For several years now we’ve been told the Swiss made Sphinx would be imported into the USA. It’s finally happened after a long wait. Was it worth the wait? I think it was. On first observation the quality of the fit and finish are excellent. The slide to frame fit [Read More…]
The Big 3 East in Florida is an expansion of the original Big 3 event held at Kansas every Fall. Both events were started by writers for writers. The Big 3 stands for Tactical gun, Tactical gear and Tactical training. All the companies and writers were handpicked and [Read More…]
These photos are were purportedly taken by a Chinese Private Military Contractor of other Chinese PMCs protecting Chinese interests in Burma. Chinese businesses own a lot of farm land and many quarries on the Burmese side of the border which are used to fuel the [Read More…]
Lew Horton Distributing has partnered with Kahr to offer two special editions of the Kahr CW45 .45 ACP pistol. The Kahr CW45 All American DTOM has “ALL AMERICAN” etched on the left side of the stainless slide, and “DON’T TREAD ON ME” on [Read More…]
This is a topic I was pondering the other day. I thought to myself “is there any one role where a submachine gun stands out among the rest as the best firearm for any given situation?” And I couldn’t think of one. Not one. They are much bigger than a [Read More…]
Over the weekend a concerned Swiss man emailed Rob Curtis (Gear Scout) and I about a story being run on TV and online by the Swiss National Television. The story said that Sphinx Arms (part of KRISS Arms) had developed a novel gun tracking technology that could be [Read More…]
The newest addition to the FNX line of pistols is the .45 acp variant. Since it’s introduction at the end of last year it’s shown to be a very popular pistol. FN offers the FNX45 in a two-tone dark earth polymer frame and matte finish black slide made of stainless [Read More…]
Gun blogger Linoge (Walls Of The City) was testing the USFA ZIP Pistol when it suffered from an out-of-battery discharge … Immediately on pulling the trigger on the 27th Golden Bullet round, I was confronted with a bright, actinic purple flash from the ejection [Read More…]
This cut way was on display at IWA. Many thanks to Dom for the photo.
Heckler & Koch manufacture a non-lethal paintball shooting version of their H&K P30 pistol for law enforcement training. The P30 CM fires 11.4mm caliber paintballs filled with food dye. Like gas powered airsoft pistols, the magazine holds the paintballs and [Read More…]
Muzzle-loading rifle maker Traditions is partnering up with famed Italian gun maker Pietta to import two new classic single-action revolver lines into the U.S.A. The “Frontier” series are higher end revolvers with steel frames, well machined and polished [Read More…]
Strike Industries (who never tire of launching new products) have designed a Trijicon RMR red dot sight cover with a transparent window that allows the sight to be used without the cover being removed. It can be seen demonstrated in the video below. Other features [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson M&P is considered one of the main competitors for Glocks on the market of relatively cheap polymer frame pistols. Recently, I had a chance to lay my hands on an M&P 9mm and to compare it to its rival. Below is the detailed review. First, let [Read More…]
SIG SAUER (Germany) has launched a major new line of modular competition pistols. The line has 9 base models, 7 special/accessorized models, and 20 modular accessories. The new X-Series pistols are based on the SIG P226 X-Series and I believe supplants the old SIG [Read More…]
The new .45ACP Glock 30S was born from a “hack” where Glock shooters tinkered a bit and married a 30SF frame with a 36 slide. These hackers felt that the 30SF was too bulky for concealed carry and that the 36, with its 6+1 capacity, did not hold enough [Read More…]
I have not announced them on the blog before but we have been doing weekly product giveaways on the TFB Facebook page. This weeks giveaway is for four sets of Strike Industry Pistol Buffers. Enter the giveaway here. If you have not already “liked” our [Read More…]
The Daily Mail (UK) published a photo purportedly of an unarmed Thai policeman with a police dog that is packing a Glock pistol in a holster strapped to its side. I am very skeptical. It makes no sense that the officer would be unarmed but his dog has a pistol. I [Read More…]
The Caracal pistol pictured above KABOOMed a few months ago in Pakistan. Not normally seen in the catastrophic failure of pistols is a slide splitting in two. It is not uncommon for a cheap zinc-alloy, aka “pot metal”, slides on budget pistols to crack [Read More…]
Mounting cameras, like the GoPro, on firearms may seem like a recent trend but it is not. Back in in at least the 1930s inventors were experimenting with small film cameras attached to pistols. The photo above, dated 1938, is in the National Archive of the [Read More…]
Walther demonstrated three new handguns at SHOT this year. The improved PPQ M2, the PPX, and the PPK/S .22LR. The PPK/S 22 will be offered in black or stainless [shown above]. This firearm is simply a .22LR version of the well-known PPK/S .380 Auto – sharing the [Read More…]
After my post on UK-legal blackpowder pistol conversions Dave emailed us with more information about UK-legal pistols. Technically speaking, pistols are apparently legal in the UK as long as they have a barrel longer than 12″ and a total length longer than [Read More…]
GlockWorx, also known as ZEV Technologies, manufactures aftermarket parts for Glock pistols including triggers, magwells, sights, guide rods, springs and slides. They also do gunsmithing on Glock pistols and can modify your Glock’s frame, slide and finish. They [Read More…]
The Caracal pistol design began in 2003 with European arms designers, headed by Wilhelm Bubits, collaborating on the project for the UAE. The end result is the 9mm Caracal F which entered UAE service in 2007 while boasting fewer parts than Glock models. At SHOT 2013 the [Read More…]
Strike Industries has developed a polyurethane buffer for Glock, M&P and Springfield XD and XDM pistols. The buffer softens recoil when the slide cycles. I have used this type of buffer on semi-automatic rifles for many years, but this is the first time I have ever [Read More…]
As I am sure most of you know, back in the late 90s the UK banned all centerfire and rimfire pistol ownership (defined as any firearms under 24″ of length or with a barrel under 12″, excluding muzzle loaders). What I was not aware of is that they allowed [Read More…]
Walther announced an upgrade to the PPQ pistol for 2013. Called the PPQ M2, the updated gun features interchangeable back straps on a polymer frame, is striker-fired and will be available in both 9mm and .40 S&W. The new PPQ will also feature a reversible [Read More…]
The Mako Group’s KPOS G2 LB200 is an valiant attempt at making a pistol carbine conversion kit that, for legal reasons, does not convert the pistol into a carbine. Instead of having a buttstock the kit has an arm support. This is said to provide a more stable [Read More…]
The indoor shooting range at Douglas County Firearms provides my gunsmithing department with a steady stream of problems needing to be addressed. 90 percent of reliability problems are due to guns being too dirty and too dry. 90 percent of accuracy problems are due to [Read More…]
Coonan have unveiled a 5.7″ compensated barrel version of their .375 Magnum chambered 1911. With an extended barrel length to 5.7”, the Compensated Pistol is ideal for reduced recoil resulting in greater accuracy from a top-of-the-line performer. “The [Read More…]
The latest member of the Freedom Group announced a new series of 1911 grips at the recent SHOT Show in Las Vegas. Tapco is releasing several new grips for the venerable old pistol in their TimberSmith line. The grips are made of an engineered wooden laminate, and will [Read More…]
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