Let’s take “gaming” to a whole new level, shall we. Loke Uei Tan, a self proclaimed geek and USPSA shooter, spent a few months developing a virtual reality shooting simulator for the Oculus Rift. Dubbed the ‘Practisim VR’ the [Read More…]
Rifle Dynamics owner Jim Fuller took to Facebook to announce that he was approached by a ‘group of long time friends’ to sell the company and that he has accepted the offer. Fuller has not yet disclosed the buyers nor the sale price and only offers that more [Read More…]
Ok, let’s take a brief pause from all the breaking news, press releases and technical specifications. Last week I stumbled across BenShot, a small Wisconsin business making unique tumblers and rocks glasses for the discriminating drinker. Each one has been [Read More…]
Silencer manufacturer KGMade has teamed up with Angstadt Arms to make an integrally suppressed pistol caliber carbine. Taking cues from other suppressed platforms like the MP5SD, The UDP-9i series features a ported barrel to drop high velocity ammo down to subsonic [Read More…]
Recently, it seems like I have had the job of delivering bad news, and unfortunately today is no different. Remington Arms has announced that the plant in Ilion, New York has laid off 122 employees. This is in addition to the 39 layoffs at the Huntsville, Alabama plant [Read More…]
The pros at SureFire have put together an outstanding video series comprised of short clips with gunfighters explaining how to better use illumination to gain tactical superiority. The short version? Bad*sses using guns and lights together to make low light shooting [Read More…]
In yet another sign of changing times within the firearms industry, an anonymous source contacted TFB with the news that Howell Munitions & Technology laid off an unknown number of employees for a temporary two-week period. Apparently employees were also given the [Read More…]
SilencerCo has just announced their newest run of the Summit Series custom firearm and silencer package. In collaboration with Boresight Solutions, SilencerCo is offering a highly modified Glock 19 in combination with an Osprey 9K. The new release is being listed for [Read More…]
In the past few weeks we have featured stripper clips to load AR magazines through the ejection port, pinned pistol compensators and a bolt action GLOCK – all workarounds for California laws. And I’m not sure if I am more disgusted at legislation clearly [Read More…]
While not exactly “breaking news” material, Bushmaster ACR fans have a reason to to be happy this week. The company is offering a factory short barreled rifle (SBR) configuration of their ACR platform. For regular readers, the Masada/ACR saga is well known [Read More…]
A professor and her team at NC State has developed a type of metal foam that is capable of stopping some of the most powerful small arms rounds in use by the military. Sandwiched between a ceramic strike face and a Kevlar or aluminum backplate, the ballistic composite [Read More…]
We are still fresh into 2017 and it is shaping up to be the year of the pistol. An anonymous source has revealed that Wilson Combat will be releasing a new 4″ alloy 1911 that takes double stack magazines. Dubbed the EDC X9, the new model won’t use STI/SVI [Read More…]
If you are a prospective buyer of National Firearms Act (NFA) firearms – silencers, short barreled rifles, machine guns, etc. – the post 41F world might be laced with trepidation. After all, it is true that everyone must now submit photographs and [Read More…]
Weapon lights have evolved in the past 10-15 years and obviously LEDs have been a big part of the transformation. Battery life, ruggedness, size and light output are at the top of the list for advantages over their incandescent kin. LUCID Optics has just joined the [Read More…]
Ok, that headline about the Dead Air Casper is slightly dishonest – fake TFB news! Unless I missed the real announcement, Dead Air Armament is not actually releasing a new micro silencer. Although I could see the Pappas/Hughes/Magee team coming up with a similar [Read More…]
Heckler and Koch has just announced a few additions to their polymer pistol lineup. Known as the VP9 in the United States and SFP9 in Europe, H&K is adding the much awaited long slide SFP9 L and compact SFP9 SK variants to the current SFP9/VP9 offerings. Digging a [Read More…]
High tech shooting company Tracking Point has recently announced an addition to their lineup. The M400XHDJ is chambered in 300BLK and comes complete with the signature tracking/targeting system as well as second generation night vision. Pushing $7K, the barrier to entry [Read More…]
If you are like me and still have a large amount of 5.56mm ammo loaded on stripper clips for easier storage and magazine loading, this newly updated release from magLULA might catch your attention. The makers of the now inconic magazine loader/unloader devices have [Read More…]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is charged with protecting the United States from threats crossing international borders. Besides physical threats from terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons of mass destruction, the men and women in blue protect American [Read More…]
Joining 11 other states in the Union, today the New Hampshire Governor signed a bill into law allowing for the concealed carry of weapons without a permit. Known as ‘Constitutional Carry’ the law allows both residents and non-residents to carry unless [Read More…]
At the end of last summer I showed off a potato cannon that my father built 15+ years ago and went through some of the firing procedures. While launching spuds is both fun and satisfying, I’d be lying if I didn’t dream up ways to make tracers, flechettes and [Read More…]
That’s why. After the passage of a set of draconian gun laws, manufacturing of semiautomatic handguns by individuals was banned outright. Meaning, if you want to build a pistol from an 80% kit, you are out of luck. That’s when Nate B., owner of Inlander [Read More…]
Agonizing over the extended wait time of the transfer of an MP5SD from TPM Outfitters has been a test of patience. Although I am excited to write the review, the yearlong wait is painful. I know, I know – First World problems. For those customers in the US who [Read More…]
I had the unfortunate responsibility of reporting SilencerCo’s workforce layoffs a few weeks ago. The firearms industry as a whole is in rapid transition – eight years of panic buy cycles and stockpiling for an alternate election result has a way of throwing [Read More…]
This. Is. Awesome. I just had flashbacks to when I was 10 years old, trying to make pistols and rifles from the remnants of dozens of Lego sets. The end result was usually a rainbow colored brick with a straight grip. LEGOs, or more generically 3D block sets, are still [Read More…]
AR15.com member ‘Bradders’ posted details about a Scottish company producing stunning replicas of the WWII speciality weapon the DeLisle Carbine. Even though I am not a .45ACP user, I have always been a big fan of the ‘love-it-or-hate-it’ styling [Read More…]
Recently I had the chance to catch up with friend and silencer master craftsman Joe Jones, owner of Curtis Tactical. Last year we took a brief look at some of Curtis’ projects and it’s nice to know that they are still pushing forward with beautiful and [Read More…]
Having gone through the Simunitions instructor program, I can attest to the fact that it Is some of the most realistic force on force training available to law enforcement and the military. Although at first glance the program may look like a more realistic version of [Read More…]
Sometimes ridiculous laws and regulations will drive innovation. Weapons Armament Research (WAR) has designed a compensator for Glock pistols that uses a system without barrel threads, which for some reason is illegal in places like California. Named the Lock On [Read More…]
Rugged Suppressors has just announced a limited edition package containing three of their best performing silencers. Known as the ‘Join, Or Die’ kit, the Obsidian 45, Surge 7.62 and Razor 7.62 all come custom finished in Cerakote with detailed laser [Read More…]