Arizona-based High Ground Defense is on target to reshape the firearms market with their latest product – the prototype ‘Advantage’ 3-barrel minigun. Chambered in 7.62x51mm, the gun maintains certain compatible parts with the legacy M134 Minigun but [Read More…]
The 2007 movie “3:10 to Yuma” is a modern remake of the 1957 film of the same name, which was based on a short story by Elmore Leonard. Directed by James Mangold, the film is a gripping Western that follows the story of a struggling rancher named Dan Evans [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, Luke C speaks with Brad from Tippmann Ordnance to check out their new miniaturized Gatling gun, this time chambered in 22LR! The new Gatling gun will come complete with its own polymer 50-round belt with options down the road to order more links. All of Tippmann [Read More…]
New this year from Tippmann Ordnance is a .22LR Gatling Gun with an innovative and low-cost feed belt. The six-barreled gun comes complete with a tripod, T&E mechanism and belts. The belts themselves are an all-new polymer design from Tippmann Ordnance that is [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! The Rimfire Report is all about the various firearms, ammunition, modifications, and history of the rimfire firearm world. This week we’ll be talking about an idea that goes as far back as 1861 [Read More…]
The Tippmann Armory 9mm Gatling Gun has just received a huge upgrade in the way of an 8-monocore suppressor that is now available from Liberty Suppressors. The Gatling Gun Suppressor makes this already awesome looking 9mm Gatling gun look all that much better and now [Read More…]
Welcome back to another installment of our series of articles dedicated to firearms consigned and sold at the largest American auction houses. Last time, we took a look at some of the most obscure guns found in the catalog of the September 2020 Rock Island Premier [Read More…]
There are many good ways to flex on people at the range or on social media. You may choose to show off night vision equipment like TFB writer Nick, mountainous piles of suppressors like Editor-in-Chief Pete, or reveal an alarming amount of thigh meat like short shorts [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 57th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this Gat a sweet [Read More…]
Dillon Aero, makers of the M134D Minigun that is currently in service with the US Military, has come out with a new force multiplier. The Dillon Aero 503D is a tri-barrel 50-caliber rotary machinegun. It is entirely configurable for use aboard helicopters, boats, [Read More…]
As usual, shortly after the end of another Rock Island Premier Firearms Auction, the list of prices realized was published and we examined it to find out what lots were the most appealing in collectors’ eyes and were sold at the highest prices. Like any RIAC [Read More…]
If you follow our series covering the major US firearm auctions, then you probably remember that about a month ago, we took a look at some of the most interesting, rare and unusual firearms consigned to the September 2019 Rock Island Premier Firearms Auction. As usual, [Read More…]
For the fifth time in a row, we’re looking at Photo Of The Day: Minigun Monday. Today we’re looking at a GAU-17/A Minigun manned by Sgt. Tanner Olson, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 as he engages simulated targets during training over [Read More…]
Three is a magic number – and this is the third edition of the Photo Of The Day: Minigun Monday, where we admire pictures of Miniguns in various places. We are now in California, at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Or [Read More…]
This is the second article in a series of “Photo Of The Day”, where we admire pictures of Miniguns of various kinds and situations. The series is called Minigun Monday. Miniguns on a Monday – it’s as simple as that! Today we take a look at the GAU-17 [Read More…]
This is the first in a series of “Photo Of The Day”, where we will admire pictures of Miniguns of various kinds. The series is called Minigun Monday, a name which should require no further explanation. Today we take a look at the Mark 44 Minigun, being fired [Read More…]
It seems like a bunch of companies debuted their own version of a Pistol Caliber Carbine (PCC) at SHOT Show 2019. Check out our Top 5 new SMG / PCC list from SHOT 2019. There was seriously a lot of them this year. Well the folks over at Tippmann Armory didn’t [Read More…]
Fantail Fire – the subject of Today’s Photo Of The Day here at TFB. The aft close-in weapons system on the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima reminds me of R2D2 in Star Wars. A close-in weapon system, or CIWS for short, is a point-defense weapon [Read More…]
Today’s Photo of the Day is the well-known Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, and you can imagine the sound its GAU-8 Avenger 30 mm rotary cannon makes as it engages a simulated target. If not, you can listen to its distinctive sound in the video below. [Read More…]
Aeroknox and Empty Shell are the two guys behind the little 556 Micro Gun. I have been told that they will be at Range Day at Shot Show. I cannot wait to check out the little micro gun. But almost as awesome is the D12 bullpup semi auto shotgun. I am very curious to see [Read More…]
A military group requested a heat shield on the barrels to protect slings, cables and pouches. Since the Micro Gun is so short it would be easy to swing it and have it touch something. Here is what Empty Shell came up with. It looks slick.
The Navy’s USS Boxer has a Phalanx Close In Weapon System (CIWS). It is nicknamed R2-D2 for its similar dome shaped top and automatic nature. Actually if you watch the video below, the supports are somewhat shaped like R2-D2 legs. Watch the tower pivot and spin. [Read More…]
@Empty_Shell_LLC and @Aeroknox have been posting progress pics of their 5.56 minigun project and their D12 bullpup shotgun project. Here is a video of a successful test fire. It is a burst of 5.56. Looks like 10-15 rounds. The first clip of the video is real [Read More…]
The AirSource Military recently posted up this video of an AC-130U during live-fire training. The Spooky II is armed with 1× General Dynamics 25 mm (0.984 in) GAU-12/U Equalizer 5-barreled Gatling cannon 1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon 1× 105 mm (4.13 in) [Read More…]
There are odd guns out there, and then there is this. A listing on Gunbroker that just ended consisted of six SKS rifles with 75 round drums arranged in some sort of odd Gatling mechanism. The listing was started at $3,500 and I don’t think anyone bid on it at all [Read More…]
Check out this video of the first live fire of the General Dynamics GAU-22/A four-barrel 25mm cannon onboard an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at Edwards Air Force Base in California. It weights in at 230 pounds and spits rounds out at 3300 shots per minute with a muzzle [Read More…]
You can never get tired of seeing or hearing about the A-10 Thunderbolt and the weapon it was built around. The GAU-8 Avenger. “It is essentially a flying cannon providing 30mm worth of American air power” Here is a video released by the 127th Wing giving us [Read More…]