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Grand Powers Coming to the USA in Earnest
Grand Power handguns are now available in the USA with more models coming soon. Eagle Imports (who also brings in Bersa among other brands) has teamed up with Slovakian company Grand Power to bring in nearly their full line of handguns. The Grand Power handguns are a fantastic list of features and components. They are […]
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POTD: Grandpa’s Rifle
Mike from North Dakota … This is my grandfather’s sporterized Springfield 1903 chambered in .30-06 Springfield. It’s got more of a family heritage than just being my grandfather’s (which is enough). My great-uncle sporterized a lot of rifles during the 1960’s and 1970’s (like a lot of others). My father described his Wisconsin workshop “as […]
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KC Eusebio and Zev Competition
Here is a video of KC Eusebio rocking a Zev Glock. Boy is he fast.
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Prince Harry Trains With Australian Defense Force
Prince Harry, aka Captain Harry Wales, was training with the Australian Defense Forces. This video was released on Friday by the British Monarchy on Facebook. Click that link to watch a higher resolution version. Here are some screen shots from the video. Captain Wales looks to be using a DMR of some kind. With […]
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NEW SF-308 Patrol Battle Rifle from Adams Arms
Adams Arms is adding a .308 model to their “Small Frame” lineup: The Patrol Battle Rifle (PBR). An upgraded version of the small frame short-stroke piston AR-style rifle, this model includes the Samson Extended Evolution Rail, Magpul K2 Grip, and an enhanced sopmod-style buttstock. Over 50% of the rifle is reciprocal to standard AR-15 parts and […]
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German Defense Minister Claims Government Official Tried To Cover Up G36’s Problems
Many of our readers have asked how the apparent flaws of the 20-year-old G36 rifle could have remained unknown for so long. The German Defense Minister, Ursula von der Leyen offers an explanation. DW reports: German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday confirmed in part an article published by “Spiegel Online,” which reported […]
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Bushnell Upgrades Elite Riflescope Line
Bushnell announced the company added two new upgraded scopes to the Elite Riflescope line. The Elite 3500 and Elite 4500 have been redesigned to be more compact. Both scopes use 1″ tubes and are argon purged. The Elite 3500 is available as: 2-6x32mm, 2-7x 32mm, 3-9x 40mm, 3-9x 50mm, and 4-12x 40mm These range in price […]
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PaperShooters Lets You Get Your Tactical Spitwad Fight On…
Okay, this DEFINITELY brings back some memories from grade school and being a little brat. The difference being that this kicks it up a notch. It may not be a firearm, but I can see this bringing a smile to many a face. PaperShooters is running a crowdsourced campaign for a kit that allows you to build […]
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The Dawn of Short: Early Bullpup Firearms
Maxim Popenker, Russian small arms expert and author (and TFB contributor), has begun a three-part series of articles on the origins of the bullpup concept, one which many now believe represents the future of individual small arms: Traditionally, a firearm in the “bullpup” configuration is defined as a gun whose trigger and firing hand grip are located […]
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Explosive Failure of Polymer AK Magazines… From Sitting In A Safe?
Ever seen a magazine explode? Lee “The Gun Writer” Williams was greeted by the aftermath of this dramatic failure of a Bulgarian AK magazine, little more than a week ago: I had a surprise last night when I opened my safe. The top of a loaded polymer AK mag had broken off for reasons unknown, […]
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Weekend Photo: Tavor come Rain or Shine
Taylor sent us photo of his IWI Tavor with a Meopta MeoTac 1-4×22 RD scope. He writes … I consider the picture of the Tavor under heavy rain at the 500 yd range to be a personal favorite. The gun is a Tavor Black 18″, with a Midwest Industries XL Keymod Handguard, a Meopta MeoTac 1-4×22 RD, […]
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Weekend Photo: Light Weigh, Slick-looking: The Austrian Madritsch MWT 40×46 mm
Our friend Gabor from KaliberInfo.hu sent us a photo of this slick looking lightweight 40mm grenade launcher. He writes … Austrian Madritsch MWT 40×46 mm grenade launcher in standalone configuration. It is issued in Bundesheer (Austrian Army). Very lightweight launcher, it is only 0.95 kg without the stock and the optical sight. Therefore if it […]
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Reminder: Send us photos for TFB’s POTD
Just a quick reminder folks: please send us your gun photos so we can feature them on our Photo of the Day feature. We have had lots of great photos submitted but we always need more. Photos can be submitted here.
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Mosin Nagant M91/30 PU Sniper Rifle
Our friends at the Off Target Youtube Channel discuss the Mosin Nagant M91/30 PU Sniper Rifle variant. This is a rifle I would love to own, both for fun at the range and also for the history, but I cannot justify the price. I think they are selling for about $800+ today. Even a Chinese reproduction scope kit to convert a regular […]
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LooseRounds Tests .50 BMG’s Penetration On Cars, With Surprising Results
Has anyone ever described to you before how a .50 BMG is so powerful, it will shoot right through a car, end-to-end, through the engine block? Well, the truth is that they may have been exaggerating, according to informal testing recently conducted by LooseRounds’ Shawn: Last year I did a series of posts where I […]
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Mech Armor Drop-in Match Grade Trigger
Now that I have experienced a “match grade” trigger with my RISE Armament, I am eyeing other manufacturers to see what they offer (like a kid in a candy store). Along comes Mech Armor with a pretty cheap ($135) drop-in trigger, they are titling “Rough Justice”. Leave it to MechArmor who designed and brought you the […]
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POTD: Smith & Wesson Model 10 With Billy Club Attachment
Sadly, it is not a suppressor. NRA Museums posted this on Facebook. The hollow club extension on this double-action revolver allowed rounds in the cylinder to be fired and then an immediate shift to use of the club if necessary. Intended for law enforcement, the awkward combination of the club extension fitted to the Smith […]
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Getting Into 3-Gun…
I’ve never really been one for competitions. Not because I am particularly terrible. It is just not really my thing. I’m fine competing with myself, and working on self-improvement but that is generally the extent of my competitive nature. Even when I do CrossFit (yes, I’m one of those), I rarely record my scores on […]
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Select Fire Grand Power Pistols
Polenar Tactical went to Grand Power, in Slovakia, and got to test fire some of their pistols. One of them has a two rd burst and another goes to 11 with full auto. For those not familiar with Grand Power, they use a rotating barrel similar to Beretta’s PX4 storm pistols. I did see a […]
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Turnbull Manufacturing Introduces New “BBQ” Boutique 1911s
Turnbull Manufacturing, known for (amazing!) boutique guns and restoration services has announced the release of the BBQ series of 1911 handgun. Not one to just make a handgun, all have a 24 karat gold inlay and serial numbers hand-cut into the frame. The series offers four styles of engraving available on two frames (Government and […]
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