With Christmas just around the corner, a couple of the TFB Staff and friends got together and brainstormed some last-minute stocking stuffers, gifts, and things to do this holiday season for your friends and loved ones. Today the guys and I share what we’d love to get [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 73: Christmas is just around the corner and the more forward-thinking of us have probably already completed all of their Christmas shopping well in advance, and or are pretty much finished with it at this point. For the rest of us, [Read More…]
In yet another Die Hard themed Christmas special, James Reeves continues his unhealthy obsession with the famous 1988 Christmas movie starring Bruce Willis as John McClain and Carl Winslow as Sergeant Al Powell. This year, we go over the best and worst guns from the movie, ranking them from last to [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 36. The holiday season is in full swing and if you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping yet, you’re probably most likely out of luck considering most places have extended lead times in the two weeks preceding Christmas. [Read More…]
Dear Santa Claus, While I freely acknowledge that I thoroughly deserve a stocking full of coal this Christmas, as has been the case every year for more than three decades running, hear me out: guns are awesome. Also, I know where you live – seriously, the North [Read More…]
You’ve heard of Night Stand Duty guns, but what about Christmas Tree Protection Duty guns? Of course, I was just being facetious in regards to this sweet, festive photo I found from Instagrammer, @aviatorsarmory, but I did a search just for kicks and found that [Read More…]
Sometimes the only thing that is missing from our current collection is a couple of good shooting accessories. Whether that means bipods, bags, lights, chronographs, vertical foregrips, or whatever else you feel like you need, sometimes buying a new gun isn’t [Read More…]
“Now I Have A Machine Gun Ho-Ho-Ho”. Yes, it’s a Christmas movie and no I still can’t afford an H&K SP5 (or a genuine MP5 for that matter). That being said, I can’t even really find any of them for sale these days despite it being more [Read More…]
Optics are a core part of any firearm build and the 12 Days of TFB Christmas is a great time to pick up a new optic for all those new rifles and pistols I know you have on your Christmas list. Hop of TFBTV and myself have been talking shop about the optics side of [Read More…]
Hello and welcome to TFB Weekly Amazon Deals 23. A couple of weeks ago we went over a few items that would make for great stocking stuffers for friends, coworkers, and family who like guns. Since we are now in the month of December, and many of you probably don’t [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB Weekly Amazon Deals 21. As we close in on the holiday season, I’m sure everyone is working towards getting all of their early Christmas shopping done to beat the Black Friday and Cyber Monday rushes. While some of the biggest deals of the year [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves goes to 5.11 Tactical Tampa to do some Christmas shopping for his family. James walks you through the newer items from 5.11 for the holiday season along with Eberle and Perry of the Tampa 5.11 store, checking out the new pants, shirts, shoes, bags, and even the [Read More…]
Merry Christmas everyone! If you have been following along with our All I Want For Christmas series here at TFB, you may have noticed that our staff has some unique and expensive tastes. But if you are going to take the time to ask Old Saint Nick for a gift, you may as [Read More…]
With regards to night vision, I am pretty much squared away and then some. But when it comes to thermal devices I have yet to get something good. All I want for Christmas is an NVision NOX, SKEETIRx and ammo. NVision Optics NOX Over a year ago I reviewed the NVision [Read More…]
I’ve come a long way in the 25 some odd years I’ve been playing around with firearms. As a child, all I wanted was the simple stuff, more ammo, some soda cans to shoot at, and time out on the range with my buddies and my dad. Although quality range time with [Read More…]
Once we all become adults, Christmas begins to mean a lot less to us and is more about what we can give to others. We start families, have children, work relationships, business acquaintances, and endless others we hunt down gifts for. It is not like when we were [Read More…]
A Wisconsin company has made headlines buy giving their employees an early Christmas gift – $500 towards a firearm of their choice. BenShot, Hortonville, Wisconsin-based company that makes novelty glassware with bullets embedded in them as if they’re bullet [Read More…]
Merry Christmas to all our readers, both at home in the USA and abroad, and a happy new year to all! It’s been a big year here at The Firearm Blog. The blog turned 10, and became the Number 1 gun blog on the Internet, and saw the well-deserved retirement of both [Read More…]
The veteran owned and ran Black Rifle Coffee Company have rung in the festive season – literally. The Salt Lake City, Utah based company released a special Christmas video on 15th December showcasing some of their musical and shooting skill. Using a musically [Read More…]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I do love Christmas time, but it seems that every year I lose some of the plugs that go on the end of the stabilizing bolts for the tree stand. There’s a fun firearms-related solution to this problem that I came up [Read More…]
Christmas is coming. But what do you buy the operator that has everything? He/she has every kind of 5.11 khakis available, caps from every major firearms manufacturer (including Hi-Point), a dozen pairs of tactical gloves, their gun safes are full and they even have one [Read More…]
How low can the AR market go? Pretty darn low, apparently. A recent sale at Ground Zero Precision brought the price of their TAC-15M rifle down below $400 – Well below. You’re seeing that right – knock a hundred dollars off as part of an early [Read More…]
The festival of Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, lord and savior in the Christian religion. More than that, though, the holiday has come to symbolize peace on earth and goodwill towards the people of all the religions and nations on Earth, [Read More…]
Why 80% an AR-15 receiver when you can 50% one and never use it in a firearm, ever? My gut answer would be to never go halfsies on a receiver, especially if it cannot be used in a firearm. But, my gut answer would be wrong… Nelson Precision Manufacturing has found [Read More…]
Military procurement is a very precise business, in which the costs, drawbacks, and benefits of different ideas and proposals are weighed in the balance, and those that don’t make the grade are relegated to research status or cancelled outright. It’s also a [Read More…]
To all our readers, we at The Firearm Blog wish you a very merry Christmas, and a happy New Year! Christmas is a time for family, and friends, and we hope that you all get a chance to spend this special time of the year with your loved ones. Now, hang your stockings, [Read More…]
Christmas time is a wonderful part of the year when it is all about giving. In the spirit of the holiday season, Alex went out and bought a few staff members a lovely gift! Merry Christmas from TFB! Thanks to our sponsor Ventura Munitions. Without them TFBTV Would not be possible.
‘Tis the season to be on the lookout for new camo jackets whether you plan to do some more hunting or have already filled your tags for the year. If you’re like me and believe there is no such thing as too much gear, too many guns, or too much ammo, you [Read More…]
One of my favorite Christmas traditions is going out and getting my own tree. No parking lots or we-cut farms for me; cutting down my tree is both about holiday fun and making sure it survives through Christmas. I’ve been doing this for decades – as far [Read More…]
We debated creating a “money is no object” gift list, but it basically became a hunt for the most expensive items out there. Holland & Holland weapons, Wilson Combat custom pistols, and loads of custom work festooned the list which was basically just a [Read More…]
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