The Ruger SR-22 is a wonderful choice if you are looking for your kid’s first handgun on paper. It fits just about any criteria that you might have set out for a first semi-auto pistol be it for yourself or your kids. At first glance it might be easy to look over things like the […] [Read More…]
We shoot Federal .40 S&W 165 gr HST ammunition from a Glock 23 with a 4″ barrel into Clearballistics ballistic gel and measure velocity, penetration, expansion/fragmentation, and retained weight. Buy it at Ventura Munitions: [Read More…]
I’ll bet you can’t figure out what is a slide stop and what is a slide release. Even though most people have no idea what the heck the terms mean if anything, the rife thing that is thrown around when talking a slide lock reload it some fool regurgitating what the manufacturer calls the [Read More…]
Initially losing to Simonov’s AVS36, Tokarev’s design was later retried and adopted as the SVT 38, later becoming the SVT 40 after the Finnish Winter War debacle that the Soviet Union found itself in, just prior to the Second World War. Very forward thinking in many aspects of the [Read More…]
Mike takes a look at another early Euro semiautomatic pistol, with which he has a bit of a love-hate relationship: the FN 1903, more specifically the Husqvarna m/07, which is the Swedish version used by their army as late as the 1980’s together with its oddball 9x20SR ammunition. Possibly the [Read More…]
MAKE SURE YOU TELL US WHAT KIND OF TORTURE TESTING YOU WANT TO SEE DONE TO THE COMPLETED RIFLE! Patrick finally gets around to building the upper receiver to go on the lower that we previously built. While Patrick builds his uppers a bit out of order, nothing is skipped and a large emphasis is [Read More…]
Blank cartridges have been around for some time now and are found all over Hollywood, reenactments, and in various training settings within the Military and Law Enforcement communities. Although they add a great amount of potential in their use, they do require extensive safety precautions and care [Read More…]
The Doublestar ARC 300, or Always Ready Carbine, is chambered in .300 Blackout with some rather nice features. In this episode of TFBTV, Patrick takes the new ARC 300 out to the range in hopes that the rifle will buck the typical AR fatigue that plagues many shooters. With components like the [Read More…]
.44 magnum Sig Sauer 240 gr V-Crown jacketed hollow point fired from 4.25″ Smith & Wesson Model 69 Combat Magnum into bare ballistic gel and through heavy clothing. Guns in this video: S&W Model 69 Combat Magnum Thanks to our sponsors: Proxibid – Shop For Home Defense Pistols [Read More…]
We shoot Wolf Gold .45 Auto 185 gr semi jacketed hollow point ammunition produced by Prvi Partizan from a 1911A1 with a 5″ barrel into Clearballistics ballistic gel and measure velocity, penetration, expansion/fragmentation, and retained weight. Buy it at Ventura Munitions: [Read More…]
Last Sunday, James opened the first piece of TFBTV fan mail and it was…underwhelming. He asked viewers to send in (almost) anything: packages, letters, goods that you want to promote, etc. …And the viewers heeded the call! James opens THREE letters and TWO packages in this episode of [Read More…]
Wrapping up our coverage of some of Austria’s top manufacturers in the firearms industry, we take a factory tour at the Kahles factory. As the company that really pioneered the modern riflescope that we all know and love, Kahles has been making cutting edge scopes for over a century. Today [Read More…]
Armscor .45 Auto 230gr JHP fired from 5″ SA 1911A1 at 20 feet into ClearBallistics ballistic gel to measure velocity, penetration, expansion/fragmentation, and retained weight for the purpose of assessing the usefulness for defense. Buy it at Ventura Munitions: [Read More…]
Over the last several episodes, Patrick has shown you how the Ritter & Stark SX-1 is made, what is coming next, and what inspired the level of detail that Ritter& Stark has put into the SX-1. The SX-1 has an impressive set of features that allow a shooter to quickly change from .308 [Read More…]
The Ritter & Stark SLX precision rifle was rolled out at IWA just recently, but no one outside of Ritter & Stark has had the chance to take the rifle out to the range to get an idea what the prototype will do. In this episode of TFBTV, Patrick is still at the Ritter & […] Read [Read More…]
Ritter & Stark is reasonably new to the market and brings a very young approach to firearms manufacturing. Their SX-1 rifle boasts a .5 MOA guarantee as a result of the precise manufacturing processes used. Patrick traveled to Austria so he could show you how much technology is utilized to build [Read More…]
We traveled to Austria to see how Ritter & Stark is making some of the most advanced factory rifles on the market, but to totally understand the thought process behind what they do we were invited to tour EPT Precision Technologies. I have been told that EPT has been in the gun making game for [Read More…]
The Bergara B14 HMR is nothing short of an impressive collection of specs that will wow even the most discerning of buyer. In this episode of TFBTV, Patrick takes the B14 HMR out to the range with the intention of finding out if all of those specs come together as a well-rounded rifle that is [Read More…]
The age old question of Remington 870 vs. Mossberg 500 has plagued shooters for decades. In this episode of TFBTV, Patrick takes a look at the two shotguns to talk about some of the features of each and reveals what shotgun is his favorite based on the features alone. What choice would you make? [Read More…]
Colonel Isaac Lewis was an early pioneer in 20th-century machine gun design. His developments butted heads with John Brownings on numerous occasions, to include this peculiar case. Stemming from his work on the light machine gun, Lewis like others in his peer group saw the problems with the [Read More…]
If you are looking for the toughest pump action shotgun out there, chances are you have already strongly considered the Mossberg 590A1. In this episode of TFBTV, Patrick takes one of his favorite shotguns out to the range to show you guys the military grade Mossberg 590A1. The 500 series of shotguns [Read More…]
Since the Arex ReX Zero 1 showed up on the market, it has been making some pretty big waves. Not only has stolen more consumers from a popular German manufacturer than anyone ever thought it would, but it gave shooters a lower cost choice with some reasonably unique features. In this episode of [Read More…]
When the Smith & Wesson M&P22 was rolled out in 2011 many shooters rejoiced that there was a new full size .22 on the market that closely resembled a centerfire handgun. At the time of its introduction, the number of choices in that segment was rather limited. In this episode of TFBTV, [Read More…]
Since the Smith & Wesson Bodyguard .380 was introduced in 2011 it has been at the top of the heap when it comes to .380 mouse guns. Recently the market has been flooded with several really good 9mm single stacks that have almost rendered the .380 mouse gun irrelevant … or has it? In this [Read More…]
We have all heard it, comps will get you killed in the streets. In this episode of TFBTV, Patrick tests the theory that a compensator will peel the skin from your face and cause your eyeballs to pop out of your head. As you might guess from the title, Patrick didn’t die. He didn’t catch [Read More…]
Previously we looked at examples of long guns out of the Pashtun gun-making village of Darra Adam Khel in the FATA region in Pakistan. In this episode, Miles looks at some of the handgun copies that have emerged from the cottage industries there. We compare Makarov and Beretta copies side by side, [Read More…]
Do you shoot competition with your spouse or partner but don’t want to drop the cash on two guns? The Nordic Components Pistol Caliber Carbine might be just the gun you are looking for. In this episode of TFBTV, Patrick takes the new carbine out to the range and [Read More…]
Do you shoot competition with your spouse or partner but don’t want to drop the cash on two guns? The Nordic Components Pistol Caliber Carbine might be just the gun you are looking for. In this episode of TFBTV, Patrick takes the new carbine out to the range and [Read More…]
Do you shoot competition with your spouse or partner but don’t want to drop the cash on two guns? The Nordic Components Pistol Caliber Carbine might be just the gun you are looking for. In this episode of TFBTV, Patrick takes the new carbine out to the range and puts it through the paces. Not [Read More…]
The Ruger 22/45 Lite Mark III is one of the best suppressor hosts that you could buy, and it makes for a pretty awesome lightweight .22 LR pistol. In this episode of TFBTV, Patrick takes his favorite handgun out to the range and puts it through the paces. The Ruger 22/45 Lite was introduced at [Read More…]
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