Gun Guy Radio: The Sturmgewehr In Context
Nearly two weeks ago, I published an article that caused a great deal of consternation among my readership, even resulting in a prompt rebuttal video from Ian and Karl with InRange TV. That highly...
View ArticleThe Colt SCAMP: Yesterday’s Pistol of The Future
1969 was a year of great optimism and achievement for the United States. NASA’s space program took humans to the Moon in July of that year, while the Mariner 6 and 7 probes gave humanity its first...
View ArticleL-3 Communications to pay out $25.6 million
Well that escalated! Hot on the heels of the U.S. Government suing EOTech for the alleged fraud in their sights, specifically in claiming that their sights could work in certain cold weather and humid...
View Article863 meter shot with stock Mosin Nagant, vapor trails
Or 944 yards in ‘Merican” if that is how you roll. This video came out in April last year, and for some reason we haven’t covered it yet on TFB. But news aside, with a completely stock, surplus Mosin...
View ArticleReview: POF-USA Renegade+
I’ve had a little over a decade of experience with the M-16/AR-15 platform. My first introduction to the platform was a heavily beat-up M16A2 with a bent front sight post that I was unfortunate...
View ArticleCZ Scorpion Evo3 Carbine
Colion Noir got his hands on two new Scorpion rifles. They will come in two versions. A muzzle comped version and one with a faux suppressor made by Silencer Co. According to Colion, the rifles...
View ArticleMosin Nagant Golf Ball Launcher
Over Thanksgiving Break I went down to Arizona and got to see some of the new and interesting things that Jeremiah Cohn of Kalashnicohn LLC is coming out with these days (this is the maker of some...
View ArticleMAS 49/56 Run and Gun (the one where everything goes wrong)
The French MAS 49/56 is perhaps one of the most underrated rifles of all time. It is brutally simple, accurate, reliable, and a joy to shoot. It functions via direct impingement in its true form,...
View ArticleNew SIG Sauer Hunting Optics
Hunters have their own specific set of needs when it comes to optics, and SIG Sauer is responding to those needs with their new Electro Optics line. For the hunters out there they’ve added the WHISKEY...
View ArticleWinchester Expands XPR Hunter Line
Winchester Repeating Arms announced an expansion of the company’s XPR Hunter line of rifles at the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW) in October. The new caliber offerings will...
View ArticleJust Right Carbines Expands Offerings
Just Right Carbines manufactures a number of pistol caliber carbines that have an AR-style appearance (and partial compatibility) and use popular handgun magazines from Glock and Smith & Wesson....
View ArticleThe New Black AUSTEYER EF88
Bob sent in this photo he saw on the Australian Army Facebook page. The soldier pictured is from the 3rd Brigade of the Royal Australian Regiment and is using the new Thales AUSTEYER EF88 which has...
View ArticlePicking A Truck Gun
When I was a boy, every truck you saw in Texas (even in urban areas) seemed to have a gun rack in the back window with two or three different long guns proudly displayed on it. A rifle or two and a...
View ArticleConvert Your Glock to a Rifle with AMG
Did you know, it is perfectly legal to convert a handgun into a rifle (assuming it is done in the correct order)? Taking advantage of this, AMG (American Marketing Group) is offering the “Lock, Stock,...
View ArticleHow to Buy a Firearm From The CMP? Part 1: Becoming Eligible
Ever since the news broke that the CMP would be able to sell M1911 handguns to the shooting public, thanks to a provision in the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, I have received a lot of emails...
View ArticleBlack Friday NICS checks breaks record
I used NICS (FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System) checks instead of gun sales, because in all honesty the news is about NICS, and not gun sales per say. I don’t know, there could...
View ArticleReview: Mossberg Patriot Night Train
The Mossberg Patriot series of rifles has been offering hunters rifles at a nice price point for quite a while, and the Patriot Night Train with its included muzzle brake and other impressive features...
View ArticleMAS 49/56 Field Strip
The French MAS 49 rifles are spectacularly simple firearms that are both reliable and accurate. These terrific rifles are not priced high in the USA, and I would highly recommend anyone in the market...
View ArticleHow to Buy a Firearm From The CMP? Part 2: Ordering Your Weapon
In the previous previous installment, we looked at how to assemble our eligibility package for the Civilian Marksmanship Program. In this installment, we will look at how to actually order a rifle from...
View ArticleWeird Magazines, Vol. V: The Vesely Submachine Guns
For this fifth installment of our series on unusual, strange, or remarkable magazines, we’ll be talking about a Czech weapon designed in Britain in the 1940s for the war effort against Nazi Germany....
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