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...

What do you get when you combine 133 college students, from seven colleges with over a quarter of a million dollars worth of competition shotguns? You get boatloads of clay dust and a lot of smiles. Also see: The Rookie’s Introduction to Clay Shooting I just returned...

Expected to be ready for the 2015 SHOT Show, the prototype of the American Tactical Imports (ATI) Double Trouble was on display at the recent NASGW show in Little Rock, Arkansas. The gun is an over/under shotgun with a polymer pistol grip stock and fore arm. Due to...

A Navy office at the Pentagon secretly ordered 349 suppressors made without serial numbers, according to an investigation begun almost two years ago, reports the Washington Post: The mysterious workings of a Pentagon office that oversees clandestine operations are...

Kimberly Edson, passive-aggressive collectivist and future Rochester, MN crime victim. At a very fundamental level, individualists and collectivists see the world in a very different way. Individuals look at a problem or issue and think, “what can I do about it?”...

Go read this article... Re-loaders out there, take note, IMG powders has released a new line of powers for rifle. Notable is the built-in anti-copper fouling compound and insensitivity to temperature (ie more consistent velocities). intermediate caliber guys may be...

Go read this article... Jerry Miculek posted this picture on his facebook page. It is a TKB-022PM. It boggles my mind how the round is chambered and fired. There doesn’t seem to be any room behind the magazine for anything mechanical to operate. According to...

Lots of big bucks and bulls trot off before a hunter can even squeeze off a shot. Preventing this is an easy fix, and it has to do with improving your target acquisition. Here’s a simple practice technique that will help you put more game on the ground....

Tara Wade says that her stepson Calvin Yoder was, “a good kid, loving, caring, very laid back,” despite his long criminal history and the fact that he was killed after breaking into another man’s home and opening fire on him. You knew that there had to be a family...

Go read this article... The sport of benchrest shooting, wherein there are no shooting positions but the rifles are firmly supported by some type of media has become quite popular in the past few decades. It truly is wringing out the most in rifle accuracy between 100...

Go read this article... S.T.A. Training Group walks Lil Red thru the fundamentals of a tactical reload using an AK style weapon. The twist comes in when he hits the mag release with the fresh magazine. He bases this on the possibility of inducing a malfunction when...

Go read this article... This is the nicest Mosin rifle I have ever seen. Duo Z writes …. I built this rifle for my fathers birthday. It started out as an OK condition Mosin Nagant M44. First the bolt lugs were lapped and the muzzle was re-crowned for added accuracy....

The German governments refusal to issue export permits has been putting a strain on Heckler & Koch’s finances. According to a report from Moody’s Investor Services, last week the German government approved exports to Middle Eastern and other non-NATO countries. An...

Reed Hansen of Groveland, Florida is a world champion wakeskater. When he began training, he was in need of a nearby place to practice and have fun. Working with his father Andy, Reed built a wakeskating pond known as Battle Falls in his own backyard. Watch Reed give...

How’s this for a year of accomplishments? In 2014 Justin Mooney, of Dixon, Kentucky, has taken first place in an Archery Shooters Association state tournament, finished in the top 10 at a national ASA tournament, and celebrated the birth of his first child. Then he...

Stockpiling ammo? ATF focused more on regulations, not violent crime “You can’t blame immigrants for gun violence” Dramatic footage of Colorado deputy drawing firearm while riding motorcycle… - Only cops should do stuff that only happens in the movies. Firearm...

On Concealed Carry Purses… Goose/Gander… Blackout Handloads The 1.6% lie… Have a Drone? Check This Map Before You Fly It Sig Sauer Headquarters And Factory Tour Michael Bane: First Impressions Gemini Custom GP-100… Tips for traveling with firearms Crime-ridden U.S....

Pretty pictures and pretty terrible bass fishing: That’s the deal with a common fall occurrence with a pleasant name belying a profoundly unpleasant truth. “Bluebird” days, which occur after a cold front passes, take their name from the ultra-clear blue skies and...

A few weeks ago I got a care package in the mail from Strike Industries. They had a bunch of fun stuff in there. There were a number of dust covers, a magazine pull/extender, a weird little key chain tool, a charging handle and their new Cookie Cutter muzzle brake. In...

We’re almost done with the “October Lull,” the term used to describe a few weeks in mid-October when bucks break their summer patterns, but haven’t started rutting yet. During this time, it’s pretty common for the bucks you’ve been watching all summer to seemingly...

Between 30-50 rounds were fired inside the Canadian Parliament today, which is one of three shooting scenes within a relatively small area in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A gunman has been killed within the Parliament building, and a soldier standing guard at the National...

Pandemics are nothing new. Outbreaks of deadly diseases have occurred throughout recorded history, and certainly before that as well. The Spanish Influenza of 1918 killed somewhere between 40 and 100 million people worldwide. Worse still, the Black Plague reached...

The Canadian Parliament building was the scene of an armed attack today in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada which left a soldier shot and a suspect killed by the sergeant-at-arms: Prime Minister Stephen Harper was with Julian Fantino in a caucus meeting when gunfire erupted at...

We first blogged about Canada replacing the Lee-Enfield rifle, used by the Rangers, a reserve unit that patrols the far north, back in 2011. It seems the Canadian Army is still talking about replacing the aging rifles but not doing a whole lot of actual replacing....

Almost all modern SWAT.ERT units use AR-15-based carbines, having determined long ago that 9mm submachine guns are inferior in almost every measurable way. Here, SWAT units hunt for one of the Tsarneav brothers responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing. All are...

It appears that the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” chant of the local protestors, outside agitators, and violent rioters that have plagued Ferguson, Missouri, since early August is based on fiction, according to experts who have reviewed Michael Brown’s official autopsy. The...

Georgians have something to celebrate this year as their Governor, Nathan Deal, signed House Bill 60 (HB60) into law which legalized the use of suppressors for hunting in certain circumstances. Daniel Defense invited Gov. Deal to their factory to thank him, and the...

Go read this article... We have seen excessive amounts of binary explosive used for entertainment and destructive purposes. Like the barn video. There was also Funker Tactical’s youtube record breaking 300lbs of binary explosive. So I found it rather impressive how...

Go read this article... Steyr Arms announced they are now shipping the M1 version of the company’s AUG A3 rifle. The M1 can be configured from the factory with a number of rail and optics options. A green stock is also optional. Specifications: 5.56 NATO 30-rd polymer...

Marlin has been making lever-action rifles since 1881, and in their early years the Model 1895 was a standout. Although the original M1895 was, indeed, created in the year of its name, the modern M1895 is actually based on the receiver of their Model 336 – made in...

Go read this article... According to a very active user at the HK Pro forums, H&K has been sold … I heard a little rumor this week at NASGW. Was confirmed by two different people. HK USA is being sold and will have a new owner. Bad news: HK MR762 SD is on hold. HK...

Missouri state senator Jamilah Nasheed–a supporter of gun control–was arrested in Ferguson, Missouri last night while carrying a concealed weapon. She appeared to be intoxicated, and refused to take a breathalyzer test. Missouri state senator Jamilah Nasheed is a...

“If it’s not hailing, you’re not training.” FX Hummel and his wife review the Sig Sauer P320 in this video, using an interesting variety of “tests,” ranging from pushing or pulling the shooter before he engages the target, shooting while dumping water over his face...

Go read this article... Check out this hack job used by a rebel fighter against ISIS in Syria. He probably picked it up over on GunBroker. Proper cheeck weld, what’s that? Over a hundred years later and the venerable old Mosin Nagant is still seeing action. Click Here...

Nova Scotia’s giant bluefin tuna grounds are legendary in every way. In fact, the world-record giant bluefin tuna of 1,496 pounds was caught there by Ken Fraser in 1979. Well, move over Ken, because 12-year-old Jenna Gavin is looking to be a contender for that record,...

Nova Scotia’s giant bluefin tuna grounds are legendary in every way. In fact, the world-record giant bluefin tuna of 1,496 pounds was caught there by Ken Fraser in 1979. Well, move over Ken, because 12-year-old Jenna Gavin is looking to be a contender for that record,...

Go read this article... This relatively valuable and scarce weapon was reportedly found during a raid on boats belonging to a criminal gang at Bulwer, Moreton Island, Australia. Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of The Day. The post POTD: FP-45 Liberator...

Go read this article... Thanks to Henry Reed for this tip. Desert Tech recently posted a video showing a functioning MDR and does it look like fun. I found it interesting that the shooter does not wrap his thumb around the pistol grip. A technique usually seen for...

Eric Holder, the first sitting U.S. Attorney General ever found in criminal contempt of Congress, regrets that he was unable to strip Americans of the firearms that the citizens would find most useful in defending themselves from tyrannical government officials such...

Photo by Cliff Gardiner & John Keller Q: Between a pair of hunting bibs and a base layer of long johns, what’s a good middle layer for cold-weather hunting? —Dominic DeJulio, via OutdoorLife.com A: Layering is one of the most fundamental, and most fundamentally...

Go read this article... [ I'd like to introduce you to our newest writer Katie A. Katie has an extensive background in writing gun reviews as well as articles on military topics. This is Katie's first review for TFB and I hope you enjoy it! - Phil ] The Desert Eagle...

Pre-rut bucks prefer to make rubs on slender saplings of aromatic species such as sassafras and cedar. Photos by Lance Krueger The rut is coming. We know that much. Whitetails will gather and breed, bucks will relax their prodigious survival instincts, and the odds of...

Go read this article... A Ferguson store owner put son a show of force during one of the recent riots in Ferguson, Missouri. A recent New York Times story claims that strong-arm robbery suspect Michael Brown was initially shot inside Ferguson police officer Darren...

A Flint, Michigan robber armed with a knife thought that he had an easy score, until his “victim” turned out to be better armed. Flint police were called to Clio Road on Thursday, Oct. 16, around 7:20 p.m. in reference to an attempted armed robbery, according to a...

A trail camera can be a hunter’s best friend, but if used improperly they can also be your worst enemy. The risk in using trailcams lies in the hunters’ addiction to looking at the photos too often. So the question then becomes, when should you check your cameras? The...

Many companies are really starting to raise the bar for the hard-working, hard-playing machines in the utility branch of the off-roading department. If you love options and want the reliable reputation of the Honda line, then you will be glad to learn the company has...

Ever since I was a kid I’ve been fascinated with WWII warbirds, my favorite being the P-51 Mustang. The North American P-51 Mustangs were armed with six .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns, a good amount of firepower for the day. If you’ve been to airshows around the...

Based on the disturbing fairytales the liberal media dream up, guns naturally zero in on teenage role models and sandwich-toting cherubs in rough neighborhoods. Amazingly, this has never been the case among the young people I know who live in a notoriously dangerous...

Go read this article... Hornady has a video showcasing their 2015 product lineup. .357 Mag Critical Duty .17 WSM American Gunner line of ammo 9mm Crtitical Defense Lite Whitetail 12 Ga Rifled Slug Full Boar Ammo Lock ‘n Load reloading upgrades The post 2015 Hornady...

Aimpoint announced a new red-dot type sight for the AR-platform rifle. Called the Aimpoint Carbine Optic, or ACO, the sight uses a 2 MOA dot and comes with a fixed height mount to allow for co-witnessing with backup sights. The ACO is waterproof and is said to run for...

25-year-old Kirk Beckwith Cowart is charged with Trespassing on School Property, Possession of a Weapon on School Property and Disorderly Conduct. Mentally ill Marine veteran Kirk Beckwith Cowart entered Salem High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Thursday morning...

Go read this article... Jonny Bravo Customs sent us these photos of his final project at gunsmithing school. I wish I had the skills to build a gun like this. Jonny wrote … My background is military. I spent 6 years in the Army as military police with a year in South...

The North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh, NC (image via Wikipedia) It may be tough to remember after six years under a President that routinely ignores them, but laws are meant to be enforced, not arbitrarily discarded or ignoredor amended based upon the whims of...

Go read this article... Photos and information about a new SIG 716 rifle have leaked on the internet. Osage County Guns is reporting on a pair of photos posted on Pinterest. According to OCG, the rifle is a prototype of a new designated marksman rifle (DMR) being...

Editor’s Note: We’re highlighting all of the bucks that ran in August’s Deer of the Year feature. We asked each of these four hunters to tell us their stories in their own words. To enter your own buck in our 2014/2015 Deer of the Year program, click here. Ed Pepin,...

With different shot materials, pellet shapes, and configurations available, wildfowling has become as much a science as it is a sport. Many hunters may be puzzled as to which load is best for their duck and goose hunting. Shot like Kent’s Tungsten Matrix and...