Hello and welcome to TFB Podcast Roundup 56! This week here in the mid-south we’ve finally received our first bit of reprieve from the harsh summer heat. For me, that means a lot more time spent on the range without my camera (and myself) overheating, and [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: The European Best Sniper Team Competition, hosted by the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) at the 7th Army Training Command’s Hohenfels Training Area, Germany. This annual multi-day competition tests multinational sniper squads on land [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is all about the rimfire firearm world and its many firearms, ammunitions, and history! Last week we talked about the Margolin MCM .22LR target pistol, and Mikhail Margolin, its blind [Read More…]
Atlantic Firearms, importer and purveyor of interesting guns, has imported a range of collapsible stocks for roller delayed blowback firearms. These new production stocks are made by MKE in Turkey and imported with cooperation from Century Arms. Atlantic is also the [Read More…]
Cole-TAC‘s Brain Bucket Bag has just been released. With a price starting at $125, it’s designed to provide a low-profile, lightweight protection for your half-shell helmet and night vision. There’s also an inside Velcro loop panel to mount your IR [Read More…]
Two years ago, we reported that the Polish FB Radom VIS 100 M1 pistol had begun its red tape process of being imported into the United States. After a longer than expected journey, the VIS 100 M1 pistols finally arrived and are available through Arms of America, and [Read More…]
The Hillsborough County Florida Sherriff’s Office has announced recently that they had made the decision to purchase and field new specialized equipment for their Student Resource Officers (SROs). The Hillsborough County Sherriff’s department will now equip [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 21! This week we’re focusing on red dot optics. Red dot optics have come a long way over the last 47 years since the first commercially available one hit the market. Whereas reflex or red dot sights used to be considered only for [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day tries to push the excellent work done by so many photographers around the world and in the firearms industry. It’s a celebration to those who go in harm’s way trying to catch those special moments, like this MV-22 Osprey taking off during [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the TFB Armorer’s Bench! As mentioned in the little blurb, this series will focus on a lot of home armorer and gunsmith activities. In this article sponsored by Wheeler, Tipton, Caldwell, and Frankford Arsenal, I decided to slightly change it [Read More…]
Good evening everyone and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the YHM Turbo K 5.56 rifle suppressor. Last week we got a look at the updated SilencerCo Osprey 2.0 with the push button indexing system. This [Read More…]
Our Photo Of The Day daily article series will take you to some very exciting and unusual places sometimes, not to mention showing you some unusual firearms. In 2015, during a Korean Marine Exchange Program in the Republic of Korea, U.S. Marines were given the unique [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves reviews the new FN Five-seveN Mk3 MRD. At $1,449, this is the most expensive 5.7x28mm pistol on the market, but might it also be the best? James takes the new Five-seveN Mk3 MRD to the range and to the table to tell you if this plasticky-feeling high-tech super [Read More…]
SCAR go FRT? Yes, it can. We have the technology thanks to Imperial Arms. Nathan P of Imperial Arms was nice enough to send me an updated version of his MTM (Mil-spec Trigger Module) for the SCAR17S. We saw the MTM before along with his virgin SCAR receivers called [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day has become an impressive gallery, with an ever-growing number of images of firearms in all sorts of environments. Today we have a Marine with the Republic of Korea Marine Corps (above) as he posts security during an amphibious raid. The photo [Read More…]
Welcome back to another weekly installment of Friday Night Lights. This week we take a look at something relatively new and yet old at the same time. The EOTech BinoNV-C. It is a lightweight articulated binocular offered by EOTech. There are some interesting things [Read More…]
Ed Brown has introduced the new First Responder Tool. The 3.5-inch sheepsfoot blade comes slightly serrated and is secured by an ABLE lock, enabling a quick and simple deployment. There is a strap cutter blade that can be deployed with one thumb as well as a glass [Read More…]
If you are a fan of Jack Carr and his series The Terminal List on Amazon, you may have noticed those sleek black sunglasses worn by all of the SEALs. Those are GATORZ – hard-use eye protection in use by law enforcement and military special teams around the world. [Read More…]
About two years ago TFB was one of the first to review Zeiss‘ first-ever Thermal Imaging Spotter. It’s now time for a serious upgrade in ergonomics and image quality, as Zeiss is releasing their new DTI 6 model. Thanks to the 640×480 thermal sensor with [Read More…]
Do you collect knives? Or just happen to have a bunch of them? The famous knife company Böker from the German City of Blades (Solingen) together with Holme & Hadfield have made The Armory Knife Display, an “armory” to store and display your loved pieces [Read More…]
When it comes to functional tactical garments, women in the military, law enforcement, and the civilian world are left with limited choices, many of which are adapted versions of gear originally designed for men. For example, plainclothes options often lack sufficient [Read More…]
Brownells shook up the retro scene when they introduced a modern clone of the original AR-10, called the BRN-10. It hearkened back to the very rare original Armalite but made it affordable and accessible to the average man. Sadly, it was discontinued, but it is still a [Read More…]
RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) is the world’s largest international maritime exercise, and the 2022 edition is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. Above you can see Australian Army reconnaissance team members moving into their position during an [Read More…]
Welcome back to another installment of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week we talked about the realities of carrying in a vehicle and some of you had some interesting things to say in the comments. A few people brought up the idea of ankle carry as a self-defense [Read More…]
Steiner just announced their new Predator 8 scopes, which add 8x zoom ratio optics to their existing Predator lineup. They also include various upgraded features over the legacy models. These new models are the high end of the Steiner hunting scope range. More Steiner @ [Read More…]
Cold Steel is proud to announce the addition of two new blade styles to their Trapper family of folding knives. The new Tanto and Drop Point blades will feature the same overall design as the original AD-10 but will have a more affordable price, and slightly less exotic [Read More…]
TriStar Arms has just announced a safety recall in regards to certain models of their Viper G2 shotguns – specifically the ones chambered in .410 Bore. The recall states that affected customers could potentially experience an out-of-battery detonation of a shell [Read More…]
If you recall last year, Glock released two limited edition Glock watches – one for Europe and one for the US. They were limited to 4,000 units in Europe and just 3,500 units in the US. Well, now they are coming out with a new Glock Watch Global that comes in [Read More…]
For Today’s TFB Podcast episode I’ve brought on a recent acquaintance of mine, Tara from How I Carry. How I Carry is basically Tara’s online presence and what she does is specializes in what I think is a very underserved market – concealed carry [Read More…]
Like any other Rock Island premier firearms auction, the upcoming August 2022 auction is also full of unique firearms of virtually every category. However, what caught my attention when I was browsing its catalog, was the amazingly large collection of various rare [Read More…]
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