Tyler sent us a photo of his first NFA gun and suppressor. He writes … This picture represents my first trek into the NFA world. The lower receiver is Bravo Company Mfg., with a BCM gunfighter Mod 3 reduced angle pistol grip. The lower has a B5 Systems SOPMOD [Read More…]
CORE Rifle Systems, the company whose motto is “Where MIL-SPEC is just a starting point” has decided to expand their product line to including ammunition. In addition to their line of rifles and components for the commercial market, CORE has a law [Read More…]
Week 42. So, despite the panic runs on M855 it looks like all non M855 is holding fine–I’m not seeing much difference in pricing for lowest in caliber for .223 Rem. We do appreciate the support and constructive comments and will continue this article series [Read More…]
It was 1982, President Reagan was in the White House, and the Soviets weren't having it. The whole world was nervous. We were at the height of the Cold War, and a nuclear exchange seemed like a real possibility. There was a survivalist craze upon the land, and I was not [Read More…]
Week 40. We’re back! We figured that a couple of weeks off was okay since we’d be flooded with SHOT posts and it would be lost in the shuffle. We are in the last quarter of this experiment and overall the response has been pretty supportive. Hopefully the [Read More…]
In 2012, Bob Faxon of Faxon Firearms set out to make an Ar-15 upper receiver that took the best elements of the Ar-15 platform and blended it with the proven Ak-47/AKM/Ak-74/Ak-100 series of weapons. With decades of experience in the automotive, oil, energy, defense, [Read More…]
At the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers show in October, Hornady introduced a number of new products that will be available in 2015. Among them is the new Critical Defense Lite round in 9mm. The new load uses an FTX bullet – a hollowpoint with a [Read More…]
Week 33. 500 rounds of 9mm for under $100 at SG Ammo–that is the cheapest I’ve seen in a while. Other than that, not a whole lot of changes. Hopefully next week we will see some “Black Friday Deals”… 🙂 We do appreciate the support and [Read More…]
Last year Ryan Cleckner shot a 1000yd target offhand with a Barret M107. Well Jerry Miculek has taken that shot a step further. He is using Hornady 750gr A-Max bullet over Cleckner’s 661gr FMJ. Jerry ups the challenge to shooting a 1000 yd target offhand by doing [Read More…]
American Tactical Imports (ATI) will introduce a new shotgun in 2015 based on the Omni Hybrid AR-15 receivers. The prototype gun was shown at the 2014 NASGW Expo. The gun uses the company’s established polymer-metal hybrid lower and the recently announced hybrid [Read More…]
[ I’d like to introduce you to our newest writer Katie A. Katie has an extensive background in writing gun reviews as well as articles on military topics. This is Katie’s first review for TFB and I hope you enjoy it! – Phil ] The Desert Eagle has [Read More…]
Another NASGW show announcement from Hornady is the Lock-N-Load 1911 Auto Primer Tube Filler. The pistol shaped device is a semi-auto method of loading trays of 100 primers into a tube designed for the Lock-N-Load loading press made by Hornady. The red tool uses a pair [Read More…]
Week 27. Okay. So based on an equal number of votes for each (that would be 2 votes) between .357 mag/.38spc, .30-06, and keeping 300BLK, what I am going to do is this. I’ll keep 300BLK as it takes really no work (it’s not very useful for trending but has a [Read More…]
The Dakota Meyer 1911 is a hand built special edition pistol to honor Meyer and his teams actions on 8 September 2009 in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. For then Marine Corporal Meyers actions on that date he was awarded the congressional Medal of Honor. Written Citation [Read More…]
Week 25. Next will will be the quarterly trending and summary! Interesting ammo news this week too… The Brady Center announced that they will be filing a lawsuit against online ammo retailers that they claim supplied the Aurora theater shooter with ammo (among [Read More…]
Lehigh Defense recently introduced a new ammunition line that uses unusually shaped, solid copper bullets. According to the company, the “resulting permanent wound cavity is two to four times greater than that of a flat or ball nose bullet and often larger than [Read More…]
Week 22. Looks like Fiocchi is putting out 300BLK to distributors now–there are several vendors with some. And 22LR is even more “stupid” expensive. Did something happen recently that depleted the stock? .223 Rem is all over the board this week. Brass [Read More…]
Once I was at my local range with my precision .308 and happened to be sitting next to an older gentleman that was there shooting a .308 as well. The major difference? He was sporting a 26″ barrel to my 20″ barrel. At one point he decided to make [Read More…]
American Rifleman magazine talks to Tim Brandt, a representative of Federal Ammunition about the shortage of rimfire ammunition on video. According to Brandt, rimfire production is running 24 hours/day. Essentially, demand continues to outstrip supply. The good news is [Read More…]
Week 19. We have added a whole bunch of new vendors and adjusted the process a bit. If you notice anything strange please let us know in the comments. Hopefully the tweaks have not impacted the overall data. We do appreciate the support and constructive comments and [Read More…]
HPR (High Precision Range) is taking the path of light, high speed frangible bullet in making their new Black Ops ammo. With a high muzzle velocity and low bullet weight they are able to make a bullet that’s design is to hit a soft target and dump all of [Read More…]
A reader emailed us with the above photo … Long time reader here, I went shooting on Saturday and this is what happened to me! I was very baffled. it was Hornady Steel Match .308 FMJ fired out of a CETME. I had a couple of hiccups when I first bought my CETME, but [Read More…]
Master cartridge designer Arne Brennan, the original inventor of the concept that became the 6.5mm Grendel, has developed a new round for the AR-10 platform. The 45 RAPTOR case is a necked up .308 Winchester case with a case length and body dimensions of a .460 [Read More…]
Sixth week! So, I’m not sure why but The Sportsman Guide has 500rds of .380 ACP for less than half of the other vendors with availability. It *is* Wolf, but still… Also, there are a lot more vendors selling .22LR this week. Prices are still a bit [Read More…]
Nosler has announced that it is making a line of Noveske branded ammunition intended for Novekse rifles. Initial release calibers include 5.56mm in 55gr Varmageddon and 60gr Ballistic Tip varieties, .300 AAC Blackout in 110gr Varmageddon (supersonic) and 220gr Subsonic [Read More…]
Week 5 ammo prices. Last week a number of you readers took the raw data and ran with it, generating some pretty cool graphs and showing some interesting analytics. Also this week, by popular demand, I have included basic trending by vendor by caliber by lot size, kind [Read More…]
I was about two hours late to the 1st Annual American Silencer Association shoot at Camp Atterbury, but I am glad I was. My morning interview with the ATF for my FFL took longer than expected (lots to cover for 07’s!). That said, I put the time to good use. The [Read More…]
Fourth week of prices. My intention was to generate trending graphs this week, but as I started playing with the data I realized this post would become hideously huge. So what I would like the reader base to do is to determine what graphs/trends would be most useful [Read More…]
(Updated) How would you feel if you had a guaranteed ammunition supply, even during the worst “panics”? PRIME Club seeks to answer this question by providing ammunition at various levels through its membership program. A PRIME Club membership answers these [Read More…]
SIG SAUER released additional information on the company’s new Elite Performance ammunition. A Few Points SIG states the ammunition is designed for “personal defense.” Law enforcement agencies typically look to the standard FBI tests and a 12″ [Read More…]
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