Welcome everyone to the 156th 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 [Read More…]
On this edition of TFB’s Wheelgun Wednesday, we’ll take a look at my former everyday carry piece, the Ruger SP101. The .357 Magnum SP101 was introduced a few years after the release of its big brother, the Ruger GP100 in the later half of the 1980s, and has since [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 152nd 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 [Read More…]
I recently picked up a S&W Model 61 thanks to my friend Paul. I did not know much about the pistol other than “it is the Taxi Driver sliding pistol”. I was intrigued by the lower bore axis and slide design. Of course, I had to film it in slow motion. [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB’s Wheelgun Wednesday, where we explore the world of revolvers, past, present, and occasionally of the future. This week, we’ll take a look at an expertly customized Smith & Wesson 617, by a French gunsmith, Cédric, also known as [Read More…]
Volker Precision recently announced an upcoming trigger housing for Ruger 10/22 rifles (and Charger pistols) that includes an updated magazine well profile that accepts KelTec CP33 magazines. Volker Precision’s owner, Chris, has stated that their VP33 Trigger [Read More…]
Cutting Edge CuRx family of .22LR bullets are machined solid copper projectiles for precision long-range shooting allowing to push the capabilities of the humble .22LR in extreme long-range competitions. Besides the projectiles, Cutting Edge also sells reloading dies [Read More…]
The goal of TFB’s Photo Of The Day is to give your eyes something worth watching, and your brain something to think about every day. Over the years we have shown firearms from North to South, East to West in almost any imaginable situation and climate. Today [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, Hop takes a look at the new SIG P322. A new US-designed, US-produced rimfire pistol that is optics ready, suppressor ready, and has a standard magazine capacity of 20 rounds. The rimfire turf war keeps escalating, and rimfire fans keep winning. ««« GEAR USED IN THIS [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 133rd 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 [Read More…]
In this PACKED episode of TFBTV, James Reeves reviews a svelte little .22LR that was rumored to have been carried by members of the intelligence community in decades past – the Walther TPH. The TPH is like a shrunken down PPK, with a 6+round capacity of .22LR. This is one high-end, rare-ish [Read More…]
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Shown for the first time at SHOT Show 2022 was WEE1 Tactical’s JR-15 rifle. It’s designed to be a perfect scaled-down replica of the AR platform with youth shooters in mind. I had a chance to sit down with Eric from WEE1 Tactical to talk about the new [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 119th 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 [Read More…]
TacSol and Volquarsten have some competition with Radical Firearms’ relatively new RF-22. Designed as an out-of-the-box accurized semiauto rimfire, the RF-22 features a Picatinny rail integrated with the receiver, a machined bolt and a match-grade threaded [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 113th 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 [Read More…]
The catalog of Italian/American company WOOX currently contains three rifle chassis – Furiosa, Exactus and Wild Man. Up until now, the WOOX chassis were available for bolt action rifles only (Remington 700, Tikka T3, Sauer 100, Savage 110, Howa 1500). Well, the [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 111th 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 [Read More…]
In recent years, Star Wars fans have begun to ditch their dreams of building a Mauser C96 based replica of Han Solo’s DL-44 blaster due to soaring costs, and have a new hope in the much more affordable AR-15 DL-44 clones. Enter Canto Arms, which, at present have a [Read More…]
A couple of weeks ago, we published an article telling about the release of the Standard Manufacturing G4S rimfire rifle. Despite its modern look, the design elements of this rifle indicate that it is likely based on the Standard Manufacturing 1922, a scaled-down [Read More…]
Some of you may recall the survival gun build by Booligan I covered last June. Well, Booligan continued to improve it and ended up with a much more streamlined version of that survival pistol built with the very affordable Keystone Cricket as the base firearm. [Read More…]
Standard Manufacturing has announced a new semi-automatic rimfire rifle called G4S. The company states that their new rifle is “the ultimate in semiautomatic rifles chambered in .22LR” and adds that it is “ideally suited for plinking and precision [Read More…]
The American-180 is a rare .22LR submachine gun developed in the 1960s which fires .22LR from a wind-up pan magazine. It originated with the Casull Model 290 that also used a flat pan magazine. Only 80 Casull M290s were built. The American-180 is an improved version of the Casull design. Today, [Read More…]
Welcome back to another Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of YHM Nitro N20 multi-caliber suppressor. Last week we got a quick look at the 9SX pistol can. This week we are going to try out the Innovative Arms Slingshot Ti on the hot [Read More…]
The Browning Buck Mark line grows with a new model that should be of interest to many of TFB’s readers, a 2021 SHOT Show Special. It features a lightweight Vision barrel in .22LR with an all-black aluminum outer sleeve. Gold Cerakote finish covers the inner steel [Read More…]
At the beginning of the past year, we reported about the prototype machined copper .22LR bullets that were being developed by Cutting Edge Bullets. Fast forward a year and the company has just released the first product in their new line of machined .22LR bullets dubbed [Read More…]
Originally announced in April 2019, the Ruger Wrangler was offered in three distinct Cerakote colors: black, silver, and a very handsome burnt bronze. Well, the color options keep coming. Davidson’s has teamed up with Ruger once again, and has announced the new [Read More…]
The Henry Repeating Arms Company has announced that they’ll be donating 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of 65 rifles to help a 3 year old Michigan girl that’s been diagnosed with Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. As of the time of publishing, 63 of [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…]
Who doesn’t enjoy shooting suppressed .22s? Terrifically quiet, smooth and easy-shooting, and far less expensive to blow through rounds than probably any other gun you own except a Daisy Red Ryder. Tons of people enjoy hushed plinking for fun, and many shooters [Read More…]
Bainbridge, Georgia-based Rossi have announced the launch of a new lever action rimfire rifle – the Rio Bravo. Chambered in .22LR the Rio Bravo is based on Rossi’s line of center-fire R92 lever-action firearms. Available in either German beechwood or black [Read More…]