In this episode of TFBTV Show Time, James Reeves is at the PTR booth to talk about their new LE-oriented, short barrel AOW Mossberg-based shotguns, the PTR Jack and the PTR Breaker, a 2+1 and a 3+1 12 gauge, respectively. Enter to win the 5.11 SHOT Show 2024 Sweepstakes: 5.11 Tactical’s Win [Read More…]
Pen guns are unusual creatures in the menagerie of firearms designs. And no, that’s not a reference to the horror show “PEN-15” rifle assembled by TFB TV’s James “Questionably Frequent Phallic Jokes” Reeves with his motley crew of [Read More…]
Good afternoon dear readers and Happy Independence Day for all our fellow Americans. Welcome back to another edition of TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by our friends at Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer’s of the eagerly anticipated YHM R9 suppressor. Last [Read More…]
Pursuant to an ATF determination earlier this summer, the FosTech Origin SBV firearm now falls under the purview of the National Firearms Act (NFA). The Origin SBV is equipped with a smooth bore barrel that is less than 18” in length, but utilizes a pistol stabilizing [Read More…]
007 eat your heart out because there’s a new king of concealable lethal gadgets on the scene. When it comes to homemade guns, for me, this one takes the cake and eats it too. The marker sized hand cannon dubbed the “Pen Gun” by its owner Josh Geho is [Read More…]
In the past few years, we have drilled down into the netherworld of NFA laws, attempting to determine the subtle differences between short barreled rifles (SBRs), Any Other Weapons (AOWs) and simply firearms. We’ve also reviewed the new ATF accessory classification [Read More…]
The 1911 is renowned for winning two world wars. At least that is the mantra die hard 1911 fans recite. And the Fulton Industries MX991/U anglehead flashlight has been utlized for decades since the Vietnam War. Well someone had the great idea to combine these military [Read More…]
Jorge aka @Silencers_1909 is at it again. Another stamp has been added to the collective. If you recall, Jorge has an impressive stamp collection. Well this new one is for a Form 4 transfer of a Maxim 9 AOW. There is something odd about this picture. Have you spotted it [Read More…]
On September 11th, 2017 the Fresno Police Department posted about their recent accomplishment of arresting a woman on narcotic and firearm charges. The suspect was sitting in front of an illegally parked RV. The two officers approached the suspect to ascertain why the [Read More…]
The first anniversary of the enactment of ATF Rule 41F is only a few weeks away. Most of us will be remembering the run up to the July 13th deadline as an NFA buying panic of epic proportions. And all of us will remember the resulting slowdown that followed. However, a [Read More…]
Fostech is bringing an interesting variant of their 12 gauge Origin 12 shotgun to market. The Origin 12 SBV is along the lines of their NFA Short Barrel Shotguns with a 10 inch barrel, but it isn’t an NFA item at all. Because it has a smooth bore, it isn’t a [Read More…]
As Adam breaks it down in “legalese”, the AOW or “Any Other Weapon” is indeed the “bastard child” of the National Firearms Act. Unlike most of the National Firearms Act firearms, the cost to transfer is $5 – yet the cost to make [Read More…]
Improvised and camouflaged firearms can be some of the most interesting weapons around, and the best ones combine inventiveness, creativity, craft work, and a sort of apocalyptic chic together into final products that are compelling far beyond the sum of their parts or [Read More…]
Even the most experienced “stamp collectors” can be missing the coveted $5 red stamp. While making and transferring National Firearms Act (NFA) controlled items like Short Barreled Rifles (SBRs), Short Barreled Shotguns (SBSs), Silencers and Destructive [Read More…]
It seems that the traditional firearms companies are venturing farther and farther into NFA weapons, and Mossberg is the latest company to jump into the fray with a pair of 12 gauge AOWs called Compact Cruiser AOWs. Mossberg just announced that the company is now [Read More…]
This Zippo Lighter AOW shoots .22 caliber rounds. EverydayNoDaysOff posted about it back in 2010 with hand drawn schematics.
So some of you may have seen this. I haven’t before. A gun disguised as a key fob was found by police. Pulling the key ring resets the firing pins. Then you press the buttons on top to release them and the gun fires. This would be considered an AOW (Any Other [Read More…]
Did you watch the film Kingsman: The Secret Service? In the film, the Kingsman Agents use a modified Russian Tokarev TT-30 pistol. The prop master added a shotgun barrel. It was never used in the film but it was explained that it can shoot shotgun shells. Do you think [Read More…]
Bridging on the political side of things slightly, but only because this directly affects all suppressor/SBR/ Class three/ AOW owners/dealers out there, a think tank by the name of Center for American Progress released a throughly researched and 2 years in the making [Read More…]
Under current ATF rulings, its possible to create a non-NFA firearm that uses shotgun rounds (note, I did not say “shotgun” which refers to a specific legal definition). By never mounting a stock to a receiver and keeping the over-all length over 26″, [Read More…]
I found these images in a Facebook group but the person who posted them did not know their origins and was trying to find more information. Looking at the images below it looks like the circular button may be a safety. I think you hold it like a knife handle and your [Read More…]
Demolition Ranch tries to out perform the Bow-mag. Demolition Ranch thinks the problem is constraining the explosion of gun powder. To solve this problem, he takes a Glock barrel and puts it inside a wooden shovel handle. He rigs it up so when he throws the spear shaped [Read More…]
Here is a simple chart that can help explain the nuances of an AR type pistol. The pistol is a 10″ Robinson Armament XCR. The pictures are relatively self explanatory Those are all the variants that Robinson Armament came up with in this article on [Read More…]
Franklin Armory is selling a single-shot, 12 gauge conversion for the Beretta 92/96 series and Taurus 92 series pistols called the Convert. According to Franklin Armory, the Convert is available in two models: an AOW (any other weapon) and as a flare launcher. The [Read More…]
Safety Harbor Firearms manufacture the Kompact Entry Gun (KEG) short barrel pistol-gripped shotguns build upon Mossberg 500 and Remington 870 receivers. Their guns are classed as AOW (All Other Weapons) and so do not carry the hefty $200 stamp required to purchase [Read More…]
Franklin Armory is producing a weird AR-15 they call the XO-26. It is essentially a Short Barreled Rifle with a vertical foregrip and no stock. What is especially interesting is that the BATFE don’t consider it a SBR (Short Barreled Rifle) or a AOW (All Other [Read More…]
AutoWeapons.com is selling a AOW gun, called the CSG Companion, that chambers a single .410 shot gun shell and functions as a flashlight. It is selling for $895. The gun is branded as CSG. I can find no information on this firm other than their FFL details. The gun is [Read More…]
Red Jacket Firearms, the company featured in the Discovery reality TV series Sons of Guns, manufacture a Saiga-12 shotgun that can be mounted on an AR-15′s full length picatinny rail. They are selling it for $1889. Presumably this gun is classified as an AOW. [Hat [Read More…]
Snowflakes In Hell has the word that the Palm Pistol will be classified as a medical device by the FDA. It is designed with people in mind who could not use a regular firearm, such as invalids or the elderly. The inventor said: All the “experts” said the Palm Pistol [Read More…]
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