The hungriest beast of them all on this blog is our Photo Of The Day. It consumes hundreds of images every month, and it has been doing so for 10 years. Above you see a sailor, as he fires an M9 pistol during a Navy Handgun Practical Weapons Course (HPWC). This exercise [Read More…]
The handgun is what you use to fight your way to your rifle, isn’t that a saying we can all agree with? TFB’s Photo Of The Day shows a variety of M9 and M17 pistols used by the U.S. Marines. Above you see U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brandon Aultman, a combat [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – the best online place to view the coolest images of firearms and soldiers. Here we’re aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), watching a live fire exercise somewhere in the Philippine Sea. The handguns are the [Read More…]
When it comes to iconic firearms, the SIG P226 stands out as one of the best wonder nines from the 1980s. Born out of the needs of modern warfare at the time and adopted by the United States Navy SEALs, the MK25 variation of the P226 handgun has achieved something of a [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we have the M500 Shotgun on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), during a visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) gun shoot. The Paul Hamilton is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, in [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: It’s been over a year, so we hear very few things from Afghanistan. These images were taken in 2014, in the Helmand province, and we see U.S. Marines 3/7 in a shooting competition with various firearms. Above you see U.S. Marine Corps Capt. [Read More…]
The hungriest beast on this blog is our Photo Of The Day. It consumes hundreds of images every month, and it has been doing so for over 8 years. Today we’re on the subject of firearm safety, a very important subject for anyone who owns or handles firearms. Above [Read More…]
If you’re suffering at the range and having performance issues then the guys over at Langdon Tactical have some good news for you. Langdon Tactical is proud to introduce LTT Advanced Shooter Care to help combat Irritable Controle Syndrome in shooters. This [Read More…]
As usual, we have selected some pictures for you today. By this time you know the drill, it’s TFB’s Photo Of The Day to keep everyone in a good mood. Get a coffee, take a break and enjoy a few minutes off while you take a look at the Deployed Aircraft Ground [Read More…]
The Art of Photography – Photo Of The Day here at The Firearm Blog is where we provide a look into the world of some amazing images from around the World. Have you ever been in Norway? I have and these soldiers from the U.S. Marine Corps have as well. The location [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Above you see a U.S. Marine inspecting his target after shooting the Beretta M9 pistol during his pistol qualification range at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. This happened in November of last year. He looks rather happy [Read More…]
Langdon Tactical likes to do things a little differently. In today’s gun industry, it seems like everyone and their mothers are working primarily with the standard “who’s who” of striker-fired polymer-framed handguns. There are a plethora of SIG [Read More…]
Hello and welcome to another Featured Deals of the Week. As always please let me know in the comments if you want to see any types of deals that you haven’t been seeing. Ruger AR-556 16.1″ Barrel – $479 What the deal is: I’ve actually had the [Read More…]
The United States Army held their annual seven-day Small Arms Championships, also known as “All Army”. The event was held at Fort Benning, Georgia and included teams and individual shooters from all four components of the Army. The competition has 11 [Read More…]
TFB’s Matthew Moss recently covered the special M17 SIG Sauers for the Sentinels at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There are now more pictures to share, from the Guards themselves. The Beretta M9 Pistols have now retired, after over 11,000 days of service. They have [Read More…]
The yearly exhibition IWA is very soon upon us, and the German firearms manufacturer Oberland Arms is releasing a new 9×19 mm semi-automatic rifle in AR15-style. It is called OA-15 M9 and comes with a 45 cm (17.7″) match barrel in Stainless steel made by [Read More…]
The US Army’s new sidearm, the SIG Sauer M17 Modular Handgun System, will soon be available for purchase on the civilian market. SIG’s Chief Marketing Officer Tom Taylor told Military.com about the decision, saying that about 5,000 of the full size M17 [Read More…]
As I’m sure you’re already aware the M17 replaces the M9 pistol over the next decade or so. The 101:st Airborne just laid hands on their new pistols and the Screaming Eagles are the first to shoot them. But this article isn’t going to focus on the [Read More…]
The first holster to be issued with the US Army’s new Modular Handgun System, including both the M17 and M18 pistols, will be a variant of the Safariland 7TS holster, featuring both ALS and SLS locking systems. The holster is the first of at least three holsters [Read More…]
The US Army has announced a decision to field the M17 MHS as a sidearm to more soldiers than were previously issued M9 handguns. Where previously only senior leadership were authorized to carry handguns, with the new M17 and M18 Modular Handgun System squad and team [Read More…]
It is easy to forget, what with all the hubbub about SIG’s selection for M17, Glock’s protest, and SIG’s subsequent recall, that the M17 program was intended to procure a “total system package”, not just a handgun. This meant, besides the [Read More…]
SIG Sauer certainly didn’t waste its opportunity to show off its win of the Modular Handgun System contract at the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting, bringing not XM17 MHS prototypes, but full-fledged M17 and M18 MHS production (or [Read More…]
The legacy M9 handgun is ten times as reliable as the standard required for the M17 MHS handgun, claims manufacturer Beretta Defense in a recent press release. During acceptance testing of the most recent delivery lot of M9 handguns, the guns averaged a malfunction [Read More…]
According to a recent article at Military.com, US Army spokespersons said in emails with the magazine that the Army would not be re-trying the Modular Handgun System competition between finalists SIG Sauer and Glock. This statement comes on the heels of Glock Vice [Read More…]
After 13 years of searching for the US Army’s next pistol, a successor to the Beretta M9 has been selected. However, with the selection of the SIG P320 as the M17 and M18 Modular Handgun System, many individuals in the industry have been compelled to cry foul and [Read More…]
The US Army’s M17 Modular Handgun System, derived from the SIG P320 handgun, has crossed one of the final hurdles on the track to full replacement of previous service handguns (including chiefly the Beretta M9). The United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force [Read More…]
Is 2017 the Year of the Low Bore Axis? It seems like it just might be! Amid a sea of other pistols advertised as having low bore axes (some of which do deliver on that claim), the Jablunka-based Czech Small Arms has introduced a new pistol with about as low a bore axis [Read More…]
Silencerco is gradually expanding their line of threaded barrels for consumers. In just 2017 they have supplied more offerings for Smith & Wesson M&P pistols and now they are providing threaded barrel options for the Beretta M9 & 92FS as well. The new [Read More…]
SIG Sauer is not quite out of the woods yet regarding their recent Modular Handgun System contract win. Finalist Glock – who for many was the favorite to win – has protested the XM17 contract award. SIG won the MHS contract earlier this year with a variant [Read More…]
Six 8″ plate targets, from draw and 7 meters, in less then 10 seconds with a 9 mm handgun was the mission. Doesn’t sound too hard, even for me! But Max Michel – IPSC Handgun World Champion – had a much lower time in mind. His target was below 2.5 [Read More…]
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