Ever lusted after the obscure and ultra-scarce Walther WA 2000 semi-auto sniper rifle? You aren’t alone, I have often wondered how they shoot, what the trigger feels like and so on. Well, my friend Ian over at Forgotten Weapons had a chance to get behind one of [Read More…]
Someone is selling a Walther WA2000. Starting bid is $75,000 USD. If you win, you have your choice of .308 or .300 Win Mag. He has both. He claims there were only 15 brought into the US. ULTRA RARE, THE RAREST OF THE RARE, THE HOLY GRAIL FOR ANY FIREARM COLLECTOR [Read More…]
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Rhineland Arms had some very unique guns on display at their SHOT Show booth. They had two replicas of legendary designs (WA 2000 And FG-42) that are far more accessible than the originals. [SHOT 2023] WA 2000 And FG-42 Reproductions You Can Afford: Rhineland Arms [Read More…]
Walther have announced that they will be expanding their Meister Manufaktur range of custom pistols. The range began with a custom version of the LP 500 target pistol but will now include some of their Q5 match pistols. The Meister Manufaktur range will include the [Read More…]
Walther P99… I always wondered why this weapon wasn’t more popular back in the day. This pistol was used by James Bond (who apparently has the worst trigger discipline in history) and other movie characters. It came from a reputable manufacturer, was light [Read More…]
Hot on the heels of news that Berlin’s 17,000 strong police force will replace its aging SIG P6s (P225) with Heckler & Koch’s SFP9, better known as the VP9 in the US, it has been announced that Baden-Württemberg will also be buying a new batch of [Read More…]
A few weeks back Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons released a teaser photo of him shooting the Walther WA2000 semi-auto sniper rifle. When we posted about it many of you were upset because the WA2000 video wasn’t done quite yet, and if I admit, I was [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James discusses what he believes are the Top 5 Most Overrated CCW guns on the market today. While all of these guns are good choices for defensive carriers, these five stand out as being overrated for one reason or the other. James tells you the what and the why in [Read More…]
It may be common knowledge within the shooting community that the Springfield XD series is based off of the Croatian HS2000, but what is not widely known is the creation of HS Produkt is rooted in the Croatian War of Independence. As early as 1991, forces in Croatia, [Read More…]
With a rarity on par with Himalayan Snow Leopards, the WA-2000 has something of a legendary status surrounding it. Were they any good? Some say yes, some say no. Some shooters say the price expensive to the point of extravagance, while others point to Walther’s [Read More…]
This is the kind of story you love to read. Rather than going to the incinerator, a white rhino of firearms has been donated to a local Canadian shooting club. Terrence Arthur Dean from Kamloops, Canada, was charged, and found guilty of trafficking heroin, cocaine, meth [Read More…]
TFB reader BenJamin converted a bolt-action Howa 1500 chambered in .300 Win Mag into a beautiful bullpup that in my mind resembles the rarer-than-unicorns Walther WA 2000, although it was the Keppeler & Fritz KS II Precision that inspired him. BenJamin wrote [Read More…]
Next year Smith & Wesson will cease being the importer and distributor of Walther firearms in the USA. The owners of Carl Walther GmbH, the PW Group, have formed a new corporation called Walther Arms Inc which will taken over importing and distributing. Carl Walther [Read More…]
The title of this article probably sounds like a clickbait and the gun in the image above looks more like a sci-fi movie prop. However, this is a real, functional firearm and the title precisely describes what it is – a belt-fed bullpup lever-action rifle [Read More…]
Raven Concealment is throwing it back to the early 2000s with a re-release of their Phantom holster. It was discontinued in 2015, but Raven is reintroducing it for select pistols this summer. Let’s take a look at the lineup. More Holster Articles @ TFB: DeSantis [Read More…]
Welcome to Friday Night Lights where I showcase and review night vision and thermal-related items. I suspect the featured image of today’s article may have intrigued you to check out these old night vision binoculars. The Fero D-51 is a German-made night vision [Read More…]
One of my favorite stories to write each SHOT is a summary of all things throwback. The Retro Roundup gives me an excuse to snoop around the show looking for anything new in the world of the old. This year’s offerings were so plentiful that I split the article [Read More…]
In Part One of this article, I shared my experiences after visiting gun stores in Baghdad, and it is not what most people expect to see in Iraq. Gun stores are small and cramped, with a relatively limited choice of firearms and really high prices. Thankfully, things in [Read More…]
Those of you in ban states can celebrate as there is a new concealed carry option now being made available to you that comes with its own blaster – the Jolster from Black Arch Holsters. The Jolster is an ambidextrous, Kydex open-ended holster that allows users to [Read More…]
The Polymer 80 company is well known for producing Glock pistol frames that are 80 percent finished, leaving the buyer to finish the remaining 20 percent. However, they’ve just released information that they’re now selling the Kidon pistol conversion kit [Read More…]
Good day everyone and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, a place where I dream about NFA deregulation, where one day all Americans will have access to supppressors, regardless of the the color of their guns. I know, I know – keep dreaming. Last week we [Read More…]
Hopefully, you survived Thanksgiving and Black Friday… This week’s “Deal of the Week” feature is a curated list continuing on from Black Friday deals, and extending into Cyber Monday/Week deals from across the internet for firearms related [Read More…]
Many people don’t know that it was H&K – not Glock – that designed the first polymer-framed, striker fired pistol. The HK VP70 (or “Volkspistole 70”, which translates to “the people’s pistol,” with the “70” designating the year of [Read More…]
Finland’s police are set to update their firearms inventory, reportedly replacing the venerable Heckler & Koch MP5 with the Czech CZ Scorpion EVO 3. YLE, Finland’s national public broadcasting company, reports that with the end of a contract with [Read More…]
When I was a highschooler (early 2000’s), I drove a 1989 long bed extended cab ¾ ton Chevy pickup. It was brown and had a squeaky contractor rack on it. My family purchased it new and we had it ever since. It had terrible fuel economy and was a beast to park, but I [Read More…]
According to the Swedish online hunting magazine called Jakt & Jägare, Norway is to ban some semi-automatic hunting rifles. Before you read on, please note that the subject here is the new firearms legislation, not the politics behind it other than as an [Read More…]
On the seventh day of Christmas (which in our timeline was yesterday), TFB brings you a taste of the broad category of what I am calling CQB Optics – glass that can be used from zero to a few hundred yards. Shooters often consider red dots optics to be for close [Read More…]
For five whole decades or so after World War II, the .45 ACP and 9x19mm calibers were, as known, the most widely employed in pistols and submachine guns worldwide, this including Brazil. Types in wide use by the country’s armed and police forces included the [Read More…]
TFB is proud to add a new rifle to the list that the Finnish Police are using: AR-15. To our knowledge we are first to report this. This follows the trend we have been reporting for a while. German Police, Swedish Police etc. are going for AR-15 style rifles, at least [Read More…]
A German company located in Cologne, Germany and called Steel Action makes yet another straight pull bolt action rifle. If you have noticed, the straight pull action is pretty popular in Europe. Not only large companies make rifles utilizing this action but also smaller [Read More…]
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