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.
Flat Dark Earth, the JP Rifles PCS-12 and the Microtech SOCOM Alpha together is today’s theme. Shooting a major caliber, like the .308 Win pictured, in practical shooting competition is not going to help you in any way. The Swarovski Z6i with BRI-I reticle. Nice [Read More…]
With the entry of Optics in a lot of Divisions in both USPSA and IPSC (Production, Production Light and Open) more and more shooters are following the red light. The urge to try something new, aging eye sight…there are many reasons people chose to change from [Read More…]
I’m happy to say this is the first TFB Review in 2019 – I am sure there will be many more during the year. I wanted an upgrade for my Ruger Precision Rifle – perhaps you know that urge to improve something which is already perfect? Well that urge was [Read More…]
Do you remember the postcards from the German Kampfschwimmers? In Mother Russia they have Frogmen too and they are jealous. The Germans went to a warmer, tropical location. Smart move. The Russians got winter and ice, but they managed to get these Postcards to us from [Read More…]
Today’s Photo of The Day is a Harley Davidson Softail Springer 2007 with an Ural 2016 sidecar. The Ural is armed with a replica Thomson M1921. The bike is called Three Crowns, dedicated to all veterans. The owner is a veteran himself, but had an injury and now has [Read More…]
Here are few examples of suppressed firearms, in either 9×19 mm or the more powerful .223 Remington (or 5,56×45 mm). The B&T APC9 Suomi pictured is just like the normal APC9 except it has a pinned suppressor (rather long one) to get into the legal minimum [Read More…]
Today’s Photo is a featureless JP-15 sporting the Vortex Optics Strike Eagle 1-8 variable optic. The maker of the rifle is JP Enterprises (JP Rifles) from Hugo, Minnesota. They make some really nice high-end rifles. I guess the other end of the scale would be an [Read More…]
The Barrett M82 in .50 BMG isn’t the first firearm I think of to be used in urban sniping for a number of reasons, but the Soldiers from the Norwegian Homeguard seem to be on a limitless budget. The effective range of the M82 is around 1 800 yards, if not longer. [Read More…]
The Finns have some of the best competition shooters around. Strange, as there are only around 5.5 million Finns around, and it’s dark most of the year. In some way they still manage to become World Champions in many of the practical shooting divisions. TFB has [Read More…]
Music – a big part of a lot of people’s lives. Play it in the background when driving, commuting or on the headphones while working out or just on a short walk. Because this is the The Firearm Blog we’re going to look and listen at music which is in [Read More…]
Ever since I picked up shooting I’ve listened to the debate about the dos and dont’s when it comes to storing magazines loaded or unloaded. I am going to throw some fuel to the fire to this ever-lasting debate. A person I know, let’s say he used to [Read More…]
Today’s Photos are from this hot summer’s Exercise Archipelago Endeavor. The Swedish Marines of 1:st Marine Regiment aboard the island of Korso, Harsfjarden, Sweden, together with the U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 18.1 conduct an [Read More…]
The picture was too good not to share, so here we have the Overthrow lower from Sharps Bros.as our Picture Of The Day. We have covered the Overthrow lower when it was released in 2017, you can check out more versions of it here. BDL Custom Finish did the paint job on [Read More…]
I don’t think Hornady manufactures the Zombie Max any longer, but I have some stock of various calibers. They look really good on pictures, like Today’s Photo Of The Day. Those with very good knowledge of firearms will notice that the magazines are for two [Read More…]
Today’s Photo gives you a look down the 155 mm barrel of the M126 attached to the M109 Howitzer. It’s nice and shiny, as it has just been cleaned. I keep complaining about cleaning my .223 and .308 barrels, but I should probably shut up as the 155 mm looks [Read More…]
I think most people will agree with me that the absolute worst part of owning and using firearms is the cleaning part. That is the subject of Today’s Photo. Gun cleaning comes with gun ownership, there’s no other way. People like to drive cars, not clean or [Read More…]
If the Rezvani Tank isn’t extreme enough for you, there’s now the Military Edition. As a kid the founder of Rezvani, Ferris Rezvani, aspired to become a fighter pilot just like his father. This is represented in the Rezvani emblem, with wings representing [Read More…]
Respect required – Today’s Photo Of The Day shows two Brothers that share the same caliber: .50 BMG. However, these Brothers have completely different mechanisms to fulfill their tasks of sending the .50 BMG bullets downrange. The Lynx GM6 uses a Bullpup [Read More…]
Today’s Photo is the B&T VP9 (Veterinary Pistol) – a firearm that many would like to own, but few can. (sorry, that’s was unintentional) The picture is from Vogt Waffen AG in Switzerland, used with kind permission. B&T veterinary pistol VP9 [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 [Read More…]
Today’s Photo of The Day is more exotic than you first might realize. Location: Republic of Liberia, in West Africa. In a place called Bong Mines. The rifle is a Barret M82 .50 caliber, but in this version called AG90C (Swedish Armed Forces). If you have sharp [Read More…]
In this article you will meet a brand new Romanian Cugir WS1-63SB chambered in 7.62×39 mm. The rifle is available for just a little short of 900 Euro or roughly 1 000 US Dollars in Germany. Step by step it will transform, like Dracula, into an AK47 Short Barrel [Read More…]
Manual Action Lever Release (MALR) rifles gets a come-back in the new 2019 IPSC Rifle rule book. You may laugh at this division, but remember that some countries have banned semi-automatic firearms. I am thinking of the United Kingdom in particular, but there are a few [Read More…]
Here at TFB we very rarely write about Automobiles, but when we do they are probably the best Automobiles in the World – for our needs. When we covered luxury SUVs for hunting and fishing England had a clear win with their Bentley Benteyga. If hunting with Falcons [Read More…]
Unless you have some interest and skill in mathematics, shooting high or low-angle precision rifle is going to be even more difficult. Just imagine all the countless variables, and then adding to the difficulty that the distance that you measure (via Milling or Laser [Read More…]
For this year’s Veteran’s Day t’s time for a new Limited Edition of Radian Weapons’ Raptor Charging Handle. It goes on sale on Monday the 12:th of November, and is called “The Pioneer”. Radian Weapons are planning to raise $20,000 for [Read More…]
ESG Gunworks LLC is a Class 2 manufacturer formed in 2008 by three police officers. They are located in Texas and specialize in building AR-15 and AR-10 style rifles according to the customer’s needs. One of their customer brought in a rifle made by them, an ESG [Read More…]
A huge market opens as IPSC (International Practical Shooting Confederation) update their rule books in January 2019. I would think the biggest new market is in the IPSC Handgun Competition, as two new divisions (that have been lurking on test) appear. They are IPSC [Read More…]
Schrombo from Germany continues to deliver another interesting project, this time in 300 Blackout. This project is also an example of how different Gun Laws can be from nation to nation, state to state. DOLOS sounds like a disease you really don’t want to get, but [Read More…]
In today’s Photos we can see the anti-tank missile of the FGM-148 Javelin being fired in various situations. The system is man-portable and Made in the USA. The user can take cover once the missile has been fired, as the system uses an automatic infrared guidance [Read More…]
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