We are trying a new weekly article concept. With the constant availability and price fluctuations of ammunition we are going to try and make your life a bit easier. Each week we are going to research current offerings at online ammunition dealers and display *bulk* [Read More…]
Case Cruzer offers the “Prepper” handgun case for two handguns and assorted accessories. The case includes space for two full-size handguns up to 9.25″ in total length (the G17 is 8″ long for reference) and additional compartments for magazines, [Read More…]
At first glance, the photo above looks real, but your eyes deceive you. The picture is actual a fantastically detailed computer rendering of a cut-away AK-47 by DeviantArt user ABiator. Taking it a step further, ABiator has cut-away drawings of the venerable [Read More…]
Editor’s note: Claymore’s career took many interesting twists and turn through some of the worlds most notorious regions. His first article for TFB, about the rare AK rifles he discovered deep in the jungle, can be read here. His second article about the [Read More…]
TFB’s staff scoured SHOTShow 2014 for all the latest, but the show is so big, something is bound to slip through the cracks. One such gem is the pictured Chiappa X-Caliber, the 12-Gauge version of Chiappa’s M6-22, a 20-Gauge replica of the Springfield M6, a [Read More…]
Jon Stokes breaks the news at All Outdoor that LWRC is up for sale … This past December there were rumors on AR15.com about a possible sale of LWRC to Colt. Apparently, any questions about a possible LWRC sale that were posted on the LWRC board were deleted by [Read More…]
The Browning Hi-Power is a creation of the famous firearm designer John Browning, along with the legendary 1911 pistol. This handgun was designed in the 1920s and although less popular than the 1911 (at least in the USA) it has been continuously manufactured from 1935 [Read More…]
Most of the guns in the original Star Wars Trilogy were hacked-up / bubba’d / tacticool versions of classic WWII, or earlier, vintage guns. The Ion Blaster was a Enfield rifle, the Blaster pistol was a broomhandle Mauser, Bob Fett’s carbine was a Webley [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…]
X Products debuted their new 9mm 50 round drum magazines at the SHOT Show. Known for their .308 and .223/5.56 offerings, X Products have made quite the name for themselves with their top notch drum mags. Their new 9mm mags will be made out of aluminum and will be [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson is famous for its revolver lines, and this year they’ve decided to make a big return into the wheel gun category. The S&W 686 PLUS comes out of Smith & Wesson’s Performance Center, their custom firearm shop, and is an impressive new [Read More…]
If you live in a jurisdiction that allows the use of a night vision device for hunting or predator control, the Pulsar Sentinel GS 2X50 Night Vision Riflescope would be an excellent choice. Since I am constantly trying to get ahead of the coyote problem on our ranch I [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson introduced a matte silver version of the Governor revolver. The Governor is the company’s answer to the very popular Taurus Judge series of revolvers. The gun has a scandium alloy frame and stainless steel cylinder. A plain black ramp serves [Read More…]
Plinker Arms announced the company will be making two new .22 LR magazines. The first is called the .22LR Universal. These mags are made of polymer and are designed for SIG Sauer, DPMS and CMMG rifles. Shooters will have a choice between 10- and 25-round magazines [Read More…]
This is the third and final part of our series where we have teamed up with KRISS USA. Part 1 can be viewed here and Part 2 here. For this portion we we decided to try and quantify the recoil reduction of the Vector verses its main competitor, the HK UMP (in this case a [Read More…]
Walking along the streets of south west London, just north of Buckingham Palace, a person will take a step into glamour and glance at the official store fronts of such luxury brands as “Louis Vuitton”, “Gucci”, and “Rolex” to name a few. It is among these [Read More…]
The photos above and below were recently published in the UK Ministry Of Defense’s Defense Focus magazine. They show British reservists serving in Afghanistan providing protection for senior diplomats and military officers. What is interesting is that they are [Read More…]
By the mid-1920s Auto Ordnance had only sold a few thousand of their .45 ACP Thompson submachine guns to military and law enforcement organizations. To help increase sales they started marketing them to private business owners. This above advertisement, which shows a [Read More…]
[ This is the third article written by Claymore on the guns he encountered during his varied and colorful career. His first article is here, the second is here. ] While I was looking around for weapons while I was with the Hmong I would record the selector markings to [Read More…]
DoubleTap Defense have just announced the availability of the DoubleTap Defense Pocket Pistol chambered in .40 S&W as well as a .40 S&W Barrel Conversion Kit so that existing Pocket Pistol’s can shoot the .40 S&W. To concert a pistol all [Read More…]
I’ve always loved the reliable old lever action rifle. Of course back in those days what kid didn’t? Our heroes were a very young Clint Eastwood in Rawhide and of course John Wayne and all of his westerns. There were others of course like Chuck Connors in the [Read More…]
Since August the Royal Malaysian Police have been running ‘Ops Cantas’ (Operation Cutover), a nationwide crackdown on organized crime specifically targeting illegally acquired and manufactured firearms. This operation has included many road block around [Read More…]
One thing that never fails to amaze me on this blog is that whenever one of our writers (myself included) or a staff member either posts a review or product announcement from Heckler and Koch, said article generates 60 plus comments in a day and of course the inevitable [Read More…]
The Double Four, or “44”, is the name given to the 7.92x33mm Kurz, the round first developed for the famous Sturmgewehr 44, manufactured by craftsman in the famous gun workshops of Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan and which are popular in Pakistan’s [Read More…]
Introduction: In 2010, prominent AR15 manufacturer Bushmaster Firearms announced that it was moving its manufacturing operations from Windham, Maine to Ilion, New York. This relocation came at the behest of Freedom Group, Inc., who had acquired Bushmaster (with a host [Read More…]
Buffalo Bore is now shipping a zippy .45 ACP load that uses a Barnes 160 grain TAC-XP bullet. Velocities in real world guns range from 1111 fps from a 2.5″ barrel Smith & Wesson 325PD revolver to 1260 fps from a 5″ Colt Gold Cup Series 90 pistol. The [Read More…]
The guys behind my favorite gun video of all time have produced another video with footage they collected over the past three years of training. I recommend watching it in either 720p or 1080p HD. From the video description … A group of like-minded shooters from [Read More…]
Semiauto rifles are taken for granted today – every military in the world uses them, they are the mainstay of many types of competition, most police forces, and a great many hunters. And yet, the self-loading rifle in a full size military cartridge only became [Read More…]
Finding the right place to mount a weapon light on a carbine rifle can always be a challenge. Different shooting techniques, shooting positions, gas systems, rail platforms and accessories all have an effect on where a weapon light is mounted. In the latter part of 2011 [Read More…]
Meghan Neal at Vice.com laments the fact that nobody appears interested in buying so-called “smart guns”. Her theory is that consumers want to own “smart guns” but the industry has no interest in selling them. She believes they will save lives (a [Read More…]
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