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At the start of SHOT Show 2023, the news broke that Australian defense company NIOA had purchased Barrett Firearms. Rob Nioa, the new owner of Barrett Firearms was in attendance at this year’s SHOT Show. I was given the rare opportunity to interview Mr. Nioa [Read More…]
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Over the last few months, Springfield Armory has come out with a number of new products which have done well for them. Whether it’s the Prodigy, 9mm Saint PCC or the SA-35, they have been busy over the last year with new product releases. At SHOT Show they had a [Read More…]
At this year’s SHOT Show EOTECH, in addition to their promising ‘On Gun Laser’, showcased their new flat dark earth colour range. The new FDE range includes G43 and G45 magnifiers and their EFLX pistol red dots. EOTECH say that their [Read More…]
Australian Defense company NIOA has acquired Barrett Firearms. Founded in 1982 By Ronnie Barrett the company quickly became synonymous with their .50 caliber anti-materiel rifles and later thier precision rifles including the MK22 Advanced Sniper Rifle. Barrett rifles [Read More…]
In the world of pistol red dot sights, there seems to be an explosion in the market with every optics company coming out with a smaller pistol red dot to compete in this ever-growing market. Whether you agree or not with red dots on your carry guns, the amount of [Read More…]
This is a review of the InfiRay Clip 1 CE2 and Jerry C C5 clip-on thermal imagers (COTI). These small wonders of technology will snap directly onto the ring of a PVS-14 night vision device. Once set and installed, you will get configurable thermal detection capabilities [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…]
Last week we took a look at one of the best dual-tube night vision goggles on the market. This week we go off on a tangent. In this week’s Friday Night Lights I will share some beginning steps my friends and I have made using ATAK (Android Team Awareness Kit). [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the TFB Armorer’s Bench! As mentioned in the little blurb below, this series will focus on many home armorer and gunsmith activities. Today, I decided to do a quick tips and tricks sort of article. I have had an extensive list of article ideas and [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…]
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…]
Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 23. The subject of LPVOs (Low Power Variable Optics) is a hotly debated subject among the TFB staff and to a certain extent the rest of the firearms community. Love em’ or hate em’, LPVOs offer you a lot of advantages over [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…]
The night of Friday is upon us and we shed some light on this week’s Friday Night Lights subject. The Steiner Nighthunter C35 is an entry-level thermal device that performs better than expected. Let’s take a closer look at this thermal clip-on. Steiner @ [Read More…]
Not all of us can afford to mount a brand new Leupold or Nightforce variable magnification optic on our rifles (I know I can’t). Nonetheless, the desire to reach out and touch something dictates that we find something within our budgets. To help us with this there [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…]
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…]
In today’s Photo Of The Day, we see an Irish Defence Forces sniper team in action at the U.S. Army International Sniper Competition in Fort Benning, Georgia earlier this year. The firearm is a Remington Sniper Rifle, probably borrowed by the hosts, with a Leupold [Read More…]
The new version of the FN Five-seveN handgun is now called the FN Five-seveN MRD. Just a week after FN Herstal released their completely new FN HiPer Pistol in 9×19, it’s time for a new model from FN America, this time in 5.7x28mm NATO. The new MRD comes in [Read More…]
Last fall, Zeiss announced their LRP S5 FFP precision rifle scope. They claim this scope has the most elevation in its class. Zeiss sent one of their LRP S5 525-56 scopes to us for review. So let’s take a look through it. Zeiss @ TFB: [SHOT 2022] Zeiss Precision [Read More…]
When you want to shoot long range, a bipod is extremely helpful but often they are bolted or mounted as an afterthought to your rifle. Well BLK LBL Bipod is integrated into a handguard for the AR-15 and thus works for the Ruger Precision. Let’s take a close look [Read More…]
Gunwerks have announced the release of their new NEXUS Rifle System. The new rifle is the result of over two years of research and development and the company calls it their “most advanced and feature-rich rifle system yet“. Let’s take a closer look [Read More…]
A few years ago Kinetic Development Group (KDG) came out with their Optics Hub. It is a way to up-armor a Leupold MK4 spotting scope while potentially working with other spotting scopes. Its main feature was that it gave the user the ability to attach accessories to [Read More…]
Nosler has teamed up with Boot Campaign to help raise funds and awareness for injured veterans by producing 22 custom limited-run Model 48 rifles. And while they might be a little too rich for my blood, I’m sure some of you out there can spare the cash for a good [Read More…]
Strike Industries have announced a new 45-degree offset reflex sight mount called Ambush. As you know, red dot sights mounted at an angle in relation to the main magnified optic are used for quick close-range engagements in a matter of tilting the gun sideways. The [Read More…]
The Athlon MIDAS HMR rifle scope is in its own series with a 2.5 to 15 magnification range, which is a good start for up-close to medium range work. The MIDAS HMR is one of three scopes Athlon sent us to review, and of the three in this review series, is the cheapest [Read More…]
Although this product was released on April 1st, it’s not a joke. Samson Manufacturing is proud to introduce their next-generation Hannibal Rail for Ruger’s Mini-14 and Mini Thirty rifles. The new Hannibal Rail is now compatible with many of the [Read More…]
Having spent the weekend on the shooting range with a suppressed handgun, it’s with great excitement I found out about the new Maxim Defense MKIV-SD. The package consists of a Ruger MKIV .22LR pistol with an integral suppressor with or without a red [Read More…]
This is a review of the new Shield Sights RMSx Red Dot. The abbreviation stands for Reflex Mini-Sight XL Lens, and TFB are one of the first to get them. It’s available in either a 4 or 8 MOA dot configuration and we have used both. Last year I used the SHIELD [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB Weekly Amazon Deals 29. Long-range shooting is a discipline that for years was largely reserved for all but the most talented and dedicated shooters. With modern techniques, optics, and accessories, long-range shooting has become more accessible and in [Read More…]
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