Hello everyone and thanks for reading TFB’s Silencer Saturday, where only good boy and girls get NFA toys. This week officially marks the beginning of the 2018 Holiday Season. With Thanksgiving Day and the dreaded (or glorious) Black Friday following just hours later, [Read More…]
Wilson Combat has just released this beautiful work of art – the Supergrade Commander Special. This is the first commander size classic style handgun added to the Supergrade family of deluxe Wilson Combat 1911 pistols. Let’s first watch the promo video [Read More…]
The folks over at Mag Pig Customs have a new build, this time it’s a custom Hi-Point Carbine that doesn’t look half bad. They’ve had their hand in making a few other past POTD post. There was the Hi-Point Themed AR15s, P-51B themed Maxim 9 and a Railed [Read More…]
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TFB has attended the Arms & Hunting 2018 exhibition which was held in Moscow, Russia. By the end of the month, we’ll publish several articles dedicated to the most interesting firearms and accessories that we saw during this event. In this article, we’ll [Read More…]
Good afternoon tax stampers and welcome to the latest edition of TFB’s Silencer Saturday, where we bring you the latest in news, announcements and product releases from around the suppressor industry. Today we will reflect back on the week’s events and then dive in [Read More…]
Welcome fellow NFA junkies, thank you for joining us for episode #40 of TFB’s Silencer Saturday, where we do our best to show you why all barrels deserve quality cans. Last week we talked about the next installment [upcoming] in the Build Your Own Silencer Series. To [Read More…]
Welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, where guns are judged on the threads of their muzzle, not the color of their finish. After last week’s discussion on ammunition selection, baffle strikes and how to avoid similar mistakes, I jumped back on the proverbial [Read More…]
The 10:th Special Forces Workshop 2018 in Güstrow (Germany) was organized by the Baltic Shooters, and contained three action-packed days. The event is by many considered as the best military and law enforcement events in Germany. As could be expected, there are not [Read More…]
Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) has published three new cartridge and chamber drawings for the 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum, 6.5mm Precision Rifle Cartridge and .300 Precision Rifle Cartridge. Let’s take a brief look at each of [Read More…]
This is TFB’s first year at TriggrCon, and really still the infancy for the show as a whole, in its third year (in 2016 it was called the Northwest Shooting Sports Expo), and which is organized by Rainier Arms. I was invited last year but the timing just [Read More…]
AR-15 pistols are all the rage these days, especially those chambered in pistol caliber rounds that accept Glock magazines. The Sig Tac SB15 was the first pistol stabilizing arm brace on the market. It kick-started a new trend and lots of controversies along the way. [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson has thrown a little more Crimson Trace love at the M&P M2.0 Compact pistol. You can now purchase an M&P M2.0 Compact with a Crimson Trace Green Laserguard attached from the factory. This can be ordered either with an ambidextrous thumb safety [Read More…]
Crimson Trace is continually adding in new models of pistols that are covered by their Laserguard series of red or green lasers. They now have expanded that portfolio to include multiple different yet closely related concealed carry pistols by Ruger. This newest [Read More…]
Ed Brown has announced the addition of the new Executive Commander pistol to their Elite series of custom 1911 pistols. The company has also updated the Kobra Carry pistol. Let’s take a quick look at each of these handguns. Ed Brown Executive Commander: As Ed [Read More…]
I was going to write another overview of the most expensive firearms sold at recently ended Rock Island April 2018 Premiere Firearms auction in the same fashion that I have been doing it before. However, this time the auction was quite different – it set 10 world [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…]
Earlier today, news began to trickle through online forums and social media platforms that retail giant Optics Planet had stopped selling magazines with a capacity over 10 rounds. With the internet being, well, the internet, we decided to have a look for ourselves. A [Read More…]
Some absolutely great new photos of part of Heckler & Koch’s product range have emerged. Taken by German photographer Oliver Louven, a Bundeswehr veteran, the photos feature a plethora of Heckler & Koch’s current range of small arms. Louven, an [Read More…]
Hot on the heels of news that Berlin’s 17,000 strong police force will replace its aging SIG P6s (P225) with Heckler & Koch’s SFP9, better known as the VP9 in the US, it has been announced that Baden-Württemberg will also be buying a new batch of [Read More…]
Two important decisions by the Army have stood out among the recent news of the M17 handgun starting to replace M9s throughout armories service-wide. First, is the news that within the Army Infantry, the handguns will be issued down to team leaders. Second, is [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…]
A joyful, happy man, Santa Claus – or Father Christmas or Saint Nicholas or Sinterklaas – delivers gifts to good boys and girls throughout the world. After working for 364 days straight, he loads up his sleigh with packages and parcels containing everything [Read More…]
As I’m sure you’re already aware the M17 replaces the M9 pistol over the next decade or so. The 101:st Airborne just laid hands on their new pistols and the Screaming Eagles are the first to shoot them. But this article isn’t going to focus on the [Read More…]
The first holster to be issued with the US Army’s new Modular Handgun System, including both the M17 and M18 pistols, will be a variant of the Safariland 7TS holster, featuring both ALS and SLS locking systems. The holster is the first of at least three holsters [Read More…]
Mike answers the age-old question of what on earth is the point of a magazine release on the heel of a pistol rather than the more usual push button? Guns in this video: SIG P210 Tokarev TT33 FN 1910 FN 1910/22 / 1922 Erma EP 552 (similar to a Walther TPH) SIG-Sauer P226 Thanks to […] [Read More…]
It has been announced that the US Army’s Modular Handgun System, the XM17, will officially become the M17 and begin issue to units near the end of the year. The Army anticipates that the XM17 will complete the materiel release process, which ensures equipment [Read More…]
INFORCE has introduced two compact pistol lights called APLc and APLc Glock. The former fits standard Picatinny rails and the latter is designed to fit Glock rails. The APLc comes in black or FDE colors whereas APLc Glock is available only in black color. The [Read More…]
The G36’s replacement is now known to be one of five guns – or at least that’s the report coming from reputable defense outlet IHS Jane’s. Competing in Germany’s System Sturmgewehr Bundeswehr (Bundeswehr Assault Rifle System) will be the [Read More…]
Advanced Shooting Products is a bullet manufacturer located in South Africa. They make both handgun and rifle bullets. Arguably the most interesting of their products are their defensive handgun bullets. The information on this company’s bullets is very scarce in [Read More…]
During the ARMY-2017 arms exhibition Kalashnikov Concern has introduced new hunting rifles. Not one or two but five rifles! Thanks to Maxim Popenker, who released a short video review, we can take a look at these new rifles. Sobol Sobol (means sable) is a rimfire [Read More…]
