The long wait is over! The Strike Modular Chassis ALPHA is here from the folks over at Strike Industries. The Strike Modular Chassis (SMC) was announced way back at the beginning of this year at SHOT Show 2023 and takes your standard P320 fire control group, slide, and [Read More…]
If you like the idea of what the ZEV Technology OZ9 series of handguns has to offer but are put off by the usual cavalcade of lightening cuts, fancy barrel finishes, and other “Gucci Glock” features, you’ll be interested to know that ZEV Tech has just [Read More…]
There’s a lot of action in today’s Photo Of The Day, with the CZ Bren 2 at the playgrounds of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia. Almost three years ago, the Czech Army decided they will be using CZ Bren 2 as their standard-issue [Read More…]
Hello and welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 33. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that also means that Black Friday sales aren’t that much further away. However, over the years, Black Friday sales have grown to encompass virtually the week before and week [Read More…]
Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week we talked about the concept of carrying stock firearms versus carrying fully customized firearms. If you missed last week’s article, don’t hesitate to check it out with the link here. With [Read More…]
Rail space is often limited on a lot of modern carbines and rifles which can sometimes limit the options you have for mounting optics. The new Strike Industries ASM Ring Cap is a multi-optic drop-in mounting system that gives you access to more Picatinny rail space or a [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 165th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this Gat a [Read More…]
In this spooky Halloween episode of TFBTV, James Reeves interviews Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed about the Ghost Gunner 3S. A more advanced version of the Ghost Gunner 3, this at-home milling machine allows shooters to perform DIY RMR cuts on their Glock slides (or, really, any pistol) as well [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 28. We’re really fortunate these days to have access to some of the best optics the industry has developed for military and civilian hands. New optics like the recently released Holosun EPS and EPS Carry, or the new WHISKEY6 [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Some say that the Aimpoint ACRO looks like a miniature toaster, but it did rather well in TFB’s review back in 2021. Did you ever try to attach an ACRO to a handgun like the SIG Sauer P365? If you did, I assume you improved your hit probability [Read More…]
An exclusive licensing with SilencerCo has given KRYTAC the right to create their first gas-powered airsoft pistol as a Maxim 9 clone. The KRYTAC Maxim 9 airsoft pistol has a baffled anodized aluminum slide and a strengthened polymer frame. The modular design of the [Read More…]
Equipping handguns with reflex sights becomes increasingly popular and quite frequently we learn about new players entering this market or companies expanding their offerings of optics-ready handgun products and sights. Primary Arms is no exception and they’ve [Read More…]
Bitshaky Defense is a new company whose first product is an adjustable offset red dot sight mount called BOM. This mount allows adjusting both the angle of the red dot sight in relation to the primary scope and its distance from the bore axis. Additionally, the Bitshaky [Read More…]
The Trijicon SRO is one of my absolute favorite red dot optics for pistol competition shooting. However, unlike most of Trijicon’s other pistol red dot offerings, the SRO makes a compromise in terms of durability in order to gain a larger window to look through. [Read More…]
Ed Brown has always been known as a manufacturer of high-end 1911-style pistols, however, within the past few years, they have been exploring polymer-framed modern handguns. Their catalog now includes a variety of parts and accessories for non-1911 pistols as well as [Read More…]
Big Horn Armory first showed the prototype of their tactical lever gun at SHOT Show 2022. The company has now announced the release of the modernized version of their Model 89 lever action rifle dubbed Model 89 Black Thunder (Model 89BT). Like the regular Big Horn [Read More…]
SIG Sauer has just announced that they’ll be expanding the list of customized offerings even further for the P320 lineup with the introduction of the new P320 RAZE 3.9″ Custom Works slide assembly. This new slide assembly will come with ready-to-mount [Read More…]
The micro-compact 9mm concealed carry pistol market is really starting to give US customers an option for practically every style of concealed carry. Similarly, Taurus has been doing its best to meet the demands of the market while slowly but surely shoring up its [Read More…]
ZEV Technologies has just announced the introduction of what has to be my favorite iteration so far of their G19 and G17 precision CNC milled slides. The new Cryo Slide is a utility-focused design featuring less of the typical speed cuts that you would find on other ZEV [Read More…]
Ed Brown has introduced the new First Responder Tool. The 3.5-inch sheepsfoot blade comes slightly serrated and is secured by an ABLE lock, enabling a quick and simple deployment. There is a strap cutter blade that can be deployed with one thumb as well as a glass [Read More…]
Bear Creek Arsenal has just announced their first foray into the compact 9mm handgun scene with their new GENES1S 9mm pistol. This new pistol will be made entirely in-house at Bear Creek Arsenal’s Sanford North Carolina facility and will come with standard [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the TFB Armorer’s Bench! As mentioned in the little blurb, this series will focus on a lot of home armorer and gunsmith activities. In this article sponsored by Wheeler, Tipton, Caldwell, and Frankford Arsenal, I decided to take a break from [Read More…]
Good morning everyone and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the very capable YHM Turbo K. Last week we got a preview of the HUXWRX FLOW 556k suppressor that was just announced as the winner of the FBI HRT [Read More…]
Wildfires have long been a feature of life in the western states. Unfortunately, target shooting starts some of those fires. The good news is that target shooting fires are preventable, so let’s discuss how we can keep them from happening. Public lands make for [Read More…]
GForce Arms have shared a brief teaser of their first pistol, the GF9 Equalizer. They also shared an announcement that provided some more detail on the pistol. The GF9 comes with a 3.25in barrel, fiber optic sights out of the box and the pistol’s slide is also [Read More…]
One of the biggest pet peeves of mine when it comes to optics-equipped firearms is the sheer amount of different mounting footprint options on the market. Although it can be largely distilled down into maybe 4 or 5 different core patterns that all optics use, it’s [Read More…]
Over the last few years, the SIG Sauer P320 has been growing in popularity in the market thanks to the ability to switch out frames and slides to create a handgun truly customized to you. A few years ago, I even wrote about the one handgun I would choose if I could only [Read More…]
In the few years I have dabbled in night vision, never in my wildest dreams have I thought of what I will be covering on this week’s Friday Night Lights. Night vision rocket launchers! More specifically the rocket launcher night vision mount. Night Vision Mount @ [Read More…]
When it comes to advancements in carry pistols, one of the most recent jumps in technology has to be the addition of small red dots. Whether it’s the classic Trijicon RMR or any of the other options to plunge into this market, there are a ton of different [Read More…]
A quality slide kit can take a lot of the waiting and the work out of upgrading a standard non-optic ready slide. ZEV Technologies has just announced the introduction and availability of their new ZEV Duty Slide Kits that come ready from the factory to accept any optic [Read More…]
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