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.
Reloaders take note! There is a new interesting reloading machine from Dillon Precision called the XL750. The new Dillon XL750 is a high-speed progressive reloading machine designed to load common rifle and handgun cartridges. Just to clarify, the XL750 is the blue [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day – today we go back in time to between 1960 and 1965 and the Congo Crisis. The picture is probably taken in 1961. Soon after the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) became independent from Belgium, the [Read More…]
We all love rockets – so let’s fire away in this Photo Of The Day. There’s a lot of fire and smoke involved as rockets do what they do, so the pictures become quite spectacular. Above you can see Alpha Battery, 1-182 Field Artillery as they fire their [Read More…]
Today’s Photo shows an AR15 with endless Atlas bipods mounted. This setup is perfect for when you have to roll around on the ground with your rifle perfectly supported in every angle. The shooter is from the Top Gun Rifle Team – and the rifle is unloaded. [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day is Emmy’s OA-15 in custom Cerakote, and her matching nails. The rifle is a semi-automatic Oberland Arms OA-15 with an 18″ barrel (made by Lothar Walther) chambered in .223 Remington. The stock is a Battlelink minimalist and the [Read More…]
Today’s Photos brings some fun for owners of the Ruger 10/22. Above you can see a suppressed 10/22 Charger in Scottwerx Chicago chassis. A classic 1920-30:s design with a very modern touch combined. Further below you can see the Scottwerx Squad Leader chassis as [Read More…]
We’ve had a look at German Fernspähers before, but it’s time again. Behind enemy lines – these Specialized Scouts train to be able to infiltrate land, air or water deep into hostile territory. Above, we see a soldier with a suppressed Heckler & [Read More…]
Today’s Photo shows Army Specialist Leslie Sabo Jr., who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam War while serving with the 101st Airborne Division. His recommendation for the Medal of Honor was lost for 29 years before resurfacing in 1999. Sabo’s [Read More…]
The Art Of Spotting and Sniping. In today’s selection of Photos we look at U.S. Army spotters and snipers in Germany at the European Best Sniper Team Competition. Above you can see the sniper Spc. Kristofer Encinas, and Alex Stoyonovich a sniper team spotter, with [Read More…]
For the fifth time in a row, we’re looking at Photo Of The Day: Minigun Monday. Today we’re looking at a GAU-17/A Minigun manned by Sgt. Tanner Olson, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 as he engages simulated targets during training over [Read More…]
Above you can see U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade as they conduct cold load training prior to air assaulting into Hohenfels Training Area, Germany during Exercise Saber Screen 2019. Below: [Read More…]
In 2018 Sweden won the European Best Sniper Team Competition. The team later came in at the third place overall at the 2018 International Sniper Competition in the USA. In 2019 they are back in Germany to defend their place on the podium. That’s the subject of [Read More…]
Today’s Photos take us to the European Best Sniper Team Competition that takes place in Grafenwöhr, Bavaria, Germany. With 17 participating nations, such as Spain, Canada, Turkey, Sweden (note the M90 camouflage on the man standing) and Poland, it is one of the [Read More…]
Above you can see a rather unusual Beretta, used by an Italian sniper as he engages targets during the stress shoot event of the European Best Sniper Team Competition at Grafenwoehr, Germany in July 2019. The European Best Sniper Team Competition is a U.S. Army [Read More…]
Monday again – and a great way of starting the week with some Minigun shooting. A month has passed since we started, and this is the fourth edition of the “Photo Of The Day: Minigun Monday”, the time and place where we go wild about pictures of Miniguns in [Read More…]
We’re back to Mopti in Mali, and the Norwegians protecting the United Nations’ C130-J Hercules in this Photo Of The Day. We’re looking at a well camouflaged Heckler & Koch HK417, with a Schmidt & Bender scope in a quick-detach mount. The [Read More…]
It is not often that we get Special Forces captured on images, and catching the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces with Malyuk rifles is very rare, to say the least. The Malyuk or Vulcan is designed and manufactured in Ukraine, by IPI. It looks like they are using [Read More…]
In Today’s Photo Of The Day we go to Denmark for a potential future within the Danish Jægerkorps. The pictures are part of a campaign to get people to join the Danish Frogman Corps or the Danish Jaeger Corps. The rifle is most likely an M/95 Diemaco C8. The rifle [Read More…]
Next week the 2nd IPSC Rifle World Shoot will take place in Sweden. To win, you need to train, and the best training can be had in real matches. The match which is considered as one of the best and hardest IPSC Rifle matches is the Estonian Extreme Rifle. From here we [Read More…]
Long Range Shooting up to 1,800 meters is the subject of this Photo Of The Day. The 2nd Foreign Legion Parachute Regiment (In French: 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes) posted these pictures from a very nice, long shooting range. The French have some strange [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day shows a variety of interesting and (relatively) rare firearms. It is not every day we see a Swiss B&T APR308 Sniper Rifle in service, for instance. The APR308 has a Leupold rifle scope attached. In the picture above, you can see a [Read More…]
Three is a magic number – and this is the third edition of the Photo Of The Day: Minigun Monday, where we admire pictures of Miniguns in various places. We are now in California, at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Or [Read More…]
What could possibly trump our previous U.S. Marine with camouflaged H&K MP7? Well, quite possibly this uncamouflaged but suppressed H&K MP7? The pistol grip says MP7 A1, and the suppressor says Rotex II, made by B&T Switzerland. The suppressor would be this [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – time to go back in time to Operation Iraqi Freedom, where we look at an Estonian Soldier with a Galil SAR in 5.56×45 mm. The Estonian Defence Forces plan to replace the Galil, and LMT Defense won the order as reported by TFB in LMT Defense [Read More…]
Above you can see a High Explosive artillery 155 mm round being fired from an M109A6 Paladin, in a live-fire training at Combined Resolve IX at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. That is the subject of this Photo Of The Day. The updated A6 Paladin version can come from [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – we travel to Al Taqaddum, Iraq, to look at Iraqi Security Forces who practice combat marksmanship with AK-47 assault rifles earlier this year. The range training is part of the development of the Iraqi soldiers’ individual skills and [Read More…]
The theme of Today’s Photo Of The Day is the M40A6 Sniper Rifle. Made by Remington Arms and introduced in 1966 it has seen action in several conflicts. The M40A6 edition has been with the Marine Corps since the middle of June 2016. Just like the H&K MP5, [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – we take a look at a handmade knife and a double rifle. The double rifle is a 450 Express, marked “J Areschougs Malmö” (Malmoe, Sweden), but it is originally a German rifle made before 1892 according to the owner. The knife is a [Read More…]
This is the second article in a series of “Photo Of The Day”, where we admire pictures of Miniguns of various kinds and situations. The series is called Minigun Monday. Miniguns on a Monday – it’s as simple as that! Today we take a look at the GAU-17 [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day shows a Heckler & Koch G28 DMR, fully loaded with accessories like the Schmidt & Bender PMII 3-20×56, Aimpoint Micro T2 red dot as well with a Hensoldt NSV night sight attachment. To make the installation complete, there is an [Read More…]