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Approved, M4s for Marines
A Marine Corps Times Article that came out on the 26th of October has sealed the deal on the Marine Corps adoption of the M4 service rifle over the M16A4 rifle. It was pretty well known that the Marine Corps was going to come to this, but the official approval and actual logistics of the […]
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High Tower Armory Windowed 25 Round 10/22 Mags
High Tower Armory is known for their P90-like bullpup stock kits for the Ruger 10/22 that have been on the market for a while, I actually have one of their kits that I used for one of my old 10/22s and I really like it. Well they’ve recently announced that they have their own windowed […]
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Improvised Six Barreled Shotgun Seized in Brazil
Brazil is a beautiful country, but man does it seem like a lot of crazy stuff happens there. From cops shooting at bad guys from a helicopter and soccer refs pulling guns on players to interesting customized guns and even guns that shoot on their own! Check out this improvised 12 gauge shotgun that Brazilian police seized […]
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Hornady’s Big Announcement: the ELD-X with Heat Shield Tip
Last week we shared a video from Hornady that gave broad but enticing promises of a new, exciting technology to come. Considering the source – Hornady has been coming up with innovative ammunition ideas for more than 60 years now – it was definitely a promising moment, and now the official announcement has been made. […]
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Raking Fall Leaves Iraqveteran8888 Style
October is a great month for tradition: bobbing for apples, dressing up like your favorite horror-movie slasher, trick-or-treating, tp-ing houses…well, perhaps it’s best we strike that last one…but you get the idea. It’s a fun month, one known for fun and games, tricks and treats, and the beauty of fall colors thanks to deciduous trees. […]
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A Look Inside The PP-2000
Gun blogger and MVD agent KardeN released some rare high-definition photos of the unique Russian PP-2000 submachine gun. This lightweight select-fire weapon was designed as a concealable PDW and CQB weapon for VIP protection and special police and military units. KardeN’s blog is here, but for whatever reason his post on the PP-2000 does not […]
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Grizzly Targets: How Strong Are They?
Grizzly Target has been a sponsor of our humble program for a long time, and we just wanted to put together a quick compilation of what we have done to these things. They can even survive Patrick, the breaker of all things, but most importantly the people at Grizzly produce great targets at a great […]
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The APS Stechkin: From Sidearm To Spetsnaz
The Stechkin APS received a mention in the Handgun Radio segment I collaborated on with Daniel Watters, and for good reason. It could be argued that the APS, though and obscure weapon in the West, is one of the very few truly successful machine pistol designs ever fielded by a military power. The concept of […]
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Pumpkin Carving with Smaller Claibers
While .50BMG can carve a pumpkin in a single shot, it seems the .22LR is better suited for actually attempting to “carve” a pumpkin. Poised as a shooting came (I agree it would be), Kirsten Joy Weiss starts carving using a custom 10/22. The results are equally spectacular, if only for her ability to put […]
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Forgotten Weapons And The 10-Bore (.775 cal) Flintlock
It’s a rifle for when you had something very, very big that you needed very, very dead right now. Although the British exploration and colonization of Africa is most closely associated with the tail end of the 19th Century, there were hunters and explorers venturing into the Dark Continent as early as the late 18th Century. One relic […]
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POTD: Hunting with the historical .310 Cadet
Jeff from New Zealand (the owner of Beaver Grease) sent us a photo of a his Wesley Richards .310 Greener (Cadet) with recreated woodwork. The rabbit was taken with a CBE 325-125 cast lead heel bullet over 5gr Unique. I must admit I had never heard of this cartridge before. This is what wikipedia says about it … […]
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Tac-Hammer Precision Barrel for Ruger 10/22
Adaptive Tactical announced new Tac-Hammer barrels for the Ruger 10/22 rifles and Charger pistols. This barrel design is designed to offer the benefits of a bull barrel without adding the weight. The company advises they accomplish this by using a rigid core barrel with a stepped design and combining it with a post-tension aluminum shroud. Adaptive […]
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New 7mm Sierra MatchKing
Sierra Bullets announced a new 7mm bullet that is designed for extreme long range accuracy. The new 183 grain MatchKing bullet is said to provide a ballistic coefficient of 0.713 when driven between 1720 fps and 2300 fps. A BC of 0.707 is achieved when the bullet moves at a velocity greater than 2300 fps. […]
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An Even Earlier Encounter With The Sturmgewehr: 1943
In November of last year, we blogged about an early Soviet encounter with the MKb.42(H), the open bolt machine carbine that would become the famous closed bolt MP/StG.44 assault rifle. Ensign Expendable, author of the Soviet Gun Archives blog that provided the material for the previous article, has posted another, probably even earlier source on […]
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Fieldline Frontier Waist Pack
With hunting season underway, I imagine a number of our hunters have broken out their “blaze orange” vests lest they be mistaken as varmints/deer/oryx/squirrels/turkey/whatever… Whether you’re in the midst of rifle or muzzleloader season, wearing blaze orange is all part of hunting safely. Of course, its hunter orange color isn’t the only thing going for […]
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Hexmag Dark Gray Debuting Late 2015
Hexmag is introducing a new magazine color to the lineup, the Hexmag Dark Gray. Looks like this is the season of “gray” coloring. I’m glad we have moved on from the various brown colors–is our time in the desert is coming to an end…? Hexmag Dark Gray magazines will be available in 30 round, 15 […]
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Browning Introduces X-Bolt Varmint Stalker Model
Browning has added a new model to their X-Bolt Stalker series – the Varmint Stalker. It will be available in 204 Ruger, 223 Rem., 243 Win., and 308 Win. calibers with a 24″ barrel length. The Varmit Stalker in 22-250 Rem. will feature a 26″ barrel length. Other standard features (found on all X-Bolt rifles) include […]
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Top 5 Reasons Guns Are Bad
Many people have been saying for years that guns are inherently bad objects for a plethora of reasons. Well, to see what that whole mess is about, we here at TFBTV did some digging of our own to find out what these reasons are. We came up with what we think are the five big […]
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Ravenwood RW-AR22
Ravenwood International is now offering an AR-style chassis for the Ruger 10/22 rifle. Called the RW-AR22, the chassis is made of polymer and aluminum, made in the United States of America and is backed by a lifetime warranty. The chassis works with any of the standard 10 to 25 round Ruger magazines. Ravenwood designed the […]
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Axelson Tactical’s New “Axe 17” Limited Edition Glock
Today knowledge of Operation Red Wings is fairly widespread as a result of the movie Lone Survivor, which followed on the heels of the book by the same name. Of course, many movie-goers did not and still do not realize they were watching a tragic story play out that was not manufactured by Hollywood but […]
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