It is not every day you get the opportunity to review a book on the life and inventions of the grandfather of modern firearms or as the book refers to him,” the Thomas Edison of guns”. When I saw the chance to read all the way through the new book published by Simon [Read More…]
Thanks to Kristof P. for sending us this photo. Greetings from Belgium smile emoticon living nearby FN fabrics in Zutendaal and 20 min from Herstal. One of the streets around the FN Factory in Herstal That is a cool street name right?
JMB’s Utah 6,912 square foot home is currently on the market for $374,900. The NY Times reports: COMMON SPACES: Most of the house is original, including a banister stretching from the entry to the attic, beveled windows, hardwood floors and fireplaces. There are [Read More…]
In XX century very few weapons were truly ahead of their time. You can argue about many designs, and if they were actually innovative, but there is no doubt that when FN Herstal Browning HP was designed in 1935 it was way ahead of any competition. Original prototypes of [Read More…]
This photograph is just pure awesome. John Moses Browning poses for a photo in 1918 holding one of his Browning Automatic Rifles (BAR) with Winchester gun designer Frank Burton. Of course, Browning needs no introduction, but in case you’re new to the gun world, [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to our fourth edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you missed any one of our other articles, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is [Read More…]
Without much fanfare the production of one of the most important pistol designs of the 20th century has ended. Browning have ceased production of the iconic Hi-Power. The Hi-Power page on Browning’s website has this short notice announcing the news: No longer in [Read More…]
The late 1800s and early 1900s are undoubtedly a period of American firearms design dominated by one man, John Moses Browning. But many of Browning’s contemporaries were no less able and men like Andrew Burgess, William Mason, John Pedersen, Frank Burton and T.C. [Read More…]
Lone Wolf Distributors has been around for a while and have always been known for their Glock accessories, especially their Glock triggers. A few months back we posted about Lone Wolf Distributor’s foray into the S&W accessory market with their AlphaWolf [Read More…]
By this point, most of my readers will be familiar with the fabulous work being done (almost single-handedly) by Ian McCollum for his site ForgottenWeapons.com, and those who aren’t should click through and subscribe to his channel for some of the best gun-related [Read More…]
The Browning Hi Power is considered by many to the be epitome of the 9mm semi-automatic pistol. It was designed by none other than John Moses Browning in 1914, a few years after he designed the 1911. The name “Hi-Power” refers to its 13 round [Read More…]
Ian of Forgotten Weapons takes a look at J.M. Browning’s Harmonica Rifle at Rock Island Auctions. Now the John Browning that we think of is not the maker of this rifle, but rather it was John Moses Browning’s father. A lesson Ian explains in some detail in [Read More…]
Excluding the occasional gun hipster who throws out “Maxim!”, most gun hobbyists, when asked who the greatest firearms designer of all time was, will answer without hesitation, and with a tone of almost worshipful reverence “John Moses Browning”. [Read More…]
John Moses Browning’s Auto-5 is back in production, sort of. The newest incarnation of the Auto-5 is the Browning A5. While it has the distinctive Auto-5 “humpback” appearance, inside it is all new. Browning ripped out the nifty long-recoil (recoiling [Read More…]
In June the US Army began upgrading their .50 cal M2 heavy machine guns to the slightly improved M2A1 variant. The M2A1 allows the operator to replace the barrel without have adjust headspace and timing. Army.mil reports … Bonner said this is the first major [Read More…]
Welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is all about the rimfire firearm world. Today I want to talk about slide action or pump action 22LR rifles. They’re absolutely fun, and a great way to introduce new shooters to the sport [Read More…]
If you have some of that love for “Two World Wars” and one of John Moses Browning’s most popular firearms in history, then there is some good news coming from Galco that you will enjoy. The Galco Triton 3.0 Kydex IWB (Inside-the-Waistband) 5″ [Read More…]
The R3D 2.0 lineup expands, with XS Sights now offering these night sights for three 1911-pattern pistols with five-inch barrels.
The GFORCE Huckleberry is a low-priced alternative in our modern era of extremely pricey lever action rifles, chambered in .357 magnum.
There's a new self-defense round from Federal. The new .32 ACP Hydra-Shok Deep will beef up your CCW pistol's hitting power.
For more than half a century, Ed Brown has been in the business of improving guns. While the man himself retired in 2010, after many years of work on a variety of guns with a particular specialization in high-end 1911s, the company is still going strong under the care [Read More…]
The Military Armament Corporation of today, or MAC, is a Knoxville, TN-based operation currently offering a selection of shotguns, handguns, and two models of MP5 clones, as well as a handful of other related products. This is differentiated from the same-named 1970s [Read More…]
We’re back again with another roundup of fresh firearms-focused podcasts in TFB Podcast Roundup 112. Each week we’re bringing you a new set of podcasts from across the web that cover a wide variety of topics including gunsmithing, hunting, precision shooting, war [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 188th 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 [Read More…]
While Israeli-based Bul Armory manufactures a number of other guns, what many shooters probably associate them most closely with is their lineup of 1911s. The company’s current catalogue features nearly two dozen models based on John Moses Browning’s [Read More…]
There have been more than a few attempts made to modernize the venerable 1911 over the years. While the inimitable John Moses Browning’s 111-year-old original design has a veritable host of fanatical adherents who display no compunction in declaring that the 1911 needs no updating as it is the [Read More…]
There have been more than a few attempts made to modernize the venerable 1911 over the years. While the inimitable John Moses Browning’s 111-year-old original design has a veritable host of fanatical adherents who display no compunction in declaring that the 1911 [Read More…]
The 1911 platform is still alive and kicking over 100 years later and has actually seen a lot of attention in 2022 with several major firearms companies putting their own various types of 1911 pistols into the bin for customers to choose from. Joining the 1911 game for [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the TFB Armorer’s Bench! As mentioned in the little blurb below, this series will focus on a lot of home armorer and gunsmith activities. In this article, I decided to do another show-and-tell sort of Armorer’s Bench article. This one will [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the TFB Armorer’s Bench! As mentioned in the little blurb below, this series will focus on a lot of home armorer and gunsmith activities. In this article, I decided to run through another “commentary” style article since it seems they are well [Read More…]
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