Out here getting a break from the rain and gloom of Seattle in sunny and warm Phoenix, AZ for another TAC-CON event this week. This time they are releasing two new products, and making some other announcements. The big news for a lot of people will be the release of...

Quake Industries has released the Stack-A-Rest, a four-piece stack-able rest system for shooters. Weighing in at only 10 ounces, the rest system is designed to be easily carrier in a variety of situations interestingly, they rest system is designed to be used in...

Kyle Lamb gives his opinion in “Glock versus M&P” debate, and he makes the case that the M&P is an all-around better handgun. I’m amused that he’s describing the color of the gun with his company’s logo on it as “cat crap brown.” I’m sure that someone is going...

Go read this article... American Tactical Imports (ATI) was showing a pair of new shotguns at the recent NASGW show in Little Rock, Arkansas. The new Alpha shotguns are semi-auto guns that use an inertia recoil system. Two models will be offered initially. The Sport...

Go read this article... A few companies have been showcasing their firearms with this compact carbine stock. Troy has their M7A1. LWRC has their PDW Well this stock is actually made by a Canadian company called North Eastern Arms. My FFL got one in and I got to play...

Go read this article... Griff sent us this nifty photo of him shooting 350 yard targets his Springfield M1A Socom 16″ with a Aimpoint PRO mounted atop. He is on his cousins farm in Lancaster, OH. The post POTD: M1A On The Farm appeared first on The Firearm Blog. …read...

In the past month or so, there have been some bantering about the legitimacy of indexing your temple while using a pistol. Earlier we posted about one training group’s technique of indexing your cheek. Aaron Cowen, over at Moderno, explains the specific use and...

Go read this article... There is horrible news out of New Mexico today. Two sheriff’s deputies who stopped to spend the night at a Las Cruces hotel after transporting a prisoner to Arizona got into a dispute that resulted in the unnamed 27-year-old deputy apparently...

Go read this article... MilArt blog has an excellent piece on experimental Canadian small arms. Included are very high resolution photos of the SAL SLR, the late war/post-war Canadian selfloading rifle effort. Be sure to follow the link and read the whole thing....

Milton Hall was a homeless, mentally ill man who sometimes became belligerent when he was off the medication he took to help control his emotions. In 2012, Hall, armed with a knife, squared off against a number of Saginaw, Michigan police. Hall refused to drop the...

We’re getting the details of a SWATting incident that occurred in Fairfax, Virginia on October 15. SWATting is a dangerous and illegal practice of calling the police and claiming that a person is actively committing a violent crime with a weapon. The goal is to...

Go read this article... The Tactical Night Vision Company (TNVC) has released their new LDI-DBAL light and laser system. The system is categorized as a “Class 1″ laser, meaning it is legal for civilians to own. The DBAL comes with a plethora or outputs: The Dual Beam...

Crossman airguns have released the Armada PCP air rifle with a special edition Multicam edition currently being auctioned on GunBroker ending November 2nd benefiting the Navy Seal foundation. Other sponsors of the air rifle include Zeiss, Surefire, Tarjac, and MagPul....

When we left David Marshall Williams and his tappet gas mechanism, Winchester had decided to entrust design of their entry into the US Carbine trials to a team headed by William C. Roemer and Fred Humeston, with Williams sidelined into developing his own alternative...

On October 16th, MagPul filed a claim against Elite Tactical Systems for patent infringement in the Colorado District Federal Court.. The claim alleges that Elite Tactical Systems has infringed on three MagPul patents, 8,069,601, 8,635,796, and 8,839,543. The initial...

The Department of the Army’s Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command has just issued a directive to small arms armorers to deface Biblical scripture references that are part of the product description of several models of the Trijicon Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight...

In a crowded AR-15 market, especially in a contracting market, manufacturers have to find their niche and set themselves apart. Hailing from Madera, California Houlding Precision is a AR-15 manufacturer offering unique billet AR receiver sets and complete rifles....

Thanks to Dave for sending in this photo of his nifty Short Barrel Rifles. Their specs are … AR: 11.5″ barreled, Noveske NSR, ACE SOCOM stock, Lancer L5AWM, Gemtech Halo, EOtech, Surefire X300 in rhino config, DD sights, Ares Armor Huskey sling SCAR: 10.5″ barrel,...

The North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh, NC (image via Wikipedia) Two men leaving the North Carolina State Fair were robbed at gunpoint last night as they left the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh, NC. Police say the victims were walking to their vehicles after...

Go read this article... Siam was unique in South East Asia for its avoidance of Western colonization. Its sovereignty was guaranteed by politically deft royals and a Japanese-modeled system of aggressive modernization. At the turn of the century, Siam sought to rearm...

Thanks to reader Jay for sending a link to this video: A company, Creative Digital, in collaboration with Michael’s Machines, has developed a solenoid actuated trigger controlled by a microprocessor for around $200. The concept is really interesting. My initial...

You don’t join a gang because you are intelligent and have career options in life. You join a gang because you’re an idiot who can’t grasp that “thug life” is only going to lead you to an early grave, or to a government-mandated dating program where a larger, strong...

Red Jacket Firearms grew from a boutique manufacturer to a national brand nearly overnight due to reality television, and may return to near obscurity for the same reasons. (Image via The Red Jacket web site). Like most of America, I’d never heard of Red Jacket...

Go read this article... The Military Arms Chanel is reporting that IWI US will begin importing a Galil Ace rifle and Galil Ace pistol into the United States starting in 2015. The guns will be chambered in 7.62

Go read this article... Who doesn’t love watching things in slow motion? Larry Vickers went to Ft. Bragg to hang with the Green Berets. Here is a montage of the heavy weapons they had on hand. The post Heavy Weapons Moving In Slow Motion appeared first on The Firearm...

Sandia Labs worked with the military to develop a different method to change focal length of a scope. They used the human eye for inspiration. They call it Rapid Adaptive Zoom for Assault Rifles. According to Popular Science: RAZAR does this using minimal energy, with...

Go read this article... Ares Armor is updating their Polymer 80% AR15 Lower Receivers so they are offering closeout pricing on the existing models. For $50. Which is over %50 off. I have no experience with Polymer lowers and don’t know about their durability or...

Last week’s installment of this series asked a fundamental question: Do human beings have an unalienable right to self- defense? There is no question the founding fathers of our constitutional, representative republic believed they do, and they acknowledged that right...

Go read this article... S&S Precision has designed a pair of jeans with some interesting features. They are called 757’s performance denim. Strategically located hidden pockets – front internal pocket for stowing clip type knife out of view or keeping smart phone...

Go read this article... MadKaw69 sent us a photo of his “dissy” (Bushmaster Dissipator: shorter barrel, longer sight radius). It features a heavy stainless steel barrel, M16A1 furniture and a A2 upper receiver. Thanks MadKaw69. Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s...

Go read this article... That was yesterday, which also made it a perfect day to finish setting up the “bones” of my .22 “challenge course.” My goal was to build a course that would help me get ready for rugged African hunting, and I modeled it strongly on last year’s...

Go read this article... Julian wrote … Noticed some Desert Eagle loving from TFB lately so figured if I could one of mine thrown in the mix. Desert Eagle XIX w/ 44mag and 50ae braked barrels. Ultradot Matchdot II w/ Vortex Optics mounts from my AR-15. Just “barely”...

KAK Industry just notified us that they got a restock of the Sig SB-15 Arm Braces. This is awesome because now they have their Super Sig SB-15 Package Deals back in-stock. The Super Sig SB-15 package deal comes with the KAK Super Sig Tube, Sig SB-15 Arm Brace, LOP...

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Go read this article... Here’s something you don’t see everyday. Crowdfunding for Second Amendment businesses over at indiegogo. Who bill themselves as “The world’s funding engine.” Nice to see a budding ammunition manufacturer with a veteran at the helm. It’s Second...

Eric from Solid Concepts, who developed the first 3D printed metal gun, printed this 1911 chambered in 10mm Auto. Its probably not everyone’s taste, but I really like the aggressive styling of the frame and slide. I also like how Eric printed an extract from the...

Go read this article... For many American shooters, the Israeli Galil rifle is something of an icon. It was originally manufactured and exported by Israel Military Industries (IMI) in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Around 1993 the rifle stopped coming into the...

14NEWS, the Tri-State’s News I can almost guarantee that this story will not be picked up by any major news outlets. After all, it involves a gun being used by a teenager to stop a criminal and save his own life. No shots were fired, and it doesn’t fit the narrative...

Stephanie Hayden-Ford and her husband Kristafor Ford Have been arrested on child abuse charges. You’ve got to be kidding me. Two former stars of the now canceled “Sons of Guns” reality show were arrested and booked on child abuse charges, according the Livingston...

Law enforcement officers conduct a room-by-room search to clear Marysville-Pilchuck High School after a shooting in the Cafeteria left two students dead and others critically injured. A freshman male student* walked into the cafeteria of Marysville-Pilchuck High...

Go read this article... Tired of listening to Progressives tell you that the Second Amendment only allows people in militias to keep and bear arms? Or that the Founders would have never intended the Second Amendment to apply to modern weapons? In his latest FIREWALL...

Week 29. I hope you didn’t miss the break last week too much. I was out of pocket, enjoying Lake Bridgeport in Texas, without internet. It doesn’t look like the prices of ammo collapsed or skyrocketed in my absence. I did find some .22LR for $0.07/rd, but when I went...

Go read this article... I really like this photo Kevin sent us of his M1 Garand. Kevin writes … M1 Garand at 1000 yards on a perfect winter day. The old battle rifle still shoots just as true as the day it left the factory. Needed a spotting scope to set windage, and...

Go read this article... While most of the stories we run on this site involve law abiding gun owners defending themselves against threats of the 2 legged variety, occasionally we have to run a story about a four legged threat. In this case, a Florida homeowner had to...

Go read this article... We had heard through the grapevine that Wilson Combat was going to be releasing their .308 rifle soon and were thinking it would be in a few weeks. I guess it was a lot closer to being released then I realized because they sent out the...

A would be home invader in Ohio probably thought he had the worst luck in the world when he encountered not one, but two armed homeowners in two different break-ins a few hours apart. According to 14News: Brian Hiner says Michael Roberts, 26, broke into his home...

While .22LR is certainly not the ideal caliber for self defense, we’ve certainly documented quite a few stories of it getting the job done here at Guns Save Lives. It looks like it did it again this week in Birmingham, Alabama. According to AL.com, The resident,...

Go read this article... I come down on the side of the AR-15 rig they show for a “house gun,” but to each his own! The post Top 5 Guns For a Bump in the Night appeared first on Bearing Arms. …read more

Matthew Halleck, a Minnesota concealed carry permit holder, was outed publicly by a concerned parent of the elementary school he takes his children too. (Photo: KAAL-TV) Details are still unfolding in the shooting at a Washington school today, and our thoughts and...

Go read this article... Two nights ago this buck showed up on the farm I’m going to hunt in western Illinois next month. He was up and moving late at night, checking a scrape that was made by a younger buck at the edge of an ag field. Whitetail Properties land...

MGI’s .50 Beowulf Hydra has now become available for purchase. From the press release: Old Town, Maine (October 2014) MG Industries, manufacturer of the modular MARCK-15 AR “Hydra” platform, are pleased to announce the availability of the Hydra Modular weapon system...

Built specifically with recoil reduction in mind, the Walther CCP is an excellent option for new shooters and female shooters, as well as experienced shooters looking for an everyday carry gun. relatedFirst Look: Walther CCPWalther Arms is combining the styling and...

There was an active shooter situation reported At Marysville-Pilchuck High School In Marysville, Washington this morning at approximately 10:45 AM Pacific time. KIRO7 is providing a constantly updated print report here. KIRO7 is providing a live video/audio report...

What is it? Earlier this week I toured a number of companies in the Portland, Oregon area and had the pleasure of seeing just how many cool and interesting products are made. Here’s a photo I snapped at one company. Got any idea what it is? I’ll tell ya. It’s a...

Go read this article... German firearms manufacturer Blaser has announced a new over/under shotgun, the F3 Vantage. From the press release: New Hybrid Design for Maximum Performance The “F3 Vantage” embodies the Blaser design philosophy to deliver a premium sporting...

Gun blogger Chia emailed us a photo of an AR-15 he lends to new shooters. Chia writes … This is the rifle most often run at the range/loan to students: Colt 6920, with Troy Rail MRF Rail, Magpul MS3 sling, Magpul ASAP Plate, Troy BUIS, Magpul AFG2 Angled Foregrip,...

MGI, makers of the modular AR-15-based Hydra rifle, has now made available a pistol version in 9mm. From the press release: MGI’s MARCK-15 Hydra Vipera SMG 9mm Pistol Now Available and Shipping Old Town, Maine (October 2014) – MG Industries, manufacturer of the...

From bracelets and bootlaces, to gun slings and zipper pulls, parachute cord, also known as 550 paracord, has taken many forms and been a favorite of military professionals, preppers, and outdoor enthusiasts for years. It’s strong, lightweight, and suits a diverse...

Go read this article... Looking for a deal on some super high quality ammo? Gorilla Ammunition is holding a 25% off sale on all factory new ammunition. Includes .223, 300BLK and .308 ammo. This sales is good through Sunday 10/26/14. You definitely don’t want to miss...

Go read this article... At the recent NASGW show, LaserMax had a number of new products they were showing to distributors. One of the new items that they were allowed to share with the media was the green laser guide rod the company is now selling for the Beretta 92...

Meet Cole and Buddy Eastman of Hiram, Maine. We selected this father-son duo as the winning team for Outdoor Life’s 2014 Grand Slam New Mexico elk hunt. We received 1,935 entries, and 12-year-old Cole’s essay stood out to us as the most enthusiastic and genuine...

The watch dog group, Judicial Watch, has for the first time, obtained a complete list of all documents that President Obama has claimed “executive privilege” on in regards to the ATF and DOJ gun running operation know as “Fast and Furious”. The list of documents, keep...

It was a day of unexpected surprise for Capt. Billy Miller and crew, but the grand event can be traced back to a methodically calculated tactic. In a word: duster. More on that in a moment. Miller, his father Capt. Bill Miller, first mate Jason Beyer and guest angler...

Two rookie NYPD officers overcame their training to successfully draw their weapons and fatally shoot an axe-wielding man who attacked a quartet of officers in broad daylight yesterday afternoon. The attack occurred at about 2 p.m. while the officers were standing...

Photo by Jonathon Kambouris The edges of darkness can be a hunter’s best friend and most formidable enemy—sometimes simultaneously. I knew the giant buck was hit hard. But was he down? As the last of the day’s light slowly faded, I shivered from both the cold and the...

Go read this article... Shannon Watts doesn’t want citizens to be able to defend their children from criminals. Forbes reporter Clare O’Connor says that gun prohibitionist Shannon Watts and a small number of her followers from the citizen control group Moms Demand...

Note in ascending order the wad, shot cloud and short-lived clay. The Clemson squad has taken to naming each other’s shotguns. This new 692 Sporting is “Leonidas.” a 682 Gold on the same squad is “Maximus Decimus Meridius” What do you get when you combine 133 college...

The lionfish invasion stretches from Florida to the Carolinas–so far. Photo from Shutterstock. They are both beauty and beast, and they have added “major nuisance” to their résumé. Hailing from the Indo-Pacific and Red Sea region, lionfish (Pterois volitans) have...

Ben pointed this out to me from my match video from Sunday’s Fun Match. You’ll notice that the pistol is just beginning to clear the holster, and I’m all leaned over, shoulders crooked, etc. I suited up with my belt, holster, and pistol last night and spent some time...

MagLula (which stands for Magazine Loader & Un-loader), has put up initial details of the forthcoming Maglula Range Benchloader. Different from previous releases, the Range Benchloader is designed to work with ALL .223/5.56 systems, whereas legacy systems have...

Go read this article... Last year we reported that Mossberg will be selling their shotguns in Kyptek Camo. I finally saw one in the wild, so to speak. My local gun shop got at Mossberg 930 in Krytpek Yeti. It stands out amongst the other shotguns. I had the store...

Go read this article... I regularly get emails from people asking me to tell them how to do something illegal. Often these people phrase the questions they ask in such a way as to trick me into telling them how to break the law. Today someone told me his friends and...

Patriot Ordnance Factory (POF-USA) have just announced a new bolt action AR-15 platform called the ReVolt, which they humorously say is legal in all 13 original Colonies. The rear charging handle is replaced with an easy to operate ambidextrous straight-pull bolt. To...

Go read this article... Battlecomp has released the long-awaited suppressor compatible 51.0 Battlecomp compensator. Their latest iteration includes thread and ratchet cuts for 51T AAC-style suppressors, making it immediately compatible with AAC and SilencerCo can. The...

As I travel along at 150mph on a train from Rome to Florence, I look around and wonder if one of the people sitting close to me is offended by me. No, I’m not grotesque and I don’t smell. At least not by European standards. In fact I smell pretty good compared to most...

Go read this article... What’s this? A little bit of common sense from a public school district on the issue of gun rights?! It certainly appears that way. A school in Nebraska has recently ruled that high school photos may include guns in senior portraits as long as...

Rockwell Tactical Group (of Circle the Wagons fame) is planning a return trip to Colorado Springs, Colorado the weekend of December 6-7, 2014. The purpose this time is to give us an extended look at training we’ve had a small taste of at Circle the Wagons in 2013 and...

Photo by Jonathon Kambouris The edges of darkness can be a hunter’s best friend and most formidable enemy—sometimes simultaneously. I knew the giant buck was hit hard. But was he down? As the last of the day’s light slowly faded, I shivered from both the cold and the...

He bounded off about 20 yards, stopped, and looked over his shoulder at me. The buck was 6.5 years old, had 160 inches of antler on his head, and the biggest body I’d ever seen on a whitetail in person. We stared each other down for a moment, and then he bounded off...

At the gun store: “Hey, y’all have any Gen4 Glock 19s in stock?” “Yeah” “Cool, give me the paperwork.” “Uhhh, don’t you want to see it?” “Nah, it’s a Glock.” “…I love customers like you.” The post Buying Glocks is Fun appeared first on Triangle Tactical – Podcast and...

Noted pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht spoke at a press conference today about his initial findings from the autopsy of Vonderritt Myers, the St. Louis teenager who reportedly fired multiple times at a pursuing cop with a stolen 9mm Smith & Wesson Sigma pistol....

Go read this article... For Throwback Thursday I wanted to share with you items that were given out or sold by KRISS back when it was KRISS TDI. Some of these are a little more recent when they switched to KRISS ARMS and dropped TDI as part of their name. The oldest...

Photo by Lee Thomas Kjos The Argentine sun gently bathes the wetland in soft, orange light, revealing quality waterfowl habitat in all directions, most of it full of birds: several thousand rosybill pochard, five species of colorful teal, white-cheeked and...

Go read this article... Chris Cheng talks about why it’s so important to stand up for yourself and your right to own firearms. The post “White-Collar Gun Shaming.” Standing Up To Anti-Gunners In the Workplace appeared first on Bearing Arms. …read more

As in all of my Small Caliber Book Reviews, I will be covering the book’s area of relevance, its strengths and weaknesses, and whether it is more introductory or advanced. Shoot To Win is the first book by Top Shot Winner and TFB Writer Chris Cheng, and is intended as...

Go ahead, do your worst. These shotguns are made for hard use and wily birds. No matter the quarry, these semi-autos won’t quit. My style of bird hunting is not gentlemanly. I scramble up piney mountain slopes for grouse, bust sheet ice in sloughs for ducks, and stomp...

Continuing with their American Revolution in innovation, Patriot Ordnance Factory (POF-USA) introduces the ReVolt bolt-action rifle. While it may not look like a traditional bolt-action rifle, that’s because it’s not your grandfather’s bolt gun. The ReVolt’s...

Controversy and gun handling techniques go hand in hand. Any time there is a new technique introduced or an unorthodox technique gets widespread exposure (no matter how long it has been in use), there will be all manner of instructors, shooters and spectators chiming...

Like most of America, I enjoy going to the movies for a break from reality. Like most of us, I enjoy a good action movie. As a cop, who is well aware of the gritty reality faced by a large number of Americans who are woefully under-protected by their overburdened...

Go read this article... The Truth About Guns was the first to report on the story about the town of Waterville, New York was asking applicants for pistol permits for some disturbing information – their Facebook username and password. We held off on running the story...

A trio of serial home invaders met their match in a 67-year-old Lumberton, North Carolina grandfather who shot them all when they attempted to rape is 19-year-old granddaughter. The incident started around 10 pm at a house on Yedda Road in Lumberton on Monday night...

Go read this article... Natalie Foster’s part two of her Ammunition 101 Series takes us on a tour of Hornady to show us how cartridges are made from beginning to end. For the beginner shooter she tells us how to shop for your ammo in a sea of shelves at the firearm...

Nathan at Aimed Research, who specialize in ultra-high speed gun photography services and equipment rental (I did not know this was even a thing … I have lots of ideas for posts with this kind of equipment), sent us this photo of a .243 bullet. Nathan wrote … This...

Continuing with the TFB coverage of Meopta products. In my opinion, Meopta produces some of the finest spotting scopes on the market with a great price-to-performance ratio. The Meopta products are premium Euro optics without the usual German-Austrian sticker shock....

Mossberg sent out the following to select media this week, and they are making an announcement in January on Monday at SHOT Show in Las Vegas. All it has to say is “Five Launches, One Big Event – The Big 5.” Naturally, TFB will be there to cover the announcement....

My Savage Mark II FVSR .22 rifle has been waiting a fortnight or two for the arrival of my Silencerco/SWR Spectre II rimfire sound suppressor to clear the NFA Form 4 paperwork and land in the HoG test lab. The day came a bit earlier than expected with two of my Form...

The Canadian Parliament building, where a lone wolf terrorist was killed yesterday after murdering a soldier. There are roughly 800,000 law enforcement personnel in the United States of America, a republic of 319 million (known, legal) souls. Only a small fraction of...

Go read this article... ArmaLite was showing a whole new line of pistols along with a complete make-over of the AR-10 and M-15 lines of rifles at the 2014 NASGW Expo last week. One of those new guns is a AR-style pistol chambered for the .308 Win cartridge. The pistol...

Go read this article... I almost zipped right past the photo. I was in a rhythm, ripping through the trailcam images on the freshly-pulled SD card, feeling a bit sorry for myself as photo after photo of the same doe group flashed by on the screen. And there it was: A...

Go read this article... A while back when I was into hunting shows I remember seeing some fellas from a predator hunting troop stop by the Nightforce Optics shop and walk through the process of building one of their rifle scopes. The build ended with a quality control...