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.
Photo Of The Day – This is TFB’s last POTD in 2019, and the last POTD of this decade. We are looking at a Green Beret as he fires an M3 MAAWS Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle during training in the Nevada Desert. Below: Beware of the blast. Always check behind [Read More…]
Our theme for Today’s Photo Of The Day goes in Green, White and Black. The firearm above is possibly a SCAR-H, suppressed and equipped with Night Vision. Due to the limited visibility, it’s a bit difficult to make out what is going on, and with what, but [Read More…]
Earlier this year we proved that an action on its own can be sexy. It is now time again, as Defiance Machine release their Ruckus action in a Remington 700 footprint. The new Ruckus bolt guarantees a headspace tolerance of +/- .001” action to action, and I don’t [Read More…]
Is 2020 going to be the year of the Rimfire? Glock just released their .22LR pistol, and as this decade comes to an end it is time for POF USA to release a firearm in the same caliber. Does it take Glock mags? No, but the new Rebel .22LR Sub Gun takes Ruger 10/22 [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – A Green Beret assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) demonstrates the proper way to shoot an M4 carbine. That’s a pretty nice rifle in fact, with a lot of nice toys mounted. This happened at a range during the Red Flag training [Read More…]
Time for Photo Of The Day again, and we get wet as we admire the work of the U.S Navy SEALS. These warriors are assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Group 2 and their location (in the pictures) is of the East Coast of the United States. NSW’s (Naval Special Warfare) [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day and we are looking (above) at a Green Beret assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), as he fires an MK17 SCAR-H rifle. SCAR is short for “Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle” and the “H” stands [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Above you can see U.S. Marines with Delta Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry West, as they fire a Mk19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher during a live-fire range. This happened on Range 204B on Marine Corps Base Camp [Read More…]
According to the Philippine News Agency, which is a news service of the Philippine government, the Philippine National Police (PNP) is going to buy over 17,000 new “Basic Assault Rifles” from Israel Weapons Industries. The order is worth around $14 million, [Read More…]
I admit it, these Norwegian Heckler & Koch 416 carrying soldiers is just an excuse to show a lof of excellent pictures of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter). We hope you like them! Below you can see soldiers from Force Protection as they [Read More…]
The Heckler & Koch G11 is probably the most famous and recognized non-production rifle ever. Even today, over 50 years since its development began, the G11 still looks like a firearm of the future. These fantastic photos are from Heckler & Koch’s Gray Room, [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We go airborne with the U.S. Marines and the Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) as they conduct a live-fire training exercise with the AH-1Z Cobra and F-35B Lightning II. Unfortunately, I can’t spot any F-35 Lightnings in [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – it is time for Portugal and having a look at what their Special Forces have in their armoury. We’re looking at photos from their recruiting campaign, and as you can see, there is a nice variety of old and modern Heckler & Koch rifles [Read More…]
About two years ago TFB covered the Russian Sniper Rifle Orsis T-5000 in an article written by Hrachya H called Description, News and Rumors. It’s now time for an update as the company has managed to get a contract valued over $1.5 million, where an undisclosed [Read More…]
US Optics is releasing a The Foundations Series, which is a domestically manufactured line of rifle scopes. According to the company, the scopes establish a new standard for reliability, durability, and performance. The scopes are machined from aircraft grade 6061-T6 [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Today we have only one picture on the subject of defending your country and winter warfare. A modern soldier meets a collegue from 80 years back in time. (I guess he got a little help from Photoshop.) Early in the morning of November 30, in [Read More…]
It has been a while since we posted anything from Blown Deadline Cerakote, but they are back with full force with a Heckler & Koch SP5 dazzled up with some flowers. The pictures were posted on Heckler & Koch USA’s Facebook and the comments are hilarious, [Read More…]
Kinetic Research Group, or KRG for short, have a new Whiskey-3 Competition chassis available for the Remington 700 Short Action. This is KRG’s flagship chassis and features their Aluminum ARCA Forend, ARCA Spigot mount and a tool-less adjustable fixed Whiskey-3 [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We take a look at what looks like a really wet and muddy Multi-Gun competition at Fort Benning. Handguns, shotguns and rifles in the rain – what’s not to like? Once you hear the start signal you forget about the weather anyway, [Read More…]
The Titanium Editions are now part of Christensen Arms standard offerings. There are two new models called the Mesa Titanium Edition and the Ridgeline Titanium Edition, where their precision titanium action is introduced in their standard hunting models. The Mesa has a [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day is a rare sight. Using the Accuracy International L96A1 as a base model, this is one of eight (1 of 8) of the first AI AW (Arctic Warfare) that were ever made. The AW models were improved to withstand colder conditions. These were [Read More…]
Mission First Tactical has just released a new magazine called Extreme Duty Window Magazine, primarily designed for the .223 Rem / 5.56×45 mm round. As you can see in the pictures, the magazine comes with a window and an indicator on the spring, so you know how [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we go back in time almost 18 years, for the one and only Level III IPSC Competition in China. The pictures were posted by Mr. Vince Pinto, who was the Handgun Rules Director (1996-2017) at the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC). [Read More…]
The Trigger – probably one of the most important features on any firearm. A firearm with top components won’t be the same thing if the trigger is bad, and the same thing goes for bottom-end firearms. I’ve shot low-cost AR15s that would have been decent [Read More…]
Today we are looking at a Mandalorian Fett Blaster, exclusively on The Firearm Blog. The firearm is based on a Quentin Defense ARQ-15 receiver set, and the intention of the build was to scratch the itch to make a rendition of Boba Fett’s gun and create this prior to [Read More…]
In today’s Photo Of The Day, we find ourselves in South Korea. We’re looking at M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks doing their thing at the Rodriquez Live Fire Complex. The M1 Abrams tanks are with the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Above you can see a soldier opening fire with one of Mother Russia’s Kalashnikovs. Below: The soldiers arrive by helicopters, and once on the ground they continue to secure the area. I think the helicopter is a Mil Mi-8, which is available in [Read More…]
A White Russian is a cocktail made with vodka, some kind of coffee liqueur and cream served with lots of ice, preferably in an old fashioned type of glass. However, in TFB’s Photo Of The Day we don’t mix drinks, we try to show you the best firearm’s [Read More…]
Although I don’t have enough time with it yet, I think the 6.5 Creedmoor is a great round. Low recoil combined with great performance, two very important boxes for me. I don’t reload, and I don’t plan to. However it is interesting to see how the [Read More…]
-“Comrade Snajper, rifle is fine but barrell support is never recommended”. Yes, barrel support is bad in any country or language, but it looks cool on pictures as in TFB’s Photo Of The Day. Above you can see the Russian KSVK 12.7, using the 12.7×108 [Read More…]
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