It appears the days of the Canadian Army’s venerable Browning Hi-Power service pistols may finally be numbered after over 60 years of service. They hope to have trialled, selected and begun fielding the new pistols by the summer of 2022. A minimum of 9,000 pistols [Read More…]
Holosun has just announced their latest series of red dot pistol optics that takes inspiration from their popular V2 series of optics. The Holosun X2 Series of red dots will feature major upgrades to previous red dot optics by Holosun that should make them more suitable [Read More…]
Bolt catch, shmolt catch. That’s what I thought before I knew anything about customizing AR-15’s (not that my knowledge is currently vast). However, as my shooting progressed, I began to understand the advantage that small alterations can give a shooter. [Read More…]
The US Army is seeking to increase the lethality offered by its 40mm grenade launchers. For decades the M203 has been the US Army’s go-to under barrel grenade launcher, only recently has the M320 from Heckler & Koch surpassed it. Now the U.S. Army’s [Read More…]
Do you love photography? Without it, TFB, and TFBTV, would not be the same. We’ve been running our very special Photo Of The Day for years, bringing great photos from around the world and the world of firearms onto the doorstep of the screen you’re looking at [Read More…]
Hi there, and welcome to our Photo Of The Day! Today’s selection shows shooting with the Madritsch ML40 Grenade Launcher. Above you can see the Aimpoint red dot sight and a small black dot which is in fact the 40 mm grenade on its way to the target. The ML40 can be [Read More…]
Good afternoon shooters and welcome to a post election November 2020. This is the 150th edition of TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the YHM Turbo K rifle suppressor. Last week, for a special Halloween edition, we went [Read More…]
SHOT Show 2021…Cancelled?!? List of things COVID-19 has taken from me, personally: Spring trip to Portugal with my wife My would-have-been-first IWA Dive bars Group Yoga class My Grandmother But most importantly, it has taken SHOT Show 2021 from us. TFB had an [Read More…]
For some reason 99% of night vision devices are like cameras, they mostly come in black. I don’t understand why housing manufacturers default to black. It is not exactly “tactical” and does not hide well in the day or even at night. In some cases, some [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: We return to Hochfilzen, Austria, with more pictures from the International Specialty Training Center High Angle Sniper Course. There’s also a much longer video attached and I suggest you watch it first. Above you can see a Dutch Special Forces [Read More…]
The US Presidential Election may still be up in the air, but the results for Build of the Week’s Set 1 are in! (too soon?) The Build of the Week Winner Is… With 36% of the vote, the winner is…….Clay P’s “The Hulk”. Congrats! For [Read More…]
Walther Arms has secured a contract to provide Georgia’s Berrien County Sheriff’s Office with new duty pistols. The Berrien County Sheriff’s Office have selected Walther’s PPQ M2 in 9x19mm. These new 9mm 4 inch barrel PPQ M2s will replace the range of [Read More…]
Guns & Ammo has named their 2020 “Handgun of the Year” and it is the Springfield Armory Hellcat which will not come as a surprise to many people for how exceedingly popular it has been since its debut last September 2019. It has been in a constant battle [Read More…]
ODIN Works is well known for making all kinds of firearm parts and accessories with a primary focus on the AR-15 platform. However, they never had a complete AR-pattern rifle in their catalog. Well, they’ve just fixed that by introducing the ODIN Tactical Rifle [Read More…]
Midwest Industries is known for the wide variety of firearms accessories, and they’ve just added another AR-15 handguard to the line up with their G4M models. The G4M handguards come in five different lengths and feature seven rows of five M-LOK slots for the [Read More…]
Strike Industries have released a new series of AR-15 grips called AR Overmolded Enhanced Pistol Grip (OMPG). These grips may look familiar to you as their appearance is pretty much identical to SI Enhanced Pistol Grips. The difference, as implied by the name, is in [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves reviews the Smith & Wesson Model 327 and explains why he thinks it is the best carry revolver today. Yes, it’s expensive, but this high tech .357 Magnum wheelgun is so unique and well thought out that it’s well worth the cost of admission. [Read More…]
Gun collections can be a fun way to explore different types and aspects of firearms. The interwebs are full of images of people’s firearms collections lined up at their feet (why they insist on keeping their feet in the picture is beyond me), and they range from a [Read More…]
As usual, we have selected some pictures for you. By this time you know it, it’s TFB’s Photo Of The Day to keep you in a good mood. Get a coffee, take a break and enjoy a few minutes of photos from Mongolia. Today we watch German Gebirgsjägers (Mountain Rangers) [Read More…]
When we all started shooting or took hunters safety, there was always a set of rules we learned when it came to gun safety. One of the most important rules when it comes to safe firearm handling is knowing what your target is and what’s beyond it. On the surface, [Read More…]
The popularity of pistol caliber carbines hasn’t slowed down at all. More and more manufacturers have been adding ready-to-go competition PCC’s to their lineups. MasterPiece Arms (MPA) is the latest. While they are best known to me for their bolt guns, many [Read More…]
The National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW) and the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA) have joined together as the NASGW-POMA to announce their 2020 “Best New Handgun” Award and the Springfield Armory Hellcat OSP was chosen as [Read More…]
Four corners that snap together and bring organization to disorganized places, that’s essentially the new DAKA Field Tray from Magpul explained. Once you’ve snapped the four corners together, you’ve created a walled, contained workspace that will keep [Read More…]
For those of you who keep your ear to the ground in regards to the development of open-source firearms technology, it should come as no surprise that Open Source Firearms has been hard at work developing the Ghost Gunner Flex. For the uninitiated, the Ghost Gunner Flex [Read More…]
If you have already found and paid for your seat on the micro red dot bandwagon for handguns you might be excited to hear that another pistol is joining the club. Springfield Armory has taken their long-running CCW pistol in the XD-S (Xtreme Duty – Single Stack) [Read More…]
Due to the fingerprint requirement for National Firearms Act (NFA) applications, some people have sought the services of law enforcement, while others look to do it for themselves. Just to clarify, you can fingerprint yourself when applying to the ATF to make a Short [Read More…]
The Art of Photography – Photo Of The Day here at The Firearm Blog is where we provide a look into the world of some amazing images from around the World. Have you ever been in Norway? I have and these soldiers from the U.S. Marine Corps have as well. The location [Read More…]
Unleaded Fuel for your wheelgun This year, Hornady introduced their new “Hangun Hunter” line of lead-free copper alloy ammunition for many popular handgun hunting calibers (and, for some reason, 9mm): Per Hornady: Hornady Handgun Hunter™ ammunition is [Read More…]
As you may remember, Cobalt Kinetics is now under a new ownership. They just released a BAMF Pro Series rifles available in three different lengths, depending on local laws and your preference. The BAMF Pro Series is available in a pistol (6.5″ barrel) version [Read More…]
Lone Wolf Distributors is a handgun manufacturer who is focused on becoming a “one-stop shop” for all of your training and firearms needs. On their website, you can both order a firearm and schedule training to prepare yourself in these uncertain times. They [Read More…]
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