Doug has been a firearms enthusiast since age 16 after getting to shoot with a friend. Since then he’s taken many others out to the range for their first time. He is a husband, father, grandfather, police officer, outdoorsman, artist and a student of history. Doug has been a TFB reader from the start and is happy to be a contributor of content. Doug can be reached at battleshipgrey61 AT gmail.com, or battleshipgrey61 on Instagram.
REMEMBER the four rules of gun safety: All guns are always loaded. Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target. Be sure of your target and what is beyond it. TFB FIELD STRIP: [Read More…]
The Choate Machine and Tool company has released a new shotgun magazine extension tube, named the Night Manager, that doubles as a mounting point for weapon mounted lights and lasers. The installed Night Manager offers an extra two rounds to the shotgun’s [Read More…]
Two companies in Colombia have produced a VR (Virtual Reality) shooting simulator for training soldiers and law enforcement. Simultech and Brash3d gave the Colombian Army a chance to test out their new system, named the “Vulcano”. The Vulcano is said to [Read More…]
The Thailand King’s Guard was recently seen sporting a gold colored Tavor rifle. Curiously, there appears to be only two photo thus far posted on Reddit, 9gag and Bron Milmag’s Facebook page. The first photo below is blurry and appears to come from a screen [Read More…]
Ruger has just released their new offerings for the new .350 Legend cartridge in the form of their semi-automatic AR-556 MPR and American bolt action rifles. Winchester’s introduction of the .350 Legend cartridge this year created a stir amongst hunters that are [Read More…]
In mid-April, Kenyan police officers in Nandi County closed up shop to catch a Champions League match between Manchester United and Barcelona. The Independent reported that while the officers were out, thieves broke into the police station and stole HK G3 rifles. The [Read More…]
Welcome to another installment of TFB’s First Firearm Series. This series is dedicated to those that are contemplating buying their first firearm ever, or the first of whichever is the topic at hand. In this week’s edition, we’re covering the classic, practical, [Read More…]
TFB’s First Firearm Series is dedicated to those that haven’t yet taken the plunge into firearm ownership, or for the particular firearm at hand. So, if you’re looking at getting your first AR15, I hope we can ease any confusion you may have. The current market [Read More…]
The Elite Experience Giveaway program by Steyr Arms is giving you a chance to win one of three rifles as well as a free training course. Steyr is also offering a free course if you purchase a Steyr rifle at a value of $1250 or more. Each training course is designed [Read More…]
Hornady has been making Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) firearm safes for the last six years under the RAPiD Safe line. Hornady has just secured two patents relating to that RFID technology. That line of safes allows users to open the safe with the right key [Read More…]
SIG Sauer Academy has announced a new Concealed Carry course specifically built for women. The course was developed and is instructed by experienced women. The Academy concealed carry courses currently listed on the schedule are April 18-19, August 22-23, and [Read More…]
Gardaí (Police) in Finglas, Ireland, a suburb of Dublin, discovered a small group of people in possession of narcotics, guns, and a pet monkey. If the monkey was trained as a look-out, he failed. Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) reported on the evidence from the [Read More…]
The Atrax bullpup rifle was developed as a semi-automatic version of the Australian Defense Force’s F90. Lithgow Arms has been planning to sell the Atrax on the civilian market in the United States since 2016. However, a spokesman for Thales, the company that [Read More…]
Welcome to the first installment of First Firearm series. We’re starting off in a slightly predictable way with considerations for your first Home Defense (HD) handgun. However, for those that aren’t ready or able to jump into concealed carry, having the ability to [Read More…]
The United States Air Force has officially begun to retire their remaining inventories of Smith & Wesson Model 15 (M15) service revolvers. TFB reported in early March that the new Sig Sauer M18 service pistol would be phasing out all previous service pistols, [Read More…]
Sig Sauer has introduced two new offerings in their Elite Hunting Copper Game ammunition line. The new 80 grain .243 Winchester and 150 grain .30-06 Springfield bullets are made of all copper. This brings Sig’s Elite Hunting Copper line to seven different [Read More…]
In mid-March, the United States Army held their 10th annual Special Operations Command International Sniper Competition at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Twenty-one teams from around the globe participated in the six-day event. According to the Army Times, there [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB’s new series – “First Firearm”. In this series, we’ll cover topics that apply to choosing your first firearm. Most of our faithful readers have already started their path to gun ownership and gun collecting, but we don’t want to leave out [Read More…]
Shield Arms has been producing magazine extensions for some time now and include a variety of color and capacity options. Their main offering looks to be a plus 5/4 (+5 for 9mm/+4 for .40S&W). However, they are currently taking pre-orders for their newest additions [Read More…]
Black Collar Arms has introduced their Pork Sword chassis system for the Remington 700 bolt action. The chassis is designed to be built as a pistol and has a rear Picatinny attachment point for an SB pistol brace. The Pork Sword chassis is also built to accept AICS [Read More…]
The United States Army held their annual seven-day Small Arms Championships, also known as “All Army”. The event was held at Fort Benning, Georgia and included teams and individual shooters from all four components of the Army. The competition has 11 [Read More…]
Manly smelling soap isn’t the most gun related product announcement you’ll see on TFB, but keeping you aware of products that exude gunnery counts, right? Perhaps you’ve been looking for something to replace your Hoppe’s No. 9 makeshift cologne [Read More…]
Employees at Bullseye Gun, Gear and Pawn in Murfreesboro, Tennessee were on the ball when a group of men began looking at pistols with the help of one employee. The following video from the Liveleak YouTube channel begins moments before the attempted theft. One of [Read More…]
In late February, Lone Wolf Distributors, well known for their variety of custom Glock parts and barrels, became aware that certain orders had been placed using stolen credit card information. In a recent article on the Lone Wolf company blog, they explained that they [Read More…]
In this edition of Concealed Carry Corner, we’re discussing carrying on your person, while at home. Of all places that you should be able to feel comfortable, secure and safe, it may not actually be that safe after all. CONCEALED CARRY CORNER: CONCEALED CARRY [Read More…]
Soldier Systems reported that FK BRNO has developed a polymer framed, multi-caliber version of their Field Pistol, which they unveiled at the IWA 2019 show in Germany. The standard 7.5mmFK model has a steel frame, but TFB’s Rusty reported during SHOT 2019, the [Read More…]
It’s time for another trip in the TFB Time Machine; to a window of time when the seas were host to tall, wooden ships of the line, powered by green energy before it was cool, battling for dominance of trade and territory. To that end, one of the tools employed was [Read More…]
The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš planned to present a special edition of the CZ 75 pistol to President Donald Trump during his visit to the White House on March 7, 2019. The Republika pistol was made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the [Read More…]
The Streamlight company recently announced their new TL-Racker shotgun forend which is compatible with Remington 870 or Mossberg 500/590 shotguns. The TL-Racker forend has an integrated weapon light and boasts 850 lumens with one and a half hours of run-time. [Read More…]
FosTecH Inc. has created the Echo Sport trigger, their second pull and release trigger system for AR-15 rifles. The Echo Sport is different from Fostech’s first version in that there’s an added paddle switch to change firing modes from binary to standard [Read More…]
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