In this episode of TFBTV, James talks to Aguila’s people about their mini-shells. Although the mini-shells are not brand new, Aguila was pushing them hard (they had distributed several boxes to range day vendors and manufacturers) and they were one of the more talked about products this year. [Read More…]
In continuing SHOT 2017 coverage at industry range day, James visits the Taurus/Rossi range to discuss expansions to the Curve line of pistols and the Rossi R92 lever gun line. James tries out the new Curve Viridian in .380, the Rossi R92 lever action in .38spl, and briefly discusses Taurus’ [Read More…]
James checks in with DSA on the SHOT Show floor, Day One of SHOT. DSA has exciting new offerings on the complete rifle and accessory side. First, DSA is modernizing their FAL line – “bringing them into the 21st century” – with front-to-back upgrades including titanium [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James checks in with Daniel Defense to see what new ARs DD is dropping this year. First up is the V7s, a factory short barrel rifle with an 11.5″ barrel using an M-Lok variant of DD’s successful slim handguard system Next, DD shows us the new DD5 V2 18″ [Read More…]
KRISS ARMS sister company, Defiance is bringing out a .22LR AR15. One very interesting feature is that it uses 10-22 barrels. There is a small catch. It is not compatible with Bentz chambered barrels. It has to do with how the DMK chambers its rounds. The DMK22 line of [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James has a look at AimPoint’s Micro S-1, a model very similar to previous versions of the Micro, but made especially for high-end shotguns using over-barrel vented ribs. This results in an extremely low-profile optic that nearly co-witnesses with iron/bead sights. As [Read More…]
Crye has the SIX12 at SHOT Show again. This time they have a separate booth from all the Multicam gear. The booth was being stationed by two guys from Vantage Arms. Vantage Arms is the company manufacturing the SIX12. According to Eric D’Ambrosio-Correll and Yruy [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV’s SHOT Range Day coverage, James pays a visit to his friends at Benelli to get the first scoop on the Benelli Super Black Eagle III and a full rundown of all of its features. The SBEIII includes a bevy of recoil reducing features and improvements over its [Read More…]
Legal arguments from the ATF about the definition of a pistol arm brace might seem sometimes to be rather pointless, but this news from England might just take the cake for wasting everybody’s time. The British National Smallbore Rifle Association (NSRA) reports [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV’s SHOT Show Industry Range Day coverage, James visits with Honor Guard to discuss their single stack 9mm handgun offerings and take them out for a spin. The Honor Guard compact 9mms feature aggressive stippling, generous slide serrations, and well thought out features [Read More…]
Prepper Gunner and Manticore Arms collaborated together and are giving what the masses have been demanding for over a year. Metal reinforced feedlip magazine similar to a Lancer magazine like you see for the 5.56 AR mag and MPX magazines. It got leaked a few days early, [Read More…]
The “No Compromise” company Heckler & Koch is expanding into a new 50,000 square foot building in columbus. HK will invest $28.5 million to dig deeper into the US market. The building will be ready by the summer and about 85 jobs will be created over the [Read More…]
Tim Harmsen of Military Arms Channel posted a brief sneak peek of a prototype magazine loader coming out by ETS Group. It functions similar to the B&T MP5 loader we saw last year. Those types of loaders work just fine for double stack magazines like the MP5. Even [Read More…]
Not everyone at Industry Range Day has booths for shooting. Off to the side of the main entrance is a cluster of tents with booths. Sort of a tactical winter market. Here companies can showcase some products that are either gun related and not necessarily a gun, or some [Read More…]
In continuing the TFBTV SHOT 2017 Industry Range Day coverage, James gets the rundown from FN USA about FN’s new AR configurations for 2017, including a new tactical model featuring a 16″ cold hammer forged barrel and a DMR (designated marksman model) featuring an 18″ cold hammer [Read More…]
James interviews Mossberg at Industry Day 2017 to get a look at their new offerings. Mossberg is doubling down on short barrel shotguns this year, with short barrel versions of the 500 and 590 in non-NFA variants that meet the overall length requirements and do not need a tax stamp and extremely [Read More…]
I had the pleasure of being introduced to the Nordic Components peeps at Range Day by “Lefty” (of Talking Lead). They had a pretty interesting innovation–their NCPCC (Nordic Components Pistol Caliber Carbine) which is modular lower receiver. How it [Read More…]
This was posted in a KRISS Vector Owners Group on Facebook. Looks like the KRISS Vector upper receiver will get a new remold. The rear of the upper receiver is longer than the current version. You can see the curve above and behind the grip is rather pronounced and [Read More…]
In an American gun-lover’s dream world, the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 and the Firearms Owners Protection Act (FOPA) of 1986 would be repealed. Among other regulations, both laws control and restrict the transfer and making of fully automatic firearms. [Read More…]
In TFBTV’s continuing SHOT 2017 Industry Range Day coverage, James interviews Legacy Sports International’s Matt Hornback to get details on exciting new offerings from Legacy, including bolt action 7.62x39mm rifles, Howa’s newest bolt guns, and the Australian company, Lithgow [Read More…]
Let’s face it, shooting 9 mm pistol rounds out of a rifle or carbine is a lot of fun. Competition wise, the PPC (Pistol Caliber Carbine) division seem to grow momentum, and it’s easy to understand why. The ammunition is almost half the price versus a [Read More…]
Legacy Sports International had several new interesting rifles they debuted at the SHOT 2017 Range Day. Present were the new Howa Chassis Rife, as well as the Howa Mini Action Rifle, chambered in 7.62×39. The Firearm Blog got an early look at both the Howa Chassis [Read More…]
Just before the New Year, TFB reported about the rumor that Steyr and Rheinmetall were partnering to offer a new modular assault rifle. There is now an official Press Release from Rheinmetall to fill in some of the details that were unknown and unconfirmed. There is [Read More…]
As TFB has reported before France will phase out the FAMAS rifle, of which they have about 400,000 pieces of in the F1 and upgraded G1 variant. The FAMAS has been in service for over 30 years. For a period of over 10 years France will phase in the Heckler & Koch [Read More…]
James visits the folks at Polycase during the SHOT 2017 Industry Range Day to get the scoop on Polycase’s newest poly-copper blend rounds, including new frangible ammunition, .300 Blackout, and Polycase’s new “sport utility” ammo, which is ammo geared specifically towards [Read More…]
In TFBTV’s continuing SHOT Show Industry Range Day coverage, James interviews ATI to get the news on the most recent ATI rifles and pistols, including an all-American made 1911 with an aluminum reinforced and railed polymer frame, an upgraded Omni Polymer Hybrid AR15, and a new, all-aluminum [Read More…]
With more TFBTV coverage of SHOT Show’s Industry Range Day, James checks out the FN USA tent for the scoop on FN’s newest addition to its “Military Collector” line – the FN M249S “Para” version. The Para is similar to the civilian version of the M249S [Read More…]
Century Arms officially announced the introduction of the Canik TP9SF Elite Compact pistol to the US market. This new handgun is similar to the original Turkish pistol, but in smaller package that may be more suitable for concealed carry. For a size comparison, the new [Read More…]
Early this morning I woke to a brand new press release detailing the latest factory produced wildcat-style cartridge offered by our friends over at Nosler. They claim that the new cartridge will boast velocities that rival the 22-250 cartridge while fitting into [Read More…]
Body cameras on law enforcement personnel are a hot topic these days, albeit a very controversial topic. Viridian Weapon Technologies just introduced an on-weapon camera system that can supplement body cameras worn by law enforcement or be used for recording action by [Read More…]
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