Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6×6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.
To commemorate special dates and events in Geissele or America’s history Geissele are going to host a free giveaway for a single Geissele ICON Rifle at the beginning of every month. Each Geissele ICON rifle will aim to be a truly unique and one off rifle, Iconic, [Read More…]
Pulsar are having a very busy year, with releases like the Trail 2 LRF XQ50 and XP50 Thermal Riflescopes and the Axion XQ Series Thermal Spotters. Now it’s time for Pulsar’s first-ever Thermal Vision Front Attachment, the Pulsar KRYPTON FXG50. Pulsar [Read More…]
Few, if any, micro-compact pistols are known for their great triggers. In fact, it’s one of the main reasons why I sold one of my pocket rockets, and I rarely sell any firearms. Now I kind of regret it, but what’s done is done. The subject of [Read More…]
When talking about arming The Space Force and choosing the Official Space Gun, it seems we forgot the option from HERA Arms. My article titled “HERA Arms CQR Stock and CQR Front Grip” was extremely popular, so when Ben at Battle Born Photography [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Established in 2014 this is TFB’s way to show carefully selected photographs on a daily basis. Today we have the honor of introducing the work from a very talented photographer (and sports shooter) from Poland. He can be found on Instagram under [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – This time from the New Zealand Defence Force and their Exercise Sari Bair, which was their largest training exercise at home in 2018. The terrain and weather at the Waiouru Military Training Facility added to the challenge of completing the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – TFB is now on its 7th year of bringing you high-quality photographs from the world of firearms – every day. Today we take a look at some pictures from the Magnus Special Training Center, where some training with K9 Dogs and the Heckler & [Read More…]
Sightmark has a new Wraith Digital Day/Night Riflescope called HD 2-16×28. It has a lower magnification to provide the user with a larger field of view while scanning or tracking animals through the riflescope. The Sightmark Wraith 2x is intended for fast-moving [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Today we take a look at the Howa 1500 build in various stages of development. These pictures are from Schrombo’s collection of gun pictures, used with permission. Here is his description of his find. To avoid confusion, the text below goes [Read More…]
Each day TFB publishes one or more photographs from our fascinating world of firearms. Along with this comes a brief explanation. Today we have a very unique handgun, with very few in existence. We’re looking at a SIG Neuhausen 44/16. This pistol was probably [Read More…]
Above, in our Photo Of The Day, we have a ZVO Special Forces soldier firing an RShG-2 grenade launcher in the Tambov region. This is a variant of the RPG-26 Aglen, but with a with a thermobaric (aerosol) warhead. Below is a caption auto-translated from Russian. A [Read More…]
No, it isn’t the first of April in the middle of August. This is the story about the current situation in the Dutch Army (Royal Netherlands Army), an army that employs just short of 23,000 people in a country populated by 17.4 million people. In 2019 the Dutch [Read More…]
A wonderful picture from Switzerland to kick off TFB’s Photo Of The Day. We have a table full of Short-Barreled Rifles. Yes, their legal definition and how they’re classified may vary from country to country and sometimes even from state to state. The [Read More…]
Today’s Photo of the Day brings us to an almost exclusive Made In Germany experience, with the G28 DMR rifle (Designated Marksman Rifle) in use by the German Army. The rifle is a Heckler & Koch 417 with a Schmidt & Bender 3-20×50 DMR scope with a single turn [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Above you see a U.S. Marine inspecting his target after shooting the Beretta M9 pistol during his pistol qualification range at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. This happened in November of last year. He looks rather happy [Read More…]
TFB is a little ahead as we have already reviewed the new state-of-the-art Pulsar Trail 2 LRF XP50 Thermal Imaging Riflescope. However, we reviewed the European version. The American versions are slightly different because of the reasons mentioned below. The US models [Read More…]
With a very competitive price starting at $249, you can get yourself the new Churchill 620 Tactical 20GA 3″ pump-action shotgun. According to the importer, EAA Corp, you get a purpose-built home defense or patrol shotgun. The shotgun comes with an 18.5″ [Read More…]
If you haven’t tried it yet, I highly recommend that you try shooting a suppressed handgun. It changes the balance of the gun quite a lot, to the front obviously, but once you get a grip (pun intended) it’s an excellent experience. In 2015 TFB was invited [Read More…]
Developed from the Knight’s Armament Company SR-25 and manufactured by Knight’s Armament Company, today’s main topic is the M110 Semi Automatic Sniper System (M110 SASS). It was adopted by the U.S. Army in 2005 but is now about to be replaced by the [Read More…]
I use the Fix It Sticks whenever I mount a riflescope to any of my rifles, and it’s always a pleasure to use quality tools and hear and feel the “ticking” once you achieve the right torque. It gives me confidence that my optics are mounted the right [Read More…]
Above, in a country far far away, we can see U.S. Army soldiers equipped with M4 carbines, Mossberg 500 shotguns, and M320 grenade launcher modules to practice their weapons skills at a firing range in Djibouti. This is the topic for our Photo Of The Day. Below: 40 mm [Read More…]
Unfortunately I haven’t been able to look into the Leupold Mark 5HD yet but hopefully, I’ll soon get the chance. The military version of this riflescope has just been given a NATO Stock Number or NSN. So what does it mean? Getting a NATO Stock Number means [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We take a look at Royal Marines of the 40 Commando and the 45 Commando as they have live firing exercises in the Brecon Beacons, Sennybridge Training Area in Wales. With machine guns laying down fire support, Charlie Company of 40 Commando [Read More…]
Pulsar has just released their brand new Thermal Imaging Spotters in the Axion XQ series – the Axion XQ and Axion XQ LRF (with Laser Range Finder). TFB has the smaller Axion XM30S up for review, and so far the results are very promising. There’s a lot of [Read More…]
After the new Specialist Long Range Precision Rifle Bag from Savior Equipment was released this spring I got the opportunity to try it out. I’ve now had it for about three months and it’s time to look at how it performs. First impressions For the record, [Read More…]
The new Heckler & Koch SP5K-PDW is here! This is one of the most iconic firearms in the World – although I prefer it with a stock and a red dot – and it’s now available for sale. If you think you’ve seen all pictures of it, you [Read More…]
Some say that TFB’s Photo Of The Day is as important in their daily routine as drinking lots of coffee. We at TFB certainly hope that is the case. Today we travel far-far away to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti. Above you can see a U.S. Army sniper adjusting a PVS-30 [Read More…]
This POTD, short for Photo Of The Day, includes a short history lesson and also a quest for those who may know more on the subject. Finnaccuracy, from Finland, as the name suggest, visited a local museum and found an interesting piece of history. It would be great if [Read More…]
Nothing to do? Each day you are welcome to TFB’s selection of photo highlights. Today we start off with a through-the-reticle photograph. Snipers need good eyesight and a steady hand. You rarely see it, but a sniper needs a lot of patience, self-sufficiency, inner [Read More…]
Triggertech seems very busy at the moment, as they’ve released new triggers both for Weatherby and Remington bolt action rifles. If you own a Remington 700 and like two-stage triggers, there is now a new option available, with TT’s Zero Creep [Read More…]
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