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New Versions of Concealed Carry & Rifle Bags from Vertx
Vertx announced the company is now offering three of its popular bags in new colors. Specifically, the Gamut is now available in Loden Green, the Essential is now offered in Greener Pastures and the Professional Rifle Garment Bag can be had in Bracken Brown. The images in this article show what these colors look like. […]
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6 Gun-Related Crowdfunding Projects
In this article, we’ll take a look at 6 most interesting gun-related crowdfunding projects currently active in crowdfunding websites. Although many of these sites are not quite friendly to the gun community, there are still some that retain common sense. Namely, the Indiegogo has most of the firearms and outdoor campaigns. So below is the list of […]
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New Faxon Muzzle Devices
Faxon Firearms announced a pair of new muzzle devices that are available immediately. They are the Gunner and the Flame. Gunner The Gunner is a three port muzzle brake that the company designed to combine recoil reduction with usability. According to the company, the three ports combine to reduce felt recoil by more than 50% […]
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India Looking to Adopt a New 8,6mm Sniper Rifle
During the past couple of months, the Indian army had at least three casualties from sniper fire on the border. These incidents probably lead India to announce about their need for a new sniper rifle. They sent an information request to world’s major firearms manufacturers. The new rifle must be chambered in 8.6mm caliber and have an effective range […]
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Advantage Tactical Sights Expands Dark Diamond Line
Earlier this year, Advantage Tactical Sights (ATS) announced a new group of handgun sights it called the Dark Diamond line. At that time, the sights were only available for the Glock. Shortly thereafter, the company expanded the line to include SIG SAUER, Springfield XD, Walther PPQ and ATS long guns. For the SHOT Show, ATS will […]
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POTD: HK416C Out In The Wild
My friend Kris K. complied a few pics showing some HK416C out in the wild. The HK416C is a short barreled PDW with a collapsing stock. I have only seen the HK416C by VFC. Umarex has a licensed airsoft version made by VFC in Taiwan. I thought the 416C was just an airsoft creation. Clearly […]
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2016 Is Already a Record Year for Gun Sales in the USA
It’s not news to gun owners that firearms sales in the United States have skyrocketed upwards since the expiration of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban in 2004, a trend which picked up steam with the 2008 election. What is surprising even to a seasoned gun nerd like myself is just how much gun sales in the […]
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Fab Defense Podium: Same Concept, Drastically Different Results
I try not to buy into hype. When someone tells me new rifle X is being imported to Canada, I ask myself “but how long will the RCMP take to classify it?” But I also try not to dismiss new things out of hand either. I haven’t tried it, and I as an individual can […]
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Malhama Tactical, The Fanatics Tactical Guru!
Malhama Tactical is a Youtube and Twitter tactical training entity that is the creation of a certain Abu Rofiq, an Uzbek who claims to have served in the Russian Airborne Forces. Rofiq speaks Russian, and all his media is also in Russian, but that doesn’t necessarily explicitly mean he was enlisted in the Russian Army. Russian is […]
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CAA Global: Train the Trainer – The IDF Way
In a few days (December 11th), Lt Col (ret) Mikey Hartman, a 22 year veteran of the IDF and writer of the IDF Shooting Doctrine, and CEO of CAA Global, is bringing IDF style training here to the United States. The IDF Sharpshooting and Marksmanship school (and doctrine) in Israel, which Lt Col (ret) Mikey […]
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Hi-Point CF380 .380 Pistol Review & Mud Water Test
In this episode of TFBTV, James reviews at Hi-Point CF380 that he bought from a ProxiBid Auction. ProxiBid is TFBTV’s newest sponsor and, among other things, auctions guns from private estates and commercial retailers. The Hi-Point, of course, has a bad reputation as an ugly and cheaply made gun, but is all the hate really […]
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New Ballistic Shield: sub-$600
BulletSafe announced the company was introducing its new Ballistic Shield at the 2017 SHOT Show, and it will have a very affordable price: only $599. The new shield is 700 square inches in total area and weighs 9.9 pounds. Exact dimensions have not yet been provided, but as an example, the Protech Tactical Intruder is […]
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SSVI Tyr Trigger for Glock Pistols
SSVI makes a drop-in Glock trigger called Tyr (a Norse God name). They offer the Tyr triggers both as an assembly with the trigger bar and the trigger shoe assemblies only. SSVI has a version of Tyr trigger virtually for all models of Gen3 and Gen4 Glock pistols. Tyr triggers are made of aluminum and […]
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3D Printed Flame Throwing Overwatch Reaper Shotgun
My friend Adam got to check this out and I want to know where I can get one. BoXZY designed an over under shotgun style flame thrower. The design is based on the video game Overwatch. It is a propane charged double shot flame thrower.
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Jam Mags With Buck’s Ammo Ram
As I have stated in the past, I don’t mind loading magazines – when time permits. For those more urgent times, or for times where you have more than a few mags to load, a device to saves time (and your thumbs) is a welcome sight. Buck’s Ammo Ram is a new device that allows […]
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New Truglo Offerings for the Ruger American Pistol
Truglo announced the company will now offer its TFX and TFX Pro sights for the Ruger American Pistol line of handguns. These sights should fit both the full size and compact versions of the Ruger pistols, and will fit both 9mm and .45 ACP models. TFX TFX stands for Tritium + Fiber Optic Xtreme. As the […]
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Inside the MKE Factory
These photos were shared in a MP5 enthusiasts group. No description of what they were pictures of but you can get the general idea that they are making MP5s. MKE is the Turkish firearms manufacturer. Zenith is the ones importing these Turkish made MP5s. The word is that MKE purchased the tooling from H&K so […]
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Budget $350 Mile Gun: Ruger American Predator 6.5CM
My friend Brian M. told me about this gun. I am not a long distance shooter but the thought of amateurishly trying it does sound appealing to me. For a while I have wanted a Ruger Precision Rifle after getting a chance to shoot one out to 600 yards thanks to my friend Jim. So […]
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US Army Orders Advanced Night Vision Optics from DRS Technologies
Last year, we wrote about a new integrated night vision optic system that would allow data from a US Army soldier’s weapon-mounted night vision device to be fed directly to his helmet-mounted night vision monocle. Such a system could be a major step forward in night vision combat optics systems, which are today one of […]
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Crowdsourcing ATF Data: Behind The Curtain At NFA Tracker
Let’s get the big news out of the way first: in an effort to reinvest in the entire NFA community, Silencer Shop has purchased NFA Tracker – a website dedicated to crowdsourcing ATF data to predict wait times based solely on user input. At least, that’s what NFA Tracker used to do. After over a year […]
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