Federal Premium is always looking for new categories, calibers or cartridges to provide shooters with more ammunition. Not every new introduction has to be a reinvention of the wheel though. Sometimes just keeping up with what’s hot can be a difficult enough task by itself. What’s hot right now is absolutely 6.5 Creedmoor, the darling caliber for long-range shooters; .224 Valkyrie, which has screamed onto the scene as fast as the cartridge itself; and .223 Remington which may never fall out of favor because of the popularity of modern sporting rifles. All of these calibers are given some love through the American Eagle line-up of ammo with some new grain weight offerings.

Blackwater Ammunition is a new company established by Eric Prince, the founder of Academy (Blackwater), James Fenech, ammunition and arms distributor, and Nicola Bandini who also is (was?) the CEO of Arsenal Firearms. The launch of this new company was officially announced during IWA 2018 exhibition. Blackwater Ammunition is located in Malta. It is a subsidiary of another Maltese company called  Precision Ballistic Manufacturing.

You did it! You filled out all the forms, packaged up your payment and shipped everything off. Now the painful waiting game begins. No, not todays income tax filing deadline, the NFA Form 4 you just sent off for that suppressor or short barreled rifle you’ve been wanting for ages. But now the painful approval process begins. In the meantime, why don’t you use some of that tax refund to grab some silencer-supporting gear. Threaded barrels, subsonic ammunition, gas regulation and muzzle devices all top the list of needed equipment after finally buying a suppressor.

Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) are required to jump through various hoops to be able to sell guns as a business. From zoning laws, to insurance to National Firearms Act (NFA) payments, and to detailed record keeping, license holders need to be in compliance or risk losing their ability to transfer firearms. Going a step further, manufacturers of small arms have an additional set of rules to follow and records to keep. Not in the least being the International Traffic Of Arms Regulations (ITAR), a program meant to keep weapons from being illegally exported into the hands of enemies of the United States.

In this article of The Firearm Blog, you won’t see any firearms. The only connection of the subject to the firearm world is that we are going to take a look at other ventures of one of the world’s largest pistol manufacturers – Glock. While browsing the European version of Glock website, I discovered that there is a section telling about other Glock businesses. I think it would be interesting for our readers to learn about what else besides firearms bears the famous logo. The names of the Glock companies listed below link to their websites where you can learn more about them.

Any firearms content that can be promoted showcasing shooting sports in the Olympics is a positive for the industry in general.  Federal is using some of it’s resources to bring attention by sponsoring USA Shooting for supplying US athletes.  Other ammunition companies have done other awareness campaigns like Winchester (who, interestingly, had been a previous sponsor of the topic of this press release).

It’s common for suppressor manufacturers, distributors and dealers to include dB reduction numbers along with their sales and marketing information. It is less common, however, that companies include environmental variables alongside their metering results. Because of the wide variety of techniques used to test suppressors, I personally don’t put a lot of weight on dB reduction numbers for a silencer purchasing decision – it’s really just one variable to consider. Although, because the American NFA laws are so cumbersome, purchasing decisions by most buyers is usually ‘sight-unseen’, let alone any type of first hand shooting experience.

Applied Fiber Concepts, Inc. and Propper International have been awarded a contract to manufacture the new Naval Security Forces Vest (NSFV) for the United States Navy.

I am sure the good folks over at Juggernaut Tactical will agree with the classic Steve Jobs quote: “Design is not just how it looks and feels like. Design is how it works” when it comes to functionality.  But luckily they also didn’t lose sight of visual appeal when it comes to the Juggernaut Tactical HellFighter CA Mod Kit. For those of you behind enemy lines who love their “evil” rifle features and are looking for a magazine-lock solution, this may be the option for you.

Much like power adapters for small electronic devices, each silencer manufacturer has their own mounting system that is rarely compatible with competing companies products. While each system has its positives and negatives, I believe that consumers secretly want uniformity in their suppressor attachment systems. Blackwater Ammunition is unveiling the new BWS series of silencers that is capable of attaching to standard bird cage flashiders, giving shooters the ability to swap between hosts easily and quickly.

In the Portuguese language, the noun “Xodó” is a popular expression to indicate one on whom we have a very special romantic crush or long-lasting love relationship. It’s no small wonder, then, that IMBEL – Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil has chosen it as the name of two of its dozen-or-so pistols currently available, models that have received a great deal of attention in the local market. More significant, by the way, is the fact that the Brazilian weapons manufacturer had never given any of its products a name, other than its usual — and a little confusing, in my opinion– system of caliber, model number (e.g. MD1, MD2, etc.), and suffix (LX, GC, TC, etc.) designations.

Late last week, Kel-Tec Weapons issued a voluntary recall of specific Sub-2000 rifles manufactured during their 2017 production run.

I had never heard of Wilska & Landen Firearms and I guess you haven’t either?

The Michigan-based Applied Ballistics LLC has been awarded a research and development contract to work on Advance Extreme Long-Range Sniper Capability for the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO).

Welcome everyone, thank you for joining TFB’s Silencer Saturday. Back in January at the 2018 SHOT Show TFB’s big boss Doc Rader, TFBTV’s James Reeves and I had a unique opportunity to visit a range on the outskirts of Vegas and meet up with the team from Delta P Design. If you remember, last year  I reviewed the Brevis II Ultra – a six ounce 5.56mm silencer that can withstand heavy fire schedules. Today we take a look at two of Delta P Design’s latest developments: a Brevis III specifically designed for the Sig Sauer Rattler and the Heckler & Koch MP7.

Exactly  two months ago we reported the release of Smith & Wesson’s latest M&P offering: the Shield EZ. The new pistol features an easy to rack slide for customers who are older or who may have disabilities. The Shield EZ is also available in two versions, one of which includes a manual thumb safety. Today, S&W is issuing a consumer advisory: the thumb safety can be switched to the ‘On’ position when using limited types of ammunition.

SB Tactical has just announced that they are shipping SBA3 braces as of today. I am sure many of you are familiar with SB Tactical and their line of stabilizing braces. The SB braces started out with the infamous Sig Brace and lesser known Century Arms braces. They required the use of pistol buffer tubes. Then they came out with dedicated braces like the MP5 braces and their first adjustable brace, the SB-PDW. Well the SBA3 interfaces with milspec carbine receiver extensions and is 5 position adjustable.

When you think of firearm suppressors and subsonic ammunition, I’m guessing that a 12 Gauge scattergun is the furthest thing from your mind. Reducing the report of a shotgun to acceptable levels is fraught with challenges. A gigantic bore diameter, wadding and shot cups, suppressor availability, barrel length considerations and  limited ammo availability all weigh on the practicality of muffling the report of a shotgun. Luckily, companies like Detroit Ammunition have been coming up with options for shooters who want to take their 12ga blasters in a different direction.

As we begin to thaw out of our winter dens (keep quiet, Southern States), we start to dust off our gear for the upcoming shooting season. And with the end of hibernation comes the lust for upgrading our guns and gear. While the draw to pickup a new rifle or pistol is always persistent, the appreciation of quality optics can sometimes be forgotten. So we thought we could list out some non iron sight options in TFB’s Optics Buying Guide.

Hello everyone, my name is Pete and its been six weeks since my last B&T post (although my brother in arms  Erik B. has been doing a stellar job of keeping us updated about B&T products in the EU). Even so, I feel it’s time I fell off the wagon to talk about Custom Smith MFG – a company manufacturing simple but usable products for B&T firearms.

James D. Julia auction house’s Spring 2018 Extraordinary Firearms Auction was held from March 21 to 23. The results with prices realized were published shortly after the auction was over. Just like in case of our  previous installments, we pulled out the list of top most expensive firearms sold during the auction and will present it to our readers in this article.

Good afternoon dear readers. Welcome to Silencer Saturday, where the only good barrel is a threaded barrel. Today we will stay small with a quick look at the fun of owning suppressed pocket pistols – specifically the GLOCK 43 with the Thompson Machine Poseidon. Thankfully the weather is improving up here in God’s Country – which means time to catch up on reviews and outside imagery rather than sterile white backgrounds.

SIG Sauer USA has several reasons to celebrate after two police departments chose their firearms and optics.

The Charted Industries of Singapore Ultimax is one of the most renowned light machine guns in the world, yet has never really been adopted to the full extent of what it was capable of. The only real military it served was the Singaporean Armed Forces. It was used by multiple other countries and agencies, but not in a full-service adoption.

National Police Ammunition, founded in 2009, is focused on lead-free alternative ammunition, specially designed and developed for law enforcement use. In celebration of the nine-year milestone, Agazim is founding EALEO Charities-Erik Agazim Law Enforcement Officers Charities-to give back to the law enforcement community.

To start off this segment of TFB’s “Identify My Guns,” we would like to thank TFB reader Gary for offering up his aged, but loved Riverside Arms Co. 12 Gauge Single-Shot Shotgun (***spoiler alert***). We are slightly kidding about the spoiler alert. Gary is well aware of the manufacturer of his weathered shotgun, but he hoped we could provide more background information for the brand as well as some history. We aim to do just that.

When it comes to tactical apparel, there is one clothing company that comes to the front of everyone’s mind and that is 5.11 Tactical. You may own some of their clothing, heard of the brand or maybe you played with some of their clothing in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands Tactics. Now, 5.11 Tactical is bringing their tactical apparel even further into the gaming sphere.

In what should not be a shock to most anyone paying attention, iconic firearms manufacturer Remington announced a bankruptcy filing on Sunday, passing control to lenders – a move that will wipe away most of the companies debt. We hesitated in bringing you the story earlier since we have covered Remington’s financial troubles numerous times in just the last few months. However, ultimately the court filing in Delaware is a significant event that requires a notification to our readers,

Good evening everyone. Thanks for coming back to TFB’s Friday Night Lights Series. A common theme among first-time buyers of high-end night vision gear always seems to revolve around price. Specifically, why is everything so expensive? We touched on this briefly last year in my interview with Todd Huey of Lone Star Boars and what it really comes down to is the ‘economies of scale’. The primary focus of night vision manufacturers is supplying military and government customers with mission-ready gear. A side effect of this sales formula is that the supply for civilian customers is always limited. And since the market won’t support setting up expensive new manufacturing facilities, the limited amount of gear for sale to the general public will be reflected in the retail costs.

Financial giant Citibank announced today that the company would place restrictions on gun sales by their clients. Specifically, they will require businesses to limit gun sales only to individuals over the age of 21 and require a criminal background check. Currently federal law restricts the sale of rifles and shotguns by anyone under the age of 18 and handguns by anyone under the age of 21. In addition, businesses engaged in the sale of firearms are required to have buyers to complete an ATF 4473 Firearms Transaction Record that contains a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) questionnaire.