Lynden Museum Director Troy Luginbill holds a Korean War-era M1 carbine Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, on loan to the museum. The museum has decided to return the M1 carbine and 10 other loaned weapons to their owners to comply with Initiative 594, which bars loaning guns...

Go read this article... How many cliches about the .45 ACP can you shove into one song? YouTuber FX Hummel is about to show you. The post I’m a .45 Guy (The .45 ACP Song) appeared first on Bearing Arms. …read more

An would-be cop-killer wearing combat fatigues and carrying a semi-automatic rifle broke into an Indianapolis restaurant and intentionally triggered the burglar alarm, then set up an ambush for the police officers he was expecting to arrive to investigate. His plot...

Go read this article... Grey Ghost Precision (GGP) will soon be selling the company’s first rifles called the Specter Heavy and the Specter Light. The GGP Specter Heavy will be chambered in .308 Win and set up as a designated marksman rifle (DMR.) The Specter Light...

It’s not every day you see a gun as rare and historically significant as this for sale! Rock Island Auction is selling a British Pedersen rifle, an early American selfloader design and direct competitor to the early Garand. What’s more, Ian of Forgotten Weapons has...

Jake sent us two photos of his very first gun, a WASR 10/63, given to him by his father. He writes … This WASR 10/63 is my very first gun, received as a Christmas present from my father when I was 19. It’s gone through numerous changes since then. Currently it wears...

Go read this article... Allstar Tactical has a new compensator out now. The Hexcon1 is a hexagonal shaped compensator. It has three expansion chambers. The top of the compensator has three ports, one for each chamber. This helps reduce muzzle climb. They keep the...

I met Chris Cerino at the 2011 Bianchi Cup, just after the first season of the History Channel’s Top Shot TV series and as he was just starting his training company, Chris Cerino Training Group. He had an infectious, positive attitude and was a great shooter as well....

Small Arms Review has an excellent article on the little-known Robinson Machine Pistol, an Australian hand-held automatic weapon in 9mm. The Robinson uses a mechanism somewhat like the QX-04 handgun covered on this site in a previous article, but closer in some ways...

I’m going to say something that is probably going to get me laughed right out of the room. The Taurus Curve is a brilliant pistol design. For those of you who know me, I want to assure you that I’m not being the slightest bit glib or sarcastic. Many of my peers in the...

The gun prohibitionists of Michael Bloomberg’s Moms Demand Action have led a shrill social media bullying campaign against Kroger grocery stores recently, culminating in an ignored demonstration of just several dozen protesters outside a Kroger shareholder’s meeting...

Almost since the moment of their founding in 1981, Trijicon has been paving the way for quality any-light aiming systems. Their riflescopes and sights tend to perform well and offer good longevity, and along with their sales on the civilian market they sell to the...

The outdoor blog Hits and Misses has a great series of posts on remodeling a Brno Mauser (one that has already been partially sporterized, for the milsurp conservationists out there). Having “butchered” no less than three Mausers myself, I found the posts made for a...

In this Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014 photo, Steven King works behind the counter at at Metro Shooting Supplies, in Bridgeton, Mo. St. Louis County gun dealers like King are reporting a surge in sales and an increase in first-time buyers as fearful residents await a grand...

SIG Sauer has launched their “Take-A-Shot” contest, which gives you a chance to win one of twenty SIG P320 Carry pistols. Even better, though, is the fact that two of the winners will get a trip to SHOT Show 2015 in January to compete in SIG’s VIP Range Day. Range...

Go read this article... Tactical Fan Boy posted this up. Firequest has a 12 Ga round that is loaded with powder and confetti. This ammo is for theatrics and serious amusement! The shell is packed with powder and colored confetti. When shot, it will make a large circle...

Go read this article... Last year Ryan Cleckner shot a 1000yd target offhand with a Barret M107. Well Jerry Miculek has taken that shot a step further. He is using Hornady 750gr A-Max bullet over Cleckner’s 661gr FMJ. Jerry ups the challenge to shooting a 1000 yd...

Tyerre Allen, 25, was shot and killed attempting an Indianapolis pawn shop robbery today, months after being released from prison for a previous robbery. Tyerre Allen’s life of crime was ended permanently today, thanks to a good guy with a gun: It happened around 2:15...

The Texas legislature will debate at least three possible open carry bills when they convene in 2015, but the gun prohibitionists of Moms Demand Action say they will fight any attempts to bring the Lone State State in line with the majority states which recognize some...

The SIGTac SB15 pistol stabilizing brace has been a huge hit for Sig Sauer, everyone seems to be rocking the braces on their AR and AK pistols. Well did you know their gen 2 version is already out and at retailers? I saw the pictures of them floating around a while...

Over the past year or so, if I had wanted to, I would have made a good amount of coin on the back of Colt’s financial troubles. I have been hounded by US and Canadian financial analysts wanting to pay me to comment on Colt firearms. TFB keeps me busy and so I politely...

Go read this article... In this old video (dating back to at least 2009) an adult man and a teenage girl are shown shooting M1 Garand rifles. The gun stock is to large for the girl and she is standing in that terrible bent back stance and is rocked back on her heels...

Recently the author embarked on heavily modifying a Kimber Custom II Series 80 style 1911. In the process he ordered custom parts, some of which will be reviewed on TFB. Some of the parts he ordered were from proven companies such as Ed Brown and Wilson Combat. Other...

Jessica Hopper, 32, has been freed after an Oklahoma prosecutor and sheriff determined through their investigation that her decision to shoot her live-in boyfriend Felix “Hammer” Clayton Williams, 43, during a domestic dispute was a legitimate case of self-defense:...

Jessica Hopper, 32, has been freed after an Oklahoma prosecutor and sheriff determined through their investigation that her decision to shoot her live-in boyfriend Felix “Hammer” Clayton Williams, 43, during a domestic dispute was a legitimate case of self-defense:...

Strange Guns (formerly Rare, Antique & Beautiful Firearms) has a short overview of some of Colonel Lewis’s lesser known designs. For example, many people know that it was Hitler’s naming of the MP. 44 “Sturmgewehr” that brought the term “assault rifle” into the...

A woman, her shooting partner, and their cameraperson are lucky to be alive. Her M1 Garand detonated after she failed to check the barrel for an obstruction due to an apparent squib round, and she attempted to fire another shot. Both shooters are firing their Garands...

While most protest leaders call for calm and “militant non-violence” in order to force social change in what they view as a “evil system” in Ferguson, Missouri, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is concerned that radicals are hoping to exploit the chaos of...

Go read this article... Magnum Research announced the company is now offering stainless steel variants of the company’s Desert Eagle 1911G, 1911C and 1911U pistols. All models are a Series 70 configuration. 1911GSS Specs 5.05″ barrel 8.625″ OAL 36.z oz ships with two...

Go read this article... A buddy of mine sent me the following video (done by Forgotten Weapons) a couple of days ago of a WWII-era last ditch pistol supposedly built for the Schutzstaffel. “Supposedly” I say because there aren’t really any good records confirming it’s...

Go read this article... One of the weapons developed during the early days of small-caliber high velocity research was a double-barreled .22 caliber FAL. This was a follow-on project to the modified T48 (American FAL test rifle) used to test the .22 HV featured in our...

Go read this article... John Van Swearingen posted an interesting article over at American Gunfighters. He talks about honing the fundamentals of shooting. Turn back the clock to 2008 and Firearms Training became “sexy” as Swearingen puts it. After Magpul Dynamics...

Sierra Larga Deer Hunt by Dr. Jim Clary These are the Sierra Larga mountains of New Mexico. They could also be called the “bad lands,” as there ain’t much there except mesquite and scrub juniper. I spent three days in the Sierra Larga and saw nada, not a single deer....

Go read this article... YouTuber TheYankeeMarshal says that we should not react to the fear-based arguments of anti-gunners by making fear-based arguments ourselves. Why is it that sometimes pro-gun arguments stray away from using the facts and reason that are our...

Go read this article... Mr Revolverguy from the Day at the Range blog sent in this photo and wrote … My son’s Ruger 10/22 Takedown gets a new stock for Christmas. If it were up to me it would be an early Christmas gift but the wife said no way. No gunsmithing...

For those looking for more action than a real watermelon or soda can can provide, Daisy has released their oozing targets. Meant for BB rifles (convenient for Daisy), the targets are “reusable and long-lasting”.The slime is non-toxic, non-staining, and fully...

Go read this article... US Tactical Supply is offering the SUPCOV suppressor cover. The SUPCOV is a low-profile composite material cover that slips over a suppressor to mitigate mirage by more effectively combating heat build-up and dissipating it more effectively....

It appears that the grand jury decision into the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, may be imminent: “Gov. Jay Nixon today signed an executive order activating the Missouri National Guard to support law enforcement during any period of unrest that...

Maxim Popenker blogs about a modified Viet-Cong SVT-40 with some additional features: While it looks very close to the original SVT-40 carbine, of which only a few thousand were made, it’s more probable that the gun was cut down to size from a full-size rifle. It is,...

Here’s an interesting weapon from Chinese firearms designers (courtesy of Armory Exotic, an excellent blog) – at first it appears to be a pretty mundane-looking handgun, but a closer look reveals a pretty unique operating mechanism: The barrel is spiral-fluted in the...

A group of thugs in Hartford, Alabama must have been expecting an “easy score” when they set upon a married couple who was returning home from a night out on Friday. They fled in a panic after the husband countered with ballistic rhinoplasty from his legally-concealed...

Here’s an interesting weapon from Chinese firearms designers (courtesy of Armory Exotic, an excellent blog) – at first it appears to be a pretty mundane-looking handgun, but a closer look reveals a pretty unique operating mechanism: The barrel is spiral-fluted in the...

The U.K. Guardian is well know for having a distinctly statist editorial slant, and very much believes that the only problem with government is that there isn’t enough of it. Controlling people—doing what is “best” for them, whether the people want it or not—is their...

Retired Marine Dan Hanus runs operations for Bergara Custom Rifles. (Photo: Ken Perrotte) The Military Times has a nice profile article on Dan Hanus, the retired Marine Master Sergeant who was the Production Chief & Chief Instructor for the Marine Corps Precision...

We all know Beretta as the world’s oldest operating firearms manufacturer and, of course, the company that held the U.S. Army’s contracts until recently. They decided to streamline their Beretta 486, a 12-gauge side-by-side shotgun, and they partnered with Marc Newson...

The first four articles in this continuing series are: A Gun Ownership Primer: The Philosophy Of Gun Ownership A Gun Ownership Primer, Part 2: Does Evil Exist? A Gun Ownership Primer: Is Killing Morally Justified? Part 1 A Gun Ownership Primer: Is Killing Morally...

If you have a room that is reasonably secure and feel like a free-standing gun rack might enhance the ambiance of your man-cave, or you just want to have some firearms readily accessible, then a gun rack from Campbell Industrial Supply might be for you. Their website...

Go read this article... Some glorious individual decided to take a duffel bag full of improvised slam-fire shotguns (of legal length) to a local gun buyback which was offering $50 for each gun handed in. Unfortunately on this occasion the officer manning the table was...

Thompson Machine, a Florida-based suppressor manufacturer, posted a video of the Zephyr L in action. The Zephyr L is a 3.2 oz sound suppressor that uses a three piece design and is able to be disassembled for cleaning. In this video, the can is attached to a SIG SAUER...

Primary Arms, a company responsible from separating me from lots of my money, has a great deal for Californians who want to get an AR15 pistol before the Single Shot Exemption ban takes place next year. They’re selling complete Radical Firearms AR15 pistols in both...

Jerry Miculek can do things that we only thought possible in the realm of video games, including “quick-scoping” a target 1,000 yards away in just over 2 seconds. I am in awe. The post 1,000 Yard Quick-Scope Proves That Jerry Miculek Is A “Call Of Duty” Master...

Someone tell me what good purpose it serves when armed officers burst unannounced into a middle school classroom with weapons drawn, convincing hysterical and stunned students that they are about to be killed: Students, teachers and parents were taken by surprise...

Shooting the Beretta ARX100 Recently I covered a “walking” tour of the Beretta ARX100. This time, let’s take a look at how it runs when you give it some gas. Shooting with the “irons” Before doing anything, I shot it in its “factory new” condition. As we discussed in...

1911Junkie sent us this photo of his 1911 build. A really like the lines, the grip and the finish. A beautiful combination. He wrote … I thought I would send you a picture of my latest build (to be honest, the only one so far). I’m an amateur gunsmith, so far I built...

Go read this article... Dsonyay sent us a photo of his Glock 20 SF (10mm Auto) after its first trip to the range. A gun might look like every other gun of its type, but to its owner it is special. Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of The Day. The post...

WeaponsMan raises the question of how many guns are best to regularly train with – examining both “the man with one gun” and Burt Gummer extremes. His conclusion is that training is best done with one gun at a time, with the exception of advanced training, like...

Go read this article... Colt Defense, LLC is apparently having trouble paying off its loans. BusinessWeek reports: Colt Defense LLC is seeking capital to stave off an “expected default” next month as gunmakers suffer from lower defense spending and as consumers...

AK Operators Union, Local 47-74 somehow managed to get their mitts on a modified PKP Pecheneg, an improvement of the PKM general purpose machine gun. It sure looks like fun! The post PKP Pecheneg In The Snow! appeared first on Bearing Arms. …read more

The news out of Hartford is sad, but isn’t unexpected: Colt Defense LLC warned that it could default by the end of the year, as the privately owned company, which has suffered from declining demand for rifles and handguns, is likely to miss a payment to bondholders....

The always brilliant, often snarky Tamara Keel is trying to kill me this morning. She pointed towards the hyperbolic writing in a writer’s review of the new Springfield Armory XD Mod 2 this morning, which was mildly painful, but sadly common in product reviews. Then...

Steve sent us this photo of his Remington 870 Police Magnum. He writes … This is my Remington 870 Police Magnum. Since buying it new in 2012, I’ve added the Rem. 2-shot mag extension, Streamlight TLR-1 on Streamlight’s mag tube mount, a hi-vis delrin follower, jumbo...

This classic how-not-to-clear-a-squib photo has been doing the rounds recently, including notably being posted on Facebook by the legendary Jerry Miculek. The lesson here is that if you shoot a round and your round did not hit the target, and you think it should have,...

Go read this article... Just a quick reminder folks: please send us your gun photos so we can feature them on our Photo of the Day feature. We have had lots of great photos submitted but we always need more. Photos can be submitted here. The post Reminder: Send us...

Go read this article... Week 32. Nothing super exciting going on this week. Which is a good thing. Buy ammo. Go shoot… I’m going to be restocking some of my stores in the next few weeks so I’ll post how my experiences went (there was a discussion on last week’s...

As we’ve noted before, gun control is a historical favorite of governments, because gun control ensures that government has all the actual power over the people… who are no longer citizens, but subjects. The post Gun Control Works appeared first on Bearing Arms. …read...

One thing that Hollywood always gets wrong is the sound of a “silenced” firearm. They’ll take a centerfire rifle pistol, or shotgun, slap a “silencer” on the end of it, and when the actor pulls the trigger, the noise of the shot is little more than a muffled cough. Of...

This fascinating Youtube video appears to be a condensed edit of a longer documentary or promotional video about legendary gun maker Holland & Holland. It shows the guns being made, tested, sighted and regulated. Regulation refers to the barrel alignment process....

Go read this article... Professional competition shooter Amy Jane’s first video on her new Youtube channel is a tutorial on shooting long range with a pistol. I expect the former Marine’s channel will become very popular very quickly. The post Long range shooting with...

Go read this article... The HomeLESS is a nifty project that encompasses a number of open source software applications and open source hardware designs which facilitate dry fire practice at home using lasers. The interactive capabilities of the software is VERY...

Will sent us this photo of a rifle be built during the great AR-15 shortage of 2013. He wrote … I pieced this rifle together quite slowly during 2013 because of the scarcity of parts. It consists of: Noveske gen 2 forged lower with Vltor A5 receiver extension and...

During a previous Big 3 Media Event last year, one of the event host, retired Sergeant First Class Dillard “CJ” Johnson told us the story of how he racked up 121 confirm snipping kills during his second combat tour in Iraq. Being an optic guy, I was interested in what...

I recently received a letter from a reader on the subject of long-range shooting and ballistics. I’d recently done a blog entry on zeroing rifles, and the reader advised me of some factors I failed to mention in the story. It was apparent he was much better informed...

While we try to keep Bearing Arms focused narrowly on firearms-related matters, the simple fact is that life is messy, there are many times where firearms are just one component part of other, larger situations. The city of Berkeley, Missouri, sent out a warning to...

A woman with a concealed carry permit turned the tables on an armed robber in Milwaukee yesterday afternoon, sending him running for his life. A Milwaukee woman fought back against a would-be robber Thursday afternoon. When he pulled a gun, she pulled out hers and...

Go read this article... Tactical Concealment has released the BOOMSLANG weapon ghille foundation for tactical rifles. The kit is a combination of tailored base layers ready for ghillie material. The BOOMSLANG is available in three versions, each slightly differnet for...

Go read this article... GunLab has some excellent photos of the steps involved in making AR-18 upper and lower receivers. The first article shows the stages of stamping the lower, while the second shows the same for the upper. The AR-18 is a design intended to be mass...

In his lust for the White House, New York Governor Andrew Coumo rammed through the NY SAFE gun control law after Sandy Hook, desperate to be “first” among the 2016 Democrat Presidential hopefuls. Poorly written and executed, it has become a perfect metaphor for what a...

Are you an early adopter of the VP9, or think you might be? Not a big fan of the stock three-dot sights? Well, Trijicon is to the rescue, with night sights made for the new HK wunderstreikendezündungwaffe. From the press release: Wixom, MI -Trijicon, Inc., global...

I had the opportunity recently to attend a demonstration of a new ammunition brand coming on the market, which is dedicated to maximum accuracy and consistency. It’s called Eagle Eye, and I came away pretty impressed… A Different Philosophy Eagle Eye Ammunition wasn’t...

HiViz, known for their fiber optic sight offerings is expanding into Tritium-powered sights, the NITESIGHTS. The latest addition claims to be use high-grade sapphire lenses for “quicker sight acquisition” While the press release indicates that models for the Glock are...

Rifle Dynamics has a solid reputation as one a handful of top-tier AK builders in the world, and the AK-74 that the guys from the AK Operators Union, Local 47-74 is a perfect example of that. Though blown up with two pounds of Tannerite, dragged, and dropped to the...

One of the more common self-defense myths is that once you buy a firearm, just about any ammunition in a chosen caliber will do. A Marine veteran named Dan Reynolds—I’m guessing not an infantryman—was armed with a 12-gauge shotgun when a home invader tried to come...

Go read this article... We blogged about Brazilian gun manufacturer Taurus’s recall of almost one hundred thousand pistols a year ago, but apparently the problems with Taurus weapons have not stopped since nor are they limited only to the 24/7 DS model then recalled....

Go read this article... A school in Massachusetts tested a gunshot detection system by Shooter Detection Systems. Here is the article. The system works by installing smoke alarm sized devices in rooms and hallways. It picks up the report of a gunshot and muzzle flash...

[This is an article from my monthly Bearing Arms column in Townhall Magazine] I thought I was a decent shot with a pistol. That was before I spent a week at the world famous Gunsite Academy in the high desert outside Paulden, Arizona in mid-August. After five days and...

Go read this article... Springfield Armory has partnered with TFB to give you the opportunity to win their brand new XD-9 Mod.2 with “GripZone” that features a more ergonomic grip with a slim 1.2” frame. Read more about their new gun here and enter to win below! Bonus...

Go read this article... Great Lakes Tactical (GLT) is now selling a muzzle brake for .223 caliber rifles. GLT states the brake also acts as a flash suppressor. The brakes are machined from 17-4 stainless steel and Melonite coated. I received a sample brake from GLT...

Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda is exploiting grieving families for the purposes of gun confiscation. New York’s anti-gun insanity is getting even more paranoid and inappropriate, with the Buffalo Police now scanning the obituaries and looking for an...

French military blogs are reporting that General Paul Tellié, the lead engineer of the FAMAS assault rifle, has passed away. The General began working on what would become the FAMAS in the late 1960s. It would take more than a decade before the French military finally...

A man was shot in this parking lot in front of a south Fulton County Kroger during an armed robbery. Gun prohibitionist cult Moms Demand Action is attempting to bully the chain into banning the legal carry of firearms allowed by local, state, and federal laws. The...

Got a concealed carry gun? Or maybe you’re just thinking about getting one? No worries, either way, here are some holster options to consider… For sake of consistency, let’s say you have a Beretta Nano. Here are 10 carry options and why I think they’re ideal. Also...

An Ohio mother didn’t limply “demand action” when a pair of thugs opened fired on her 13-year-old son, wounding him in both feet. Instead, she pulled her own legally concealed weapon and opened fire, forcing them to flee for their lives: A mother and her 13-year-old...

Go read this article... An article on Fox News talks about a majority of the agencies service M4s recalled for maintenance issues . Apparently a good 40 percent or 2,000 of their weapons are being taken back for rear echelon maintenance and some officers are weary of...

Go read this article... .22Plinkster talks about the 4 scenarios that could cause a misfire in a rimfire gun. This first three reasons are pretty straightforward. A bad firing pin due to dry firing, Ammunition quality, and ammo longevity. The fourth reason is rather...

Go read this article... Ok this would irritate anyone. A Polish Soldier shows the quickest way to irritate his team member, who happens to be a sniper. The post How To Irritate A Polish Sniper appeared first on The Firearm Blog. …read more

Go read this article... Here is another demonstration of a bullet proof Mercedes by Texas Armoring Corporation. Earlier I had posted another Mercedes Benz being tested for its bullet proof qualities and someone got inside the vehicle while it was fired upon. Well TAC...

Go read this article... You may have noticed all the ads around the web about Springfield Armory’s latest offering coming soon: We worked with Springfield Armory to bring it to you first so here it is; Springfield Armory has introduced a new version of the XD-9...

Instagram-famous playboy, trust fund recipient, and gambler Dan Bilzarian is known for having an absurdly high-profile lifestyle. This is just an extension of it. The post Dan Bilzerian .50 cal vs Rolex appeared first on Bearing Arms. …read more

Why the long face, Kamala? We have great news on the concealed carry front out of California this afternoon as the U.S. Court of Appeals shot down Attorney General Kamala Harris’s attempt to rehear (and overturn) Peruta V. San Diego County. Peruta struck down the...

The Rev. James Manship, left, co-chairman of CONECT, speaks at a press conference announcing a joint effort with Do Not Stand Idly By to leverage the purchasing power of state and local governments to pressure gun manufacturers to adopt gun safety technology, Monday...