Will sent us this photo of a rifle be built during the great AR-15 shortage of 2013. He wrote … I pieced this rifle together quite slowly during 2013 because of the scarcity of parts. It consists of: Noveske gen 2 forged lower with Vltor A5 receiver extension and [Read More…]
Photographer ZingaroStudios sent us this nifty photo of his … unspecified rifle. He writes … Here a photo from the business end of my of my heavy barreled .308. I didn’t have a scope to use at the time, so I tossed an old $30 Air Rifle scope on it for [Read More…]
Another reader, Larry, sent us a photo of his Beretta M9A1. He writes … I bought Beretta’s M9A1 about a year ago and put a couple of boxes of range-grade ammo through it every other week or so. Never a jam or misfire. Big and heavy to absorb recoil so my wife [Read More…]
Spearsy33 wrote … My freshly assembled Aero Precision AR15 Pistol (5.56). 10.5″ Noveske with Noveske kx5 flash hider, 11″ Troy alpha rail, MOE grip and flips. Looks good!
TFB’s resident adventurer Claymore sent me this photo from his archives. This maybe the MOST “exclusive” photo ever on TFB! I was looking up a photo of my 762 gear for somebody and saw this. It is a photo on me receiving my “adviser [Read More…]
Henry sent us a photo of his Canadian-legal AR-15 collection. He writes … We are allowed these special rifles in Canada. Left to Right: 1. Dlask lower with Colt upper and ACCOG 2. Armalite 180B with Leopold 6.5×20 3. ATRS lower Colt upper match SS air weight [Read More…]
Youtuber Chaos311Clarity (aka. Jon) sent us this photo of his .50 Beowulf. He wrote … This is a gun called “Project Broadsword.” Originally assembled in 2011, it has a favorite of mine ever since. Chambered in 50 Beowulf, it really packs a punch. In [Read More…]
Zachary sent us this photo of the Walther P38 pistol and bayonet his grandfather brought back from WWII. The bayonet has its original Afrika Korps belt frog. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term “frog”, a frog is what holds the sheath onto the [Read More…]
A reader (who did not leave a name) sent in this photo of a post apocalyptic style shotgun he made from a broken and rusted $30 Rossi single shot … This started out as a thirty dollar broken Rossi single shot that I bought from a pawn shop. After a little bit of [Read More…]
dwavinchi sent us a photo of his Springfield Armory National Match M1A with a Sage EBR (Enhanced Battle Rifle) chassis / stock system installed and scoped with a Leupold 3-9x. The resulting rifle is not very dissimilar to the Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle (and [Read More…]
Frequent TFB commenter JNZ emailed us a photo of his new long range rifle that he will be using over the winter while a fully custom rifle is built for him. It is a Tikka T3 CTR in .308 topped off with a Leupold Mark6 TMR scope and Surefire Socom 762-RC suppressor. [Read More…]
For a change I thought I would feature an interesting military munition for todays POTD. A reader sent us this photo asking if we could identify it and if it was a real cartridge. It is indeed real, but it is not a firearm cartridge. This round is a 30mm AHEAD Air [Read More…]
Griff sent us this nifty photo of him shooting 350 yard targets his Springfield M1A Socom 16″ with a Aimpoint PRO mounted atop. He is on his cousins farm in Lancaster, OH.
Thanks to Dave for sending in this photo of his nifty Short Barrel Rifles. Their specs are … AR: 11.5″ barreled, Noveske NSR, ACE SOCOM stock, Lancer L5AWM, Gemtech Halo, EOtech, Surefire X300 in rhino config, DD sights, Ares Armor Huskey sling SCAR: [Read More…]
Gun blogger Chia emailed us a photo of an AR-15 he lends to new shooters. Chia writes … This is the rifle most often run at the range/loan to students: Colt 6920, with Troy Rail MRF Rail, Magpul MS3 sling, Magpul ASAP Plate, Troy BUIS, Magpul AFG2 Angled Foregrip, [Read More…]
Nathan at Aimed Research, who specialize in ultra-high speed gun photography services and equipment rental (I did not know this was even a thing … I have lots of ideas for posts with this kind of equipment), sent us this photo of a .243 bullet. Nathan wrote [Read More…]
This is the nicest Mosin rifle I have ever seen. Duo Z writes …. I built this rifle for my fathers birthday. It started out as an OK condition Mosin Nagant M44. First the bolt lugs were lapped and the muzzle was re-crowned for added accuracy. The original bolt [Read More…]
This relatively valuable and scarce weapon was reportedly found during a raid on boats belonging to a criminal gang at Bulwer, Moreton Island, Australia. Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of The Day.
ZingaroStudios, who has before contributed POTD photos, sent us these photo he took recently at the McMillan Fiberglass Stocks factory. In these photos Specter molded stocks are going through the final assembly process. I am unable to find any information about the [Read More…]
NL took this photo at the Museum of Military History, Vienna which is located in the Arsenal. An Austrian Gasser revolver Model 1870/74. Very skillfully engraved with gold inlays and I believe ivory grip plates (and tools). The insignia translated to English reads: [Read More…]
Mr. Max Popenker sent us this photo he took of a range of Soviet-era Spetsnaz and KGB pistols. Max writes … From quiet to silent: Soviet Spetsnaz pistols, L to R: 9×18 PB integrally suppressed pistol, 7.62×63 S4M silent pistol firing PZAM gas-seal [Read More…]
Tyler writes … Being slightly new to firearms I finally got some time off to do some modifications I’ve always wanted to do. The first was a glock 22 gen 4 [ed: photo below] that I stippled and, it being my first time, I feel it turned out quite well. [Read More…]
Alex C writes about his latest acquisition … This SP89 is serial number one, the very first MP5K for the civilian market. The prototypes were marked “P94”and they are now owned by Bo French, H&K collector known for the famous “Red Room” collection [Read More…]
Kyle sent us this photo of a PPSh-41 with an interesting carved stock. He took this photo at the Latvian War Museum in Riga, Latvia. The stock is carved with what looks to be angels, oak leaves and an eagle. There are words scratched into it. If any Latvians [Read More…]
Eddie sent us this photo he took of a PGM Hecate II anti-material rifle chambered in .50 BMG. This particular rifle belongs to the Brazilian Special Operations Brigade. The optic is a Schmidt & Bender 3-12X50mm. The Hecate II is manufactured by French rifle [Read More…]
Armalite and Artillerie Inrichtingen (AI) experimented with a number of different belt-fed machine guns / auto-rifle versions of the AR-10. The photo above and below are of different prototypes. In the below photo the rifle is fed from a 250 round belt fed from a [Read More…]
voodooman sent us a photo of his Glock range bag which allows for a few different combinations of frames and slides. The grip on the G17 frame (pictured with a G17L slide) has been cut down to G19 length. This allows better concealment and the use of G19 magazines. He [Read More…]
Chris had his favorite rifle, a high-end AR-15, stolen from his vehicle in Sacramento earlier this week. Chris wrote … They smashed out two windows, took this 4K rifle, an Eberlestock backpack full of goodies, and a number of other items. Its a beautiful gun. If [Read More…]
On a college student’s budget Jeff has started a designed-by-JMB (John Moses Browning) collection. He shared with us a photo of the first two pistols in his collection. Jeff wrote … I wanted to share my (modest) JMB collection. As a college student, [Read More…]
Andy sent us the photo of his .300 AAC Blackout AR-15 pistol fitted with a stock arm brace. Bonus points for an original background (not a sofa or grass). Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of The Day.
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