A United States court has recently ruled that online retail giant Amazon.com must submit itself to an inventory inspection over claims by Maglula that Amazon has been a direct seller of Maglula counterfeits. Alleged Maglula Counterfeits Instigate Amazon Inventory [Read More…]
Have you ever ordered a gun-related tool or accessory on Amazon only to have some assembly or modification required? Reading product reviews can be a good source of entertainment in some cases, and cringe-worthy in others, as people give products a bad review for not [Read More…]
Magazine and accessory manufacturer MagLULA has filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com for alleged Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) violations stemming from the advertising and sale of counterfeit MagLULA, UpLULA and other products covered by registered trademark and [Read More…]
As we have demonstrated time and time again within the walls of TFB’s “HOT GAT or FUDD CRAP” series, being labeled a Fudd is an indictment of a state of mind, not term based solely on the equipment you own or the activities you pursue. Case in point: I own a [Read More…]
There are a lot of pistol safes on the market, some of them do a great job at keeping your handguns protected, while others are as a safe as a cardboard box. Amazon has a few pistol safes on their site sold under their Amazon Basics line, but just how good are they? The [Read More…]
Imagine a free world where you could use Amazon Prime to order a dozen Magpul PMags, a case of 5.56mm ammo or a Geissele AR-15 trigger. And while I realize that it’s “their business, their rules” and that there are many other high-quality outlets that will ship [Read More…]
Our friends over at Maglula sent some photos of the counterfeit loaders that have been purchased from Amazon directly. As before, the best thing you can do to avoid falling victim to the fake loaders is to buy from a reputable retailer that purchased their entire [Read More…]
It is all too easy to fall into marketing hype when searching for accessories for your rifle, even easier still when you are new to shooting sports. With the boom in new shooters over the last several years having limited knowledge about what practical accessories work [Read More…]
It just goes to show that often in this industry that price of an item can have little relevance to its function, AR Pros has an $18 Muzzle Brake available through Amazon.com. The company touts the brake as its “short competition” model “with upgraded [Read More…]
Some enterprising individual has listed a 80% AR-15 lower receivers through Jeff Bezos honeypot Amazon.com, a company that absolutely prohibits firearms and related listings to be posted through its site. An object’s true purpose is up to the person using it, [Read More…]
Amazon has begun automatically notifying some Amazon vendors that if they do not remove certain gun-related products from their Amazon listings they will be banned from selling on Amazon.com. Below is the text of an email sent to a gun accessories maker. I have [Read More…]
The .50-Caliber Rifle Construction Manual written by Bill Holmes was published in 2002. The Amazon customer reviews have criticized the book for its poor drawings and complex construction techniques. A guy names “mxwelch” on YouTube has build a working .50 [Read More…]