Go read this article... NL took this photo at the Museum of Military History, Vienna which is located in the Arsenal. An Austrian Gasser revolver Model 1870/74. Very skillfully engraved with gold inlays and I believe ivory grip plates (and tools). The insignia...

Go read this article... Review: Primary Weapons Systems Modern Musket 14.5″ in .223 Wylde As I mentioned in my article about the Diablo, I was able to get access to a couple of sexy new rifles from Primary Weapons Systems. The Modern Musket being one of them. Walt and...

This is certainly different. I didn’t think it was possible to “chicken wing” a pistol, but I was wrong. Masada Tactical, based out of Maryland, is teaching some form of pistol manipulation that was created by the Israelis. The basis of the pistol “chicken wing” is to...

Last week I wrote about using Reconyx cellular trail cameras for an upcoming hunt in western Illinois. A few commenters wrote that using celluar cameras of any kind is unethical (or at least borderline). The fear is that with perfectly groomed food plots and remote...

Before the outbreak of WWI, France had not prioritized the adoption of a reliable pistol. The Model 1892 service revolver was found adequate in those pre-modern engagements. With the onset of trench warfare, however, the advantages of a larger capacity, faster firing...

Once again, Moms Demand Action was forced to lie to support their gun control agenda, copying this falsehood to their Facebook page. Shannon Watts and her gun prohibitionist bullies at Moms Demand Action have a very bad problem of being almost completely unable to...

TIMES HAVE CHANGED, and not for the better. Wide-open borders admit terrorists, but even when jihadists are captured, the Secretary of Homeland Security denies it, and then denies they’re jihadists. What is apparently a justified shooting of a robber by a Ferguson,...

Gabby Giffords, the former congresswoman turned gun control advocate, is currently conducting a campaign that she calls the “Protect All Women” tour. Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords sat down with state and national leaders Saturday for a roundtable discussion on...

A shotgun believed to have been used by the homeowner to defend himself is being processed as evidence. A Nebraska man out on bond from two previous crimes was shot and killed as he attempted a home invasion against a good guy with a gun. An armed man who allegedly...

Wow, I gotta hand it to the TrackingPoint team out of Austin, Texas. This is one of the innovators in the firearms industry. I just got wind that they have announced a new product to complement their scopes, called ShotGlass. While ShotGlass will be released in March...

Go read this article... Tawny Tersmette was planning on a hike, but didn’t bargain on encountering these two bull moose fighting the good fight. Tersmette was driving in Alberta’s Peter Lougheed Provincial Park toward her intended trailhead on Saturday when she...

Alex C writes about his latest acquisition … This SP89 is serial number one, the very first MP5K for the civilian market. The prototypes were marked “P94”and they are now owned by Bo French, H&K collector known for the famous “Red Room” collection (link to above)...

Go read this article... Our friend Katie Pavlich at Townhall.com points us to a recent discovery by Judicial Watch that shows Mexican narco-terrorists supplied with weapons by the Obama Administration were responsible for an assault on a Phoenix apartment complex that...

Provisions of the New York SAFE Act are being used to bully and frighten Empire State doctors into stripping away the Second Amendment rights of their patients. The “progressive” principle of dividing and conquering the citizenry continues: A newly created database of...

ShootingTheBull410 (one my absolute favorite YouTube channels) has tested the SS197 5.7 x 28mm projective in his characteristic ballistics gel test. Tested out of the FiveSeveN, the SS197 comes in between the 22LR and 9mm in terms of ballistic energy. Combined with a...

Washington, D.C. Council member David Grosso wants to “have a conversation” about how to change policing practices and relationships with the citizenry within the District, though it seems all anyone hears is that he wants to ban police officers from carrying guns....

For whatever reason, a lot of shooters really enjoy range games built around zombie apocalypse scenarios, so much so that a formal shooting organization has been built around the concept. Personally, we’re not that much into zombie shooting… but then, maybe we haven’t...

Go read this article... Bravo Company Machining has introduced a new lightweight adjustable stock for the AR-15, called the BCM Gunfighter Stock Mod 0. From The Tactical Wire: The next step in performance carbine stocks. Its been in development for over a year and...

Go read this article... Ryan writes … For those of us who reload, nothing says “Woo Hoo!” louder than a pile of brass and bullets just waiting to be loaded. Here is a pile of 6.8 SPC Federal Cartridge Co. primed brass next to a stash of 6.8 90 Gr. Speer Gold Dot...

Go read this article... The KRISS Group has entered into a licensing agreement with War Sport Industries to produce both a .22LR and electric airsoft version of the LVOA rifle through their KRYTAC brand. Both are being designed and marketed for training purposes and...

Greensboro News & Record columnist Doug Clark is hardly a fan of the Second Amendment, so it is noteworthy when he points out that Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens ignored state law when he banned concealed carry at the North Carolina State Fair. I’m not...

Editor’s note: After Editor Andrew McKean posted a video about his favorite cover of Outdoor Life magazine, we received the following letter and photos. Check out Dave’s story, and then head over to our Favorite Cover Photo Contest on Facebook to upload your own photo...

The Bronco is a .22 LR survival rifle made during the late 1960s and 1970s. They were marketed with the slogan “without frills”, which was, if anything, an understatement. The Bronco was essentially a copy of the Hamilton Model 7 which was made form 1889 to 1901. For...

Go read this article... Last week I had the pleasure of heading out to do some training with company called Next Level Training. If you aren’t familiar with them, they are the makers of the Shot Indicating Resetting Trigger (SIRT) pistol which is a laser pistol that...

Go read this article... Polenar Tactical tried to beat Instructor Zero’s time of 8 shots in 1.41 secs with his Benelli M4. Polenar is using a Benelli as well. However they soon learn there is something wrong with their Benelli. They can only go so fast before the gun...

The dreaded white flag. When you’re hiking into a stand, there are few sights more disappointing than a white tail, bouncing away, and a big rack just above it. Most hunters assume that a bumped buck spells imminent defeat and a failed hunt. But does that have to be...

Go read this article... Join the Remington “War on Squirrels”. Use the link to register and record your kills. Remington is giving away swag and other prizes to those who register on this Facebook link Remington is expanding their line of airguns. We will be posting a...

[In the weeks following the Sandy Hook, statist politicians—never ones to let a crisis go to waste—took dead-aim at the Second Amendment, hoping to use the actions of one mentally ill young man to disarm an entire nation. At that time (New Year's Day, 2013), I wrote...

Go read this article... Blue Force Gear is releasing a version of the Vickers Sling. It is limited edition and has a lot of design cues from Russia and the AK. It retails for $64.00 on Blue Force Gear’s website. The post Vickers AK Sling appeared first on The Firearm...

I will be honest, I am not a hunter. So if you are please speak up. I have spoken to a few hunters due to my day job and the few I have spoken to give the impression that they strive for a clean kill. Does this look like a clean kill? In this video, […] Read More …...

The adage about redundancies, “Two is one and one is none,” applies to many things beyond pens and firearms. For example, I carry several lighters in my outdoor gear, just in case one becomes damaged or lost. I carry multiple cutting edges too, to provide back-ups in...

Photo courtesy of the Oregon Department of Transportation, Flickr Even with all the survival skills I’ve practiced and supplies I’ve gathered, I still feel out of my depth when it comes to dangerous weather. Something as ordinary as a strong local thunderstorm can...

Go read this article... The Browning M2 Machine Gun is the the stuff legends are made of. This gun was designed in 1918 and has been in continuous service since 1933. It is used by 100 nations and few improvements to the system have been made (new versions sport a...

Matrix Henry Lee Concealed carriers are, as a matter of unimpeachable statistical fact, far more law-abiding than the average citizen. They even commit fewer crimes than the law enforcement officers they greatly outnumber. That doesn’t mean that they are perfect,...

Go read this article... JerkingTheTrigger has created a step-by-step tutorial for shooters who are looking to move their Sig Sauer arm brace from one pistol receiver extension tube to another tube. The secret? Boil the brace. Tools needed? Minimal: Stretched out SB15...

Michael Brown, a man the size of an NFL lineman, violently robbed a store minutes before he was shot after allegedly attacking a police officer. According to the New York Times, the FBI’s investigation into the shooting of Ferguson, Missouri strong-arm robbery suspect...

Go read this article... Gvass sent us a photo of his Hungarian Keserű Revenge-14M 5-shot revolver. It fires 15 mm rubber bullets using .380 R (rimmed) blank cartridges. The rubber bullets are loaded into the front of the cylinder and the blanks are loaded into the...

Go read this article... I have been watching the intelligent rail for some time now. Having the ability for all your accessories to run off of a single source and also use communication tools such as live video is also a major perk. There is a lot of positive that can...

Obtaining safe drinking water is an important consideration for outdoor enthusiasts and anyone interested in emergency preparedness. The LifeStraw Go water bottle is not only a water filter, but also a water container. But can you just scoop up surface water and drink...

Jimmy Mason knows how to catch Tennessee River bass in the fall, and he’s taking that theory to the bank—literally. “As the water cools in the fall through winter, many of the fish are going to move to those vertical banks,” Mason said. “Bluffs are a big pattern this...

Manta, known for their gel-like temperature resistant rail & suppressor covers is bringing its navigation light around Modern Day Marine. Soldier Systems has photos, but in short, its a low-profile fully configurable LED light that fits into a rail cover. At only...

Go read this article... A while back I wrote an article about a rifle mounted in a steel stock listed on Gunbroker. It was truly the weirdest rifle I have ever seen in terms of how “unique” it was. It looked as if someone had placed it in a large block of steel and...

South Carolina State Trooper Sean Groubert shot Levar Edward Jones after Jones reached into his vehicle for the driver’s license Groubert requested. A South Carolina state trooper is looking at the possibility of a very long prison sentence after he shot a motorist...

Last night, a woman in Las Vegas shot a man breaking into her home. The news account of the incident is very dry: A man was shot in the chest early Friday morning after trying to break in to a home of a former girlfriend, according to police. Lt. Eric Lloyd with Las...

Kasie Strickland is an op-ed writer, but isn’t much of a scholar. I have to thank Sean Sorrentino of An NC Gun Blog* for pointing out this opinion article from one Kasie Strickland in the Pickens, SC Sentinel. Typically, we do not re-post entire editorials from other...

Go read this article... Schizuki sent us this photo of his CZ 75 B chambered in 9mm Luger/Parabellum. The grips are Hogue CZ-75/CZ-85 Pau Ferro Grips, which in my opinion look a lot nicer than the factory plastic grips. Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of...

Go read this article... The Australian Defense Force have awarded Thales a contract to produce an unspecified number of Thales F90 rifles for them. The F90 is a modernized Steyr AUG. Jane’s reports… Thales Australia has received a low rate initial production (LRIP)...

Under real-world conditions, most hunting bows with reasonable draw weights aren’t shooting much faster than 300 feet per second. Is that fast enough to keep a buck from jumping your string? Archery coach and hardcore bowhunter Larry Wise explains the math behind...

Go read this article... I have blogged about the wooden replica guns made by Jenni Edwards in the past. She emailed me this photo of the last of her wooden guns, which she is selling as a set. They now feature EOTech holographic sights replicas with LEDs inside to...

Kahr has been busy this year releasing pistols in a variety of non-traditional colors. The current offerings have a Cerakote Burnt Bronze finish on the slides. The three pistols are variants of the existing CW9, CW40 and CW45 pistols in 9mm, 40 S&W and 45 ACP...

VuurwapenBlog reviews five weapons in under one minute. He talks about the Beretta 92, AK74, Glock 19, Mossberg 500, and a M&PC. Most of what he says is stating the obvious. But I find it interesting how much information he is able to squeeze in to this video. The...

Go read this article... Alex C. took this photo of his friend’s puppy with his H&K MP5K and Barrett .50 cal. Alex told me he is considering on naming his next dog Heckler. I suggested calling it Koch instead but he said there was no way he could run around his...

Resist every temptation to hunt the roost water, and instead find feeding and loafing water nearby. Photos by Alamy (left); Bill Buckley (right). I’ve been shooting ducks in central pennsylvania for two decades. If there’s anyplace I know every patch of water, this is...

If gun control cultists had their way, a 73-year-old Las Vegas man would likely be dead after armed robbers force their way into his home and fired a shot at him. Unfortunately for the gun control lobby and the criminals, however, the unflappable senior ignored the...

Go read this article... TheYankeeMarshal gets a little ranty at some of his followers in this short video, but he does a good job of explaining why having a cleaning bucket is a very smart idea. The post Why You Need a Clearing Bucket (and what it’s for) appeared...

Nutnfancy takes a close look at the Troy PAR (Pump Action Rifle) As an Ex-NY resident, I find this firearm to be exciting. If I was still living n NY, I would buy this. Now that I am outside of the wire, I think it is a great design and may look more closely […] Read...

Seriously. I have a new favorite show to follow. It is a Russian show called the “Proving Ground” (english name obviously), and is subtitled. In the episode I was directed to, they review a couple of weapons. The KORD machine gun and the ASVK 6S8 sniper rifle. They...

Jimmy Mason knows how to catch Tennessee River bass in the fall, and he’s taking that theory to the bank—literally. “As the water cools in the fall through winter, many of the fish are going to move to those vertical banks,” Mason said. “Bluffs are a big pattern this...

Go read this article... Gunstruction is an online virtual rifle builder. It uses a rendering engine via an application that runs through your internet browser. So there is no software that is downloaded. It has virtual components from many manufacturers. The virtual...

There are various versions of the John Crawford III Shooting by Beavercreek, Ohio Police that have been released today after a grand jury decided to not indict the officers who shot Mr. Crawford after what appears to have been an exaggerated/embellished 911 call. The...

Go read this article... Ever wanted the power of the .44 Magnum in a 1911? The .460 Rowland blasts a 230-grain bullet out of the barrel at a screaming 1,340 feet-per-second, generating 930 foot-pounds of muzzle energy. The post 1911 Hand Cannon :The 460 Rowland...

Leonardo Henry, alleged pedophile and attempted murderer An alleged pedophile’s sister says that “it was awesome” when an 11-year-old girl shot her brother. The criminal violated a protective order against him, and attacked the girl’s mother with a knife....

I am absolute awe of the tenacity and never-give-up attitude of Special Forces. Adding to the litany of reasons that I am grateful that rough men stand at the door is the story of SEAL Senior Chief Mike Day, who cleared a room of four combatants after taking multiple...

Go read this article... If you’ve ever slammed on the brakes because a tree rat ran across the road—or had hunt ruined by their barking —then you’ll probably appreciate the humor in the Remington Airguns #WARONSQUIRRELS campaign. The post Remington’s #WarOnSquirrels...

From left to right: KUIU Super Down Hooded Jacket, Sitka Gear Blizzard Parka, Core4element Elevation Jacket. Details for each below. Outdoorsmen have had a complicated relationship with down ever since Eddie Bauer patented the first quilted down jacket in 1940. Down’s...

Muslim convert Alton Nolen beheaded one woman and attacked another after being fired. He had been attempting to convert others at his work. We warned earlier in the week about the threat of “soft target” terrorist attacks by organized terror cells sweeping over our...

Go read this article... Week 26 of data! Look out for the Mid Year Summary also posted today. There has not been a clear winner for a new caliber to replace 300BLK. There is still time to vote in the comments…! We do appreciate the support and constructive comments...

I recently posted an article evaluating the Beretta ARX-100 rifle, and the feature that I feel was most detrimental to the shooting experience was the trigger, which actually maxed out a trigger pull gauge. My friend CJ is serious about distance shooting, reloading,...

Jeff sent us this photo of his Papillon (a French breed) and his French Berthier rifle. The Berthier was chambered in the 8mm Lebel, the world’s first smokeless cartridge, and introduced in 1890. It remained in service for over 50 years and a few were still in use...

If this buck moves before the shot, passing on him might be the smart thing to do. Photo by Erik Ruff. There isn’t much to making a standing broadside shot on a deer under calm conditions—but that doesn’t prevent countless hunters from missing every year. Add in some...

Seekins Precision have just announced their first .308 Win. chambered rifle. Seekins Precision SP10 is a high end .308 AR-style rifle featuring their new ambi SP 308 Lower, 308 iRMT-3 upper and 15″ SP3R – 308 handguard. The rifle has a the Seekins ATC muzzle brake, a...

Clifford Helm Meet Clifford Helm. Mr. Helm is the primary suspect in the theft of 29 weapons—including machine guns—and 20,000 rounds of ammunition stolen in Indianapolis this past Friday night/early Saturday morning. His accomplice Linda Panken is also cooling her...

Shaneen Allen and her family Shaneen Allen, the Pennsylvania mother of two young boys that a disgusting judge and prosecutor in New Jersey, “wanted to make an example of” due to their hatred of firearms and legal gun owners, has been granted entry into a pre-trial...

Super sharp broadheads are an important ingredient for a fast, clean archery kill. Lots of things can dull a broadhead, but rust is one of the worst. Here’s a good way to prevent it from eating away your razor edges....

I have always been a fan of the M&P line of pistols. I like them much more than Glock pistols because of the grip angle, and the lack of a “glock-bump” on the grip. One of my EDC pistols is a M&P40c that I use when I am looking for a smaller, more concealable...

From left to right: KUIU Super Down Hooded Jacket, Sitka Gear Blizzard Parka, Core4element Elevation Jacket. Details for each below. Outdoorsmen have had a complicated relationship with down ever since Eddie Bauer patented the first quilted down jacket in 1940. Down’s...

In the recent weeks, Ruger announced several new firearms including: the LC9s, Gunsite Scout rifles in .223, Ranch and left-handed models of the American Rifle, and the LCR chambered in 9mm. It seems that they have one more thing to introduce. In a flash sweepstakes...

The Durrand Line has divided the countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan since 1893 when the British Empire created it with the king of Afghanistan. More for territorial reasons than ethnic, the line literally splits the Pashtun tribe in two, half of it’s people in...

LooserRounds got its hands on a PDF document from the FBI Training Division going into detailed justification of the 9mm Luger pistol round for Law Enforcement. My take? Makes sense for law enforcement, but the caliber wars are far from over. Full text of the...

Go read this article... signal-intro.png Having multiple effective ways to signal for help can make all the difference in a survival situation where outside help is warranted. Distress signals can take many forms, from high-tech modern electronics to the primitive...

Government Watchdog Judicial Watch is claiming that Attorney General Eric Holder has announced his resignation due to his inability to further stonewall the American people over his role in one of ten alleged plots to smuggle American guns to Mexican narco-terrorist...

Last week Kalashnikov Concern claimed that US sanctions were not hurting them and production was up. This dubious claim could only be true government purchases had been increased (as I predicted they would be back when the sanctions were first announced). Yesterday...

Cowan of Breech Bang Clear wrote a very intriguing article about Stopping Power. It is actually a good article about the anatomy and the importance of knowing how it works with regards to bullet placement. Caliber, it is said, is not as important as round placement...

Fellow Top Shot alumnus and former Dept of Homeland Security firearms instructor Gary Quesenberry recently came out with a new pistol holster designed for concealed carry. I’m quite impressed with it and I want to explain why. Now, concealed carry is a really personal...

Public land: Without it, odds are good that a whole lot of people would be looking a little less forward to this coming weekend. Why? Because they’d have nowhere to hunt, fish, bike or ride. With fall upon us and hunting seasons building momentum across the nation,...

Obtaining safe drinking water is an important consideration for outdoor enthusiasts and anyone interested in emergency preparedness. The LifeStraw Go water bottle is not only a water filter, but also a water container. But can you just scoop up surface water and drink...

This super-slow-motion video shows the new BowTech RPM 360 (left) and PSE Full Throttle being shot simultaneously. Based on IBO standards, the RPM 360 is rated as a 360-fps bow, while the Full Throttle is rated at 370 fps. These are currently the two fastest...

Go read this article... For the 2015 model year a totally redesigned Kawasaki Mule hits the ground running. With many new products coming to market it seems that the working class UTV is seeing the biggest changes. This new Kawasaki Mule PRO-FXT not only boasts...

Go read this article... These compact shotguns and rifles are perfectly suited for the discriminating female or youth hunters who want a “styling” firearm. Your choice of “Kryptek Reduced” or green spiderweb “Volt” pattern on the stock....

We’ve warned you time and again that Moms Demand Action supporters are unhinged, but we’ve refrained from calling them Nazis. Now that Moms Demand leader Alison A. Martin has exposed her support of Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Gobbels, however, we might be...

It will be no surprise to TFB readers that the German government is against its own arms industry, we have reported this many times, but now the German Minister for Economic Affairs is openly saying he plans on cutting down the number of arms exports. It is no wonder...

This beautiful photo was taken by HKG of his S&W Model 27-2 manufactured in 1977. The Model 27 has been a popular gun with consumers and law enforcement ever since its introduction almost 80 years ago in 1935. The ’27 was originally named the “Registered Magnum”,...

Larry Vickers went to Gunsite Academy in Paulden, AZ, with Frank Galli, founder of Sniper’s Hide to attempt a 2,000 meter (1.243 miles) shot with Gunsite Instructor (and long range .50-caliber multi-world champion) Walt Wilkinson* spotting. Gunsite Academy’s Walt...

I’ve used a few of the mesh brass catchers out on the market that attach to your AR-15, and for the most part they kinda suck. There’s currently one on the crowd funding site RocketHub that looks like it doesn’t suck. Called the Brass Wrangler, it’s made out of Kydex...

To most TFB readers, the terms “battle rifle” and “assault rifle” are probably familiar ones. A “battle rifle” is something chambered in 7.62mm, or maybe any full power rifle cartridge, which has a big 20 round box magazine and fires semi-automatically (perhaps also...

Editor’s Note: We’re highlighting all of the bucks that ran in August’s Deer of the Year feature. Each week we’ll post the full story and extra photos right here on the BBZ blog. So exactly how do you go about bowhunting a buck that virtually an entire county full of...

If you’ve ever wondered how to stock (or un-stock) your fridge and freezer for emergencies, then follow along. A power outage can turn your beloved kitchen refrigerator into a metal hulk full of melting and rotting food. Don’t let your hard earned dollars transform...

Photo by Bill Buckley. Nontoxic shot became the law of the land just as I came of age as a waterfowler. How I recall my father’s panic. Alarmed by steel shot’s vast ballistic inefficiency, he and plenty of others formulated a seemingly commonsense plan: If we have to...

Go read this article... EnsignExpendable of the excellent Soviet Gun Archives blog translated a Soviet manual on shooting handguns and rifles from horseback, back in March of this year. I’m sure TFB readers will find it interesting! An excerpt: “Peculiarities of...

This fall, Outdoor Life ran its first illustrated deer cover in nearly two decades. Wildlife artist Ryan Kirby spent 65 hours of studio time transforming a blank canvas into a work of art that resonates with hunters everywhere. And while the October 2014 issue evokes...