The Barrett MRAD (Multi-Role Adaptive Design) with a Schmidt & Bender riflescope is how today’s Photo Of The Day is introduced. The sniper is from Norway and you can see a spent .338 Lapua Magnum being ejected. The Norwegian Armed Forces ordered the MRAD [Read More…]
TFB has been running our very special Photo Of The Day for years, sharing great photos from around the world and the world of firearms. The subject of today’s photos is the German TopShot Competition Shooting Team and the Haenel CR223s they use for IPSC shooting [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day loves sniper competitions and we hope they love us back. If you’re not busy doing something else in the beginning of March next year, you may gather your team and join the Best Sniper Winter 2022 competition. Above you have a great [Read More…]
CZ-USA have announced the introduction of the CZ SP-01 Competition Red & Blue pistols. With some improvements, a competition hammer and light mainspring and two new grip colours, the pistols have an MSRP of $1,305. CZ-USA @ TFB: CZ 85th Anniversary Limited [Read More…]
Of all the pictures we have featured in our Photo Of The Day since 2014, this has got to be one of the oddest. I know sniper challenges are supposed to be a challenge, but this certainly takes the price. If I’m correct, we have a sniper and a spotter, with the [Read More…]
When it comes to pistol competition, divisions that allow optics are where all of the action is. However, not long ago, the optics and guns they went on made it nearly impossible to afford to get into the sport. As lower-priced, higher-quality pistols have found their [Read More…]
I’ve been shooting competitively for a couple years now. I haven’t taken it too seriously and the number of matches I’ve attended is still in the single digits. In all of those competitions, I’ve shot my mostly stock third-generation Glock 19. [Read More…]
Double stack 1911-style pistols are huge in competitive shooting. They combine the benefits of large magazines with the sweet, glass rod break of a 1911 trigger. Also, to scoot just into Major Power Factor, many shooters opt for the .40 S&W cartridge. Travis [Read More…]
The European Best Sniper Team Competition is over but continues to deliver amazing photos for TFB’s Photo Of The Day. The videos I’ve seen from this competition show some really difficult and demanding stages, to differentiate the teams from each [Read More…]
CZ-USA has just announced another new version of their P-10 pistol, the CZ P-10 F Competition. Earlier today, CZ-USA released a concealed carry version of the P-10 pistol as well. The CZ P-10 F Competition model was designed with, of course, competitors in mind, and [Read More…]
Federal Ammunition has introduced a new line of shotshell loads on the heels of this year’s Olympics. The new High Over All (HOA) shotshell loads are intended for competitive use and offer shooters better reloadability and more consistent shot patterns. Federal [Read More…]
It’s that time of the year again when some of the best sniper teams in the world gather to compete in the European Best Sniper Team Competition. Above you can spot a Lithuanian soldier as he scans a field for targets in a downed aircraft. The pictures are taken [Read More…]
Today we offer various pictures from the 2nd Brigade and the Danish International Sniper Competition (DISC 2021). Eigthteen teams from various places in Europe fighting for the victory and glory. DANISH INTERNATIONAL SNIPER COMPETITION 2021 (DISC 2021) GET STARTED! [Read More…]
From time to time it happens. We got a fan mail and a private contribution to our Photo Of The Day. Attached was an image taken at this year’s USASOC Sniper Competition at Fort Bragg. This competition happened a few months ago, and the image shows one of the Special [Read More…]
TFB will be running several Photo Of The Days from the 2021 Danish International Sniper Competition. These competitions are a great source of information about which types of firearms various countries and armies use, and how they use them. There’s also a lot of [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Today we have some really cool sniper rifles and gear operated by some of the World’s best sniper teams. Well, at least one of the teams was able to present themselves as the best in the United States. Did you ever shoot from a tilted and moving [Read More…]
Competition participation is becoming increasingly popular over the year and with that increased popularity has come to a much higher demand for competition-grade products. Sierra has been a well-respected name in the reloading community for its high quality and [Read More…]
The P320 Legion series of handguns is a common sight at USPSA and similar types of pistol competitions. However, you’ll often find that a lot of them are not bone stock pistols and have had a lot of modifications. One new modification on the market is from Keres [Read More…]
In today’s Photo Of The Day, we’re going to look closer at the U.S. Army Best Sniper Competition. Sniper Teams from across the United States traveled to Fort Benning, Georgia, to compete in the U.S. Army Best Sniper Competition. This happened in mid-April [Read More…]
Precision Rifle Series (PRS) can best be described as a mixture between long-range and precision rifle shooting and practical shooting. TFB recently reported about the plans for a Precision Rifle World Championships in 2022, and hopefully, it will happen. I don’t [Read More…]
North Carolina-based SIGHTRON have announced the addition of the SIII SS 36×45 ED to their line of competition rifle scopes. It has a precision-ground ED glass objective lens, 30mm tube diameter, an eye relief of 3.6in and a weight of 20.5 oz. MSRP for the SIII SS [Read More…]
The AZ-P1 is made by ARMA ZEKA of the Czech Republic and is a locked-breech semi-automatic sport pistol with a single action/double action (SA/DA) trigger mechanism. The AZ-P1 appears to be a CZ clone and pistol meets the requirements of the IPSC and is approved in the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Established in 2014 this is TFB’s way to show carefully selected photographs on a daily basis. As a bonus, you get a short story and hopefully, you’ll learn something new. Today we’re looking at a Kriegsgewehr. Or is it a Sportsgewehr? It [Read More…]
According to Bergara, their new Premier Competition Rifle is their most accurate and highest-performing production class PRS style rifle that exists. All you need is to pair it with your optic, zero it and the rifle is competition-ready right out of the box. This rifle [Read More…]
Recently we showed some pretty unique pictures of the new Accuracy International sniper/competition rifle in the USASOC International Sniper Competition. I personally love these types of pictures, and it seems like I am not alone. In our Photo Of The Day, we look at [Read More…]
SIG Sauer have shared information and images on the specially built M17 trophy pistols built for the 2021 Best Ranger Competition being held at Fort Benning this month. Built by SIG’s custom works, the pistols have a custom black nitron engraved slide and black [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: A competitor in the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) International Sniper Competition ejects a spent shell casing while firing a rifle at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 22, 2021. By the looks of it, he’s using his private [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day is a bit different. It’s an illustration from the People Choice Award for Military Photography Competition. The picture was taken by Sgt. Matthew Aaron Callahan (USMC). The Defense Information School (DINFOS), located at Fort [Read More…]
Hello and welcome to a special review edition of The Rimfire Report. This week we’re going to take a look at the recently released Taurus TX 22 Competition model. The TX 22 Competition is Taurus’s latest generation of the successful TX 22 that was released [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Established in 2014 this is TFB’s way to show carefully selected photographs on a daily basis. As a bonus, you get a short story and hopefully, you’ll learn or see something new. Above you can see Sgt. Andres Diaz (to the left) and Sgt. 1st [Read More…]