Tacome1942 is a genius. He makes working replicas of firearms, out of paper by hand. The use of metal is unavoidable. He does use metal for extractors, springs, firing pins, and screws. Now when I say “working replicas” they don’t fire conventional [Read More…]
Here is an odd duck gun. The Dardick Model 1500. We had posted an interesting magazine fed Frankenruger revolver the other day. This is nothing like that one. It uses a proprietary polymer cased bullet that is triangular and called Trounds. They are fed into an internal [Read More…]
STI is now making “lite” versions of the company’s existing Duty One pistols. These new lightweight pistols use aluminum, standard width frames. Three versions of the new guns are now in production: the Duty One Lt 3.0, Duty One Lt 4.0 and Duty [Read More…]
Katelyn Francis is only 13 years old in this video. She is amazing. Watch her rock this stage. She is smooth and most of the time is constantly moving and shooting. Very impressive. The Full Auto ACR is a stage gun that all competitors must use at the start of the [Read More…]
At a recent gun show in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I made an impulse purchase. The Kel-Tec PF9. I had been looking for a sub-compact pistol, and wanted something light, thin, and most importantly, reliable. I had considered a Glock 26, but the shape was just too [Read More…]
Guncrafter Industries is now making the American pistol in an all stainless steel version. The American is a full size 1911-style pistol that has a 5″ barrel. The original American pistol (still available) is listed as having a forged frame and slide with a [Read More…]
TFB is firmly committed to our “no politics” rule. That said, there are many innovating developments created that maximize effectiveness under restrictive laws. The “FrankenRuger” is one of those pistols. The result is a magazine-fed revolver [Read More…]
Schroeder Bauman impressed me after my factory tour. Their knowledge, service, and dedication to craft was laudable. Now with a pistol in hand and plenty of ammo, I headed out to the range. Was the American Defender good enough to turn a proclaimed [Read More…]
I sometimes wonder why German gun companies can be bothered staying in business. Hot on the heels of a raid at SIG Sauer, DW.de reports that Walther may be under investigation for illegal arms exports to Colombia, something the company denies ever doing. So how has the [Read More…]
The other afternoon I was walking though my local Cabela’s and stumbled upon their caliber specific, competition cleaning kits. They have everything you need, sans oil and solvent, to clean your firearm. I picked up two of them, one in .40 for my handguns and [Read More…]
Jonathan Ferguson writes about brand new pistol designs appearing in the strangest of places, Libyan arms bazaars … The shared name of these weapons, inscribed on the slide, is ‘TACTICAL-HULK PT11-PRO’, accompanied by the inscription ‘ПОХКЕТ [Read More…]
Now, before you roll your eyes at yet another 1911 manufacturer, I encourage you to hold the skepticism for just a moment. I’ll admit, when I arranged the factory visit I was interested, but not expecting anything out-of-this-world. By the time I left, I may [Read More…]
The new Cordova pistol from Indumil (Military Industry) is said to be the first pistol to be 100% designed and manufactured in Colombia. The 9mm semi-automatic pistol will be be available in three models (a full size, a compact size and a ‘tactical’ size). [Read More…]
An impressive shot by Jerry Miculek. I managed a 200 yd shot with my KRISS Vector carbine at a carbine class once, and that was tough.
The Herald Tribune gun blog reports that GLOCK 42 pistols have been experiencing barrel problems. “Barrel problems” caused by the weak .380 ACP cartridge are unusual. The shooter swears they were factory rounds (but don’t they all …). [Read More…]
Lew Horton Distributing Co, Inc. is now selling two special editions of the Kahr CW9 pistol. The first features a blue slide and other metal parts. The finish is PVD – physical vapor deposition. PVD is a vacuum coating process that is provides additional [Read More…]
The 10mm fans may be happy to hear they have another pistol option in their favorite caliber. STI International is now selling the Nitro 10, a 1911-style pistol chambered for the 10mm. According to STI, the company received many requests from customers to make a [Read More…]
The Browning Hi-Power is a creation of the famous firearm designer John Browning, along with the legendary 1911 pistol. This handgun was designed in the 1920s and although less popular than the 1911 (at least in the USA) it has been continuously manufactured from 1935 [Read More…]
The Lahti pistol was the brainchild of Aimo Johannes Lahti, a Finnish soldier turned arms inventor. While there is some dispute it’s hard to ignore the fact that Lahti’s pistol uses a very similar locking block to the earlier Bergmann-Bayard pistols. The [Read More…]
We thoroughly enjoyed shooting, handling and just plain admiring the beautiful Korth-Waffen pistols and revolvers at SHOT Show. Here are some more photos from the show taken by, and copyright, Bryan Jones.
Sig Sauer just sent out a newsletter for a pretty awesome deal, if you buy one of their featured 1911s you’ll get a free 1911-22. OK, so it’s not actually buy a .45ACP 1911 and get a full .45ACP 1911 free. However the Sig 1911-22 retails for $419 and is a [Read More…]
Seventy pistols manufactured by Sig SAUER GmbH (Germany) were allegedly sold to the Kazakhstan Republican Guard in 2010. According to export paperwork, they were being exported to the USA for civilian sales. An unnamed company in the USA then obtained export approval [Read More…]
Not quite – though as this recent article points out, there do appear to be increasing numbers of staplers converted into fairly advanced zip guns being confiscated worldwide. The common double action stapler is highly modular, regularly seen trivially adapted to [Read More…]
Walther Arms introduced the PPQ M2 pistol at SHOT Show this year. This pistol is striker-fired with a polymer frame that Walther has directed at keeping pace with similar competitor offerings. The PPQ M2 has similarities to the recent Walther P99 and PPX, but [Read More…]
Springfield Armory introduced the new XDs 4.0 to the Media Range day this year. The XDs 4.0 is an extended barrel version of the striker fired XDs 9mm released at last year’s SHOT Show. Still marketed towards the concealed carry audience, the XDs 4.0 has several [Read More…]
Palmetto State Armory, the online retailer, had two prototype 1911 pistols on display which they are producing in-house. Instead of trying to compete in the low-end market, these prototypes were match grade pistols with a high level of hand finishing. I asked the [Read More…]
I have a little familiarity with the Lusa USA – Lusa 94 SA carbine and was interested in the next evolution of the firearm. The NiteScout comes with a polymer H&K Navy type semi-automatic trigger housing, with the markings SE for safe and semiautomatic (German [Read More…]
Arsenal Firearms (officially: Arsenal Firearms Group of Companies) is expecting approval from the ATF this year, of the AF-1 Strike One pistol. However, this doesn’t mean it will be available on the US market in 2014. The lucky honor will first go to Italy, where [Read More…]
It’s a staple of cinema and video games, it looks cool, but as the image above from comedy action movie ‘Hot Fuzz’ reminds us, it’s mostly nonsense. We’re talking ‘dual wielding’, aka ‘guns akimbo’, or the simultaneous [Read More…]
Last May TFB reported the Magpul 1911 grips were coming, and thought they are on the market now, I’d yet to handle them. So I took the time to check them out at SHOT Show. I like the look of them, though not in love with the tiny Magpul logos as texture, but [Read More…]
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