I founded TFB in 2007 and over 10 years worked tirelessly, with the help of my team, to build it up into the largest gun blog online. I retired as Editor in Chief in 2017. During my decade at TFB I was fortunate to work with the most amazing talented writers and genuinely good people!
After 10 and a half years running TFB, I am finally retiring from blogging. It has been a wild ride. I started a tiny blog in 2007, on a whim because I was shooting or hunting almost everyday, then watching it grow into a team of 25 writers and become the most [Read More…]
It is with extreme sadness we must announce the retirement of Phil White. Phil writes … Some career decisions are easy to make while others are very difficult to decide. This decision was a difficult one for me but the conclusion was obvious. When a family member [Read More…]
I hope everyone had a amazing Thanksgiving and a restful. Cyber Monday is here and if you did not empty your wallets on Black Friday, here are the top 5 gun-related deals I have managed to find this morning (please note, discounts listed below show the total discount [Read More…]
I have spent hours looking for the best gun bargains this Black Friday. Keep an eye out for my upcoming accessory/ammo Cyber Monday post. 1. Witt Machine & Tool Integrally Suppressed AR-15 Upper in .223/5.56 Caliber – $1,049 ($500 Off) Use the code BFSALE [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James introduces you to a new method of torture testing – the “Somewhat Realistic Pistol Evaluation”, a.k.a. the SoRePiE. In this episode, James submits the 5th Generation Glock 17 to the different stages of the evaluation, including: * 50 rounds of 115gr [Read More…]
Pumpkin spice has taken over. Pumpkin spice coffee, laundry detergent, cookies, even tampons. This is out of control. I’ll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you’re using here: it didn’t require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next [Read More…]
Very few service machine guns can compare in pure unique points to the Czech 7.62x54mmR UK vz 59 General Purpose Machine Gun, adopted in 1959 as the squad and platoon level belt fed machine gun of the Czech Infantry in the Warsaw Pact at the time. The weapon is still soldiering on today among the [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James reviews Stag’s new MOE SL Edition Rifle, which is, essentially, a Stag AR15 fully dressed in Magpul furniture and capped off with Stag’s excellent muzzle brake. From Stag: The Stag 15 MOE SL Carbine features a 5.56x45mm NATO chamber 16” 1/9 chrome lined [Read More…]
The Steyr AUG is not dead! The latest iteration, the Thales F90MBR (Modular Bullpup Rifle) was announced just before DSEi and as expected was on display. Our good friend Lionel took these photos of the modular bullpup. The F90MBR is claimed to be one of the lightest [Read More…]
Our good friend Lionel spotted the new Aimpoint M5Comp in the wild at DSEi 2017 in London. The CompM5 is powered by a single AAA with an advertised battery life of 5,000 hours. According to marketing material, at intensity level 7 it has 5 years of battery life, and [Read More…]
We shoot Speer 357 Sig 125gr Gold Dot jacketed hollow point ammunition from a Glock22 with a 4.5″ Storm Lake .357 Sig barrel into Clearballistics ballistic gel to measure velocity, penetration, expansion/fragmentation, and retained weight. Buy it at Ventura Munitions. Thanks to our sponsors: [Read More…]
Freedom Munitions and SOG have partnered with TFB to give you the opportunity to win an amazing prize package. Included in the giveaway is a $500 gift card to Freedom Munitions and a SOG Seraphim 35 pack. The giveaway will run until September 15th 2017. Giveaway [Read More…]
TFB and other publications incorrectly reported that Salient Arms International (SAI) had filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. This is was incorrect. The company that filed for Bankruptcy was “Salient Security Services, Inc.” of California which Did Business [Read More…]
We shoot Sig Sauer 10mm 180 gr V-Crown ammunition from an EAA Witness with a 4.5″ barrel into Clearballistics ballistic gel to measure velocity, penetration, expansion/fragmentation, and retained weight. Guns in this video: EAA (Tanfoglio) Witness Thanks to our sponsors: Ventura [Read More…]
Created during the Iran-Iraq War, the Tabuk Sniper is one of those oddballs of historical firearms. Although referred to as a “Sniper” rifle, it really never was one to begin with. Chambered in 7.62x39mm, the rifle was intended as a squad or platoon support weapon to compliment the RPK [Read More…]
We shoot HSM .44mag 300gr XTP ammunition from a Smith & Wesson Model 69 Combat Magnum with a 4″ barrel into Clearballistics ballistic gel to measure velocity, penetration, expansion/fragmentation, and retained weight. Buy it at Ventura Munitions: Guns in this video: S&W Model 69 [Read More…]
In California, one of the 17 Propositions presented to voters on November 8 last year included doling out enhanced limitations concerning magazine capacity as well as transactions and transport involving ammunition. This guide explains what and when the new regulations [Read More…]
We shoot Fiocchi .38spl 125gr XTP ammunition from a Smith & Wesson Model 13-2 with a 4″ barrel into Clearballistics ballistic gel to measure velocity, penetration, expansion/fragmentation, and retained weight. Buy this round at Ventura Munitions. Guns in this video: S&W Model 13-2 [Read More…]
We shoot Fiocchi .38spl 125gr XTP ammunition from a Smith & Wesson Airweight Model 638 snub nose revolver with a 2″ barrel into Clearballistics ballistic gel to measure velocity, penetration, expansion/fragmentation, and retained weight. Buy it at Ventura Munitions. Thanks to our sponsors: [Read More…]
It is hard to believe that TFB is now a decade old. It has been an incredible journey from a tiny personal blog, to a blog with a team of 35 people made up of 25 writers and videographers along with at least 10 people directly involved behind the scenes and the We [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James goes over what he thinks are the Top 5 movies from a gun guy’s perspective. James uses input from a poll completed by Patreon supporters in order to make this list. Gun porn need not apply, as all of these movies had positive critical acclaim, and a couple are [Read More…]
SOG has partnered with TFB to give you the opportunity to win an amazing prize package. Included in the giveaway is a Prophet 33, Pent Arc, Power Access, and Dark Energy. The giveaway will run until July 4th 2017. Giveaway Package: Prophet 33: For a pack, the SOG [Read More…]
Hi-Cap not High Enough For You? 🙋 🆙 Mag Size Matters! 😳 Extend Your Glock Mag Size with a Baseplate, those two extra rounds might just be what you need 💥 🔫 Many thanks to Brownells for sponsoring our Modification Minute videos. The products and tools used [Read More…]
Earlier today I found out that Bob Owens, a friend and my counterpart at BearingArms.com, passed away. Bob was a good, kind man, who I had a lot of respect for and valued highly. We both started writing about firearms at around the same time. Bob and his Co-Editor, [Read More…]
Somebody has been sending letters to FFLs in the United States alleging to be from Heckler & Koch Germany. The letter claims that H&K is recalling all firearms from the United States because they don’t like President Trump and they think there are too [Read More…]
I started The Firearm Blog way back in June 2007. This year we will be celebrating our 10th anniversary! The site slogan back then was “Firearms Not Politics”, as it continues to be today. 10 years ago the internet gun content landscape was very different. [Read More…]
The mainstream internet is going crazy over our Nambu Type 94 video, published over a year ago on our TFBTV Youtube channel, presented by the much missed Alex C. Yesterday it hit the /r/videos subreddit. The Type 94 was a horrendous gun. At first glance I assumed it was a late war gun made out [Read More…]
I am very excited to launch the first Modification Minute video. These 1 – 2 minute Facebook videos will cover a range of gunsmithing and firearm maintenance subjects. I have been wanting to do a series like this for a long time but was unable to do so due to [Read More…]
Taser International has renamed themselves Axon. The Scottsdale, Arizona company, which has a monopoly on “projectile conductive energy devices” used by law enforcement worldwide, has decided to switch focus from arming law enforcement to monitoring them [Read More…]
First they started selling ammunition, then they opened a retail gun store, then they started selling guns online and now the logical conclusion: tactical falconry. They are also manufacturing the first ever Falcon Night Hunter Owl Conversion Kit … Brownells, [Read More…]
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