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!
Stoeger’s Model 2000 is a very popular shotgun. It uses the same inertia operated semi-auto action as the Benelli shotguns, but at a much lower price. Earlier this year, Stoeger introduced the Model 3500 at SHOT Show, a 12 gauge 3.5″ magnum version of the [Read More…]
Bitter was initially a skeptic of the Flashbang bra holster but, after trying it out, she was surprised to find that it worked well. Bitter says … I was wearing a ladies t-shirt in a solid color, and Sebastian said he could tell from some angles that something was [Read More…]
Gun archaeologists Max Popenker and Anthony Williams uncovered a previously unknown prototype machine gun that dates back to WWII. Max blogged the below photos, but is tight lipped about the details. The gun will be featured in their upcoming book Sub-Machine Gun. This [Read More…]
Solider Systems reports that Malaysia is seeking permission to federate the production of M4 rifles, which they produce under license from Colt Defense, across Southeast Asia. An M4 clone, the CQ 5.56, is already produced by China and exported all over the world. One of [Read More…]
Canadian firm Lamperd Less Lethal Inc. manufactures AR-15 rifles chambered in a less lethal load of the .500 S&W called the Less Lethal WASP 500. Magazines are available in a variety of capacities ranging from five rounds right up to 40 rounds. The company also [Read More…]
Degtyaryov’s infantry machine gun, aka. DP / DP-27 / DPM (modernized), with its large pan magazine, is one of the most distinctive weapons of WWII. The pan magazine proved not to be the best idea and after the war the Soviets developed the RP-46, an ingenious [Read More…]
Crystal Pistols manufacture replica guns using lead crystal. The 1911 pistol, pictured below, sells for $275. More photos of the Crystal Pistols can be seen at N.U.G.U.N’s blog.
The US Army may have abandoned the bayonet, but the art of the bayonet is alive and well elsewhere. Earlier this month, at the Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting 2011, Australians, New Zealanders and US Marines participated in a joint bayonet exercise. Marines.mil [Read More…]
Richard at Guns, Holsters & Gear reports on the FN SCAR PDW … The SCAR PDW is a select fire weapon, allowing for single shots or fully automatic fire. The cyclic rate is 650 rounds per minute. The compact size of the PDW lends it self to troops normally [Read More…]
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The Leader 50 is an interesting weapon designed by veteran gun designer Charles St. George. It is in the same class as the Gepard GM6 Lynx .50 Caliber Rifle, hard hitting, fast rate of fire and light enough to be used off hand as a primary weapon. Unlike the GM6 Lynx [Read More…]
Andrew had the opportunity to train in the Threat Dynamics virtual training facility. “It was pretty much like being in the Matrix.”. Manufactured by VirTra Systems, the simulators available at the Threat Dynamics facility included a 100 degree – one [Read More…]
The Rossi Rio Grande lever action rifle is now available chambered in .45-70 and .410 shotshell. The .45-70′s magazine holds six rounds and the .410 holds five. The rifles have a 20″ barrel and weigh 5.8 lbs. The MSRP $536 – $583.
Nick reviews the Armalite AR-50 .50 BMG rifle at TTAG … The AR-50 was designed to do one thing and do it well: hit targets at extreme ranges. According to their 1999 press release, the rifle is an ” . . . economical, accurate rifle for shooters interested in the [Read More…]
Forgotten weapons writes about the Johnson Automatic Rifle … However, it had one particular feature that made it attractive to the Marine Corps paratroopers – the barrel could be easily removed and replaced, using just a cartridge. This made it into a much [Read More…]
If The Firearm Blog had designed the Knight XV from Conquest Vehicles, we would have added a roof mounted, remote controlled FN MAG1 A Browning M2 + ammunition would be to heavy and a FN Minimi does not have the stopping power & range. ↩
[ The Editor: The Firearm Blog readers are an innovative group. We regularly get email from readers asking us for give advice on how to proceed with patenting thier gun-related inventions. I am very pleased to present the first part in a series of posts that demystify [Read More…]
Few things are more sexy than a fully automatic .45 ACP pistol. [ Many thanks to somchai for emailing me the link. ]
I am often asked by readers how they can become gunsmiths, but, never having gone down that path, I am as clueless as they are. My friend Albert Rasch has published an interview with Jeremy Chan, a gunsmithing student at the Trinidad State Junior College Gunsmithing [Read More…]
Surely this must be a joke! UPDATE: Readers have pointed out that the gun is John Moses Browning’s M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun aka. Potato Digger. [Hat Tip: Max Popenker]
The Sig Sauer 1911 TACPAC includes a Sig Sauer 1911 TACOPS (Tactical Operations) a 1911 Nitron (but with thud addition of the Ergo XT grips, like the TaCOPS). , roto-paddle holster with integrated magazine pouch, Allen wrench, speed loader, and hard carry case. The MSRP [Read More…]
Keng’s Firearms Specialty, makers of the Versa-Pod line of bipods, have been awarded a patent (#7,937,873) for a AR-15 stock that has a compartment to store a 20 round AR-15 magazine … A clever idea.
Taurus has introduced two new revolvers. The first, the Taurus 405, is the first Taurus revolver to be chambered in .40 S&W. Its chamber holds 5 rounds and uses Taurus Stellar moon clips. The gun has a 2″ barrel, is available in blue or stainless finish and [Read More…]
Kel-Tec is having production problems with the PMR-30. Gun Nuts reports … Speaking of Kel-Tec, they have currently suspended production of the Kel-Tec PMR-30 (of which they weren’t really producing a lot of guns anyway) due to keyholing issues with the gun. For [Read More…]
Kotaku has leaked details and images of the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 video. This year a few guns that have not yet available to the public are featured in the game. The Kel-Tec KSG shotgun, which was only revealed to the public in January, is featured in [Read More…]
Rumors have been flying around the interwebs about what gun was used to kill Osama bin Laden. The first gun to have been reported as the weapon used to take down Bin Laden was the Sig Sauer P226 pistol. The mainstream media and Hollywood love the image of a Jack Bauer [Read More…]
TFB has been nominated for a gunnies award. The prize is the supercool engraved 30mm shell replica you see below, and 100 rounds of ammo. PLEASE vote for The Firearm Blog in the 2011 Best Gun Blog – News Category. The Gunnies are being run by LuckyGunner.com. From [Read More…]
Century International Arms is now selling a AK74 rifle in a bullpup configuration. Unlike their 7.62×39 bullpup AK, this gun does not have iron sights, but instead includes a forward picatinny rail for mounting red dot or other optics. Century has not announced [Read More…]
The datacenter that hosts The Firearm Blog went down earlier this week and the blog suffered some downtime. I apologize for any inconvenience. An unrelated problem, some users have reported is that the blog’s RSS feed was not working correctly. We believe this [Read More…]
The Browning X-Bolt Medallion, X-Bolt Hunter and X-Bolt Micro Hunter are now available in a left-hand configuration. From the press release … Left-hand shooters now have three models of left-hand X-Bolt™ rifles to choose from in the new Browning® X-Bolt rifle [Read More…]
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