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The Beautiful Waters Rifleman T3 Magazines for Tikka Rifles
Just over a week ago I blogged about David Waters, the CMP Distinguished shooters from Australia, who was fired by Goodyear after a co-worker visited his office and took her target rifle out of her car. The blog post attracted 350 comments and I hope came to the attention of Goodyear (USA). I was not aware that David, […]
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Top 5 Guns With Strange Features
Some firearms are straight-up bizarre, but some are relatively conventional yet employ an odd feature or two. In this episode of TFBTV, we take a look at 5 firearms that incorporate a bizarre feature that isn’t generally found on other guns. Firearms featured: Galil G41(M) Valmet M76 Arisaka Type 99 Calico Thanks to our Sponsors: […]
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SIG P250-22
SIG SAUER announced the addition of the .22 LR as a caliber option in the P250 line of handguns. The new rimfire offering expands the pistol caliber options to a total of four. Other calibers currently available are 9mm, .40 S&W and .357 SIG. The P250-22 is a double action only pistol with a nominal […]
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A Day at the Range With Vermont’s First Suppressor Manufacturer
On the national stage, Vermont is a state known for ice cream, maple syrup, and progressive politics; but within the firearms community, Vermont is well known for being a sanctum of gun rights that debunks the mainstream medias’ narrative about firearms. Up until this year, the only item tarnishing the states’ otherwise gun-friendly reputation was […]
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Spectre 80% Polymer Glock Frame
Polymer 80 is coming out with an 80% Glock frame. They are available for pre-sale for $135. MSRP is $179.99. A bit steep for an 80% polymer frame. The kit will include drill bits, the jig, end mill bits and a custom locking block. They project to have frames ready to ship my January 2016. […]
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POTD: French Secret Service Protect President with B&T MP9 machine pistols
This photo published in the Guardian shows President François Hollande visiting the Bataclan Theatre where 89 people were killed and 200 injured by terrorists. A reader noticed the B&T MP9 machine pistol being used by the French ‘Secret Service’ officer (GSPR / Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République), The B&T MP9 is sometimes referred to as […]
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POTD: Paris Shield
This photo has been going around recently on social media. It is the shield used to enter the Bataclan Theater during the recent Paris terrorist attack last Friday. After doing a little digging I found some more information and photos. The special unit, that used this shield, is called Brigades de Recherche et d’Intervention (Research […]
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Russian Kydex AK Mag Pouch
Polenar Tactical is offering these mag pouches for AK mags. They are made by Stich Profi in Russia. They retail for €32,00 from Polenar Tactical. You can also get them from Stich Profi in Russia for €26.64. The pouch is unidirectional. They have a left and right handed version. They hold the mags bullets down […]
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50 Caliber USPSA Match
David Starr has some fun shooting a USPSA match with a 500 S&W and a .50ae Desert Eagle. His reloads are decent. I am curious how he did shooting the 500 S&W. The recoil and muzzle jump is tremendous. His runs were solid looking though. In comparison, the desert eagle looks like a breeze to […]
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Taurus drop test video
In the summer of this year we reported about the class action lawsuit that Taurus lost, and was filed by a sheriff in Iowa over some defective conditions of their semi automatic line of handguns. The payout was over millions of dollars. However a video has recently been surfacing of several Taurus handguns in this […]
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Review: Strike Industries All-In-One Tool For Glock
The ever innovative Strike Industries is doing their best to make Glock shooter’s lives easier with their new All-In-One tool for Glock. It combines three invaluable tools that will make servicing your Glock easier in an easy to use small package. From Strike’s website: Product Spec – Length: 2.85” – Width: 1.16” – Height: 0.48” – […]
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UTG Announces New Made-In-America PRO Pic Rails
Not content to be called “cheap (insert choice east-asian country here) sh*t” UTG, has been rapidly expanding its USA based manufacturing capabilities. Products manufactured in their US facility have picked up the “Pro” moniker. The latest additions to the “Pro” line (after their stock) include top picatinny rails for the three of the most popular firearms […]
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XCaliber Firearms Offers Threaded Glock 43 Barrel
I will have to file this in the “it will never be tactical but will certainly be tacti-cool” category. XCaliber Firearms (and a few other companies including ATI) are now offering threaded barrels for your Glock 43 single-stack 9mm pistol. One can see Phil’s thoughts on the Glock 43 here, but I am not sold […]
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TFBTV Weekly Ep.1: Repro Firearms and Cock-On-Close Vs. Open
Welcome to our new series, TFBTV Weekly where we use comments from you guys to help show what you want to see! In this episode we discuss reproduction firearms and demonstrate the difference between cock on close vs. open. We hope you enjoy. Thanks to our sponsors Grizzly Targets and Ventura Munitions. Want 20% off a Grizzly […]
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Putting Things In Context: The RSC 1917 And The MP.44 Sturmgewehr
Recently, I ran an article on this site pointing out some of the less impressive aspects of the MP.44 assault rifle’s history. Many people were unhappy with my assessment that the legendary Sturmgewehr was overrated and over-hyped, and therefore I think it’s worth spending some time to examine, by analogy, why I think that. But […]
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Review: Grand Power K100 MK12
The Grand Power pistols have flown under the radar for some time but recently they came to my attention as a result of Polenar Tactical’s visit to the Grand Power factory in Slovakia that I have posted below. I started doing quite a bit of reading and settled on the standard K100 MK12 pistol. A […]
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France’s RSC 1917 of World War 1 With Forgotten Weapons
As a history buff it’s easy to find numerous interesting tidbits by studying World War I, but what’s really fascinating is the firearms. World War I may have run its course between 1914 and 1918 but that doesn’t mean there weren’t advances in firearms technology going on. For example, the French took it upon themselves […]
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Funky AMD-65 AK Found in Brazil
Our good friend Ronaldo Olive wrote … Illegal firearms seized from criminal hands worldwide come in an immense variety of shapes… and looks!. This AMD-65, the Hungarian variant of the AK family, was recently taken from drug traffickers by Rio de Janeiro Military Police’s GETEM (a motorcycle tactical patrol unit of the BPChq, the Shock […]
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Vickers Goes to Russia to Play With AK-12
Color me insanely jealous. Russia is one of the few countries I did not have the pleasure to travel extensively during my tenure in defense sales. While I got to play with rifles in India, the Middle-East and SE Asia, I was never fortunate enough to play direct with the Russians. Larry is able to […]
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Unsafe or Good Training?
Imagine it pouring down torrential volumes of rain for days, and you are in the forest, sleeping in sleeping bags, with no option to go indoors whatsoever. You’re standing around with a group of your friends, embracing the misery, when some sort of leader walks over to your despicable band of brothers and says “Good […]
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