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POTD: British Army Soldier in Afghanistan Engaging the Enemy

Sun, 06/02/2019 - 18:30

Today’s Photo Of The Day displays a British Army Soldier using his SA80 for covering fire in Afghanistan. You can see his fellow soldiers in the background. The SA80 has the SA80 Underslung Grenade Launcher (UGL) mounted, which consist of a Heckler & Koch AG-36 40mm grenade launcher paired with an EOTech holographic sight. In […]

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Reader’s Choice BEST Compact Striker Fired Pistol: SIG Sauer P365 9mm

Sun, 06/02/2019 - 13:30

For the month of May, we challenged our readers with the difficult to define category of the “BEST Compact Striker Fired Pistol” for the Reader’s Choice. We understand some of you disagreed with our definition of where the line should be drawn for a “Compact,” but the definition we used was any pistol that has a 4″ barrel or […]

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SILENCER SATURDAY #75: Cleaning The MP5SD

Sat, 06/01/2019 - 22:03

Good evening everyone and thank you for joining us for the 75th edition of TFB’s Silencer Saturday. After a year and a half we have covered a lot of suppressed ground. But we still have a solid supply of topics, review ideas and unique silencer host combinations. As we discussed last week, we will kick […]

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POTD: Winkler Knives Pick & Glock 43

Sat, 06/01/2019 - 18:30

Today’s Picture shows an interesting and discrete solution for Every Day Carry. Austria meets North Carolina. I could have taken my own pictures of the WK Pick and a Glock 43, but none of mine has a threaded barrel like this one. The minimalistic holster seems pretty nice too. I first saw Winkler Knives at […]

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$300 Ruger Security 9 Compact vs. $500 Glock 26: Fair Comparison?

Sat, 06/01/2019 - 09:30

In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves reviews the new Ruger Security 9 Compact against the Glock 26. Both of these guns are similar: Polymer framed subcompact pistols sporting a 10+1 capacity in 9mm. Both are from good companies. But the Glock 26 costs almost twice as much as the Ruger Security 9 Compact. Which […]

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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: COTI (Clip-On Thermal Imager)

Fri, 05/31/2019 - 19:00

Earlier this month I posted about DIY Thermal Fusion. In that article, I mentioned the legitimate methods of true thermal fusion. One way to achieve true thermal fusion is with a COTI or Clip-On Thermal Imager. What is Real Thermal Fusion? As I mentioned in my previous article, thermal fusion is the merging of both […]

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POTD: The Sniper’s Nest

Fri, 05/31/2019 - 18:30

Today’s Photos brings us to a place you really want to avoid in time of a conflict, the Sniper’s Nest. The pictures are taken during the culminating event, after three weeks of a screening that every scout sniper candidate must complete before attending scout sniper school. Adjusting, the getting ready to Send It. A great […]

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POTD: M1919 Machine Gun Seized From Criminals in Rio

Sat, 05/11/2019 - 18:58

Rio’s police authorities have been establishing growing records as far as the seizure of illegal weapons is concerned. The vast majority of this being credited to the very active PMERJ – Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Military Police). Taking into account the first four months of 2019 and […]

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SILENCER SATURDAY #72: Hot Suppressed Lever Action!

Sat, 05/11/2019 - 14:41

Good afternoon everyone and thanks for stopping in for some hot suppressed lever action on today’s edition of Silencer Saturday. Since my experience with leverguns is a sample size of one, I’m a bit of a fish out of water with the platform. Not to worry, there are plenty of experts out there that we […]

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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Review of Nitecore 920 Lumen MT10C Flashlight

Fri, 05/10/2019 - 19:00

Nitecore makes handheld flashlights and their Li-ion battery chargers are the industry standard. Cloud Defensive uses their battery chargers for their OWL. Well, Nitecore offered up their MT10C for review. Nitecore MT10C Is A Pocket Rocket The MT10C is a single cell light. However, it is dual fuel just like the new Streamlights and SureFire […]

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POTD: Helm Forge ST-1 Charging Handle Stiletto

Fri, 05/10/2019 - 18:57

Today’s POTD doesn’t actually portray any firearm, but the connection with the AR-15 is obviously strong. It is the Helm Forge ST-1 self-defense tool. At first glance, the item looks like a modern style ambidextrous charging handle, similar for example to the Radian Raptor, sharpened to a needlepoint. A closer inspection shows that the “grip” […]

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Featured Deals of the Week – 5/10/19

Fri, 05/10/2019 - 18:00

Welcome back to another Deals of the Week post everyone. As always let me know in the comments if you want to see more or less of a specific type of deal. S&W M&P40 Police Trade-IN w/ night sights – $279.99 What the deal is: I know, I know. Believe me, I can already see […]

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Manticore Arms 15″ M-LOK Handguard for CZ Scorpion EVO 3

Fri, 05/10/2019 - 13:00

Manticore Arms has announced that their new 15″ M-LOK handguard for CZ Scorpion EVO 3 PCCs is now available. According to the company, this handguard “will fit all models of Scorpion EVO including the carbine, pistol, S2 Micro, and EVO’s using the Bullpup Conversion Kit“. The Manticore Arms new CZ Scorpion handguard is made of […]

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Noblex-Docter Optics GLOCK M.O.S. Integrated Red Dot

Fri, 05/10/2019 - 12:00

I stumbled across the Noblex-Docter Optics GLOCK M.O.S. red dot sight while hanging out with my other cyber family over at AR15.com. There are currently two threads discussing this ultra low profile mini red dot sight designed specifically for the GLOCK optics read pistols. This thread has general information and links while this one is written by […]

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New: Hornady 4DOF Kestrel Ballistic Weather Meter

Fri, 05/10/2019 - 10:00

Intro: There are tons of ballistic solvers out on the market.  A quick glance at the app store will bombard a shooter with choices.  I recommend my students go with the one that is the most user-friendly for them and has the features they need.  For me, this has been Applied Ballistics, because it is […]

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Erbil’s Famous Gun Shop

Fri, 05/10/2019 - 09:30

TFB TV takes a look at one of the famous gun shops in Erbil, a city in northern Iraq. Wasta Bakhtiar has had his gunsmithing business for a number of years, starting in his own father’s shop as a child in Kurdistan. Today he fixes both Peshmerga and civilian small arms alike, sometimes even traveling […]

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FOUND On GunBroker! B&T TP9-45 SBR In 45 ACP

Fri, 05/10/2019 - 09:00

It’s taken years, but I’ve finally found a B&T firearm that I won’t consider performing evil acts to obtain. My friends over at AR15 maintain several threads dedicated to B&T guns, on of which is specific to the TP9. A few days ago, a sharp-eyed poster found a listing for a TP9-45 short barreled rifle […]

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IN FROM BROWNELLS: Tommy Built T36C – H&K G36 Look-A-Like

Fri, 05/10/2019 - 08:00

Brownells has just announced the availability of the Tommy Built Tactical T36C – a revamp of the famed Heckler & Koch G36 assault rifle. This one, of course is semiautomatic only, and is sold as a pistol. For those interested in jumping into the ATF eForms Form 1 world, a tax stamp for making your […]

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POTD: A Venezuelan AR57 Appears

Thu, 05/09/2019 - 18:58

This week social media lit up when an AR with an AR57 upper was seen during the attempted coup in Venezuela. Made by AR57 LLC, of Kent, Washington, the AR57 launched a few years ago. People on social media were quick to question how this AR57 made its way to Venezuela, some even suggesting it was […]

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TFB Review: ANVL Ukon RMR Mount

Thu, 05/09/2019 - 18:00

When I decided to pick up a SIG Sauer MCX Rattler back last year, I really struggled to figure out exactly what I wanted to put on as an optic. So I started looking at various Aimpoint and Trijicon optics to see what I liked. After searching around I decided to go with an RMR […]

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