The folding pocket knife is a near-ubiquitous piece of everyone’s everyday carry tools. Along with a flashlight, firearm, and a ballpoint pen, I almost never leave the house without a knife. While Cold Steel offers a wide variety of both EDC and purpose build [Read More…]
TrueTimber is probably one of the most popular brands for hunters and outdoorsmen currently on the market. In particular, their Strata camo pattern which is fairly diverse and allows people to blend into the environment in a wider variety of environments including [Read More…]
Subsonic ammunition is a world unto its own when it comes to the firearms, loading techniques, and materials used in their design and manufacturing. Handloaders will know the hell that it is to get a loading right and it’s places like Discreet Ballistics and [Read More…]
We’ve all heard the tired “boating accident” trope, and it was funny while it lasted, but in all seriousness, boating season is upon us, and a lot can go wrong on the water, so let’s take a look at boat guns. The term boat guns is an aquatic [Read More…]
The first permanent photograph was a contact-exposed copy of an engraving and was made in 1822. Advances in digital photography combined with the Internet have made it possible for us to enjoy huge amounts of photographs. Some good, some not as good. In TFB’s Photo Of [Read More…]
You might have seen those old Colt revolver adverts from the late 1800s and early 1900s with their quirky claims and beautifully drawn illustrations. What you might not realize is that Colt, and many other firearms manufacturers of the time, provided the templates and [Read More…]
A new series on YouTube is out by the people over at Angstadt Arms called “At The Ready.” The new series gives viewers a close look into the daily routines of some of the most successful names in the firearms industry as well as an exploration of what drives [Read More…]
Winchester Ammunition is one of the top names in the ammo game. They manufacture a wide variety of cartridge and shotshell varieties from their plants based in Oxford, Mississippi and East Alton, Illinois. Last year they took over the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, [Read More…]
Griffin Armament has just made it possible to use some of their most popular CAM-LOK equipped suppressors with fixed barrel guns via the release of their new CAM-LOK Adapter. The new adapter is a direct replacement for the QD CAM-LOK piston system that will allow [Read More…]
Firearms fans and movie buffs often share a good deal of overlap. With so many excellent guns and gun-related scenes in such a plethora of films over the years, it’s easy to understand why. Many shooters will have a list of their favorite gun movies, scenes, or [Read More…]
Gun parts from big-name companies can get expensive just because of the name on the package. Soft goods, like plate carriers and pouches, can have the same problem. Strike Industries has been a favorite among people who want quality gun parts for prices that are [Read More…]
Before we begin talking about the Sureshot Armament MK3, let’s see why this concept of “chassis system” even came to exist on AKs. If we’ll take an honest look at most rifles we are using today, it seems that the progress stopped somewhere [Read More…]
Do you have a hard time finding a safe and secure place to shoot? Some own a ranch and build their own, some visit the shooting range and some join the U.S. Navy where the sea eventually serves as your backstop. In our Photo Of The Day, we have U.S. Coast Guards from [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 97th 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…]
Following last week’s editorial on cryptocurrency, I received a solid amount of emails from readers who see the benefits of blockchain technology as applied to the firearms industry. Rob McNealy, creator of the TUSC Cryptocurrency dropped me a note to say that their [Read More…]
Rock Island Armory (RIA) has just unveiled their first striker-fired pistol – the STK100. The STK100 features a 17 round standard magazine capacity, aluminum grip, and 1911 style grip angle. The STK100 will be launching officially on June 17th at 10am Mountain [Read More…]
Tyrant Designs has just released what has to be the most ostentatious Glock accessory currently on the market – a 24k Gold Extended Magazine Release for the Glock 43x/48 pistols. As opposed to their billet aluminum gold anodized extended magazine release, the Gold [Read More…]
THRiL has announced the release of the second generation of their SM9 magazines. The THRiL SM9 Gen 2 magazines are designed for SIG Sauer MPX Gen II pistol caliber carbines. According to the company, “the refined design of this Generation 2 SM9 MPX Mag enhances [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves is at West Orlando Firearms Training with Heckler & Koch for a reveal of their new pistol. Bulletproof backpack manufacturer Ballistipax was also attending the event and had a few of their Survivor-1 backpacks for demo. The packs have rapid-deploy panels [Read More…]
Shield Arms has published a press release announcing the launch of their sister knife company called Norden Knives. The new company is located in Montana and their knives are made in-house. Norden means North in Old Norse and the n-shaped symbol of their logo is [Read More…]
My New Year’s resolution for 2021 was to take stock of what I have, use what I’ve got, and stop compulsively internet shopping for more shit. With that in mind, I did an ammunition inventory and discovered that while my stock of 9mm practice ammo will hopefully [Read More…]
Suppressive fire is the topic of the day in our Photo Of The Day. Above we can see a U.S. Marine with the 1st Marine Division as he’s providing just that. The event was called Marine Air Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise 3-21 and took place on the Marine [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! The Rimfire Report is all about the rimfire firearm world. Sometimes we talk targets, sometimes we talk guns, and other times like today we’ll be talking about ammunition. 5mm Remington Rimfire [Read More…]
When we think of the Heckler & Koch G36, we might immediately think of the issues with heat dissipation which saw the Bundeswehr launch its (still) ongoing search for a new service rifle. For some time there have been murmurings that Steyr were working on an [Read More…]
According to a Mexican news outlet, over 7 million rounds of ammunition were stolen from Industrias Tecnos (Aguila Ammunition) – a Mexican-based manufacturer of ammunition for small arms. The company, which is based in the city of Cuernavaca, had two [Read More…]
I’ve been experimenting a lot with my plate carrier and one of the things I never quite understood was those pouches that were meant to hold your smartphone on the front part of your chest. I know a couple outfits that make the devices bill them for use with blue [Read More…]
FN America have been awarded a $92 million contract by the US Army to produce M240 series general purpose machine guns. The firm fixed price contract awarded 8 June calls for an estimated completion date of June 2026. FN confirmed that the contract will cover M240 [Read More…]
Plate carriers and chest rigs are a solid way to carry all of your gear around and there are a ton of options out there as far as configurations, equipment loadouts, and attachments you can add to your vest or plate carrier. Ferro Concepts makes some of the best plate [Read More…]
Recently the Nephi City (Utah) Police Department selected B&T USA to provide them Heckler & Koch MP7 suppressors. That’s the topic for our Photo Of The Day, and you have most likely already identified the Aimpoint Micro red dot with magnifier already. [Read More…]
Our Photo of The Day shows a Marine Raider with an M40A6 bolt-action sniper rifle and Nightforce scope. I’m not sure if the photographer played with the levels or some other filters as the images look a bit artificial, but who are we to complain? The M40A6 was [Read More…]
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