I founded TFB in 2007 and over 10 years worked tirelessly, with the help of my team, to build it up into the largest gun blog online. I retired as Editor in Chief in 2017. During my decade at TFB I was fortunate to work with the most amazing talented writers and genuinely good people!
UPDATE: See more photos at Lionel posts for DSA 2016 and for DEFEXPO 2016 My good friend Lionel Helias sent us photos of firearms that were at DSA 2016 last month in Malaysia. Thanks Lionel. We really appreciate you sending these photos!
Jon Stokes has written about Smart Guns technology for the tech blog TechCrunch (warning: his article is a political, this blog post is not). He brings up an excellent point: to what extent are guns designed around laws, rather than the what the market or gun designers [Read More…]
I am posting the press release for the Sabre Defence equipment auction without comment, simply because I think it is of interest to our industry readers (this is not an advertisement). Perfection Industrial Sales will host an online auction offering over 500 lots [Read More…]
In the real world, grown men can politely disagree and still be friends. Online, depending on whose comments you were reading, you would have been forgiven for thinking Sean from TXMGO and myself at TFB had some huge beef. Nothing could be further from the truth. I [Read More…]
In an earlier article I wrote that Stag Arms’ new owners White Wolf Capital did not announce the acquisition of Stag Arms until recently. They had, in fact, send out a press release on PR Newswire on Feb 29, the date of the acquisition. My apologies.
A vendor at Texas Machine Gun & Ordnance’s gunshow in Houston had an unfinished pipebomb, claymore-esque explosive device and a suicide vest on display at his booth. Only the pipebomb was for sale, at $150 and requiring a BATFE Form 1 to complete. This was [Read More…]
In the 80s and 90s, concealed carry enjoyed a renaissance that produced a slew of excellent and affordable handguns for the common man. However beginning in the early 20th century the carry of small, affordable semi-automatic pistols began to really gather steam. In this list, we explore five of the [Read More…]
The Seek Compact XR is a miniature thermal imager that attaches to a mobile phone. Only a few years ago purchasing a thermal imager was far outside the budget of hobbyist. Today with devices like the Seek, they are easily affordable. By using the screen, processing [Read More…]
Another gun company has been snapped up by a Private Equity firm. This time it is the New Britain-based firearm company Stag Arms that had its FFL license temporarily revoked last year. In December the President and owner Mark Malkowski pled guilty to a misdemeanor [Read More…]
The Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan is Ruger’s definition of a back country “pack gun” used as personal protection against bear and other large mammals and predators. It comes in .44, .45LC/.454 Casull, and .480 Ruger. As a testimony to its effectiveness, there are verified claims that [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James reviews the gnarly and intimidating Chiappa Triple Threat, a three-barrel 12 gauge shotgun designed with close quarters combat in mind. James starts with birdshot, then works his way to 3″ BB and eventually 3″ 00 buck rounds, testing the effect of buckshot [Read More…]
We all know that the Scottish defeated the English because they strategically used kilts and blue face paint. Hundreds of years later the English are still trying to break free from Scottish occupation and oppression. 5.11 have produced a tactical kilt they claim obsoletes the need for [Read More…]
Isaac emailed us this photo of the Nigerian Navy SBS (Special Boat Service) special forces training with Tippmann U.S. Army Project Salvo paintball markers. These .68 caliber paintball guns are patterned after the AR-15 and include an M4-style 6 position stock and [Read More…]
Azril from Malaysia sent us these photos of the Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V, at the opening ceremony of the Fourth Council of the Kelantan State Assembly of the Thirteenth Year (2016). The Sultan is flanked by Close-Protection Operator from Royal alaysian [Read More…]
Mathew writes …. Thought I would share something that I thought might make a fun Photo-of-the-Day…since you posted the HK P7 Field Strip video. As an Industrial Designer I thought it would be fun to design a modern P7 concept. So I designed this a while [Read More…]
Zoltan is old friend of ours who runs Kalashnikov.hu. He reached out to me asking if I can help him with a project he is working on. He wrote … The main designer is Zala Karoly (Karoly Zala). He is nearing 80 years old. I want to show him that there are fans and [Read More…]
Miroslav sent us this photo of the H&K SP5K on display in Germany at the IWA gun expo. Read more about the H&K SP5K here.
Donald, a very creative TFB reader, emailed us photos of these little laser-cut dinosaurs hunting parties complete with Velociraptors and a rifle-toting T-Rex. The T-Rex looks to be carrying a FN SCAR 17 and a Dragunov. I have a small laser cutter and I am far more [Read More…]
Here is my response to a series of emails I exchanged with an individual who is very angry with a gun company. This person sent me piles of documentation, including their emails to and from the company, scans of packing slips etc. The story is bizarre, sad and [Read More…]
Last year TFB published design documentation for a DIY sheet metal semi-automatic pistol. I am very pleased someone took up the challenge to build the pistol. The guy who is building it wrote … I’m still experimenting with spring rates on the homemade [Read More…]
Every couple of weeks I get an email from a reader asking me if I know when the ATI GSG MP40 9mm pistol will go on sale. Well I can finally announce that yesterday (23 Feb) the ATF finally approved the pistol for import and sale in the USA. The gun will go on sale [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James finally reviews one of his top picks for concealed carry, the single stack 9mm Glock 43. James compares the Glock 43 to not only other popular single stack 9mms like the Kahr PM9, S&W M&P Shield, Kel-Tec PF9, and Ruger LC9, but also discusses the Glock against [Read More…]
Kit sent us photos of his customized Century Arms Mini Draco …. This gun started out as a Mini Draco pistol. I added a Midwest Industries quad rail and a Texas Weapons Systems top cover and stuck a Bushnell TRS-25 red dot on the TWS rail for lower third [Read More…]
Last month Andrew Tuohy published a blog post comparing FrogLube with two other lubricants TrackLube+ (a rollercoaster lubricant) and Seal1, another gun lube. He commissioned a infrared spectroscopy analysis of the three lubes and found they were virtually identical [Read More…]
Remington announced the brand new V3 shotgun in December and the company has finally (officially) announced the full line specifications. They are already shipping to dealers. What is the Remington V3 you ask? It’s essentially a mid-range priced version of the [Read More…]
Chris sent us this photo he took of Santa Clara PD officers on duty at the Super Bowl 50 last week. The officers are rocking M4-style AR-15 carbines, each customized with a variety of accessories, and Glock pistols. The officer on the Left seems to be going mostly [Read More…]
Shaitan sent us this photo from Defense Forum Indian. He wrote “Indian MCIWS rifle in its latest avatar with a new type of stock .It is still being developed.” The Multi Caliber Individual Weapon System (MCIWS) has been a development since at least 2013. It [Read More…]
Gabor Vass of Kalibre Magazine writes … Heckler und Koch…NO, it is not a VP9, in Europe it is called SFP9 (Striker Fired Pistol), because the Volkspistole Neun is not politically correct anymore. I had wondered why the H&K VP9 is called the SFP9 in [Read More…]
Industry Day at the Range 2016 at the range this year was an awesome experience for the TFB & TFBTV. TFB was an official sponsor of the day and that sponsorship came with advanced access on Sunday, the day before the actual event. Our advanced access was how we [Read More…]
Mongo, who runs WeaponBlueprints.com, sent us beautiful photos of his nifty Kulsprutegevar M/37 Machine Gun, which was issued with a stylish action cover for transport. He writes … Here is an action cover that also serves as a snow shoe for the bipod of a Swedish [Read More…]
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