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Weekend Photo: Phil White gets a surprise gift, a S&W .38
TFB Editor Phil White was given a Smith & Wesson Model 10 M&P, and I asked him to take photos for the blog. The pistol dates back to around the time of WWI (judging from the serial). He wrote … My good friend and FFL closed his shop a week ago to move back to California […]
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Pakistani AK Maintenance Fail
Here is a video I found on Facebook. According to the post translation, “Father almost kills son while performing maintenance on his AK” Another example of poor firearm ownership. It looks like he attempts to empty the gun but as he releases the bolt, it slam fires. Meanwhile he was pointing it at the kid […]
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Springfield Armory® Releases XD(M)® 4.5” Threaded Barrel Pistols
Springfield Armory announced today their first production model pistols designed for suppressor support. These two XDm pistols come in a 4.5 inch barrel in both 9mm and 45 acp. The 45acp comes in black while the 9mm version comes in dark earth. As more and more states legalize suppressors the number of pistols coming out […]
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Shooting the Benelli M1 (Part 2)
To follow up with their brief commentary on the Benelli M1 shotgun, Alex and Patrick hit the range to evaluate these famous and well renowned shotguns. Yesterday we posted our Benelli M1 discussion video. If you missed that you can watch it here. Please don’t forget to subscribe to TFBTV. We greatly appreciate it. Our video […]
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Wilson Combat updates the Protector
Wilson Combat has just updated their Protector line of 1911s with a number of new features. Larry Vickers took a good look at the handgun and has a segment talking with one of the designers and eventually firing it. They came in either 9mm ($3985) or .45 ACP ($3875) and in three different models, Full […]
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Photo essay on Izhevsk
A prominent Russian blogger has published an extensive photo essay of the stages of production in Izhevsk on her blog. The article gives a full description of the various process’s the AKs go through in their production, but it is all in Russian and Google translating it makes it just barely readable so we’ve brought […]
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POTD: Beautiful AR-15 Pistol & 50 Round Magazine
Zachary sent us a photo of his father’s new AR-15 pistol. His father, who runs Easton Firearms Refinishing, cerakoted it using a sponge technique with a variety of green and brown colors. It looks amazing. I especially like how the X-Products X-15-S Chevron Magazine looks with the cerakoting, although I do wonder how it handles with a scope and […]
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POTD: The Hungarian FEG (Browning Hi-Power clone)
William wrote … This is a pic of my Hungarian FEG Hi-Power clone. I’ve always wanted a Hi-power, and these were recently made available for a song due to their rough condition. Originally I was going to refinish it, but the “to hell and back” look has grown on me. Great photo William. I don’t […]
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Kimber 2015 Summer Collection
Kimber announced today it’s summer collection of seven new pistols. These pistols vary from a compact to full size 1911’s with engraving and other special features. In fact the “Diamond Ultra” is available in 45 acp of course but can also be ordered in 9mm. This is one of the new 1911’s and it seems […]
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AR-15 Rear Takedown Pin Swap
Way Of The Gun posted this video on how to swap out the rear takedown pin of an AR-15 lower receiver. Normally you would need to loosen the castle nut and back off the receiver end plate, thereby easing the tension off of the takedown detent and spring. However this methog is a rather quick […]
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Veyes Flip-up Hat Mounted Shooting Glasses
Check out these innovative sunglasses from Veyes. They’re flip-up sunglasses that don’t use traditional temple bars and instead attach to the visor of a baseball hat. The lenses are interchangeable and are made of polycarbonate with UV400 protection and are available in 5 different colors. They’re currently running a Kickstarter campaign with pledges starting at $30 for […]
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16 Hits in 25 Seconds… at 300 Meters… With a Bolt Action
In a feat of marksmanship that I could not hope to repeat without a lifetime of practice comes from Scandinavia. The poised shooter hits 16 shots at 2-300 meters. Its interesting to watch, as the shooter uses his thumb to rack the action and what looks like his middle finger to pull the trigger. For those […]
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3-D Printed 22LR Revolver
The 3-D printing future for firearms is becoming brighter at an exponential rate. What started just a few years ago with the Liberator from Defense Distributed has morphed into is own collective community, building on collective knowledge and constantly sharing and collaborating. One of the latest designs featured on PrintedFirearm is the Imura revolver. Holding […]
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Gerber Short Stack AR Grip Tool
The Gerber Short Stack is a compact AR-15 maintenance tool. It has 15 functions and fits inside a Magpul MOE/MIAD grip. Windage Elevation Site Tool Firing Pin Scraper Buffer Tube Wrench Cleaning Cable Pull Handle 4MM Wrench T10 Torx #0 Cross Driver Bolt Carrier & Bolt Scraper ½” Wrench ¼” Wrench 3/8” Wrench ¾” Wrench […]
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Crimson Trace Lasergrips for Bersa Thunder
Crimson Trace is now making and selling Lasergrips for the popular Bersa Thunder .380 ACP handguns. The new Lasergrips use a red laser for aiming and have the standard grip activation that the rest of the line is known for. The model number is LG-646 for anyone who might want to order a set for […]
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Sako Carbonlight
Beretta announced the new Sako Carbonlight rifles are now available for purchase in the United States. Introduced at the 2015 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, the Carbonlight is the lightest rifle in the Sako 85 line. Unloaded, the guns weigh about 5.3 pounds. A significant portion of the weight reduction comes from the company’s use of […]
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The Benelli M1: Discussion (Part 1)
As a prelude to an upcoming shooting video featuring the Benelli M1 shotgun, Alex and Patrick discuss this famous scattergun before putting it to the test! Part 2, where we take the Benelli shooting, will be posted tomorrow. **Correction: The Benelli M3 is not a gas breather, it is also an inertia gun. -Alex-** The […]
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Captured Daesh remote controlled SVD
An article that came out on Fox News has a picture of an odd SVD contraption captured by the Peshmerga in action against Daesh in northern Syria. The article had this to say- In a dusty outpost near the Kurdish-held northern city of Kirkuk, a Peshmerga commander recently displayed two weapons that show his enemy’s […]
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POTD: An Even Older M16 Still In Service
Arik, a reader from Israel, emailed me this photo of a XEM16E1 rifle he was issued. He wrote … I was issued this rifle for a month, belonged to the Nahal infantry battalion and was still in full active service and firing rounds. The XEM16E1 was produced approximately from 1963 until 1967 when the US […]
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How many rounds can an AK fire before it breaks down?
Ron from the Las Vegas gun range Battlefield Vegas, where, like many Vegas range’s they only allow their rental guns to be used, shared some thoughts on how different AK rifles fails after tens after thousands of rounds (the above photo shows 30 days worth of 7.62x39mm steel shot at their range, of which 80% would have […]
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