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At SHOT 2024, Brouwer has announced that they will be introducing steel versions of their M1811 Grip Modules, identified as M1823, later in 2024 as they continue to innovate in the firearms market. The company is known for meticulously designing its grip modules which [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB’s Photo Of The Day! Today we take a look at pictures from the National Police Week at Kadena Air Base, Japan, from May 16, 2023. Above you see one of the 18th Security Forces Squadron defenders, as he fires an M18 handgun during a shooting competition. [Read More…]
SIG SAUER‘s M17 and M18 pistols have served as America’s official service sidearms for six years, having been officially adopted as the winner of the US Army’s XM17 Modular Handgun System competition in 2017. The respective full-size and shorter [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Today we’re going to have a look at the SIG Sauer P320-M18 handgun. Above you see a U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt., from the 177th Operations Squadron C2 operations as he fires “his”. The images are from the FAA William J. Hughes [Read More…]
Mauser have announced the expansion of their M18 bolt-action rifle line with two new stock colorways featuring two distinctive camouflage patterns. Building on the Savanna Tan version introduced last year, the new rifles will have U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and Fred Bear [Read More…]
If you like the idea of the SIG Sauer P320 but can’t get on with the popular pistol’s grip profile, Brouwer LLC might just have the answer for you – a new grip module that mimics the classic 1911’s ergonomics and grip angle but allows the use of [Read More…]
Here at TFB, we try to cover a broad range of subjects, from all sorts of firearms to other interesting gear we might be in need of. Böker Plus now has a shovel M1874, a remake of the first German field shovel, which should be a perfect tool in any (bug out) vehicle or [Read More…]
For some of the Wheelgun Wednesday loyalists in the TFB audience, you might remember when we began detailing the journey of acquiring an M1895 Nagant revolver (some 2 years ago), and the process of getting it threaded and finding a silencer for it. That long story comes [Read More…]
Mauser have introduced a new addition to their M18 line of hunting rifles. The M18 Savanna has a Savanna tan stock, a threaded barrel and is available in a range of chamberings including .223 Rem, .243 Win, .270 Win, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 PRC, 7mm Rem Mag, .30-06, .300 [Read More…]
For those of us who love a good wheelgun, especially the old ones (I am talking about the really old dogs out there around 100 years old) one element about those revolvers you likely wish was better or more 21st century are the triggers. Most have horrendously heavy [Read More…]
On this week’s Wheelgun Wednesday, we revisit the M1895 Nagant as it has returned from its trip to Tornado Technologies to have the barrel threaded. It was roughly 5 months ago that I sent in my revolver to be threaded for a little suppressed fun in the future. [Read More…]
SIG Sauer has released the limited M18-Commemorative Edition of the official U.S. military service pistol. This is a variant of the SIG Sauer P320, but the M18-Commemorative model shares the same components, coatings, and markings as the firearm that was awarded the [Read More…]
A Russian company called Test-Oruzhie (Тест-Оружие) has recently released an M1895 Nagant revolver-based carbine dubbed Ten-7 (Тень-7, “Ten” means shadow). As you can see, they fitted the host Nagant revolver with a long barrel (or maybe a [Read More…]
This week on Wheelgun Wednesday we discuss a rather perplexing and often misunderstood revolver in the Nagant M1895. Being the wheelgun addict that I am, when presented with the opportunity to buy one of these discontinued and old revolvers I jumped at the chance [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves visits SIG Sauer HQ in New Hampshire to talk about the new SIG M18X – the next evolution of the SIG P320 in the U.S. Military’s M17 and M18 program. This upgrade kit adds some performance features to the M18 pistol, which features are borrowed from [Read More…]
SIG Sauer has been integrating their M18, the carry-size military version of their P320 pistol, into DoD elements since winning the XM17 Modular Handgun Competition in 2017. The M18 is one of the two handguns (along with its big brother, the full-size M17) replacing the [Read More…]
A long-standing US Army tradition is the issuing of General Officer sidearms. Previous pistols issued to senior army officers have included the Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless pistols and the Colt M15 General Officer’s Pistol. The latest pistol to be issued as [Read More…]
The US Air Force has announced that it has begun fielding the first of approximately 125,000 new SIG Sauer M18 Modular Handgun System 9x19mm pistols. The Air Force announced that it has opted for the more compact M18 over the M17, selected by the US Army, in May 2018. [Read More…]
Late last month we reported that the US Marine Corps has launched a new initiative –Marine Corps Systems Command’s Program Manager for Infantry Weapons (PM – IW). PM – IW has begun a large-scale modernisation program to increase the lethality of [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We take a look at a 12″ Chiappa M1886 Ridge Runner Takedown in .45/70 Government. Caption from Schrombo: “I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.“ – Ellen Ripley That‘s the [Read More…]
Last year SIG Sauer introduced the commercial version of their M17, the US military’s new service pistol – the Modular Handgun System. Now SIG Sauer have announced the introduction of the P320-M18, the civilian variant of the compact M18 which is the US [Read More…]
SIG Sauer has published a press release announcing that they have completed the delivery of 100,000th M17/M18 pistol to the US Military. These pistols won the MHS (Modular Handgun System) trials and were adopted by the US Army back in the January of 2017 with the first [Read More…]
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) recently hosted General David L. Goldfein, a four-star general, who is the current Chief of Staff of the Air Force where he recieved his new M18 Modular Handgun System sidearm. The AFOSI also hosted [Read More…]
Last month we reported that the US Marine Corps had begun issuing the M18, the compact variant of the US military’s Modular Handgun System (MHS). SIG Sauer have now shared a statement celebrating the adoption. The USMC’s adoption of the MHS was only a [Read More…]
The US Marine Corps has confirmed to TFB that the Corps will be procuring only the M18 compact variant of the Modular Handgun System. Back in March 2018, the USMC confirmed that they would be procuring the SIG Sauer Modular Handgun System and while it was stated that [Read More…]
Back in March, we reported that the Air Force Security Forces Center had received its first Modular Handgun System compact M18 pistols. Now the first USAF Security Force Squadrons are receiving their first pistols with the 673d SFS, based at Joint Base [Read More…]
The US Air Force has begun to issue the new M18 Modular Handgun System to Air Force Security Forces. The new compact M18 will replace both the Beretta M9 and the older SIG Sauer M11A1 pistols with Air Force security personnel. Interestingly, the Air Force also noted [Read More…]
How does the Mauser action, a cold hammer forged barrel, and a crisp two-pound trigger sound? Find out how it shoots with five different types of ammunition and see what happens at five hundred yards with this inexpensive but quality rifle from Mauser. ««« PATREON GIVEAWAYS »»» Go to [Read More…]
The Mauser De-clawed The most notable characteristic of a Mauser in the minds of many gun folks is the “claw”, the collared, full length extractor that has been ripping cartridge cases out of chambers since the late 1800’s. While it is a very good [Read More…]
In this video, Mike takes a look at an 8x50R M1895 Austrian Mannlicher straight-pull long rifle, and takes it out to 300m for a shoot. In the discussion, he talks about how you can keep an 8x50R fed despite there being no ammo available (hint – trimmed 7.62x54R brass), and describes how the [Read More…]
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