Welcome to TFB Podcast Roundup 102! Just about every new gun owner I meet always has something slightly different they’re really interested in that has its own little community and intricacies. Likewise, there are a ton of different types of podcasts to listen to [Read More…]
In this episode of GunCon 2023 coverage, James stops by HUXWRX (formerly OSS) to speak with them about their newest flowthrough silencers, the FLOW762 series. On the heels of the highly successful and FBI-adopted FLOW556k suppressor, this 3D-printed flowthrough can offers impressive features and [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 various guns, gear, sports, ammunition, and trends. A couple months ago, you guys will remember that we took a look at the old school [Read More…]
The 3D printing community continues to impress me by finding ways of making reliable, durable, and interesting homemade guns. IvanPrintsGuns is one of my favorite YouTube channels that focuses on 3D-printed firearms and in early March, Ivan showcased his latest working [Read More…]
There have been many innovations in the muzzleloader industry in the past few years. SilencerCo brought us the “Maxim 50” — history’s first (and only briefly 50-state legal) integrally suppressed muzzleloading rifle: Next, there was the Federal [Read More…]
I have and love my Ruger Precision Rifle and Ruger Precision Rimfire rifles. They are some of my most favorite firearms in my collection. I am a member of a couple Facebook groups that focus on these two firearms. That is where I discovered Arnauld Heinrich of [Read More…]
In addition to their many excellent pistols and rifles, SIG Sauer produces a robust array of complimentary product offerings. From optics to ammo and more, SIG does quite a bit more than just guns. One of these supplemental lines is their own collection of suppressors. [Read More…]
Some of you may recall the survival gun build by Booligan I covered last June. Well, Booligan continued to improve it and ended up with a much more streamlined version of that survival pistol built with the very affordable Keystone Cricket as the base firearm. [Read More…]
We all know the importance of proper hydration. H2O is a life-giving chemical compound, without which the human body can’t survive. It only takes a matter of days without new liquid hydrogen oxide intake for your organs to start failing. Death by dehydration is a [Read More…]
On this week’s edition of Friday Night Lights, we bring you another Dual Tube Spotlight. This is where we review a binocular night vision goggle. This time we are looking at a newcomer to the night vision scene, Nocturn Industries. They are coming out with a 3D [Read More…]
The Mute is a proprietary polymer constructed suppressor that is claiming to have superior characteristics to currently available off-the-shelf suppressors. The Mute claims to be a self thermal regulating suppressor that not only quiets the noise of your shots but also [Read More…]
3d Printed Bionic Biathlon New from Anschütz is the Bionic, a Fortner 1827 F action based rifle mated to a lightweight, fully adjustable biathlon stock. Anschütz is the de facto biathlon rifle, with “95% of athletes utilizing Anschütz rifles”. The 1827 [Read More…]
Redditor, IvanTTroll is one of that community’s trailblazers when it comes to 3D printing things gun related. His latest project has been printing pistol frames for Browning Hi-Power parts kits. Ivan said that this has been one of his most favorite projects, so much [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves interviews Jason St. John of SIG Defense about SIG’s new 3D printed titanium and Inconel steel. SIG is going additive manufactured aka 3D-printed *only* in the future and moving forward, their rifle and pistol silencers will be 3D printed titanium or [Read More…]
Jake Hanrahan, a British journalist and filmmaker known for his project Popular Front, recently published a new 26-minute documentary called ‘Plastic Defence’ on ‘Illegal 3D Printed Guns in Europe’. The documentary see Hanrahan travel to an [Read More…]
Lots of progress has been made this year in the 3D printed firearms world. We’ve seen the printing world go from just a few parts here and there to having guns that are almost completely made from 3D printed materials. The development group AreWeCoolYet (AWCY) [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report. In this weekly series, we explore, discuss, analyze, and review the various firearms inside the rimfire world. This week we have yet another submission from a TFB Patron/SubscribeStar Stubbs. Stubbs [Read More…]
A couple weeks back we talked about Ivan The Troll‘s 3D printed Walther PPK frame. That iteration was basically a proof of concept to see if he could make a durable and lasting frame using some 3D printed parts and an AR-15 fire control group. Now he has upgraded [Read More…]
Police in Sydney, Australia have seized a partially 3D printed Glock 19 pistol after a raid on a Newtown home, the gun believed to have also been assembled with illegally imported parts. As only the slide, barrel and trigger components need to be smuggled in through the [Read More…]
Additive Manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing, although now over 30 years old, is still a relatively new family of processes. Indeed it is not yet fully integrated in many industries, and in firearms manufacturing, we tend to see it sparingly, mostly for niche products. [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to The Rimfire Report! This weekly series focuses on the rimfire firearm world and its various ammunitions and sports in addition to the wealth of rimfire firearms out there. This week we’re taking a look at a 3D printed 22LR firearm [Read More…]
3D printers never cease to amaze me. Both the technology and the people who are very passionate about it have found such ingenious ways to either alter or revive objects and mechanisms into completely new or restored items. Reddit user IvanTTroll has made a 3D printed [Read More…]
Howard over at Loose Rounds often posts some interesting things and this post, in particular, caught my eye as something worth looking deeper into. It seems that Howard is in the process of trying to make DIY 40mm practice rounds for his launcher. Howard owns an M203 [Read More…]
The U.S. Army reports that for the first time an additively manufactured item has been qualified and provisioned for production. While not as cool as a suppressor or other 3D printed accessories, the humble M249 Sight Adjustment Tool is an important milestone. Moreover, [Read More…]
Good morning everyone and welcome back to another edition of TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the awesome Turbo K 5.56 suppressor. Last week we discussed how everyone needs at least one rimfire suppressor. This week we [Read More…]
3D printed firearms, emptying 3D printed magazines to fire 3D printed bullets against targets protected by 3D printed armor. It looks like the only element missing from the equation is to be able to 3D print gunpowder. Now, fittingly again thanks to China, we may see [Read More…]
Yesterday, Winnipeg Police released pictures of a number of firearms seized from a residence late last May. The lower receivers of two shown having been produced using a 3D printer, which was also seized. Winnipeg police made the city’s first ever seizure of a [Read More…]
With the roller delayed blowback renaissance, accessories for the MP5 platform have exploded on the market. With the improved quality of rapid prototyping, now individuals can print out functional parts and sell them. Custom Smith MFG (CSM) makes 3D printed MP5 upgrade [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…]
You may remember the Glock 34 Deadpool Edition or the Austrian Arms Space Predator Glock from VEREX Tactical in Austria? They have been tempting us with pictures of 3D Printed backplates for Glock pistols for a while, and now they are finally available. If you own a [Read More…]
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