Having always had a passion for firearms, Rusty S. has had experience in gunsmithing, firearms retail, hunting, competitive shooting, range construction, as an IDPA certified range safety officer and a certified instructor. He has received military, law enforcement, and private training in the use of firearms. Editor at Outdoorhub.com
It may be common knowledge within the shooting community that the Springfield XD series is based off of the Croatian HS2000, but what is not widely known is the creation of HS Produkt is rooted in the Croatian War of Independence. As early as 1991, forces in Croatia, [Read More…]
(Hat tip to Soldier Systems Daily) Most of us who carry a firearm have many drawers and bins full of different magazine pouches. It can be annoying when changing platforms to buy magazine pouches, and a lot of universally sized magazine pouches do not have appropriate [Read More…]
Henry Repeating Arms began in 1996, their name being an homage to Benjamin T. Henry, who designed the original 1860 lever action repeating rifle. While they do not have a connection to the original New Haven Arms Company, they do make quality rifles at a quality [Read More…]
During WW2, having increased anti-armor capability was of ever-increasing importance as combat operations progressed. One way of increasing armor penetration was to use the “Squeeze Bore” principal. This principal was initially explored in German small [Read More…]
After reading our founder’s article, “What would you buy, if there were no restrictions whatsoever”, I’ve really thought a lot about one of his questions: Would Glock start designing fully automatic machine pistols? Would people start buying [Read More…]
In every arms race, there are some weapons that are revolutionary, and some that just miss their opportunity to make a tactical impact. it is interesting to think what would’ve been if incendiary rounds didn’t effectively end the age of the airship in [Read More…]
I am an avid user of lever-actions. I routinely carry them while on long hikes, and have used them to good effect while hunting in short to mid range situations where I know quick shots and follow ups will be necessary. I have also used the .45-70 for a number of [Read More…]
While I have put in many hours of square range time and attended serious training as well, I love shooting sports; they’re fun, informative, and a great way to practice. One can also make new friends, and sports afford the opportunity to either just have fun or [Read More…]
GA Precision offers some of the most accurate rifles and actions available. Of course, with the amount of work that goes into each rifle, the end result costs as much or more than very high-end optics. Their rifles have proven to be accurate, well built, and [Read More…]
Apropos of Nathaniel F’s recent query: “How Can We Break The Small Arms Plateau“, an interesting development may be taking place alongside the new prospect of guided (DARPA’s EXACTO and Sandia’s self-guided bullet) small arms ammunition: [Read More…]
American Tactical Import’s (ATI) new FXH-45 Polymer 1911 has become available after being unveiled at SHOT 2016. Friend of TFB Hank Strange got his hands on a production model prior to SHOT 2016, and has been giving it a thorough assessment. In his initial video overview, he seems to have [Read More…]
Taylor Brands annouced a pretty unique item today from Schrade: Their new “Guide Master Sling Shot Full Tang Fixed Blade Knife”. For a shorter moniker, SCHF39 is the model number. What caught my attention was the fact that the knife’s sheath has a [Read More…]
Swinging by Quantico Tactical (who are apparently big fans of TFB by the way, thanks guys!), I noticed what I thought a first were chem lights, a fairly common military item. Upon closer inspection, it was a unique and versatile “modular light system” [Read More…]
I was headed past Milkor USA’s booth today to take a look at their lightweight 40mm launcher when a launcher of a whole different aesthetic caught my eye: The 40mm Hydra. With a large hydraulic buffer tube mated to the chamber and barrel, sitting above a grip [Read More…]
ZEV Technologies, a Glock customization shop, had a lot of new things on display for 2016. The first thing I took a look at were their new stainless steel slides in a “Prize Fighter” and “Hex” cut. I really liked the feel of the Hex cut, as [Read More…]
Admittedly, I have always been a big fan of Black Hills Ammunition. I find their ammo to be extremely accurate and of a very high quality, and have done very well with it in competitions while using it against other competitors using handloads. That being said, I [Read More…]
Leading the good fight against our cyborg overlords this year was ALS defense (Amtech Less-Lethal Systems), with their Skynet anti-drone rounds for 12ga. shotguns and 37mm/40mm launchers. All kidding aside, this is quite a capable antidrone round. It works by [Read More…]
As Ray I. recently reported, CMC Triggers Corp. has been working on a drop-in modular trigger unit for the AK. I had the chance both to try the trigger at the range day and examine one in operation at CMC’s SHOT booth. As far as shooting impressions on the [Read More…]
I stopped by Kinetic Research Group’s boot today to see what was new with their chassis systems. New for 2016 is the Whiskey-3 Gen 5, and X-Ray Gen 2. The Whiskey-3 now features a polymer fore-end with M-Lok slots and a built-in barrier stop, and is a 1/2lb [Read More…]
I stopped by Crye Precision’s booth today to see what was going on with the SIX12, as nothing had really been heard about it over the last year. Unfortunately the shotgun’s lead designer wasn’t there at the time, but Caleb Crye took the time to [Read More…]
The news from KRISS USA this year at SHOT was five new calibers for the KRISS Vector Gen II: .40 S&W, .357 SIG, 9×21 (for European countries that do not allow use of “military” calibers) 22lr, and my personal favorite, 10mm. I am glad to see more [Read More…]
Ultimate Training Munitions, or UTM, has a new product that’s available for sale direct to civilian consumers-Their Civilian Target Ammunition, or CTA. CTA ammunition works by simply replacing one’s AR-15 Bolt or one’s pistol slide and barrel, and is [Read More…]
Today at SHOT, I swung by both Pedersoli and Taylor’s Firearms respective booths for you SASS shooters and reproduction fans out there. For those of you who don’t know, Pedersoli produces guns in Italy and Taylor’s imports some of Pedersoli’s [Read More…]
I was making my way to another appointment at SHOT when the Mako Group/FAB Defense booth caught my eye. The first thing I checked out was their new “Scorpus” line of holsters, made of glass-reinforced polymer. These are a retention holster that indexes [Read More…]
Press Release: Cranston, Rhode Island – SWAROVSKI OPTIK NORTH AMERICA, a subsidiary of the Austrianbased company is pleased to announce the introduction of the X5(i) Rifle Scope series. The X5(i) has been developed specifically with the long range shooter/hunter in [Read More…]
Today at SHOT show, I was able to take a look at the Desert Tech MDR in both 7.62×51 and 5.56×45. Desert Tech was taking orders on them currently, so they should head out to dealers soon. Some salient information: There is a handguard that will go around [Read More…]
Here at SHOT show media day at the range, there are some firearms that one might encounter normally in any gun shop or at the range, and then there are rarities that might not be seen every day. Mauser had one of each available to try: The bespoke (grade 5?) Mauser [Read More…]
Since first seeing the M249S at the NRA show, I have been waiting to try one out. That wait was finally over today…kind of. Believe me, a LOT of people wanted to try this one out, and so it was a little bit more of a wait. Settling into the gun, many things [Read More…]
At media range day, I headed over to CMMG to see what all the noise was about. I had been shooting a few bays over, when some very loud automatic fire caught my attention. It was the 10″ barreled Mutant (MK47 K), their AK-47 magazine compatible rifle, with a [Read More…]
Several years back, I was strolling around the SAR show in Phoenix, having taken care of my most pressing business, when something caught my eye: an H&K MP5K Briefcase. I had an MP5K, and had been on the lookout for cases for some time. Unfortunately, any that [Read More…]
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