“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” – Eudora Welty Instagram is for beginners. TFB’s Photo Of The Day is where you’ll find all the action. Today we have a conversion going on as Schrombo transforms an old and battered Karabiner 98k. [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series covers various firearms, practices, ammunition, and trends surrounding the wonderful and interesting world of rimfire firearms. This week we are taking a bit of a departure from [Read More…]
Israel’s IWI recently made a significant flex with the posting of a photo of their Negev light machine gun production line. The photo features Negev LMGs for as far as the eye can see. Posted simply with the caption: “Just another day in the office, NEGEV [Read More…]
By now I guess everyone knows that SHOT Show 2021 has been cancelled, and we can now only look forward to 2022 for the next possibility. The NSSF statement on the cancellation can be found here. Of course, no show means a lot less money for NSSF. Mossberg has now [Read More…]
Federal Ammunition has new premium ammunition called Swift Scirocco II. As you can see from the pictures below, it has a black polymer tip for improved ballistics and reliable low-velocity expansion. According to Federal, the intended customer is a hunter looking for a [Read More…]
I came up into my love of guns in a time when we FDE’d all the things. I still find it tempting, but times have changed. In recent years, we’ve all noticed the increasing nods to the past. Looking ever so slightly into our history, O.D. green has come [Read More…]
Ammo prices. Am I right? So, what to do? Many shooters have turned to the old, trusty cost-saver, .22 Long Rifle. This, mixed with the increasing popularity of precision rifle competition, means we need optics. Hawke Optics is happy to oblige, and have added three new [Read More…]
It’s hard to improve on excellence… But you can customize it. It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Tikkas in general, and the T1X in particular. In my opinion, it is just about the best bolt action rimfire out there under a grand. It also [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We look at what we think is a Royal Marines sniper with his L115A3 Long Range Rifle on Dartmoor’s training area. It seems there is quite a lot of undergrowth on this range, a perfect place to hide for a sniper. The skills side of the [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 75th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many 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 Gat a sweet [Read More…]
CZ-USA’s newest entry to their long-standing 577 line is the 577 Eclipse. A new bolt gun with a synthetic stock, chambered in .308, 30-06 and 6.5 CM CZ-USA have aimed to make the rifle more affordable with an MSRP of $659. CZ-USA have put out a short video [Read More…]
Airguns are going tactical, and FX Airguns‘ latest bottle gun, the FX Maverick, has three different configurations of coming with different sized bottles and barrel lengths. As you can see, there is a lot of Picatinny rail for those who want to put attachments on. [Read More…]
HERA Arms was founded in Germany in 2008, and have since expanded within the European as well as the American markets. HERA LLC was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2016. They have several interesting products like the HERA Arms CQR Stock and CQR Front grip and the [Read More…]
Armageddon Gear, Buena Vista, Georgia (USA) has a new option for those who want to put some cosmetics on their tripod. I have a few of their bags for Precision Rifle Series-style shooting and have always liked their products and quality. Their new tripod caddy ables [Read More…]
Handstops – some love them and some hate them, but as long as people keep buying them companies will make them available. Rainier Arms have some absolutely fresh ones called AIX (Angled Integrated Stop). They remind me of a shark fin. If you’re (overly) [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves puts the Trijicon RMRcc to a full review. Everyone was expecting Trijicon to introduce an ultra-compact micro red dot sight to compete with other options already on the market, but some did not expect this small, rugged red dot to use a proprietary footprint [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – The Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, illuminate Finnish soldiers in Rovajärvi as they prepare to fire their mortar. Have you ever had the opportunity to watch the Northern Lights live? It’s quite an experience, and if you’re [Read More…]
As someone with the utmost admiration for companies that task themselves with recreating the old and also providing products that give new flair to the old, I have to say I was stoked to be able to handle and get to know a Howdah Pistol. The specific one I acquired for [Read More…]
In our Photo Of The Day, we take a look at the U.S. Army’s Family of Weapon Sights-Crew Served (FWS-CS) made by BAE Systems. The system is designed for integration with the M2 .50-caliber machine gun, MK19 grenade launcher or the M240 machine gun. It has a laser range [Read More…]
Good morning everyone and welcome back to another Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the new Nitro N20 modular suppressor which should be in house by next weekend. Last week we finished off our review of the Curtis Tactical CT700P [Read More…]
In 2005 the US Military went looking for a new handgun, and Taurus answered the call with the PT24/7 OSS Tactical. When the Joint Combat Pistol trial was abandoned, Taurus offered the OSS Tactical to the civilian market instead. The OSS Tactical was a suppressor-ready PT24/7 with an extended slide [Read More…]
The SiOnyx Aurora is a digital night camera that is sensitive to low light. It has the added benefit of being able to see into the infrared spectrum of light. I wrote a review of the original Aurora almost two years ago. I found the Aurora to be a great accessory that [Read More…]
Royal Marine Commandos are the topic of our Photo Of The Day. Here they are using a cordless angle grinder to get through a barrier in an urban set up in the Great North Road Tunnel. The photo was taken during Exercise Serpent Rock last year. The firearm is most likely [Read More…]
A Texas man recently pleads guilty to unlicensed firearms dealing, the charge of which stemmed from assembling and selling a rifle to a man that later used the rifle in a mass shooting. The rifle was purchased from the dealer three years prior to the fatal shooting of [Read More…]
Owners of the CZ Scorpion EVO 3 now have another part to add to their firearm. Strike Industries have developed an extended ambidextrous selector switch. It is made from a lightweight polymer, it has ribs for added friction, the installation is drop-in. Once installed, [Read More…]
With their founding roots stretching back to Europe in the late nineteenth century, Krieghoff endeavors to carry on the spirit of old-world hand craftsmanship in the line of fine shotguns they offer today. One of the features that many of their high-end hunting and [Read More…]
It seems that we’re still stuck in the era of reboots. If you’re enrolled at Bayside High, I’m talking to you. Some reboots, however, feel more like revving up a classic. Originally released in 1971, the Auto Mag is a single stack pistol that has an [Read More…]
The Ministry of Defense of Georgia and the US Embassy in Georgia have published news articles telling about a US-funded program of equipping the Georgian Defense Forces with 600 M249 SAW light machine guns. The program includes a two-week weapon familiarization course [Read More…]
About a year ago, Taran Tactical Innovations were fighting the Wildfires in California. After several product releases it’s safe to say that TTI are back in action. In fact, they have grown and are relocating to a larger facility close to the current one. They [Read More…]
Czech that centimeter Full disclosure, I am a big 10mm fan. Hence, the choice of a Glock 20 as my one pistol for a SHTF situation. As I was cruising through SHOT 2020, I noticed a unique looking CZ97B in the corner of CZ’s booth. The grips grabbed my attention [Read More…]
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