Good evening subsonic shooters and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, where science beats feelings everyday and twice on Sundays. Hopefully you all had a great holiday and were able to spend some time with friends or family, preferably on the range. Last week we [Read More…]
Good evening everyone and thanks for joining us back here for another episode of TFB’s Silencer Saturday. As we charge full speed towards the holidays, we’ll spend some time discussing ways to spend your end of the year money on NFA gifts for friends, family or even [Read More…]
To many people, 45° offset sights might be an old hat. We have all seen them a million times before and not many people necessarily use them, but that raises a good question: What if they were using the wrong ones? Ultradyne has fabricated a set of 45° offset iron [Read More…]
Our friends at the American Suppressor Association are entering the last hours of their $15K raffle and membership drive. Join the ASA to support the legal and responsible use of silencers as well as helping to spread the joys of quieter shooting among American gun [Read More…]
Hello everyone and thanks for reading TFB’s Silencer Saturday, where only good boy and girls get NFA toys. This week officially marks the beginning of the 2018 Holiday Season. With Thanksgiving Day and the dreaded (or glorious) Black Friday following just hours later, [Read More…]
Good afternoon everyone and thank you for joining us for TFB’s Silencer Saturday, where the NFA repeatedly punishes us for trying to prevent noise pollution. This week we will take a brief look at the Sig Sauer SRD762TI-QD suppressor – a tubeless, quick [Read More…]
Back in 2012 the Indian Army purchased just over 1,500 B&T MP9 submachine gun after serious equipment shortfalls were highlighted by senior army officers. It’s unclear if India have made subsequent MP9 orders. These were issued to the Indian Army’s [Read More…]
Over the years many things have been traded for guns: gold, jewels, furs, and of course drugs. Well now goats can be added to the list as criminals in Jamaica are trading stolen goats for guns. Clarendon parish in Jamaica have been rocked by a spate of goat rustling. [Read More…]
The Polish Prison Service has signed a contract to procure 350 semi automatic Beretta ARX160A3 carbines. These have been procured through a Polish company UMO. The Beretta reportedly beat out a number of other competitors to win the contract. The Polish prison service, [Read More…]
Atibal XP6 Mirage is a 1-6x front focal plane optic with an MSRP of $415. Initial impressions were solid Out of the box, the finish was even and without defect. It was lightweight (18 ounces) and the magnification ring was solid with stiff, but even movement. It offers [Read More…]
Not to be outdone by the 4,000+ mile river in South America, umm, I mean the largest eCommerce site in the world, our friends at Brownells have kicked off a Prime Time sale and charity challenge that ends on 7/20/2018. Although the details are spelled out below, the [Read More…]
Greetings everyone. Thanks for joining us here at TFB’s Silencer Saturday, where the loudest sounds are every tick of the clock while waiting for your latest stamp. Last week we discussed the downsides of the one-size-fits-all silencer and why it may not be the best [Read More…]
Franklin Armory has been making lots of waves so far in 2018. From the straight cut barreled Reformation debuted at the 2018 SHOT Show, their Binary Trigger for the CZ Scorpion Evo to their new TR-4 Binary Trigger with a full-auto option (for legal full-auto firearms). [Read More…]
Good morning everyone. Thanks for joining us again for TFB’s Silencer Saturday (well, Suppressor Sunday this week). In today’s installment we will touch on five Bucket List suppressors that are must-haves for any serious NFA shooter. While I have picked out [Read More…]
If you have a passion for the history of firearms or collecting old guns then you will probably be familiar with Collector Grade Publications, a publishing house which has been publishing excellent, well researched and curated books for nearly 40 years. I’m saddened [Read More…]
I was going to write another overview of the most expensive firearms sold at recently ended Rock Island April 2018 Premiere Firearms auction in the same fashion that I have been doing it before. However, this time the auction was quite different – it set 10 world [Read More…]
According to Jane’s 360 and the producer Fabryka Broni the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (abbreviated DICON) and the holding company Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) have agreed to begin the production of the Beryl M762 military rifle. Eventually, the full [Read More…]
Qatar has used the opening ceremony of 2018’s Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX) to announce the signing of a number of major defence agreement, including a manufacturing license with Italian small arms manufacturer Beretta. [Read More…]
Expand Your Mind, Extend Your Range Learning about shooting disciplines should always be an ongoing experience. Even those of us with hundreds or thousands of hours of training time can find value in absorbing the shared expertise of others. One book that I have [Read More…]
Osprey Publications has recently come out with a new title in the Weapon Series of books, “The Anti-Tank Rifle”. It is a light history of the anti-tank rifle from the First World War to the beginning of the Cold War. For those not familiar with the Weapon [Read More…]
What restrictions and regulations are placed on the ownership and use of night vision equipment? This question finds few real answers, most of which are often foggy at best. The primary regulations that effect night vision observation devices (NODS) and Light [Read More…]
Helmets To get the most out of your night vision, you need to be able to use it hands-free. Often this is done by mounting to a helmet. Common brands of helmets include Ops Core, MTEK, Team Wendy, Crye, as well as many others. On the budget end, you can purchase a nice [Read More…]
Henry Repeating Arms has a reputation of willingness to assist worthy organizations by producing custom rifles for fundraising campaigns. The company has once again stepped up, and in cooperation with Barron Engraving, is supporting efforts to preserve and restore the [Read More…]
From the entire TFB Team, we wish to thank service men and women of all nations who have stepped up and answered the call to national defense, especially in times of war. We owe all of you an extreme level of gratitude and appreciation. Although we have Veterans Day in [Read More…]
Brownells has launched a video advertisement campaign where they tell about the best deals (sales, discounts, and whatnot) in between made up news with a good amount of humor and parody. “Fake News, Real Deals” – Brownells’ motto for this new [Read More…]
The US Army’s new centralized procurement organization has been named: In his address at the Eisenhower Luncheon at the 2017 Association of the United States Army, US Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley announced the creation of a Futures and Modernization [Read More…]
I do not like reporting bad news – there’s plenty of it everywhere else in the world, why does it need to creep into one activity that I do primarily for fun. In any event, as confirmed by multiple industry sources, Smith and Wesson has fired Rob Martinez [Read More…]
We recently received an excellent opportunity to tour Apex Gun Parts, which you can read about on a recent TFB post here. During the tour we got a chance to sit down with Jeff Salvig and really ask him some in-depth questions about the surplus industry and how he got [Read More…]
Yet another super tempting rebate has been announced, this time from FN America for the FN 509. With all the options for some of the best deals I have seen in the gun market for some time, it sure isn’t making consumer’s lives easier. It is a whole lot [Read More…]
Interestingly, the last company on earth that I expected to see offering a rebate has done so. Welcome to the struggle Heckler & Koch. Any consumer that buys a new full-size P30 or VP9 between July 1, 2017 and September 30, 2017 will be able to submit a form on the [Read More…]