Chris Cheng is History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 champion and author of “Shoot to Win,” a book for beginning shooters. A self-taught amateur turned pro through his Top Shot win, Cheng very much still considers himself an amateur who parachuted into this new career.
He is a professional marksman for Bass Pro Shops who shares his thoughts and experiences from the perspective of a newbie to the shooting community. He resides in San Francisco, CA and works in Silicon Valley.
We’ve been reading and seeing a fair amount about the Maxim 9 from SilencerCo for the past few years. The time has finally come where their first pistol, an integrally suppressed 9mm pistol made from all SilencerCo parts, is now available for sale with an MSRP of [Read More…]
When you hear about SHOT Show, you may think it’s just about the new guns and gear coming out for the year. However, it’s also about the people that make our community and industry strong. TFB was at the Brownell’s SHOT press event where they along [Read More…]
As was announced earlier last week by TFB, KRISS has announced a new .22LR rifle, the DMK-22. What I’ve got for you in this post is exclusive video footage of the new rifle in action. If you love the AR-15 platform chambered in .22LR, but have never really been [Read More…]
2015 was a great year, and hopefully 2016 will be an even greater one for TFB and for you, our dear readers. In continuation of my Musical Targets videos, to ring in 2016 I’ve filmed “Auld Lang Syne” — you know, that song everyone can hum, but no [Read More…]
One of my personal goals in the firearms world is to promote the safe, responsible use of firearms. The Musical Targets system has been a fun product which has allowed me to do so. Even folks who may not be a big fan of firearms have a hard time not liking what they see [Read More…]
We’re in full holiday swing and I’m sure many readers are like me, scrambling to get that last bit of holiday shopping done before Christmas Eve. A big part of what I love about Christmas is the music. There are lots of holiday classics, and one of them is [Read More…]
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. As we all know, after Thanksgiving we move quickly into the Christmas season. It’s a great time to buy your friends and family some great gifts, and hopefully you’ll also be on the receiving end [Read More…]
Railguns are typically a thing of military and scientific lore, but this DIYer has the brains and the resources to make his own railgun. Our industry peers over at Guns.com have published an article that has a number of embedded videos showing the railgun being shot at [Read More…]
For those of you folks who are interested in taking advantage of Brownell’s “EDGE” free-shipping program (think: Amazon Prime) as reported earlier this year on TFB, Brownell’s is offering a one-week special where instead of $49.95 for a whole [Read More…]
[Edited: Nov 4 11:26AM PT for accuracy] Back in September SilencerCo announced the Maxim 9, an integrally suppressed pistol. At the launch event, SilencerCo showed attendees an amazing 1980’s themed “Maxim Vice” video highlighting their new product [Read More…]
Surefire has just released the “Warden” and is now available for sale. I had a unique opportunity to shoot it a few months ago and it’s a product that does what it says. The Surefire folks invited me down to their Southern California [Read More…]
I had an opportunity to shoot a friend’s Smith & Wesson .460XVR with a 3.5″ barrel. That’s quite short for any magnum round, let alone the .460 magnum. Since we were filming in an indoor range with low light conditions, I was able to capture some [Read More…]
I travel with guns pretty frequently for competition and for work – about 15 trips per year for the past three years. I want to share my experience using SKB cases, specifically the 3i Series which I use for 3-gun and general firearms transportation. While I have [Read More…]
I was invited to the Surefire Institute to get a hands on experience shooting Surefire’s very first 9mm pistol suppressor. It’s an impressive piece of gear, and pretty darn quiet. I first saw it at SHOT Show earlier this year but didn’t get a chance to [Read More…]
Did you know that civilians can own suppressors, also known as silencers, in 41 U.S. states? Thanks to the efforts of the American Suppressor Association and its industry partners over the past few years, we’ve seen more states adopt legislation legalizing [Read More…]
I know many TFB readers are also tech people, and the five years I spent at Google HQ, I saw the gun culture change for the better. Google’s anti-gun policies are a different story, I’m talking about your rank and file employees who used to be more shy about [Read More…]
The Can Cannon by X Products is not a product you need. It’s a product you want. And that’s OK. It’s a super fun product that brings a great dynamic to the shooting community. [9/22/15] UPDATE: With today’s TFB article noting the ATF’s [Read More…]
SilencerCo announced four new products, the first of which is an integrally suppressed 9mm pistol using Smith & Wesson’s M&P platform. There aren’t any specs available yet since this is an initial prototype, so we’ll have to wait and see what [Read More…]
Hey TFB readers- the internet connection here is sparse so I’m going with a live blog approach. Dinner has started and so the announcement is happening at 7PM ET. I’m going to live blog here so come back soon and refresh this page for updates. I’ll [Read More…]
Just hours after my initial SilencerCo launch event TFB post went live, SilencerCo sent out an email announcing the formation of “SilencerCo Weapons Research” which has its own spiffy logo. I initially thought a new shotgun suppressor product to complement [Read More…]
Ever since last year’s notable Salvo 12 product announcement, my SilencerCo sources have been hyping up whatever will be announced on September 14th. I received an exclusive invitation in the mail which was a fun cardboard “TV” of sorts. TFB readers [Read More…]
My videographer/photographer friend Oleg Volk recently posted a video of the Origin 12 shotgun dumping 30 rounds in 8 seconds. It could have clearly been shot faster but the spacing was most likely intentional in order to show the cycling variation. Added to the fun is [Read More…]
I shoot a fair number of guns and while it’s generally fun, rarely do I see something entertaining/unique that makes me go “wow.” I’m sure some of you have seen rings of fire shoot out of guns before but it was something else to see it in person. [Read More…]
I’ve been having a great time shooting songs on the Musical Target system, there’s literally an endless list of songs and gun combinations. The fun has only begun! Here’s my second video — “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” Gear: [Read More…]
Thanks to TFB, I had the distinct pleasure of being invited back to Oakley HQ in Southern California to get a better understanding of how Oakley utilizes technology to develop their products. You hear marketers say things like “we use cutting edge technology to [Read More…]
I had a ton of fun shooting The Marines’ Hymn with the Musical Targets system. I learned how to sing this song in elementary school and the tune has stuck with me ever since. Even though my father was in the U.S. Navy I naturally have always had an appreciation [Read More…]
Who’s ready for the 4th of July weekend? Celebrate our nation’s independence by watching me shoot the Star Spangled Banner with an integrally suppressed Ruger 10/22. Song requests? Hit the comments section for song+gun combos.
I was recently at the IraqVeteran8888 farm in Georgia and had a great time filming video with him. If you aren’t familiar with IV8888, check out his YouTube channel. He took a liking to my Salient Arms Tier 1 Glock 34 and started shooting it upside down, a neat [Read More…]
I’ve been waiting many moons to get my hands on a set of Musical Targets and I finally received them and built a homemade stand. The Musical Targets system is a set of steel plates cut thusly so that each plate emits a musical tone when shot. I received a two [Read More…]
I had the pleasure to shoot the Can Cannon, a new fun product from the folks at X Products. It’s a modified AR-15 upper that allows you to shoot 12 oz soda cans using .223 blanks. The pressure in the chamber propels a single can way past 100 yards. The chamber is [Read More…]
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