The Civilian Marksmanship Program has been selling surplus arms to the American public for years. In that time, they’ve sold M1903 and M1917 bolt-action rifles, as well as M1 Garand and M1 Carbine long guns. Except for the Garands, they’ve all been sold out for [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB’s new series – “First Firearm”. In this series, we’ll cover topics that apply to choosing your first firearm. Most of our faithful readers have already started their path to gun ownership and gun collecting, but we don’t want to leave out [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the fifth edition of “Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?”, one of our many series here on TFB. If you missed any one of our other articles, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is [Read More…]
Last September The Firearm Blog got a behind the scenes look at how an episode of Hollywood Weapons was made. Larry Zanoff, one of the co-stars of the show, is the lead armorer at Independent Studio Services (ISS) Props. While we were in town, Larry gave us a tour of [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to our second edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, our newest series here on TFB. If you missed our first article, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this a good deal [Read More…]
Welcome to ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, which may turn into a new regular series on here at TFB. As you could probably gather from the title, this column is going to look at different guns that are actually for sale and pose the question – is this a nice [Read More…]
Today’s installment of TFB’s Concealed Carry Corner series is a historical one telling about one of the most interesting early attempts of adapting a full-size handgun for concealed carry use. Particularly, in this article, we’ll take a look at the [Read More…]
Social media exploded in a flurry of virtual pitchforks and torches last night after the Oregon City Police Department posted three images and a simple statement on Facebook: “Thank you Benchmade Knife Company for assisting us today by cutting up guns that are ready [Read More…]
The Cody Firearms Museum have partnered with Henry Repeating Arms to introduce a limited edition run of collectible rifles, the Collector’s Series. The new series will feature rifles ‘inspired by prized pieces’ in the museum’s collection. The [Read More…]
In a recent piece by Hrachya for TFB, he took a look at a French-made flintlock pistol-lantern combo. I was intrigued by the concept and dug a bit deeper. Here’s some more info about the design and its creator. This unusual contraption was invented by a Frenchman [Read More…]
Recently Mossberg, one of America’s oldest gun companies best known for their shotguns, launched their first pistol – the Mossberg MC1. Well not quite their first, 100 years ago this year, the company launched another small, compact pistol – the [Read More…]
I came across the set of images of this weird steampunk looking flintlock pistol while doing research for another article. A little additional research revealed that this gun was once consigned to and auctioned at Czerny’s International Auction House. I contacted [Read More…]
During one of the recently ended Rock Island online auctions, there was a rather unique consigned firearm which RIAC also published a video about. This unusual Remington rifle was designed to be used in slaughterhouses. Such guns are known to exist in many variations, [Read More…]
Recently, I found myself in the Quad Cities for both personal and professional reasons. Though the trip was brief, I knew it wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the Rock Island Arsenal Museum. Housed on the still-active military base in Illinois, the museum [Read More…]
While browsing the Morphy Auctions catalog for writing one of our recently published articles about anti-tank weapons, I came across this quite an interesting vintage gadget – Captain Bogardus glass ball thrower. This device represents an early trap shooting [Read More…]
You can now order a surplus 1911 from the Civilian Marksmanship Program as the first batch of iconic pistols becomes available. Way back in November 2017, we reported that the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) would be receiving up to 10,000 surplus 1911A1 pistols. [Read More…]
For those with a taste for true classics, this Gunbroker auction might be worth a look. Up for sale is a factory original Colt 601 machine gun in excellent condition. In its fully transferable form, this rifle is a pristine example of some of the AR-15s that left the [Read More…]
It was called the “Golden age of Hijacking,” between 1968 to 1972, no less than 130 American airliners were hijacked and routed to foreign airfields by individuals that were passengers on board, and who sneaked in a knife or a handgun. The reasons varied [Read More…]
James recently wrote a pretty in-depth article looking at the pros and cons of the Full Conceal Glock pistol conversion system. This got me thinking ‘has anyone done this before?’ So I delved into the online patent archives, which is how all the cool guys [Read More…]
Images appearing on Burmese media networks have revealed that the Burmese state-run Defense Industries corporation has prototyped at least three different anti-materiel rifles (AMR), putting at least on of them into production and getting them into Tatmadaw service. [Read More…]
Happy Birthday TFB. Late last week marked the eleventh anniversary of the creation of The Firearm Blog. From its humble beginnings as a resource for avid shooters and collectors, our founder Steven Johnson wanted to provide a home that was free of partisan bickering. [Read More…]
When your company is in a trouble and struggles to survive, you have to come up with unique solutions and make non-standard decisions if you want to save it from bankruptcy. And gun companies are no exception. History knows many examples of gun companies having to make [Read More…]
Taofledermaus, perhaps best known for their experiments with various types of shotgun slugs and their great high-speed footage of those slugs slamming into things, have shared something much rarer. Shooting footage of not just a Gyrojet pistol but a Gyrojet Rocket [Read More…]
On May 22nd the NRA Museum, in Fairfax, Virginia, received a very special donation, a Vietnam War-era CIA Deer Gun. The pistol was donated to the museum by Thomas Ring, a former Master Armorer. Mr Ring donated both an original condition Deer pistol and a tool room [Read More…]
The dramatic increase in the number of firearms purchases made by women over the past decade is indisputable. One only need look at the number of “muddy girl” or “Tiffany blue (Robin’s egg) colored firearms on the market today for verification [Read More…]
Back in February, we reported that the Civilian Marksmanship Program had received their first batch of surplus 1911 pistols from the US Army. The CMP has been busy sorting and grading this batch of 8,000 pistols and are almost ready to begin sales. While theoretically [Read More…]
It was Christmas of 1988 and I was on an Coast to Coast flight, headed out to Los Angeles to visit friends and maybe see some family. The backlog at work was huge – a full load of New York scumbags waiting to do their time. Sufficiently jaded by the job and the [Read More…]
Slide Fire Solutions and it’s president Jeremiah Cottle, owner of the only approved patent for bump stocks, announced on Tuesday that it would cease production. A notice on the Slide Fire website reads: On Sunday May 20, 2018 at midnight CST, Slide Fire will cease [Read More…]
Clash of empires in the east The Liadong (Liaotung) Peninsula, China, 1904-5. The Russo-Japanese War. The Japanese are seeking to regain the use of Port Arthur and the Liadong Peninsula , given to them by the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Sino-Japanese war. [Read More…]
At the Institute of Military Technology, Museum Curator Corey Wardrop discusses the Durs Egg Flintlock Breech Loading Carbine. We begin by comparing the Durs Egg with the Jenks Breech Loading Musketoon. We discuss the history of development from the Crespi system, other firearms by Durs Egg, use and [Read More…]
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