If you regularly shoot a modern, decent quality handgun, type 3 malfunctions (commonly known as a double feed) are not so common. In fact, I’ve only experienced one in the past three years. However, if that one had occurred during a life or death situation, I [Read More…]
Israeli firearm laws have been of interest to firearm owners around the world due to their unique status within Israel. Common misconceptions are that most anyone in Israel can carry a firearm and do so in almost any manner whether it is a long gun or a handgun. The truth is that Israeli citizens [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – above you see a senior sniper and team leader for the Kansas National Guard’s Headquarters Company, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion 137th Infantry Regiment, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, as he prepares his sniper rifle. This is just prior to [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We have a Romanian sniper that provides overwatch as elements of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2-503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment “The Rock”, and 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion are taking part in a series of [Read More…]
For many shooters, the simple rifle sling tends to be an oft-forgotten or somewhat ignored piece of kit. Although we typically have and use them, they don’t get paid nearly as much attention as flashier or pricier gear. Plenty of Gunternet dwellers can’t [Read More…]
Senior airman Marianique Santos, U.S. Air Force, got an honorable mention in the Combat Training category in the Defense Visual Information Awards 2015 with the photo above. The photo is called “The Drag”, and we see U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade [Read More…]
A few SHOT Shows back I stumbled upon the DryFireMag and gave it a try at their booth. I liked it so much I went out and bought one for myself. Back then it was only available for Glock pistols. Well, they now have training mags available for the Springfield XD, [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we take a closer look at Special Forces soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne). Above you can see them in a Polaris MRZR off-road utility vehicle at the Panzer Local Training area near Stuttgart, Germany in 2020. [Read More…]
Freezing Cold in our Photo Of The Day as paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, fire an M2 machine gun. The location is the Grezelka [Read More…]
In today’s Photo Of The Day we take a closer look at a group of U.S. Marine Corps infantry riflemen with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division as they participate in an Integrated Training Exercise called 5-19. Location: Twentynine Palms, [Read More…]
Today we visit Poland and the 15 Giżycka Brygada Zmechanizowana (Mechanized Brigade). They’re warming up the Orzysko training ground with a variety of toys. We have a cocktail of RPGs, anti-tank missiles and Main Battle Tanks in this Photo Of The Day. Zawiacy [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – and we’re kicking off with a KSP58 Machine Gun in the hands of a Swedish Marine above. This machine gun has been in use by the Swedish Armed Forces since 1958 and is essentially an FN Herstal MAG. The gun is chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO. [Read More…]
In each of our Photo Of The Day articles, we bring you the work of inspiring photographers from around the globe. Today we take a look at soldiers from 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment (Gimlets), 2 IBCT, 25th Infantry Division deployed to Kahuku Training Area Oahu, [Read More…]
The Self-Defense Photo Of The Day. Above you have it, an Austrian Glock pointed at an attacker armed with a knife – way too close for comfort and bound to leave a mark or two somewhere, somehow, at least on someone. Luckily this is only melee training for the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – And here comes the flash! We’re looking at Combat Engineers from Beast Troop, Regimental Engineer Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment (USA) as they train on door breaching and cratering charges in Lithuania. All you need is to set the charge and [Read More…]
A lot of us are pretty tight on cash. This year has not been kind to those of us with an expensive passion. Whether you celebrate any of the upcoming holidays or not, these companies keep putting on deals that can tempt even the most frugal among us. So, what if you [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report In this weekly series we discuss and explore the various firearms, ammunition, trends, and concepts surrounding the rimfire firearm world. This week we’ll be diving into a topic I think gets very [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is the place where you can discover the world of firearms through the lens of a camera. Every day we run a new theme, a bunch of selected pictures and a short story. Today we have some fantastic examples of photography from Norway. We have [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day, and the winter has come to Europe. Today we have pictures from the exercise Winter Shield 20 – a Latvian led exercise integrating U.S. conventional & Special Operations Forces. Above we see U.S. Special Forces with 10th Special Forces Group [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves trains with ex-Navy SEAL Bill Rapier of AmTac Shooting. Bill walks us through the fundamentals of carrying and shooting a pistol, including grip, trigger press, proper workspace, and the circle of awareness. This was all taken at Surefire’s “Back to [Read More…]
The Ministry of Defense of Georgia and the US Embassy in Georgia have published news articles telling about a US-funded program of equipping the Georgian Defense Forces with 600 M249 SAW light machine guns. The program includes a two-week weapon familiarization course [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and a look at Cobra Gold 19 where Thai and US Navy SEALs work together to seize a ship using special tactics. That boat looks quite interesting. The U.S. Navy SEALS with SEAL Team 5 and Royal Thai Navy SEALs conduct visit, board, search and seizure [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day is in honor of the vz. 58 and the CZ 858 and if you haven’t tried one you missed something. My own CZ 858 is a “back to basics” rifle, to remind me that shooting is difficult and that you have to watch the iron sights and the recoil [Read More…]
SIG SAUER has been doing a lot of big things recently, and their momentum doesn’t appear to be slowing. Their Custom Works division looks to be singing along nicely, with new offerings like the Nightmare and Equinox series’ recent releases along with the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: We return to Hochfilzen, Austria, with more pictures from the International Specialty Training Center High Angle Sniper Course. There’s also a much longer video attached and I suggest you watch it first. Above you can see a Dutch Special Forces [Read More…]
Rite in the Rain has a century-long history that stretches back to the Pacific Northwest’s early 20th century lumber trade. The basic question was posed, “Isn’t there a better way to record the scaling of logs and the tallying of lumber in the inclement [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Today’s pictures are from Hochfilzen, Austria, and as you can see it was quite a steep walk for the snipers as well as the photographer. Above you see Belgian Special Forces sniper teams as they engage long-range targets, from an elevated [Read More…]
Shotguns are the most violent firearm in most people’s arsenal, but they can also be used in less-lethal situations. Shotguns have many uses, as you can load them with slugs, buckshot, birdshot and various other loads. In our Photo Of The Day, we take a look at [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves is at Thunder Ranch talking to two senior instructors, Chris and Tom, about the 5 best things new gun owners can do before or right after purchasing a gun for personal protection. Chris and Tom have extensive military and law enforcement experience prior to [Read More…]
One of my favorite things in this world is trap shooting. When I had requested to review a trap thrower out of Champion Target’s thrower line up, I was not sure if anything would come of it. Happy and excited to tell you that I had a great opportunity to get to [Read More…]
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