TFB again welcomes another article from Dr. Jim and Mary Clary! The “pencil-style” angle brush was pioneered and introduced to several gunsmiths across the country in 2005 by Shane Smith of Rigel. Shane recognized that none of the conventional bore brushes [Read More…]
The YouTube channel britishmuzzleloaders consistently puts out excellent content in areas of firearms history that rarely receive much attention. Most recently, he took his .577/.450 Martini-Henry out to the range, to shoot at ranges of 100, 200, 300, and 400 yards. [Read More…]
For much of the 20th Century, squad drill was the bugbear of visionary firearms designers. Great emphasis was placed by the using services on the training maneuvers and positions that had been developed in the previous century, but which were rapidly becoming [Read More…]
So you have a long gun, and it doesn’t have any sort of rail to mount accessories — in particular a flashlight. Perhaps this product will fit your needs. The Stik N Shoot is a 200 lumen green flashlight that has zinc coated neodymium rare earth magnets to [Read More…]
The city of London does an excellent job of maintaining it’s medieval heritage even unto the 21st century. The streets are spontaneous and winding, just as Jack the Ripper wanted them to be. Tower of London is still as ominous, except instead of slicing heads, [Read More…]
It’s a staple of cinema and video games, it looks cool, but as the image above from comedy action movie ‘Hot Fuzz’ reminds us, it’s mostly nonsense. We’re talking ‘dual wielding’, aka ‘guns akimbo’, or the simultaneous [Read More…]
Weaver announced a complete revamp of the company’s Grand Slam line of rifle scopes. The new scopes have “undergone a complete transformation inside and out,” according to a press release from Weaver. The scopes use a new Weaver Micro-Trac Adjustment [Read More…]
This review was written by Dr. Jim and Mary Clary. Over the years, we have mounted just about every make and model scope on our muzzleloaders in a quest to find the perfect ML scope. We think that we have finally found it. The Toby Bridges Signature Series, [Read More…]
This post was written by by Dr. Jim and Mary Clary. Over the years we have accumulated more gun cleaning kits that we can count. Some we bought, others were gifts and a few were inherited from friends. They all were lacking in one or more areas: The cleaning rods [Read More…]
Each year the National Shooting Sports Foundation surveys FFL retailers around the country to see what products are the biggest sellers and what demographics are buying guns. The highlights from the latest survey are … For the third year in a row, the number of [Read More…]
Located just east of Interstate 95 near the small community of Jamesville, NC along Federal Highway 64 is an unassuming gun store by the name of “Mackey’s Landing Firearms”. Typical firearms store, one might say. Stocked with rifles, pistols, shotguns, [Read More…]
A lot of people, including one major pistol manufacturer, were upset with what I wrote yesterday about handgun hunting. I would like to clarify what I meant. This blog is read by a lot of people. I have to be careful what I do and don’t endorse, because if I [Read More…]
The Treeby gun was a muzzleloader with 14 chambers in a chain. The create a seal between the chamber and the barrel, the barrel was rotated forward and back. It is not hard to see why only two were made. It looks like the gun could easily have been fired without the [Read More…]
[ This post was written by Dr. Jim and Mary Clary. ] When we first saw this pistol at the 2012 SHOT Show, we decided that we had to have one for testing. Unlike other blackpowder pistols, such as the Traditions Vortek, the Optima does not have a 70 grain maximum load [Read More…]
The BATFE have published a list of the top countries which exported firearms to the USA and how many gun were imported from them. Most of these countries have only one, two or three major firearm manufacturers, so it is not hard to figure out how many guns these [Read More…]
Thompson/Center Arms (S&W) and TCA (Traditions Sporting Goods) have settled a patent lawsuit. S&W have licensed their muzzleloader rifle patents to TCA and Ardesa Firearms. From the press release … SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (November 29, 2011) — [Read More…]
[ Many thanks to Dr. Jim and Mary Clary for this guest post. ] A lot of ink has been spilled over the past few years by writers praising or slamming the CVA muzzleloaders. The majority of the negative comments refer to the Apollo rifle manufactured in 1995 and 1996. [Read More…]
The Rossi multi-caliber single shot Wizard rifles are now available with a attractive nickel finish. Rifle barrel options include .17 HMR, .22LR, .22 Mag., .22-250 Rem, .270 Win., .223, .30-06 SPRG, .308 Win., .35 Whelen, .38-357 Mag., .44 Mag., ..454 Casull, 45-70 Gov. [Read More…]
One of my readers purchased an antique rifle which turned out to be a rare Spanish needle gun. Needle guns are so named because the firing pin it literally a very long needle. The needle is needed because the primer sits at the base of the bullet. The needle must [Read More…]
This interesting article was written by Dr. Jim and Mary Clary. I reproduced it below in full. The original article can be downloaded from their Manzano Valley Outdoors website [PDF link]. Blackhorn 209 is Smokeless Powder Dr. Jim and Mary Clary Manzano Valley Outdoors [Read More…]
There was an explosion at the Nosler plant. KTVZ report … A massive explosion at an ammunition plant sent shock waves through southwest Bend Wednesday afternoon, but a quick evacuation helped save all 100 workers inside. Now, investigators are trying to figure out [Read More…]
The new T/C IMPACT muzzleloader is priced at just $250. It looks like the perfect entry-level muzzeloader. On his blog Tyler Kreis discusses the new innovate features found in the gun.
Muzzleloader firm Knight Rifles is back in business after ceasing production last year. The press release says it all … Athens, TN: On March 15, 2010, PI, Inc., acquired the Knight Rifles brand, intellectual properties and real estate in Centerville, Iowa. For the [Read More…]
This nifty gun was on display at IWA. I initially thought it was a muzzeloader coach gun but some readers correctly pointed out that it looks like a modern replica of a Howdah pistol. This makes much more sense. The Howdah pistols were used by Tiger hunters in India as [Read More…]
Colin Stolzer, who owns Stolzer & Son’s Gunsmithing, emailed me photos of a custom 8 Bore Boxlock muzzleloader he was recently build for a client. It is a true work of art. Click to expand the photos (the small thumbnails do not do it justice): 8 Bore [Read More…]
Last year I wrote about a massive 2 bore rifle, that was not yet fully complete. Colin Stolzer, of Stolzer & Son’s Gunsmithing, contacted me with some additional information and photos of the completed rifle. Click to expand all the photos. Colin also [Read More…]
These run the end of the year. Smith & Wesson Through December 31, 2008, consumers will have the opportunity to take part in two promotions from Smith & Wesson – the Hunting Fall Spectacular and the Holiday Handgun Promo. During the designated months, [Read More…]
A while back I posted some photos of a 2 bore cartridge. While browsing the Nitro Express forum I came across this amazing photo of a 2 bore muzzleloader. All I can say is “Wow”. I wonder which end hits harder I read in another thread that this rifle was [Read More…]
I got a good laugh from the comment by Jim on The Gun Nut’s blog The vast majority of American hunters/shooters couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn @ 100 yards offhand, yet we set our guns up (even slug guns and muzzleloaders) with scopes the size of the [Read More…]
Leupold have launched a new scope called the UltimateSlam for shotguns and modern muzzleloaders. The SABR reticle can be adjusted to match your load. SABR: Sabot Ballistics Reticle Leupold’s® all-new UltimateSlam™ riflescope is the ideal combination of flexibility, [Read More…]
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