Following the ground‐breaking introduction of the 12‐gauge 590 Shockwave in 2017, Mossberg has continued to expand the line-up with a 20‐gauge offering, and additional 12‐gauge models including the 590 JIC® (Just In Case) Shockwave. This announcement comes just [Read More…]
Wilson Combat has introduced an improved Remington 870 shotgun built with the involvement of the retired law enforcement officer and renown firearms instructor Rob Haught. The goal was to make an ultimate defensive shotgun by making some design improvements and adding [Read More…]
Lessons of firearm ownership. NEVER throw anything [ANYTHING!] away. Always obsessively hoard components when it comes to firearms… I am currently enjoying the result of this advice. I have a habit of keeping and saving any component I change out, even the items I [Read More…]
Yeah, yeah – “Firearms, no Politics…” but this is AFRICA! We have a “Killer Bandit” problem. There is continuing debate on the usefulness of firearm restriction and gun control, especially in the repressed cultures of Africa, and [Read More…]
As predicted by many Russian experts, the .366 TKM and 9.6x53mm Lancaster cartridges quickly became highly popular in Russian civilian market. This success led Russian companies to develop new guns chambered in these calibers. In this article, we will take a look at [Read More…]
trench warfare on the top of the alps The Isonzo front between Italy and Austria-Hungary in World War I was a battlefield of extremes. Fought amongst the Alps, rockslides, avalanches and frostbite were just as deadly as the bullets and shells. One difficulty that [Read More…]
A Danish company called Quickloader makes shotgun ammunition storage system for hunters which provides quick access to pairs of shells thus decreasing the reload time of double-barreled shotguns. The product itself is called … Quickloader. While having an [Read More…]
Many of you may have heard about the cellphone shaped pistol that drew lots of positive and negative buzz roughly 2 years ago when it was announced. From theory to development to further development, the Ideal Conceal IC380 has been on a long road to being crafted into [Read More…]
A couple of months ago, we reported about one of the reloading products made by this Slovenian company. Recently Armanov has released an adjustable gas block for AR-15 rifles. According to the company, before releasing this product to the market they have tested it [Read More…]
Welcome everyone, thank you for joining TFB’s Silencer Saturday. Back in January at the 2018 SHOT Show TFB’s big boss Doc Rader, TFBTV’s James Reeves and I had a unique opportunity to visit a range on the outskirts of Vegas and meet up with the team from Delta P [Read More…]
A confidential source at Dam Neck Naval Base has recently shared photographs of the newest addition to the armory of the infamous direct action element within SEAL Team Six. Due to urgent operational requirements to work covertly in extremely hostile environments, [Read More…]
Greetings quiet-time lovers, thanks for coming back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday. Tonight we will have a brief discussion on direct thread versus quick detach suppressors, a review of the Griffin Armament Sportsman Ultra Light and a potpourri of sound mufflers from the [Read More…]
Many of us at TFB do not just merely write about firearms. We work at retail gun stores, museums, are attorneys, gunsmiths, historical researchers and perform R&D work for firearm manufacturers. We take pride in fully immersing ourselves into the #pewpewlife as [Read More…]
Last year we reported about the Molot’s plans of making a multi-caliber AK with a quick change barrel feature. Our article was based on the sneak peek images published by the Kalashnikov Gun Magazine. Recently Molot has released a video review of this rifle [Read More…]
Welcome back everyone. It’s Saturday which means it’s time for our weekly discussion of silencers and related information for those who like to make shooting a more enjoyable sport. Today’s headline has a bit of a double meaning. First, the barriers to entry for a [Read More…]
Phoenix Weaponry has introduced a new integrally suppressed bolt action rifle chambered in .338-06 A-Square. Although the rifle is built on a Remington 700 action, the company can build it on other actions too. This rifle comes with a fluted bolt made by the Pacific [Read More…]
After recent events in Florida, Scott-Dani Pappalardo decided that his AR-15 is one too many and decided to get rid of it. In a very public forum, he cut the gun in half with a chop saw. Unbeknownst to him, he may have just committed a felony and made an illegal SBR. [Read More…]
Longthorne is a shotgun manufacturing company located in Northampton, UK. They make high-end over and under and side by side shotguns. This company is a relatively new one. It was established in 2010. What sets them apart from other companies is that they widely use [Read More…]
Black Aces Tactical is always known for pushing the envelope on edgy, high curb appeal configurations and accessories for shotguns. Their most recent addition to their line-up though takes it back to the old school. Starting in the 1st week of March, Black Aces Tactical [Read More…]
As society continues to slip towards a life filled with the expectation that everything we need will be provided to us by someone else, the concept of ‘every day carry’ is falling by the wayside. I was taught from an early age, like many of you, that carrying a [Read More…]
The Army Marksmanship Unit’s .264 USA – a medium-sized 6.5mm round in-between the 6.5mm Grendel and 6.5mm Creedmoor in size – is not yet dead, it seems. The round, about which little had been heard in official channels for a couple of years, is the [Read More…]
Good morning scattergun fans. In an unexpected twist, it appears that IWI is set to release the TS12 – a 12 gauge bullpup shotgun with a maximum shell capacity of 26 rounds. Twenty. Six. Rounds. (Correction: 15+1*) Obviously, as with most leaked information, [Read More…]
In the Soviet Union, arms designing was almost exclusively done in government armories and design bureaus. And only on very rare occasions, individuals could be licensed to design firearms. This article tells about one of such independent designers – a gentleman [Read More…]
Alliant Powder announced it would be releasing updated versions of its Red Dot and Green Dot powders in 2018. This announcement comes as the company gears up for the 2018 SHOT Show in Las Vegas. The new powders remain similar to the original formulation, but with [Read More…]
Arms of the 80’s, a blog that focuses on firearms advertising from the 1980s, has uploaded and shared a fascinating documentary made in the 1990s. The Stoner Machine Gun: A Navy Seal Remembers, features an interview with retired SEAL Lt. Cmdr. Michael J. Walsh. [Read More…]
UTS Defense, known for their commercial pump action 12 gauge shotguns in the United States has featured a promotional image on the Turkish website (not the U.S. one though) that shows a 5.56x45mm AR15 derivative titled the UT512 and a 9x19mm version titled UT9S. The [Read More…]
Ruger has taken their wildly popular centerfire rifle, the Ruger Precision Rifle or RPR, and adapted it for small-bore enthusiasts with the newly unveiled Ruger Precision Rimfire chambered in .22 Long Rifle. This iteration of its bigger brother touches on many of the [Read More…]
Retay Arms LTD SI announced that the company would now offer the Masai Mara shotgun to customers in the United States of America. The Masai Mara is a semi-automatic shotgun that uses the company’s Inertia Plus Locking System for operation. According to Retay [Read More…]
Vitaly Kryuchin is the president of IPSC Russia. You have probably seen him in videos where he makes music by shooting at different steel targets dual wielding and hip firing two Glock pistols. If you haven’t seen these videos, you can watch them by clicking [Read More…]
Target shooters, hunters and those who conceal carry for their own personal protection often seek out and use specialty ammo; ammunition that is created by manufacturers for specific applications. To that same extent, law enforcement can have specific needs based on [Read More…]
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