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Sciens Misses Funding Deadline, Colt Bank’cy. Exit Continuing
Sciens Capital Management, the hedge fund managers that own Colt Defense, LLC, have failed to meet the January 8 deadline for funding the famous gunmaker’s exit from bakruptcy. The Wall Street Journal reports: Gun maker Colt Defense LLC is poised to exit bankruptcy after tweaking its chapter 11 exit plan to account for a reduced […]
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Remington Rolling Block Run and Gun
The Remington Rolling Block was a hugely successful rifle design that served bravely in military service, and valiantly as a civilian target and hunting rifle. The Rolling Block is a single shot breech loader that must be loaded with a new cartridge after each shot, so naturally it should be much harder to run than […]
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New Federal Premium Ammunition for 2016
Federal Premium announced a number of new products that they will be showing at the annual SHOT Show next week. Here is a run down of some of what they have released information on: 20 GA 3rd Degree Federal will release a 20 gauge version of the 3rd Degree turkey hunting shell with a 1 […]
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Plano Products Aplenty
Plano Molding Company has released a number of new products for the coming year. Here are a few of the products that may be of interest to readers: Green All Weather Double Rifle Case This new case is large enough to hold a pair of scoped rifles or shotguns. The interior is foam lined and designed […]
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TALON Gyro-Stabilized Weapon Mount
TALON Gyro-Stabilized Weapon Mount In another case of reality approaching science fiction, Paradigm SRP has brought us one step closer to one of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite movies (to put you in the mood): The TALON is a “gyro-stabilized marksman platform” designed for precision shooting applications from moving and stationary vehicles. […]
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Scope Review: USO-PFI 762C SR-8S
Pride Fowler Industries and US Optics recently teamed up to offer the US Optics Military Spec series of rifle scopes. The US Optics Military Spec rifle scopes mate a PFI Rapid Reticle with a US Optics SR-8 or SR-6 rifle scope. The US Optics series encompasses two models: the 300BLK SR-6, which features the 300BLK […]
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El Chapo Raid POV
I am not sure how ABC news knows this is the Raid on El Chapo but it is certainly not GoPro nor is it raw footage. First you can see that the video is edited from different cameras. The shaky camera is actualy a Contour camera attached to the side of one of the guy’s […]
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Hornady Rapid Rack & Ballistic Band
The ammunition company Hornady has come out with two very simple products. The first one is called the “Rapid Rack”. It is basically a chamber flag, made out entirely out of aluminum. Ideally, a shooter can have this in their weapon system, thus keeping it a condition three weapon with only a magazine of live […]
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Racing With Optics On Handguns
Last year I started to use optics on handguns more frequently. In fact the only time I did not use a pistol with an optic was for the FNH USA 3Gun Championship match where I used my factory Glock 41 in Heavy Optics division. But over the course of a year I have been using […]
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Battlefield Las Vegas: Optics Report
The owner of Battlefield Las Vegas has yet again graced us with another high round count report, but this time purely on Optics that the range has on their rental firearms. When they say high round count, they really mean it! The range apparently went through 500,000 rounds of ammunition last month alone. Poor guys […]
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DIY Kel-Tec CMR-30 Rail Extension
Last Halloween I managed to pick up a Kel-Tec CMR-30 during my first ever trip to Grice’s Gun Shop. I was in the area for a 2Gun match in Mifflin County and decided to finally visit the famous store. They had one CMR-30 in stock so I swooped it up. On the 2 hour return […]
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[Review] Springfield XDM 9mm with Threaded Barrel
XDM Suppressed Why is this a “new” 2016 offering? I’m not entirely sure either. We published a press release for this very pistol back in June, and I know a number have hit the streets since then. Regardless of the actual release date on it, I think this is a pretty decent performer, and a […]
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POTD: KGB rectal gun – ultimate concealed carry
A small single shot firearm designed to be concealed in oneself until a time it can be discretely extracted and presumably used against a high valued target. Custom tiny projectiles (4.5mm in this case) were often intended to be laced with poison.
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How To Protect Your Firearms
Lots of people have asked me how I preserve my firearms for long term storage so I thought I might make a quick video showing how to do so. Yep, I’m a little overzealous when it comes to keeping my stuff nice and in order. https://www.patreon.com/tfbtv?ty=h Thanks to our sponsor Ventura Munitions. Without them TFBTV […]
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Kirsten Joy Weiss and her Volquartsen 10/22
Kirsten Joy Weiss caters to her subscribers and does a review of her favorite gun, her Volquartsen 10/22. Volquartsen is the gold standard in accurate 10/22s and the one they made for Kirsten is of that high caliber. The bull barrel has snake fluting and a compensator that looks seamless with the barrel. The rifle […]
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Identilock Smart Gun Technology
Smart guns are at the front of the gun industry’s mind right now. This is due in large part to Obama’s recent order that the Department of Defense, Justice Department, and Department of Homeland Security must come up with a viable plan to speed along the progress of smart gun technology. In the wake of Obama’s […]
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Where To Buy Old Guns
Those of you that follow the official TFB YouTube channel, TFBTV (thank you for watching) know that I am very interested in old firearms that are by today’s standards obsolete. To me this is no different than a man who cherishes automobiles that can’t hold a candle to today’s vehicles, but either nostalgia or a […]
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Yep, Its Legal & Available: Fire On Pull & Release Triggers
In yet another “I can’t believe its legal” installment from the ATF Technology’s branch, two companies are approaching the market with fire on pull and release trigger systems. Fostech Outdoors (known for their Origin 12 shotgun) and Franklin Armory (for the .17 semi-auto modern sporting rifle) are both readying “binary” (as Franklin Armory is calling […]
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Simplistic Ballistics: Shooting on Inclines
This post is part of a short series I’m calling simplistic ballistics. My goal is to illustrate some basic rules of shooting without the math heavy charts and formulas. I’m looking to lay out in clear language a core rule, and also give you an understanding on why a bullet behaves the way it does. […]
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The WA-2000 in Photos
With a rarity on par with Himalayan Snow Leopards, the WA-2000 has something of a legendary status surrounding it. Were they any good? Some say yes, some say no. Some shooters say the price expensive to the point of extravagance, while others point to Walther’s history of premium rifles and the near-handcrafted nature of these […]
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