Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 61! As your gun collection grows, so does the budget for your ammunition. I find that despite the fact that I buy a lot of guns chambered in odd cartridges, I still end up always buying more of the standards – 9mm, 5.56, and 22LR. [Read More…]
SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute) have published cartridge and chamber drawings of a new rimfire cartridge called 21 Sharp which was developed and submitted for SAAMI acceptance by Olin Winchester. While this new cartridge uses a non-heeled [Read More…]
Welcome to our yearly round-up of 2023 Father’s Day Deals! Father’s Day is a singularly special day not just here in the United States, but across the globe with most nations taking a single day to honor fathers and venerate the responsibility, and position [Read More…]
Creedmoor Sports continues to expand their lineup of reloading tools with the new Shoulder Datum Tool. When used with calipers, it can provide a comparative measurement of shoulder setback after sizing. This tool has six separate openings that allow measurements of 79 [Read More…]
True Velocity, Inc., designers of lightweight composite-cased ammunition, have announced a new partnership with FN America. The partnership will look to test True Velocity’s conversion kit which can chamber the M240 in the proprietary 6.8TVCM composite-cased [Read More…]
The long-cylinder models of Magnum Research’s Biggest Finest Revolver are not only available chambered in the largest handgun cartridges such as the .460 and .500 Smith & Wesson Magnums but also in rifle cartridges. Particularly, the BFR is offered in the [Read More…]
A couple of months ago, we published an article about a new SAAMI-accepted cartridge called 400 Legend that at the time was not announced by any of the ammunition manufacturers. It was however pretty easy to guess that the new cartridge was likely designed by Winchester [Read More…]
Hello and welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 45! Spring is a great time to get a solid inventory of your guns, gear, and accessories for the rest of the year. It’s a shame that some of the bigger sales of the year don’t happen until at least Independence Day as [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 43! I hope everyone’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend was not only full of many libations and good conversations, but also plenty of shooting! The Irish certainly had their own influence on the modern firearms culture we see in the [Read More…]
![[SIG Sauer 2023] SIG Sauer MCX Spear in 6.5 Creedmoor (2)](https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SIG-Sauer-2023-SIG-Sauer-MCX-Spear-in-6.5-Creedmoor-2-660x260.jpg)
Converting .308 Winchester gas guns to 6.5 Creedmoor is normally just a matter of barrel change. No wonder why every time a company introduces an AR10 pattern gun, it’s almost guaranteed that they’ll be offering it in .308 Win and 6.5 CM. Well, the .277 Fury [Read More…]
Federal Ammunition introduced the 30 Super Carry cartridge a year ago, at SHOT Show 2022 and 100-grain loads have been available in the their HST and American Eagle ammunition lines. The company has now announced a new .30 Super Carry load added to their Punch line of [Read More…]
Feeding your AKs and surplus SKS rifles you bought ages ago used to be a pretty affordable affair. Most of the time you could pick up entire spam cans of 7.62x39mm ammunition to go with your freshly purchased rifle. However, a combination of global circumstances has [Read More…]
Welcome back to Wheelgun Wednesday, a weekly articles series on The Firearm Blog where we discuss everything revolver: from historical to modern wheelguns, from prototype and experimental revolvers to custom-made and mass-produced ones, from conventional designs to the [Read More…]
Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is all about the rimfire firearm world and its various firearms, shooting sports, ammunition types, and history! Last week on The Rimfire Report we talked about the [Read More…]
The venerable .223 Remington cartridge is considered by many to be the most popular and common in-use cartridge across the United States for rifles. The intermediate cartridge was designed in 1962, received SAAMI certification in 1963, and was eventually developed into [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is all about the rimfire firearm world and its various guns, gear, ammunition, and history! Last week we took a look at the ultra-rare (and ultra-cool) Tippmann Arms half-scale 1919 [Read More…]
If you own an FN FNX-45 pistol with the factory threaded barrel, and feel you want to reduce the muzzle rise and recoil of the .45 ACP now you have an option with the MRAT (Muzzle Rise Amplitude Tamer) compensator from Apex Tactical Specialities. The MRAT compensator [Read More…]
There are really not many firearms in the market chambered in Wilson Combat’s 300 HAM’R cartridge. Four Peaks Tactical is changing that today with the introduction of their new SBR or pistol in 300 HAM’R featuring an 11.3 barrel. The veteran-owned [Read More…]
Earlier this year, SAAMI accepted the 16th Weatherby cartridge, the .338 Weatherby Rebated Precision Magnum (.338 WBY RPM). Weatherby has now officially introduced the .338 WBY RPM cartridge and announced the availability of ammunition and rifles chambered in this new [Read More…]
Wilson Combat has just announced the introduction of new Lehigh Defense Xtreme Defense ammunition that will be available through their online store. These new offerings include both handgun and rifle ammunition featuring Lehigh Defense’s solid copper bullets that [Read More…]
Everyone at this point has felt the stress of ammunition scarcity and price hikes. Freedom Munitions is a fairly well-known ammunition manufacturing company that makes a combination of factory-new and remanufactured ammunition for both pistols and rifles. On the 23rd of [Read More…]
![[SHOT 2022] 6.8 TVC Cartridge and Guns to be Available Commercially (1)](https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/SHOT-2022-6.8-TVC-Cartridge-and-Guns-to-be-Available-Commercially-1-660x260.jpg)
True Velocity has announced that their composite-cased 6.8 TVC cartridge that was developed for the US Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) program is approved by SAAMI and will soon become commercially available. Along with the commercial release of the [Read More…]
We’ve know for a while that Beretta was partnered with General Dynamics on their NGSW submission – the bullpup RM277. Well GD have divested to True Velocity and Lone Star Future Weapons but Beretta have confirmed their continuing involvement in the project. [Read More…]
After teasing us at SHOT 2020, PSA has finally launched an upgraded version of their Dagger, a 9mm striker-fired pistol that is both optics-ready and suppressor-ready. At the current MSRP of $399, the PSA Dagger offers up an affordable carry pistol with features that [Read More…]
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by our friends at Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the new YHM Phantom 22 rimfire suppressor. Last week we took you through the multi-host SilencerCo Hybrid 46M. This week we bring [Read More…]
Mission First Tactical is in the business of making affordable AR-15 accessories and they’ve recently released a new set of magazines specifically designed for the 7.62×51 NATO cartridge. The new MFG Extreme Duty Magazines are now available for use with [Read More…]
The Texas-based composite-cased ammunition manufacturer True Velocity have announced the sale of their first commercially available ammunition. To celebrate this they are offering commemorative box sets including 22 rounds of “state-of-the-art, composite-cased [Read More…]
One of the most popular waterfowl hunting loads is back with a vengeance as HEVI-Shot has just reintroduced their tungsten waterfowl loads with their new HEVI-XII. The HEVI-XII delivers more power down range, more pellets on target, and is completely non-toxic. The new [Read More…]
Polymer cased ammunition specialists True Velocity have announced a couple of new appointments. Firstly, Tom Weichel has been appointed operations chief. Weichel is an industry veteran with 30 years experience, joining True Velocity from Texas [Read More…]
This week on Wheelgun Wednesday I am bringing the Hugo Hensel back for all you revolver lovers and appreciators. It has been a while since I was at the helm of a good old wheel gun article and I assure you I have been super excited and patient to share some more [Read More…]
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