Alex is a Senior Writer for The Firearm Blog and Director of TFBTV.
If you have a room that is reasonably secure and feel like a free-standing gun rack might enhance the ambiance of your man-cave, or you just want to have some firearms readily accessible, then a gun rack from Campbell Industrial Supply might be for you. Their website [Read More…]
You may have noticed all the ads around the web about Springfield Armory’s latest offering coming soon: We worked with Springfield Armory to bring it to you first so here it is; Springfield Armory has introduced a new version of the XD-9 Sub-Compact called the [Read More…]
Disclaimer: For the purpose of this article, the term “machine pistol” refers to fully automatic conventionally laid out handguns, not submachine guns, PDWs, or obscenely large pistol-like firearms such as M10s. Also, for video, scroll to the bottom. Machine [Read More…]
**Scroll to the bottom for video of the M712 shooting full automatic** The Mauser “Broomhandle” pistols are about as steampunk as you can get with a factory stock firearm, but their unique appearance is only a part of their allure. The Broomhandle family provides an [Read More…]
If you read my article on the Bond Arms factory tour, you saw the cliffhanger at the end where I stated that we would be presenting a firearm to a famous person in the name of charity. Know this: while we presented the pistol at a NASCAR race, you do not have to be a [Read More…]
I first met the faces of Bond Arms at a media event in Florida and had a chance to fire some of their fantastic wares on the range. I destroyed some paper with a .45/.410 model and gave the .38/.357 a try as well, and I was very pleased by the shootability and quality [Read More…]
When we say no politics here on TFB we mean that we guarantee when you come here, rather than be bombarded with political opinions or propaganda you will get nothing but firearm related information and the best media coverage we can provide. However, what we will do is [Read More…]
The venerable 1911 has been in production for over 100 years, and with companies all over the United States and even abroad producing them, the design seems more popular than ever. A company called “Republic Forge” located in the panhandle of my home state [Read More…]
The Browning M2 Machine Gun is the the stuff legends are made of. This gun was designed in 1918 and has been in continuous service since 1933. It is used by 100 nations and few improvements to the system have been made (new versions sport a spiffy flash hider and a QD [Read More…]
Fully automatic firearms have never been illegal in the United States on a federal level. As a matter of fact, there are over 180,000 legally owned machine guns in the country but the registry was closed in 1986 (no new machine guns can be owned by non-dealers, we [Read More…]
Perhaps the most awe-inspiring thing many of us saw at the Blue August Gun and Outdoor Conference was the facility itself; The Lake Mary Gander Mountain features a virtual range. Ok that doesn’t sound that cool, and your mind probably jumps to a vision of a larger [Read More…]
At the Blue August Gun and Outdoor conference, SCCY sent out some representatives to showcase their small, affordable line of pistols. The SCCY pistols can come in black, pink, or tan frame colors, and stainless or black slides. They are also available with or without a [Read More…]
Self described boutique AR manufacturer Houlding Precision Firearms showed up at the Blue August Gun and Outdoor conference with plenty of nice toys for us media folks to play with. While I have grown bored of the AR platform (and it seems most of our readers have too [Read More…]
Lucid Optics gave us a great pitch here at the Blue August Gun and Outdoor Conference and I was very impressed with their products, which not only look nice but are priced right. Big name optics like Aimpoint and Trijicon can put a serious hurting on your wallet, and [Read More…]
At the Blue August Gun and Outdoor Conference, I was lucky enough to meet and hang out with Hank Strange, a fantastic man with some absolutely stellar videos. If you haven’t already, subscribe to his awesome channel!
Faxon Firearms has been generating quite a lot of buzz on the net with their ARAK upper in the last year or so, and I was thoroughly excited that Bob Faxon showed up at the Blue August Gun Conference with several of his company’s toys for us to beat on. Bob Faxon [Read More…]
A while back one of our writers, Sam Cadle, had a chance to review an ATI Omni Polymer Lower and his review was less than flattering. Well Maybe someone at ATI was listening because they brought out a couple of them configured in various ways to the Blue August Gun [Read More…]
ATI showed up at the Blue August Gun and Outdoor Conference with one of their spiffy new .22LR MP40 clones. The first few thousand will ship in an Amish made wooden transit chest, which is just too cool: Now I know what you a thinking, and yes, you can pull the barrel [Read More…]
Here at the Blue August Gun and Outdoor Conference, we were fortunate enough to be presented what I consider one of the neatest pistols on the market: “Hey wait.. that’s a Derringer?!”. Hell yes it is, and if you have not had the pleasure of running [Read More…]
Recently I was invited to attend the Blue August Gun and Outdoor Writer’s Conference and to turn down such a fantastic event would be considered heresy among the gun community. As a result, I touched down in Florida on 9/29/14 in order to see some cool and [Read More…]
I recently posted an article evaluating the Beretta ARX-100 rifle, and the feature that I feel was most detrimental to the shooting experience was the trigger, which actually maxed out a trigger pull gauge. My friend CJ is serious about distance shooting, reloading, and [Read More…]
I consider myself very familiar with most modern military rifles. In fact, I am an avid collector of two distinct subsets of firearms; machine guns, and semi-automatic military style 5.56×45/.223 rifles. Collecting the latter has become an obsession to the point [Read More…]
Ah the Reising. If you are like me and constantly check NFA classifieds like Sturmgewehr and Subguns, then you definitely know that the price of the Reising is perhaps its most alluring feature. Deemed a “poor man’s Thompson” by most, the Reising is [Read More…]
A while back we blogged about an individual who took the Prince Law Office’s determination that, as a result of the ATF clarifying that “unincorporated trusts” are not “persons” under the Gun Control Act, it may have opened a way for trusts to manufacture [Read More…]
The Kel-Tec SU series of rifles have been on the market for a long time, but it is quite rare that you actually see one at the range, or even hanging on the walls of your local gun store. Kel-Tec is a very innovative company that makes some very interesting, if not [Read More…]
Firearms are dangerous machines, and it is unfortunate that for many it takes a tragic incident to remind us of that. In Arizona recently, a girl of only 9 years accidentally shot a firearms instructor in the head with a gun she should not have been handling. The young [Read More…]
I have been fortunate enough to shoot many, many different firearms over the course of my life. While I have enjoyed most, a precious few have made their way into my heart as towering giants that provide an unparallelled shooting experience that is meant to be savored [Read More…]
I don’t shoot pistols as much as I should. Sure, I carry one for self defense and have quite a few, but my range trips are almost always centered around long guns. To me pistols exist simply because a rifle would be too large or impractical to haul around town and [Read More…]
H&K has been in the striker-fired pistol game for a long time. In 1970 Heckler and Koch produced the world’s first polymer framed pistol, the VP70, that also featured a striker rather than a hammer. The P7 series also featured a striker but with the advent of [Read More…]
Yugoslavian AKs are very neat and stand out amongst their peers by having some very unique features. The gas cut off valve allows for rifle grenades to be fired (some folks modify this to reduce gas pressure when running a suppressor), they come equipped with night [Read More…]
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