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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Weltool W3 “Featherless Arrow” – LEP (Laser Excited Phosphor) Flashlight
For the past two decades, portable handheld lights have been upgraded to using LED technology. I remember the original SureFire P60L LED drop in only had 80 lumens. In the past two decades, LEDs have become exponentially more efficient and smart. Brighter and multicolored are the norm. Well, now there is a new form of […]
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POTD: “Enemies in the Open” at Camp Hansen, Japan
Camp Hansen is a United States Marine Corps base located in Okinawa, Japan. The camp got its name after Dale M. Hansen who earned a Medal of Honor, unfortunately posthumously as he was killed by an enemy sniper in 1945. In Today’s Photo Of The Day you can see US Marines with the 3rd Maintenance […]
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Featured Deals of the Week – 4/12/19
Welcome back to another weekly deals post. As always feel free to let me know in the comments if you want to see more deals of one kind of thing or another. HK VP9 and a Free box of Hornady critical duty – $100 off What the deal is: Although influenced by other HK models, the […]
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YHM Announces New Premiere Rifle Subdivision Called Graham Brothers Rifleworks
Yankee Hill Machine (YHM) has published a press release announcing the establishment of their new premiere bolt action rifle subdivision called Graham Brothers Rifleworks. Under this brand, the company will be selling their MARC chassis and other accessories related to long range shooting. Here is an excerpt from the press release describing the reasons for […]
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Hornady Receives Patents For RFID RAPiD® Gun Safes
Hornady has been making Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) firearm safes for the last six years under the RAPiD Safe line. Hornady has just secured two patents relating to that RFID technology. That line of safes allows users to open the safe with the right key card, key fob, or wristband. Simply waving the card or […]
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SIG SAUER’s Academy Lists New Concealed Carry Course For Women
SIG Sauer Academy has announced a new Concealed Carry course specifically built for women. The course was developed and is instructed by experienced women. The Academy concealed carry courses currently listed on the schedule are April 18-19, August 22-23, and November 15-16. The courses will be held in Epping, New Hampshire. The Academy had this […]
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Is the Smith & Wesson M&P Durable? | M&P 1.0 Range Rental Report
In this Range Rental Report, Brannon LeBouef from the St Bernard Indoor Shooting Center and NOLATAC Training goes through the maintenance and breakage of three different Smith and Wesson M&P first generation guns based on their usage as range rentals over the last 5 years. The three pistols have a combined total of over 50K […]
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Guns, Drugs And A Monkey, What Could Go Wrong?
Gardaí (Police) in Finglas, Ireland, a suburb of Dublin, discovered a small group of people in possession of narcotics, guns, and a pet monkey. If the monkey was trained as a look-out, he failed. Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) reported on the evidence from the operation that involved 50 officers in an effort to target organized […]
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Unusual AR-15 Barrel Extension Failure
When it comes to the failures of the AR-15 locking mechanism, you normally see the failure of the bolt. I bet you have seen bolts with one or two or as much as all seven locking lugs sheared. In this article, we’ll take a look at something different – a rather rare barrel extension failure. […]
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POTD: Ruger Precision Rifle at the International Sniper Competition 2019
The topic of today’s Photo Of The Day is easy. We’ve spotted a Ruger Precision Rifle at the International Sniper Competition 2019, held in March 2019 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The cap on the rifle scope says “Nightforce Mil-Spec”. The mount is a quick detach. I don’t know the brand unfortunately, but it has […]
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BREAKING: The Firearm Blog DELETED From Instagram – UPDATE
Without any warning, the social media platform Instagram has deleted The Firearm Blog’s account and all its contents. While the exact reason for the removal is unknown, it doesn’t take a modern-day Sherlock Holmes to make a few basic deductions. TFB’s account was nothing but images of guns and gear. We didn’t post nudity, profanity, […]
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RW Arms Joins Lawsuit After Destroying Bump Stock Inventory
Fort Worth based retailer RW Arms announced on Tuesday, April 9th that they would be joining The Modern Sportsman in a lawsuit against the Federal Government. In the filing, both companies allege various wrongdoings on behalf of the government, and request “just compensation.” A lot is going on in the filing, most of it interesting, so […]
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PSA: Metal Fever – Beyond Lead Poisoning
I learned about this recently during a Larue Armorers Course at the last Big 3 East. Robert Gee, the instructor, imparted some interesting information about Larue and the AR-15 but the most interesting and important information was his story about his friend Jim Schatz. Jim worked at H&K. In his later years before his untimely […]
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Thales Cancels Plans To Sell Atrax Bullpup Rifle On US Civilian Market
The Atrax bullpup rifle was developed as a semi-automatic version of the Australian Defense Force’s F90. Lithgow Arms has been planning to sell the Atrax on the civilian market in the United States since 2016. However, a spokesman for Thales, the company that developed the upgrades for the Steyr AUG variant, announced that they were […]
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Russian inventor’s prototype cosmonaut weapons discovered
While cleaning the garage of inherited property, various outlandish looking homemade firearms were discovered by a man from Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. All appear to show the skill of a highly dedicated and imaginative individual. Homemade ammunition appears to have been utilized going by the presence of a tub containing various crimped blank rounds and nail […]
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Springfield Saint Victor Rifle And Pistol Review
Today Joel reviews the new Saint Victor rifle and pistol from Springfield Armory. A very solid value that you can take out of the box and perform with instantly. Proprietary parts that help it shoot smooth with less recoil! Enjoy. ««« PATREON GIVEAWAYS »»» Go to http://tfbtv.gun.team for details on our monthly gun giveaway. TFBTV […]
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Ask The Experts: Subsonic Or Supersonic 300 Blackout Ammo Against Threats?
When we last left you, the discussion of choosing either subsonic or supersonic ammo for your 300BLK defensive weapon was in a full-on firefight. Some of you stated that you would pick heavier and quieter rounds to preserve situational awareness and communication abilities. Others chose faster and lighter rounds because “it’s a rifle, not a […]
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TFB Factory Visit: Spuhr Scope Mounts and Accessories
Location: Löddeköping, South of Sweden. I guess you haven’t been there and wasn’t planning to go there either? That’s fine, to be honest, neither was I until I got an invitation for a Factory Visit to Spuhr, makers of rifle scope mounts and other firearms related accessories and upgrade kits. The trip was well worth […]
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POTD: .50-caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle
Posing for the camera for Today’s Photo Of The Day here at TFB, is the U.S. Marine Corps’ scout sniper platoon commander and the chief scout sniper with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). You see them sighting in behind a .50-caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle aboard […]
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Ruger Introduces NEW Security-9 Compact Pistol
Ruger have added a new compact variant of their Security-9 pistol. With a frame length of 6.5 inches and an overall height of 4.35 inches. The new Security-9 Compact weighs 22 ounces, 1.3 ounces lighter than the original Security-9. The new pistol ships with two 10 round, flush fit magazines but can use the 15 […]
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