The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) performed a record-high number of checks on Black Friday of 2023, says the Firearm Industry Trade Association.
Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 71. I hope you’re ready for Thanksgiving and Black Friday! We’re back with more deals on guns, gear, ammunition, and accessories from some of our most frequented online retailers like Primary Arms, Natchez Shooters Supply, [Read More…]
Black Friday is always a red-letter day for retailers of virtually every type. So much so that the purchasing event has spawned Cyber Monday, and this has stretched into multi-day sales beginning the week prior, and often running past Cyber Monday as well. The firearms [Read More…]
5.11 has an extensive catalog that can be intimidating. Many items come and go – some are absolutely fantastic and some aren’t missed – but there are five specific staples that I have used for years which I recommend without reservation. Even several [Read More…]
Hello and welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 33. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that also means that Black Friday sales aren’t that much further away. However, over the years, Black Friday sales have grown to encompass virtually the week before and week [Read More…]
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearms industry’s trade association, has revealed FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) data indicating that NICS processed 687,788 background checks during the week leading up to and including [Read More…]
As we progress through the month of November, nearly every firearms company and ammunition supplier has been priming up customers for their huge Black Friday sales. Since we are still so early in the month, I thought it appropriate to call these weekly roundups [Read More…]
The number of firearms purchased through Federal Firearms License holders on Black Friday has been released by the FBI, which were just short of breaking the current record from 2017. This year’s Black Friday gun sales were just 621 checks shy of breaking the [Read More…]
How anyone braves Black Friday chaos in person I’ll never understand. Unless Walmart decides to start handing out free AR-15’s, you’ll never find me in a post-turkey brawl at a big box store. I guess I’m more of a grab-a-coffee-and-hunker-down-for-Cyber-Monday [Read More…]
Those who expected the slump in the gun market to extend to the buyingest day in the year will be surprised: Black Friday, November 24 shattered the record for most NICS checks in a single day by over 17,000, reports USA Today. The total? 203,086 background checks [Read More…]
I have spent hours looking for the best gun bargains this Black Friday. Keep an eye out for my upcoming accessory/ammo Cyber Monday post. 1. Witt Machine & Tool Integrally Suppressed AR-15 Upper in .223/5.56 Caliber – $1,049 ($500 Off) Use the code BFSALE [Read More…]
Black Friday is just days and it would not be Black Friday for us without SlickGuns cataloging all the firearm, ammunition and accessory deals. This Black Friday is of special importance, being the first Black Friday after the 2016 Elections. The result of the [Read More…]
To be honest, I can’t stand traditional Black Friday sales tactics. A mad rush of people fighting over stuff they probably don’t need or want is the last place I want to be a day after Thanksgiving. In fact If I never set foot in a mall again, I’ll be [Read More…]
F-1 Firearms is a Texas-based manufacturer with a lot of CNC machines. If you’ve seen some of their products before, you know they like to use and run their CNC cutters as well. To me, they’re most known for their uppers (and some other parts) where they [Read More…]
I used NICS (FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System) checks instead of gun sales, because in all honesty the news is about NICS, and not gun sales per say. I don’t know, there could have been a number of firearms traded or bought used last [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, I review the flyers and online Black Friday deals from some of the larger retailers, and tells you what’s good (and mostly what’s not) in this year’s bargain hunting. Last week Steve found some good deals on accessories, but I was on the lookout for guns [Read More…]
2016 Deals Here. Black Friday is a week away and it would not be Black Friday for me without SlickGuns giving us a roundup of all the firearm, ammunition, optics and accessory deals. This is an especially important Black Friday, being the last one before the 2016 [Read More…]
According to The Blaze, the FBI Processed 144,758 background checks on Friday. The actual number of guns sold would be even greater than this because of sales with delayed background checks such as online purchases … By Friday afternoon, that figure had reached [Read More…]
As usual, the best deals can be found at SlickGuns, but here are a few coupon code deals that have landed on my desk: Cabela’s: • Pre-Black Friday Daily Deals + free shipping on $49 with code 4GIFTS (ends 11/26) • Up to 60% off Thanksgiving Day Sale + free [Read More…]
Black Friday is fast approaching and it would not be Black Friday (and Cyber Monday) without a SlickGuns roundup of all the gun, ammo and accessory deals to be had. Some deals have already begun and some already ended after stock ran out. Gander Mountain had CCI .22 [Read More…]
There are quite a few good deals happening this year on Black Friday. Slick Guns has collected all the relevant Black Friday sale catalogs. Will you be buying anything this year? Answer the poll below …
SlickGuns.com are adding Black Friday deals and catalog scans at rapid clip. [ Many thanks to jdun1911 for emailing us the link. ]
From USAToday via. Zerohedge … Deputy Assistant FBI Director Jerry Pender said the checks, required by federal law, surged to 129,166 during the day, far surpassing the previous high of 97,848 on Black Friday of 2008.” And in reality, the number is likely [Read More…]
Slick Guns has a long list of guns, accessories and ammunition on sale as well as coupon codes for many online stores. Check them out here.
Gander Mountain’s Black Friday Sale ’10 catalog is now online. If you know of any other gun-related Black Friday sale catalogs, please post them in the comments. [ Many thanks to jdun1911 for emailing me the link. ]
Despite having a majority of the country locked up for nearly two years, I still don’t think most of us are really itching to get out and be duking it out with our neighbors over flat-screen TVs or whatever newfangled nuclear-powered air fryer is going to be on [Read More…]
Welcome back to another installment of Friday Night Lights where I review things that help you see at night. Today we take a look at a somewhat obscure accessory by Black Optex called the Zero Lens. It converts a PVS-14 into a CNVD (Clip-on Night Vision Device). [Read More…]
2020 has been a tornado of a year and as if we haven’t had enough chaos already, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are nearly at our doorstep. Stores all around the country are making announcements that they will in fact be open despite fears surrounding COVID-19. [Read More…]
Welcome back to another Friday Night Lights. Last week we had a new kid on the block, the InfiRay J-31 binocular night vision goggles. Today we take a look at a long-range thermal clip-on, the EOTech ClipIR ELR aka XELR. It is their flagship premium thermal clip-on [Read More…]
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