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.
Today’s Photos brings us to the German forests and a short lesson in the German language. Fernspäher consists of two words.”Fern” means remote and “späher” (Spä·her) means scout. So we’re looking at Specialized Scouts, to carry [Read More…]
This is one of the best pictures I’ve seen in a while, perfect for TFB’s Photo Of The Day. In 2017 we did a similar one, the Aerial Door Gunning with .50 BMG. Übung means exercise in German, and the picture is from “Heli Dust”. The picture is [Read More…]
It’s time for the Picture Of The Day again, and we have an excellent choice of firearms to look at. The selection comes from Belgium, Germany and the United States of America. Below: Looking into the scope on top of the .50 BMG Barrett M82, the MS Stena Forecaster [Read More…]
The Picture Of The Day takes us to The Falklands, and the infamous Onion Ranges a vast swathe of land which is used for training by the Army. It is located on a remote part of the East Falkland island. It could be a coincidence that the pictures were taken on a cloudy [Read More…]
The ever lasting question about which trigger is the best just got even more complex. Violent Little Machine Shop has the perfect present for yourself, your girlfriend or wife. Or vice-versa, the perfect gift for your soon-to-be wife to get for you! Violent Little [Read More…]
Our Photo Of The Day brings memories to how stagecoaches were protected once upon a time in The Wild West. I am not so sure the “Wild West” is so much calmer these days, so a side-by-side like this is probably not too bad to have at home by the bed (where [Read More…]
In complete silence, the German company C.G. HAENEL GmbH have extended their product range with a rifle in 300 Blackout. The CR300 Blackout was shown at ENFORCE TAC 2019, and is not yet available on the homepage so there are no official specifications, unfortunately. [Read More…]
In shooting, knowing the range to your target is essential. For instance, the rifle you brought to the hunt may not be suitable for long-range applications, and without knowing the proper distance you may be out of reach for a clean shot. Your eyes and your [Read More…]
Today’s Photo is a Canik TP9 Elite Combat in 9×19 mm. The picture used with permission thanks to Schrombo – check his Instagram out in the link provided. I ordered this Canik TP9 Elite Combat at this years (read 2018) IWA in Nürnberg – and today it [Read More…]
A black piece of plastic with some screws and joints. It sounds easy, but getting a holster right, isn’t. Blackhawk have been in R&D for several years and now their new T-Series is available for the market, with more and more models and compatibility being [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day is taken from above in the port of Gothenburg, Sweden. You see a sniper armed with a PSG-90 (Accuracy International Arctic Warfare in .308 Win), as used by the Swedish Armed Forces. The optics is most likely a Schmidt & Bender 3-12 [Read More…]
Today’s Picture Of The Day is the British “EM-2“, in the rain. It is also known under the names as the “Janson rifle (EM2)” or the “Rifle No.9 Mk1”, and almost looks like it has a pump action. The EM-2 was an experimental rifle, [Read More…]
Camp Hansen is a United States Marine Corps base located in Okinawa, Japan. The camp got its name after Dale M. Hansen who earned a Medal of Honor, unfortunately posthumously as he was killed by an enemy sniper in 1945. In Today’s Photo Of The Day you can see US [Read More…]
The topic of today’s Photo Of The Day is easy. We’ve spotted a Ruger Precision Rifle at the International Sniper Competition 2019, held in March 2019 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The cap on the rifle scope says “Nightforce Mil-Spec”. The mount [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day is an R2D2 look-alike that goes “Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrttt“, as enemy objects close-in. The purpose is to detect and destroy alien objects before they can hit and damage the ship, and it most likely the last line of defense. The [Read More…]
Location: Löddeköping, South of Sweden. I guess you haven’t been there and wasn’t planning to go there either? That’s fine, to be honest, neither was I until I got an invitation for a Factory Visit to Spuhr, makers of rifle scope mounts and other [Read More…]
Posing for the camera for Today’s Photo Of The Day here at TFB, is the U.S. Marine Corps’ scout sniper platoon commander and the chief scout sniper with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary [Read More…]
Hensoldt in Germany have developed a new 1-8×24 telescopic sight, probably to meet the demands of selected Military and Law Enforcement and Special Units who are looking at similar solutions from Schmidt & Bender and Nightforce. The reticle is in the first [Read More…]
Quite often you read or hear the phrase “how easy it is to acquire a permit to own a firearm“, used as a routine without any facts or background information attached. Readers of this blog will know for a fact that in reality, it is far from easy. For sure [Read More…]
Did you ever try target shooting with tracers? It was fun, wasn’t it? Add tracers to a fully automatic weapon system – and darkness – and you have the potential for some real fun. (By the looks of it someone else paid too.) That is the subject for [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day shows two Paratroopers, from France and Britain, during Exercise Falcon Amarante. You can see a Colt C8 Carbine in the picture, with Trijicon ACOG and a red dot on top, Magpul magazines. I am not sure about the black rifle, turned away, [Read More…]
Morale Patches, some love them some hate them. Today’s Picture Of The Day is a vintage Aimpoint patch. The current Aimpoint patch has “Open Your Eyes” written instead, which is more politically correct than the pictured version. Below is also a vintage [Read More…]
I am happy that someone finally developed this product, and I am surprised it wasn’t Glock themselves that did it. On the other hand it is great that smaller companies can see the need for new innovations, find a solution, prototype and develop it and start the [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day shows the Electronically Remote-Controlled Weapon System of the Pandur 6×6 APC, used by the Bundesheer in Austria. The Pandur is a 6×6 APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier) produced by the Austrian company Steyr-Daimler-Puch [Read More…]
What hides behind the designation L131A1? In case the pictures didn’t help you it’s the British Army’s name for the Glock 17. In 2013 the MOD (Ministry Of Defence United Kingdom) signed a £9 million contract to provide the Armed Forces with more than [Read More…]
It’s not often that TFB writes about BUL Armory (Israel), but they make some really good looking pistols. Their brand new SAS II BULLESTEROS (wordplay as the IPSC World Champion Jorge Ballesteros uses the brand) is displayed and described here. After a year of [Read More…]
TFB first reported about the new Steiner M7Xi IFS 4-28×56 – Intelligent Firing Solution – about a year ago. The specifications of the new Steiner MX7i IFS look very good on paper, and the limited look I had through the glass at last year’s [Read More…]
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety has selected FN America to supply the FN 15 Patrol Carbine. There is some logic in that, as FN America produce the carbine in the same state. 300 carbines have already been delivered by the local distributor Amchar [Read More…]
Paukatti Oy is a small company based in Finland. Their specialty is exporting shooting accessories, manufacturing and also reloading manual publishing. The owner is a long-time competition shooter in tactical military sniper competitions and in long-range shooting [Read More…]
Today’s Picture is a rather odd firearm. It has one of the largest charging handles I’ve ever seen, but there’s a good reason for that as you have to push the shotgun cartridge forward to chamber it. The M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System (MASS) is [Read More…]
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