX is specialized in is the manufacturing of rifle stocks and chassis. As stated on their website, their stocks are developed in the USA and manufactured in Italy. In this article, we’ll take a look at their latest [Read More…]
Introduced at SHOT Show 2020, the Strike Industries Quick Detach Sling Loop (QDSL) is now available for purchase. This QD swivel features a unique method of detaching from the socket. In order to unlock it, you need to squeeze in the two opposite lock tabs. Here is how [Read More…]
Deterrence Dispensed has been hard at work refining their designs for the FGC-9 and their 3D printed Polymer framed pistols. In the background, Deterrence Dispensed member point9cmbenis has been pouring his efforts into a new piece of hardware that harkens back to the [Read More…]
The traditional SOCP dagger (Special Operations Combatives Program) from Benchmade should be fairly well known by this time. In 2017 we did a Photo Of The Day with it. In short, it’s a basic skeletonized dagger with a ring on the top of the handle, with the [Read More…]
POTD, short for Photo Of The Day, is TFB’s recurring articles where we try to find the best pictures on the Internet. Today we join the U.S. Marines as they do sniper training with M110 SASSs, M107s and M40 A6s. Below: Shooting the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System. [Read More…]
Welcome back to another edition of the TFB Round Table sponsored by Ammunition To Go! For those who are first joining us, this is a multi-part series where TFB will discuss the characteristics of great ammunition for specific applications. This could vary from [Read More…]
A recent RFI (Request for Information) has been put out by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The request is seeking out information from the firearms industry for a “Service handgun Electronic Aiming Device.” Recently [Read More…]
A couple of weeks ago, Wilson Combat announced that their 300 HAM’R cartridge has been standardized by SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute). And a couple of days ago, the actual drawings were published on the SAAMI website. In their [Read More…]
With the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo just around the corner, the news is already beginning to fire up about the big summer event. One major event, the lighting of the Olympic flame and its journey to the host nation for the Olympic Games. A Gold Medalist from the 2016 [Read More…]
Boss Components from Adelaide, Australia, have a new red dot mount for the CZ Shadow 2. The mount is CNC machined out of 7075 Aluminium and weighs only 9.98 grams (0,35 Oz). There are mounting pins supplied for a wide selection of red dot sights. The underside of the [Read More…]
Ten by one hundred millimeters or one centimeter by one decimeter, if you will – that’s the name of the new cartridge by Blackwater Ammunition. The 10×100 BWA is designed to be a long-range precision shooting cartridge that outperforms the .50 BMG in [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and it is time for some Storm Trooper White from Cadex Defence. As an owner of a Cerakoted white AR15 (Digicam) I can relate to the look of this rifle, but I also remember how much more difficult it is to keep clean. Perhaps a bolt-action rifle without [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We take a look at a BAE Systems (Hägglunds) CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle as it fires an anti-tank guided missile. CV stands for Combat Vehicle. The missile is a fire-and-forget made in Israel by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It is called [Read More…]
The Performance Center version of the Smith & Wesson Shield 380 EZ seems like a weird idea, right? Take a pistol your mom would probably like, then add a bunch of competition bling to it, and this is the result. In this episode of TFBTV, Hop shoots the Shield 380 EZ Performance Center and tries [Read More…]
Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, home of the new MARC Bolt Action Pistol Chassis in 300BLK and .308WIN. Last week we discussed one of my favorite topics in the firearms world – [Read More…]
For Friday Night Lights I want to start a new ongoing series called Dual Tube Spotlight where we take a look at specific dual tube night vision goggles. I have already gone into some detail about various monocular devices and have spotlighted some interesting dual tube [Read More…]
One of the coolest things at IWI’s 2020 SHOT Show booth wasn’t a new gun, like the IWI Zion or their very cool bullpup shotgun, but something a little older, something that couldn’t even fire a shot if it wanted to -an instructional cutaway of a Tavor [Read More…]
Springfield Armory recently had their Hellcat 9mm pistol tested by the NTOA (National Tactical Officer’s Association) through their Member Tested and Recommended (MTR) program and it received the “Gold Achievement Award” for extremely high marks in [Read More…]
What was the best gear from SHOT 2020? In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves talks about the five best bits of kit that he liked at SHOT Show 2020. There was a LOT there – did you see anything you liked? Let us know in the comments. ««« GUN AND GEAR GIVEAWAYS »»» PLEASE […] [Read More…]
Smith Tactics has released a new product, a Picatinny rail mounted flip-up front iron sight called Illuminator. As you know, the illumination of the majority of currently available front sights is achieved by fiber optic and/or tritium inserts. What sets the [Read More…]
E2 Armory is a Florida based firearms parts manufacturer specializing in affordable AR-15 parts manufactured in house. As a former machinist, I know just how much time and effort goes into the process of producing a high-quality part that will undergo stress on a [Read More…]
This year will mark the 18th year the National Rifle Association has recognized firearms and gear with the Golden Bullseye Award. The awards won’t actually be given out until the NRA’s Annual Meetings & Exhibits in April 2020, but they’ve [Read More…]
Looks like in 2020 the little .22 LR will undergo some metamorphosis and turn into a completely different animal. A couple of months ago we talked about solid copper bullets being developed for .22 LR by Lehigh Defence. And today, we’ll take a look at experiments [Read More…]
Wilson Combat has expanded the EDC X9 handgun family by introducing the new EDC X9S 9x19mm subcompact pistol. With a slim gripless aluminum-frame and 10-round capacity in double-stack flush fit magazines, this handgun is designed to be a lightweight, compact and high [Read More…]
Raven (KPYK), a Ukrainian company, has released a series of aluminum chassis stocks for the Mosin Nagant, Remington 700, Howa 1500, and SIG Sauer 202 rifles. TFB’s Mike R. is working on Raven’s Remington 700 chassis, and they were kind enough to send me their [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We visit the Austrian Jägerbattalion in their training area in the Seetaler Alps. We see a shell from a mortar, just as it exits the muzzle. We also get a good look at the Steyr AUG (Armee-Universal-Gewehr, which translates into universal army [Read More…]
Front serrations have become overwhelmingly popular over the last few years in the handgun market with more and more companies incorporating some sort of front serrations on their pistols now. Even Glock has jumped on the bandwagon offering front serrations as an option [Read More…]
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