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SILENCER SATURDAY #62: Yankee Hill ULTimate And Reader’s Notes
Welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, where even the best firearms are incomplete without a proper suppressor. Since that stupid groundhog seems to have been wrong about the change of seasons yet again, testing of our next batch of silencers has been postponed a few days. Here’s what we have in store for you in […]
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Budget $44 DIY IR Driving Lights
A huge thanks to my friend Tom Sardo for sharing his DIY IR driving light setup. I replicated his build and have tested it. This $44 DIY IR driving light setup will allow you to drive your car or similar vehicle in complete darkness while wearing NODs (night observing devices). For those who have used […]
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POTD: The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery
Today’s Photo consists of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery performing in the Castle Arena, Windsor. (United Kingdom). Windsor Castle is a nice place if you ever consider going. You can see soldiers from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery performing at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. The cannon […]
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Featured Deals of the Week – 3/1/19
Magpul PMag for AK rifles – $14.29 What the deal is: Pretty simple to be honest. It’s a Magpul PMAG for AK rifles, specifically those using 7.62 Soviet (7.62×39). Specifically, these are sand finish. Not much else to say. Why it’s a good deal: They’re being sold for $12.66 off list price, which is pretty […]
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NEW Chiappa CBR-9 Black Rhino
I didn’t write the type of this firearm in the title because I am not really sure what it is. It is not a pistol, because it has a stock … or is it a brace? WIll they sell it in SBR form only? Or is it an SMG/PDW marketed for the military and LE markets? […]
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Reader’s Choice: Best AR-15 (Stock or Factory Model)
It is March, and we all know what that means… you need to grab a green beer, pretend to be Irish (if you already are not), turn on some March Madness college basketball, and get those taxes filed. To most of us, if you actually get money back from your taxes it is not a […]
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The SIG Sauer MCX Canebrake Now Shipping
The SIG MCX family keeps growing, and the MCX Rattler Canebrake is the newest addition. The caliber is 300 BLK, perfect for those that plan on running their MCX as a suppressed firearm. The Rattler Canebrake comes with pre-installed inert training device, so you can use it out of the box while you wait for […]
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Polymer 80 Introduces IMI’s Kidon Pistol Chassis, Works With 100 Pistols
The Polymer 80 company is well known for producing Glock pistol frames that are 80 percent finished, leaving the buyer to finish the remaining 20 percent. However, they’ve just released information that they’re now selling the Kidon pistol conversion kit developed and made by Israel Military Industries (IMI). The kit allows for an existing pistol […]
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Reader’s Choice BEST Full-Size Striker-Fired Pistol: Glock Gen5 17 9mm
We apologize for our tardiness in getting you the results for January’s poll. SHOT Show had us all run a little ragged and overwhelmed. This was a pretty fun one to debate though because the options and possibilities seem nearly endless! We also all have our own personal preferences and biases we lean strongly towards. […]
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Heckler & Koch Fined $4.2 Million for Rifle Sales In Mexico
A Stuttgart court has passed judgement in the case that accused five Heckler & Koch employees of illegally selling firearms to Mexico. Heckler & Koch were found guilty of breaking Germany’s ‘War Weapons Control Act’ by selling over 4,000 HK G36s to the Mexican government buyer. As a result the company have been fined 3.7 million […]
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20mm Anti-Aircraft Munitions Washing Up On Shore In Washington State
The “tragic boating accident” phrase has seen a lot of use this past year, but solid examples continue to pop up. The Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office in Washington released a warning to the public about 20mm anti-aircraft ammunition washing up on shore. The Sheriff’s Office Facebook post is as follows: The Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s […]
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[IDEX 2019] Stoeger STR-9 from Turkey
Stoeger is a Turkish manufacturer mostly known for its shotguns, which are frequently based on designs of the parent company Benelli. Being part of the Beretta Holding, however, Stoeger has also been manufacturing semiautomatic pistols for some years. Specifically, they took over from Beretta the production of the 8000 series “Cougar” models. This was the […]
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AFVG – Angled Vertical Grip Hybrid
I saw this in a local store. When I mentioned who I write for, he said: “you may be interested in this”. It is a custom AFVG. That is not what he calls it, that is just what I called it. It is a hybrid of an angled foregrip and vertical grip. Walter Davis is […]
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[IDEX 2019] InterProInvest Malyuk from Ukraine
Malyuk is the new bullpup assault rifle which has apparently been adopted by the Ukrainian Army. Over the years, TFB has been following the development of the rifle which evolved from a relatively crude bullpup AK to a more polished version with fairly unique features. The samples brought to IDEX represent the latest stages of […]
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Winchester Issue Warning and Recall Notice on 130 Grain Full Metal Jacket .38 Special
Winchester have issued a recall notice on several lots of their 130 grain Full Metal Jacket .38 Special white box ammunition. This is due to the possibility that they have incorrect powder loadings. Here’s Winchester’s product recall notice in full: Olin Winchester, LLC (“Winchester”) is recalling three (3) lots of 38 Special 130 Grain Full Metal […]
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POTD: USMC M38 DMRs Stretch their Legs
It’s been a while since the US Marine Corps announced that they would be deploying the M27 IAR in a Designated Marksman Role, adapting it by mounting the Leupold TS-30A2 Mark 4 MR/T 2.5-8x36mm rather than an ACOG. The USMC have shared some photos of Marines from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division training […]
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The Non-Violence Torrent – Disrupting the 3D-printed gun market?
“The Non-Violence Torrent” is an initiative that, according to themselves, aims to disrupt the 3D-printed gun market. They plan to do this by flooding popular file sharing sites with fake gun CAD files and torrents. Instead of the CAD file, your download will contain a 3D render of the Non-Violence’s symbol – the knotted gun. Quote: “So when […]
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[EnforceTac] FN Introduces 300BLK SCAR-SC Subcompact Carbine
In 2017, at the French exhibition Milipol, TFB told you about and showed you pictures of FN Herstal’s SCAR-SC with 300 BLK in development. Time flies, and as Enforce Tac 2019 open 6 – 7 March 2019 in Nuremberg (Germany), TFB will be there to examine the real one. Enforce Tac is an international trade fair for […]
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Russian Army Begins Testing RPK-16 Light Machine Gun
A year ago we reported that the Russian Federation’s army had adopted the 5.45x39mm RPK-16 Light Machine Gun. Reports from Russia’s MoD’s official newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda (or Red Star), confirm that the RPK-16 has begun operational testing with Russian forces. An announcement from the Russian Ministry of Defense also announced that the RPK-16 had begun testing […]
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Wilson Combat Now Offers Vickers Elite Package for Glock 45 Pistols
Wilson Combat has announced that along with the Gen5 Glock 19 and Glock 17 pistols, now they also offer Glock 45 pistols with the Vickers Elite upgrade package. This combination of custom features was specified by none other than Larry Vickers himself. Here is how Vickers Elite Glocks are described on Wilson Combat’s website: Leading firearms […]
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