On Friday, February 28th, 1997 the Los Angeles Police Department would face one of the most dangerous criminal acts in its history – The North Hollywood Bank Shootout. On that Friday morning, after months of planning two armed bank robbers entered and robbed the [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day – See the unexpected as we take a look at an LA9-P “Laser Dazzler” from B.E. Meyers. Above you can see Chief Master-at-Arms Carlton Gaillard as he identifies a target with an LA9-P laser dazzler from the bridge wing of the [Read More…]
For the majority of concealed carriers, carrying in a vehicle is a daily event. Whether that’s going to work or running an errand, we often travel a ton with a gun outside. We travel constantly and everyone has different practices for carrying a gun, but [Read More…]
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Embassy Siege that spanned from the morning of 30th April to 5th May 1980, in London. During that event, a group of six men from an area of Iran, dubbed locally as “Arabistan,” stormed the Iranian Embassy in London [Read More…]
When you hear “lever-action rifle”, you probably think about Winchester, Marlin or Henry …maybe also Volcanic or even Colt, but I bet never Smith & Wesson. However, there is such thing as a Smith & Wesson lever-action rifle and one of three [Read More…]
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL), has developed a novel type of polymer filament. This is said to be capable of offering the performance of injection molded ABS on components printed with low-cost extrusion [Read More…]
Good morning firearms fans and welcome back to another episode of the TFB Behind The Gun podcast. Today’s guest is Aaron Hampton from EOTECH. I really enjoyed this interview because besides having an incredible level of knowledge and experience, Aaron was easygoing [Read More…]
Springfield Armory has announced that the new SAINT Victor 308 pistol is now available for purchase. This pistol, along with several other new 2020 products was introduced at the beginning of the year. Despite the short-for-caliber 10.3″ barrel, this beast still [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves discusses five guns that need to make a comeback in the American market, and how they could be remixed a little bit to make them more functional or commercially attractive. Not to spoil any surprises, but we are looking at guns from Heckler & Koch, Glock, [Read More…]
French firearms manufacturer Verney-Carron is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the company’s creation. Established in 1820 in Saint-Etienne by spouses Claude Verney and Antoinette Carron, the company since operated uninterruptedly remaining a family-owned [Read More…]
Earlier this month we reported that Europe’s IWA OutdoorClassics trade show had been rescheduled due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. IWA was originally postponed until September 2020, but was subsequently cancelled and is now scheduled to be held in next [Read More…]
Tyrant Designs is a manufacturer of high-quality US Made CNC machined AR-15 and handgun upgrades and accessories. Recently they sent me out a pair of their Glock 43X & 48 +4 Magazine extensions. When it comes to magazine extensions the deciding vote on whether [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We take a detailed look at a group of Operators from Forsvarets Spesialkommando (FSK) / Norwegian Special Operation Commando. The Norwegian Special Operations Forces are using the Colt C8 SFW and Colt C8 CQB rifles, and not the regular-issue [Read More…]
The Harrington & Richardson company has a long, complicated, and bumpy history. Tracing it back to its earliest you will find branches and connections to Smith & Wesson. This makes the company one of the oldest US firearm manufacturing companies even though it [Read More…]
I. INTRO When the world as we know it collapses into anarchy, most gun guys talk about which rifle they’ll grab first, but what about the secondary weapon? Sometimes handguns get brought up as an afterthought in “Shit Hits The Fan” discussions, but I’d like to [Read More…]
This KRISS DMK22 is not intended for Doctors or Nurses. What you see is the Swiss flag carved with the white Swiss shield. You may not be surprised that this rifle is a limited edition for the Swiss market only. Actually, it goes together really well with the TFB [Read More…]
Cabot Guns, our favorite purveyor of guns we can’t afford, started in 2016 a collaboration with Sandrin Knives of Italy. We saw here a taste of it, on a high-end custom knife matching the level of Cabot Guns 1911 creations. Now we get the chance to order more [Read More…]
We saw back in November 2019 that Sabatti released a new precision bolt action rifle called Tactical EVO. Now the Italian company is proposing the US version of the model with a few features dedicated to the American market. The Tactical EVO US is slightly shorter and [Read More…]
Prinz Waffentechnik and CSC Arms in Germany have presented a new signature damper called the CoB556. There is extremely little written about this new suppressor, but TFB hope to change that with this article. Just remember that this is a European product, so there may [Read More…]
Earlier this year, KRISS USA announced that they would be coming out with their Vector 22. They came out with a carbine (CRB) and pistol (SDP) version of their popular KRISS Vector line of firearms but these are chambered in .22LR. KRISS USA sent their Vector 22 CRB and [Read More…]
Welcome to another round of daily Photos here at The Firearm Blog. Here you get an insight into what firearms, optics, uniforms and equipment soldiers use and today we’re looking at a Sniper Competition. Looking above; of all shooting positions, I think this is [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 47th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many fantabulous series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this [Read More…]
North Carolina-based Blackwater Worldwide have announced a partnership with Utah-based Iron Horse Firearms which will see Iron Horse come under the Blackwater banner as the company continues to diversify. Blackwater’s new firearms division joins the gear and ammo [Read More…]
Berger Bullets continue to develop and release new interesting bullets for sports shooters and hunters that like to make their own ammunition. Their new 30 Caliber 205 Grain Elite Hunter is purpose-made for hunters that are using calibers like 30 Nosler, 300 Win Mag, [Read More…]
If you do a lot of rifle scope mounting this may be a great tool and helpful for you. Even if you only do it occasionally, it’s always nice to know that the scope is levelled when you get to the shooting range. For those who have made the mistake and arrived at [Read More…]
Engineers at the US Army’s Army Research Lab (ARL) at Aberdeen Proving Ground have filed a patent application for the Grenade Launched Unmanned Aerial System (GLUAS), a 40mm grenade launcher delivered drone, complete with camera. The GLUAS can be fired from an issue [Read More…]
SureFire just released some very positive news, both for them as an exporting company and their customers overseas. Due to new rules flash hiders and muzzle brakes from Surefire (and possibly other manufacturers) won’t require an export license (in most cases). [Read More…]
If you have been keeping a keen eye on the firearms industry there are several trends that have been occurring in the last 3 – 5 years in a big way. For one, we are seeing an abundance of factory-configured pistols that accept red dot sights. So many shooters over [Read More…]
We’re back in the river, the Cape Fear River, in the seventh edition of the Photo Of The Day: Minigun Monday. The location is Elizabethtown, NC (USA) and we’re looking (above) at Nestor Gonzalez, attending the Riverine Crewman Course (RCC), as he mans the [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report. In this ongoing series we discover, review, and discuss anything and everything surrounding the rimfire firearm world. This week we’ll be talking about what some of the best lightweight rimfire [Read More…]
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