Contrary to the belief of certain shooting competition organizations, appendix carry is a viable and very popular option for those who carry concealed. The position allows me to maintain constant control of my firearm and provides a very quick draw. Galco understands, [Read More…]
Silencer Central has grown quite a bit over the last couple of years. With more and more people jumping into the NFA game, customers are looking for ways to have access to all sorts of good suppressors and also get rid of the hassle that is in between them and their [Read More…]
SHOT Show 2022 was a blast for the TFB crew and for many of us, it’s not so much the guns and gear that we are excited to see but instead the relationships that we’ve built throughout the years at these types of shows. YHM has sponsored the TFB’s Silencer [Read More…]
Italy is famous within the firearms world for its long-standing history of firearms production. Beretta, in particular, is famous for being the oldest active manufacturer of firearms in the world with the company being established back in the 16th century, nearly 500 [Read More…]
SHOT Show 2022 was a blast! I think I speak for the rest of the TFB and TFBTV crew in saying that it was great to get back out on the SHOT Show floor and rub shoulders again with the wider gun industry and see old friends and make new ones. Today on the podcast [Read More…]
[SHOT 2022] The Mec-Gar Magazines Update Mec-Gar manufactures a sizeable share of magazines on the market today. In fact, you may own a Mec-Gar magazine without even knowing it because they are an OEM supplier to many of the biggest names in the gun industry. Mec-Gar is [Read More…]
I saw these posted on Facebook, written by Logan Alexander. He poses the question “What if Gun Companies were restaurants?”. Here is what he had to say about this short series. What If @TFB: What If Gun Companies Were Honest? (aka. The Video Where We [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB’s Wheelgun Wednesday, where we take a look at anything and everything wheelgunnery has (or had) to offer. This week, we’ll recap the 2021 revolvers and gear to see what manufacturers brought to the table, which was actually a lot. For those [Read More…]
Holsters are somewhat of a confusing topic for me. Not because I don’t know what I like or what to buy but because it seems like holsters tend not to follow the same rigid rules of quality and function that other guns and gear do in the firearms industry. I find [Read More…]
William, at Obsolete Arms, has designed a new foldable speedloader, that can maintain a flat profile for storage in a pocket, but when deployed, folds to the correct dimensions to reload the revolver all at once. William calls it the Smokewagon Speedloader, and he [Read More…]
Welcome to Black November Roundup 2. This week I’ve gathered a bunch of deals that feature sales on in-stock firearms, ammunition, accessories, and even clothing. As a gun owner, I’ve never quite “downscaled” my collection of firearms since [Read More…]
Recently I spent some time with friends out in the Wyoming and Montana area for a get-together trip. One of my buddies was late to the airport because he stumbled on a Glock 20. He kept going on and on about how exciting it was to see one in a gun store finally and how [Read More…]
It’s 2022, the Covid-19 pandemic has passed but humanity has another crisis to face – future aliens. This 4th July weekend Amazon dropped a major new military sci-fi movie, The Tomorrow War, starring Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J. K. Simmons, Betty [Read More…]
Idaho-based company OuterImpact is best known for producing optics mounts, particularly their M.R.A., or Modular RedDot Adapter. Typically, in order for a micro red dot sight to be installed on a handgun, the pistol’s slide needs to include an optics cut. Although [Read More…]
My New Year’s resolution for 2021 was to take stock of what I have, use what I’ve got, and stop compulsively internet shopping for more shit. With that in mind, I did an ammunition inventory and discovered that while my stock of 9mm practice ammo will hopefully [Read More…]
SIG Sauer is a worldwide leader in the design and production of firearms, and has been for many years. This is common knowledge. What is a bit less well-known is that SIG is also heavily involved in the training aspect of firearms, not just in manufacturing. They well [Read More…]
Zeta Industries has just introduced a new and unique revolver speedloader that is specifically designed to work in tandem with your K-Frame sized revolvers. The Zeta Industries K-PAK is a K-Frame speedloader made from polymer and is small enough to fit in your pocket [Read More…]
Earlier this morning we announced that the Trijicon RMRcc is now available to the public to fit all of the most popular concealed carry, full size, and optics ready pistols on the market. The want and desire by shooters for a dedicated micro red dot by a big-name [Read More…]
Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s that time of year again. The time of the year for fireworks, beer, burgers, and celebrating the fact that we don’t have to give a damn what the British think, for 244 years and counting. But at least this evening, it’s not [Read More…]
Model 60; Stainless Painless (For the shooter, that is…) I spent a number of years carrying the S&W 340PD as a jogging/backup gun. Those years were painful ones at the range. I try to train with at least 100 rounds of full power defensive ammo in my carry [Read More…]
Heckler & Koch USA has delivered the first shipments of the M110A1 Squad Designated Marksman Rifles (SDMR) to the US Army. The rifle is actually made in H&K’s factory in Germany and then shipped to H&K USA where the system is completed with optics, [Read More…]
With most of the country is in some form of lockdown or self-quarantine due to the unfortunate coronavirus-19 (COVID-19), there has been something else sweeping across the United States in its wake: the Tiger King. You may or may not have heard of the Netflix special [Read More…]
On Thursday night, 7 November 2019 a little after 11 p.m., at the Motel 6 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Greg Sapp was on the walkway outside his motel room on the second floor. He did not know he would be defending himself from a black bear attack in mere moments. The bear [Read More…]
The guns of el Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock or hate entertainment, you should have caught a glimpse of the new Netflix original movie, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. Directed by Vince Gilligan, the original director of [Read More…]
The HK USP Compact holds a very special place in my heart. It was the first handgun I ever had and for the first five years, I shot the crap out of that gun. I think there’s always a special place in your heart for the first gun you own. The USP Compact was the [Read More…]
On the eve of 2020, everyone should be comfortable with the idea of adding weaponlights to pistols and rifles that are used as tools for protection. Forget the sun going down: walk into a building, into a parking garage, under a bridge or into the woods from bright [Read More…]
Kimber has announced that they are finally shipping some of their newest variations of 1911 models in the KHX and Aegis Elite in both Optics Installed (OI) and Optics Ready (OR) offerings. These models were introduced in late 2018 and early 2019, but most of the general [Read More…]
Great, a Best Revolver article written by a guy who believes a defensive handgun should be a semiautomatic and be made of polymer. You can go ahead and stop reading now. All kidding aside, my advice to everyone looking for a defensive weapon is buy something that works [Read More…]
Legendary firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch will be supplying the U.S Army Squad Designated Marksman Rifle known as the M110. The Army have recently been evaluating the rifle and various potential accessory setups. H&K is ramping up to supply 5,000 to 6,000 [Read More…]
In this episode of the First Firearm series, we’ll take a look at the things to consider when buying your first revolver. This series is dedicated to those that are new to gun ownership and looking for their first gun, or for those that are buying the first type of [Read More…]