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Slow Mo Guys Bouncing Bullets On Water In Slow-Motion
The Slow Mo Guys are at it again using high-speed cameras to observe firearms. This time they are bouncing bullets across a fish tank and filming it with a high-speed Phantom TMX7510 to watch what happens to the bullets when they skip across the water. Slow Mo Guys @ TFB: Slow Mo Guys Use Pinfire […]
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POTD: The Torch In The Dark
TFB’s Photo Of The Day tries to push the excellent work done by so many photographers around the world and in the firearms industry. It’s a celebration of those who go in harm’s way trying to catch those special moments for us, but also those who stay in the studio working out the perfect lighting […]
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TFB Armorer’s Bench: Installing New Mauser C96 Parts
Welcome everyone to the TFB Armorer’s Bench! As mentioned in the little blurb below, this series will focus on a lot of home armorer and gunsmith activities. In this article, I decided to give my Mauser C96 a bit of maintenance and a fresh change with new Mauser C96 parts since it has been getting a lot […]
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Hop vs. James Cheap AR-15 Budget Build-Off PART 2
The long-awaited conclusion to the budget build faceoff: In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves and Hop roast each other’s budget AR-15 from episode one. The boys have a $1,250 budget to build the best, cheapest, most complete AR-15 possible while staying under budget. What’s the next build-off going to be? ««« APPAREL AND GEAR […]
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POTD: U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
TFB is back with our Photo Of The Day. Every day we bring you a selection of photo highlights, and today’s selection is quite entertaining. These are from the U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, which is a combat system developed to combine various martial arts, tactics, and techniques into one comprehensive fighting system. The […]
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Friday Night Lights: Hollywood Night Vision Myths Part 5: True Lies, Troll, Sicario
Welcome back to another Friday Night Lights. I have been meaning to write about these films for a while now so late is better than never. In this fifth installment of Hollywood Night Vision Myths, we take a close look at some old movies like True Lies and Sicario. We also take a look at […]
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TFB Review: H&K PSG1 Kill Cam Trigger
I recently acquired a unique H&K accessory. It is a PSG1 trigger but more than that it has an interesting feature that other PSG1s do not. It has a small port on the right side of the trigger housing. It is a PSG1 Kill Cam trigger. H&K @ TFB: 5 Reasons why the H&K MP7 […]
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The New MHA Universal Mount from True North Concepts
Safariland holsters are some of the best duty-grade holsters on the market. Their holster environment allows for a lot of adaptability, modularity, and customization but you’re often left with the high upfront cost of not only the equipment but various adapters and mounting solutions that very few companies other than Safariland offer. True North Concepts […]
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POTD: Engaging Enemy Tanks at Dragoon Ready 23
Photo Of The Day: Above you see a U.S. Soldier, assigned to the 2d Cavalry Regiment, engaging an enemy tank during Dragoon Ready 23 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, 2023. Dragoon Ready 23 is designed to ensure readiness and train the regiment in its mission-essential tasks in support of unified land […]
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Tiny, Kinda Tactical Bolt Action: The CZ 600 Trail
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves reviews the CZ 600 Trail, a tactical bolt action that accepts AR-15 magazines. Revealed at IWA 2022, the CZ 600 Trail is available in .223 and 7.62×39 (the 7.62x39mm version accepts Bren 2 magazines). It has a very light and portable chassis with a PDW-type stock, comes threaded […]
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TFB Podcast Roundup 73: Back on Track for 2023
Hello and welcome to TFB podcast roundup 73! We’re back from our annual hiatus when virtually the entire TFB/TFBTV crew is at SHOT Show 2023 and we should be getting back to our regular podcast roundup schedule as well as some fresh episodes of the TFB Behind The Gun Podcast. Since I wear multiple hats […]
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POTD: The M1126 Stryker Combat Vehicle
It’s Photo Of The Day o’clock and we are looking straight into the barrel of a Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) gunner assigned to 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, as he pulls security. The vehicle behind is the M1126 Stryker Combat Vehicle. The image is from January 13, 2023, at […]
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The APS Stechkin Machine Pistol (That We Broke)
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves is at Sellier & Bellot ammunition factory to test out their 9×18 Makarov ammo on a true legend of a machine pistol, the APS, also known as “the Stechkin.” The Stechkin automatic pistol or APS (Avtomaticheskiy Pistolet Stechkina, Russian: Автоматический Пистолет Стечкина) is a Soviet select fire machine […]
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POTD: Defending the F-15E Strike Eagle
Photo Of The Day: Photojournalism is the process of telling a story using photos as the main way to tell the story. A journalist uses a pen and paper to write stories, but a photojournalist uses a camera to take pictures that show what a story is about. Above you see senior Airman Brandon Heyman, a […]
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Friday Night Lights: Wilcox BOSS Xe – Laser Aiming Device + Red Dot
SHOT Show 2023 has come and gone. Now it is back to our regularly scheduled programming. More night vision-related content in the evening every Friday. This week’s Friday Night Lights showcases the Wilcox BOSS Xe. A massive thank you to Gretna Gun Works and specifically Ryan Murphy for letting me borrow one of their BOSS […]
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TFB Review: Gibbous Outfitters MP5K Furniture
If you have been following along in the various MP5 groups on social media, Marcus of Gibbous Outfitters is developing accessories for the MP5. Marcus sent his Gibbous Outfitters MP5K furniture for me to test on my HK SP5K PDW SBR which I now dub the MP5K-SD (Super Deformed). MP5 @ TFB: The “Reverse Stretch” […]
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POTD: MK-46 30mm Chain Gun in Live-Fire Exercise
We are BACK, and we wish this Photo Of The Day came with sound. Or wouldn’t you like to hear the MK-46 30 mm chain gun on the USS Arlington, as it goes to work while underway in the Atlantic Ocean? Arlington is underway conducting a READ-2 inspection in preparation for Inspection and Survey (INSURV), […]
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Wheelgun Wednesday: SHOT 2023 Revolver Roundup
This week on Wheelgun Wednesday, we will give a quick roundup of some of the interesting wheelguns we were able to get hands and eyes on at SHOT 2023. Keep in mind, SHOT is hectic, but we tried to get our eyes on as many new and interesting revolvers as we could. We regret to […]
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Top 10 Accessories at SHOT Show 2023
There were a lot of really great optics, soft goods and gear, thermals, night vision, muzzle devices and more at SHOT Show 2023. James Reeves walks you through what he thought the 10 best accessories were from SHOT Show and why. What did you think of the list? ««« GEAR USED IN THIS VIDEO »»» […]
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[SHOT 2023] An H&K G41 Clone? The PTR-63 is Coming
In this episode of TFBTV, @JamesReeves is at SHOT Show 2023 to talk with the guys at PTR Industries about the new PTR-63, which is, functionally, a clone of the Heckler & Koch G41. The Heckler & Koch G41 is a German 5.56×45mm rifle introduced in 1981. It was designed to replace the G3 and […]
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