The G8 V2 and Blade Tech Holster My September 1 article, “The Screaming, Flashing, Low Resolution Laser Pepper Camera Transmitter Abomination” provoked interest, and a letter from one Paul Hughes, C.O.O. of the company responsible for the device referenced in the...

Go read this article... While a commercial failure, the Gyrojet was one of the most radical attempts to rethink how to fire projectiles in the past 100 years, and the only to gain energy and power after it left the barrel. The post GyroJet: The Rocket-Powered Pistol...

A “community activist” screams at city council members as an unruly mob called for a lynching of Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for killing robbery suspect Michael Brown. Tuesday night, a mob in Ferguson, Missouri, stormed a city council meeting and promised a...

Aluminum foil is good for more than just baking potatoes and blocking alien mind probes; it’s also pretty handy in real emergency situations. A carefully folded length of foil added to bug-out bags, survival kits, and emergency gear stockpiles will serve scores of...

Photo by Dominic Alves, via Flickr.com. Most bucks are hard-horned and the testosterone level is rising, but don’t let these early signs of the breeding season mislead you into thinking you are hunting rut-driven bucks. In spite of the occasional rub or scrape, the...

Go read this article... Week 25. Next will will be the quarterly trending and summary! Interesting ammo news this week too… The Brady Center announced that they will be filing a lawsuit against online ammo retailers that they claim supplied the Aurora theater shooter...

Editor’s Note: This summer we’re checking in with a different bass pro every week to get the scoop on their favorite lures and how to fish them. Pete Ponds of Mississippi competes on the Bassmaster Elite Series, with one win and six Top 10 finishes along with more...

An Insane Clown Posse mask A woman in Prairie Township, Ohio shot at a home invader wearing an Insane Clown Posse mask before dawn Saturday morning, and inexplicably didn’t call 911 because she thought she missed her target. It turns out that she didn’t miss: A...

Go read this article... There have been a number of incidents across the nation in the past few years where criminals have claimed to be law enforcement officers in an effort to gain the upper hand in an armed robbery. In most instances, it seem to work… but not for...

Young combat veteran Craig Everette II saved the lives of two people when he flanked and killed an attempted murderer in Swatara Township, Pennsylvania, on Sunday morning. Repeat after me, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is…” District Attorney Ed...

Weatherby has taken their proven and popular SA-08 and stirred the pot—the camo pot, that is. It’s a move that I personally consider a home run. I recently had the opportunity to try out the new waterfowling model in the field. Admittedly, the field test occurred...

Viridian announced the R5-G42, a green laser sight for the Glock 42 pistol. The unit mounts on the trigger guard of the pistol and uses the same Instant-On capability the other lasers in the REACTOR series have. The unit ships with a hybrid, outside-the-waistband...

Go read this article... The reliably left-wing media does not like it when King Putt is mocked: An Oceanside-based gun parts store has incited nationwide controversy over an item dubbed “The Obama’s Blaster” – controversy the store’s owner welcomes. Ares Armor owner...

“Did someone just drop an unnecessary analogy? Let me get that. I’ll use it like Rhianna used Chris Brown.” Lasorte’s spot-on Colion Noir parody makes this episode of NOIR, but I’ve got to admit that I’m starting to grow a little weary of the show’s glamour-shot...

LordStickMax sent us this photo of his first NFA acquisition, a Rifle Dynamics Tula Krink chambered in 5.45x39mm. He has since added a Colt Commando and 5.56mm suppressor to his collection. According to the Rifle Dynamics website, they can no longer obtain the parts...

Photo by Donald M. Jones. The food-plot craze has revolutionized deer hunting. But what if you don’t have the land, equipment, or cash to plant a plot? Iowa deer expert Jim Ward has an alternative: Build a deer bedroom. All deer, from young fawns to mature bucks, seek...

Navy SEAL Senior Chief Mike Day was the first man through the door into a room hiding four al Qaeda operatives. All four terrorists opened up on him the moment he stepped into view. He was hit 27 times, including 16 shots to the torso, shots to both arms, and shots...

KRISS Arms Facebook Page posted up a customer’s hog hunt photos. Here is what they posted; Now this is awesome. Our customer Todd did some Father & Son hunting recently and managed to bag himself a pretty nice bit of Bacon using his Kriss Vector. – BW “I believe...

Hypocrisy and idiocy abound in New Jersey: When Ray Rice beat his wife unconscious in an elevator, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Michael Donio and New Jersey District Attorney Jim McClain agreed to put him in a diversion program for 1st-time offenders to keep him...

A teacher at an elementary school in Utah failed to handle her weapon correctly as she handled her business, and almost died as a result: A Utah elementary school teacher who was carrying a concealed firearm at school accidentally shot herself in the leg when the...

You can find them in every gun store in even the most restrictive states in the nation, and with good reason; bolt-action rifles are among the most ubiquitous rifles in the United States, and have been in deer camps and military arsenals in the United States since the...

Duane Liptak, Jr., the Director of Product Management & Marketing at MagPul Industies, responded to a thread on M4Carbine telegraphing the companies intent on “Arm Braces”. Direct Quote below: More braces and more opinion requests might just hasten an end to this...

Dr. Phil McGraw and Stephanie Hayden Ford Sons of Guns reality television star Stephanie Hayden Ford appeared in an interview with psychologist and television personality Dr. Phil McGraw yesterday, addressing the allegations of rape that landed her father, Will...

NJ.com, a consortium of reliably left-wing newspapers in the Garden State, has published an op-ed calling for the scrapping of the Second Amendment: Having fewer guns lying around could mean they won’t end up in the hands of a curious child, abusive spouse or suicidal...

Go read this article... Last year the Governor of California signed into law a bill that will ban all hunting in the state with lead-based ammunition by mid-2019. Because of this ban, the NSSF has been investigating the production of non-lead ammunition. They have...

It happens like clockwork at every 3-gun match I attend. About midway through the morning shooters start to have disastrous stages where their firearms stop working. AR’s don’t feed, shotguns don’t cycle and pistols grind to a halt. The culprit? Dirty guns. This never...

Go read this article... A European reader emailed us a photo of his first two guns which he purchased earlier this summer. A Ruger 10/22 is the perfect beginners rifle and an AR-15 is a solid choice for any shooter. Earlier this summer I got my first guns and went out...

A friend shared this with me. He does not know the origins and context of the image. As you can see, this person is open carrying inside a Best Buy. Upon closer inspection, he has a right handed Blackhawk Serpa holster but is carrying it on his left side. It looks to...

Go read this article... Ginny Simone and Shaneen’s attorney Evan Nappen broke the news that the prosecutor in the Shaneen Allen case has requested her upcoming trial be delayed while he reviews the appropriate resolution of her case. Shaneen is the Philadelphia mother...

Go read this article... Henrik sent us the above photo with the following description … Greeting from Sweden. This is me hunting moose and bear in the northern part of Sweden. I figure you guys would like to see something less tactical once in a while. The rifle is a...

Kwmaine Davis holds a firearm in a photo he posted on Twitter. We’re very fortunate that most criminals simply aren’t very smart. In a photo he posted on Twitter, Kwmaine Davis had a big smile on his face as he held one gun in each hand at a shooting range. His...

Go read this article... Roll play is essential to a child’s development. Playing guns is much more then playing guns. Zero tolerance policies are not only ridiculous, but hinder a child’s development and send a damaging message. The post The Importance of Gun Play...

My favorite Muzzle Energy Calculator was hosted by AirHog, makers of high quality air gun tanks, valves and other accessories. Airhog redesigned their website a while back and have taken the old site offline, which included the calculator. Through the magic of the...

Go read this article... Here is a group of firearm enthusiasts in Slovenia and across Europe. They promote responsible firearm ownership and exercise their freedoms. They love to film their shoots. Here is a video of an assault wearing PenCott Greenzone Camo. Armed...

To be honest, I am a plastic fantastic fan myself, but I cannot call a plastic gun beautiful … Glock guns simply are not beautiful. The 1911 is a beautiful gun. TFB reader Sean managed to buy this beauty for a very good price in the used section of his local gun...

Go read this article... Canadian Journalists for Free Expression have a new ad campaign. According to Indulgd, CJFE is trying to bring attention to the risks journalists make and how dangerous it is. They laid out camera equipment in the shape of firearms and a rocket...

Susan Hunt holds a family photo. Susan Hunt wants you to believe that it is the fault of Saratoga Springs, Utah, police that her son Darrien is dead. It is undisputed—at least for now—that the 22-year-old man was shot in the back, multiple times. Susan Hunt claims...

Go read this article... Jerry fires and takes a look at the fabled Stoner 63- a modular LMG & Assault Rifle platform that could change configuration in order to suit the user; designed by Eugene Stoner in the early 60′s. The post SHOOTING UNICORNS: Jerry Miculek...

Owning a Bug Out Bag can certainly provide us with a greater sense of security in dangerous places and uncertain times. This carefully chosen gear is reassuring since it should provide for all of our basic needs. But often, there is a piece missing. One of the most...

Penny Nelson wants the cop who shot her allegedly armed and escaping repeat felon son to “suffer.” “They took my child away from me… took my child away from me in handcuffs, shot him in handcuffs… I just want to see dis officer that killed my son in handcuffs. I want...

MNOR sent us this photo of his friend’s service rifle. He did not say which country his friend serves. The HK416 is a popular rifle for special forces around the world, and the standard service rifle for a number of European countries. This rifle features a slim...

Go read this article... Military Arms Channel takes a look at the 5.7x28mm round versus your standard .22 WMR bullet. He shoots them out of their respective pistols. A FNH Five Seven and a Kel-Tec PMR-30. He even uses a SBR PS90 for the test. The test consists of...

Go read this article... Terry sent us this nifty photo he took at a AZGO Forum shoot. The revolver being fired is chambered in the .41 GNR, a wildcat designed for hunting large game. Reloading equipment for the .41 GNR is manufactured by Reeder Custom Guns … 41...

Go read this article... My FN SCAR 17S with a “real” muzzle tamer on it, rather than that horrible stock muzzle brake that makes me NOT want to shoot the thing. He keeps getting these wonderful toys… The post Suppressed SCAR 17 appeared first on Bearing Arms. …read...

As the panic buying began to taper off, PRIME Club introduced a new model for procuring ammunition for the shooting community. Shooters were able to purchase a membership and receive minimum guaranteed ammo shipments on a quarterly basis (a “shoot-scription”). At its...

Photo Coutesy of Flambeau. The foundation of waterfowl success starts with your decoy spread. Here are the latest offerings that will fool wary migrators by adding realism to your set. Avian-X AXP The new oversize AXP full-body mallards have set the bar for field...

In Love… and War? An engaged couple squares off as adversaries in a recent force-on-force training scenario in North Carolina. I’ve been to a number of different self-defense courses in the past 20 years, almost all of them focused on drawing and shooting at a...

Go read this article... Editor’s note: This article was written by Claymore. His previous blog posts can be read here. A while back I was talking with a friend who was employed by one of our government’s many “agencies”. As usual we eventually got around to discussing...

An ingenious Redditor 3D printed this pretty sweet light mount for their Glock. In case you’re wondering if it will hold up to recoil, the designer made the video below to show it in action. It’s pretty sweet if you ask me, the only issue is it wouldn’t fit in a...

Go read this article... Nick Atkinson of Team Crimson Trace was using a skeletonized AR lower at the FNH 3Gun Championships. It is a prototype and as you can see it is not fully finalized and coated. According to the lower, it is stamped “AR15TARGETS INC.” No other...

Usman Seth (left) shoots and kills an armed robber (center) who pointed a shotgun at his sister during an armed robbery. When an armed robber pointed a shotgun at his sister, 20-year-old Usman Seth snatched a Smith & Wesson handgun out of his father’s hands and...

Michael Bloomberg, Bill Gates, Steve Balmer and others backing gun control initiative I-594 in Washington state either don’t know what’s in the referendum they’re supporting, or they simply don’t mind that they’re poorly conceived ballot initiative would hurt lawful...

Go read this article... A fundraising email sent out by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence this morning and signed by the organization’s President Dan Gross is attempting to fundraise by claiming credit for sporting goods giant Cabela’s expanded participation...

TFB Reader Gregor emailed us these photos he took of a semi auto SIG SG552 with a short barrel. The combination of the 8.9 inch barrel, Primary Arms TTO compensator and ordinary 55 grains .223 ammo produces a huge muzzle flash, accompanied by rays of hot particles....

Go read this article... Hat tip to Soldier Systems Daily for this. The people who make the HOG Saddle, have come out with a pad for shooting off a barricade. Don’t know what a HOG Saddle is? Here is a TFB article about it. According to HOG Saddle: A rifle skid pad...

Go read this article... This invention is several months old but is notable because I’ve never seen it until now. It’s a box like device made by Maglula where you place an AR15 30 round magazine inside, and load up 30 rounds in the loader and the contraption...

Previous article in the series:Welcome to Gunfighter SchoolGunsite: Brilliance in the Basics Gunsite Academy 250 Pistol students engage turning targets at 7 yards under time constraints. “Make Ready!” Monday, the first day of 250 Pistol at Gunsite Academy, is very...

Go read this article... Nayana Shah is an assistant professor of physics at the University of Cincinnati who likes spending time with her daughter and advocating mass murder on behalf of an over-populated prey species glorified by Walt Disney. A University of...

Go read this article... This beautiful pistol is a ČZ vz. 27 and chambered in 7.65 mm Browning (aka. .32 ACP). I am not sure when this model was first manufactured but it was at least as early as 1939 (feel free to share any information you have on this gun in the...

Do you still believe in speaking your mind? When no one speaks freely, causes can’t be championed and the truth will be lost. So who are the people who still revere the principles of individual expression? The National Rifle Association (Of America) is continuing...

Ten uses from one item. That’s a pretty long list. It almost sounds too good to be true, especially when several of these intended uses involve electronics. The new Champ Survival Sidekick 10-in-1 Multitool claims ten different emergency functions, but does this...

Spokesman-Review editorialist Shawn Vestal published an opinion piece today, entitled, “Study: Criminals easily skirt law buying guns online.” Like most firearms-related pieces in the progressive media, it was editorially dishonest. Vestal’s “study” came from Michael...

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, also known as the Brady Campaign, has been struggling for relevance in recent years. Long ago supplanted as the “go to” gun control group for media sound bites by Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) and then...

Spiked tomahawks are among the most popular for self-defense. Depending on how they are constructed, the cost can range from $40 for a basic model to more than $400 for a custom-made ‘hawk. Photo by the author. Though swords, spears, and battle

Oleg Volk has reviewed the Gemtech GM22 Suppressor, which has a single high-quality core with asymmetric baffles. Oleg writes … Since oppressive regulations made silencers into durable goods (as opposed to disposables as in New Zealand), periodic maintenance is...

Joe Meaux, owner of Red Jacket Firearms, has responded to the allegations against former “Sons of Guns” star Will Hayden. “At first it was very hard to believe… Somebody making these allegations to somebody that I knew, it was very shocking and very confusing at...

Facts? We don’t need no stinking facts. Note the protesters on the right is showing an AR-15 to protest a pistol-only event. The anti-cop anarchist left is losing their minds over the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) National Police Shooting Competition (NPSC),...

An evening pheasant hunt will produce opportunities at birds moving from food to cover. Photo by Mitch Kezar/Windigo Images. You don’t need a school bus full of hunters to mount a successful pheasant hunt. In fact, for Starbuck, Minn., hunter and former guide Don...

Go read this article... In this NRA-ILA Grassroots News Minute, Jennifer Zahrn draws attention to the unequal treatment of the Ray Rice and Shaneen Allen cases by Shaneen Allen. The post Liberty and Justice for All? Not In New Jersey appeared first on Bearing Arms....

Go read this article... Moody’s Investor Service has downgraded Heckler & Koch GmbH’s (Germany) Corporate Family Rating because the company may not have enough cashflow to pay the semi-annual $14 million of interest it owes on its EUR295 million debt. From the...

You have to hand it to the folks at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. They’re always on the lookout for land that matters. RMEF recently found some more ground worth buying, this time in partnership with the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy and the Washington Department of...

Turn an old external-frame pack into a comfortable, “better than store bought” stand hauler in just a few minutes. Despite our obsession with all-seeing trail cams and game-funneling food plots, a good part of the allure of hunting wily mature whitetails remains in...

Often relegated to the balloon popping world of a sideshow act or a pivotal scene in an action flick, knife throwing does have a legitimate place in the real world. And while you don’t usually want to “throw away” your weapon, there are times when you might need to...

Go read this article... A development in improvised weaponry spearheaded by South America’s drug cartel armorers has been the blow-back operated open-bolt automatic rifle. The simple solution to the usual intricacies of a typical assault rifle’s locking, delay or gas...

Winston County, MS, Coroner Scott Gregory seems to have struck a chord with county residents when he called for an armed response to a recent rash of burglaries. Scott Gregory may be the coroner of Winston, County, Mississippi, but he sure sounds like someone running...

Folks, allow me to pass along a little advice. Thomas “Pincushion” McGowan was arrested after he was stabbed with a spear. If you’re going to get drunk and then go for a drive in your car that you just reported stolen, get involved in a police chase, wreck your car,...

Go read this article... Week 24. Overall it looks like more vendors have slight reductions in PPR than have increased. There is some 22LR for $0.10 (but only 3 boxes when I compiled this); otherwise it is still silly expensive. Or maybe we just need to move on and...

Despite being the subject of a 1952 drama film, David Marshall Williams and his tappet form of gas operation remain somewhat poorly documented at the introductory level. This post and those that follow hope to provide a starting point to readers by describing the...

Rich Baldonado (left), aka “RBTEk1,” shows off one of his custom-painted Roman Made swimbaits. Photos by Cody Pickens. A water-bottle wrapper, the back page of a supermarket circular, and a plastic shopping bag float along the edge of Echo Park Lake. Traffic whizzes...

Milwaukee bar owner Andy Kochanski shot it out with two armed robbers in 2013, putting one criminal in the hospital and the other in the morgue. It was just over a year ago that Concertina Beer Hall owner Andy Kochanski shot it out with armed robbers inside his...

In the latter part of the last decade, Under Armour was the aspirational apparel brand for hunters. They owned the market on the whole-paycheck jacket-and-pants combo. People didn’t hesitate to slap down $700 for a new set of outerwear, in part because they knew they...

Go read this article... Brandon sent in this nifty photo of two of his Savage rifles on prairie near Badlands National Park. This is a photo of my Savage 12VLP chambered in 22-250 with a Leupold VX-2 scope. The back rifle is a Savage 93r17 BVSS with a Vortex Crossfire...

APO is now releasing their own bolt action receivers now. Having shot quite a lot of rifles with APO chassis and used some of their gear, I know their products are of high quality. So the fact they are making their own receivers, in house, promises to be the same high...

Go read this article... The very talented gun photographer Justin Colter sent us these photos of his AR-15 Short Barreled Rifle (10.3″ barrel) with AAC M4-2000 suppressor. Thanks Justin. Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of The Day. The post Weekend Photos:...

After watching champion shooter Jerry Miculek turn in a performance with a double-barrel shotgun, lever-action rifle, and single-action revolver, one of the bystanders gets in a hilarious dig… at Jerry’s expense. The post “He Invented Most Of These Guns.” Jerry...

Today’s DTIC document – from June 1973 – covers the early development of the 5.56mm FABRL cartridge, which is one of my favorites. For those unfamiliar with it, the 5.56mm FABRL (Frankford Arsenal and Ballistics Research Laboratory, later rationalized to “Future...

The AK Operators Union, Local 47-74 has posted a video on the capabilities of operating AK-47 weapon systems in “emergency situations”. In short, they show that the AK weapon system can be operated without the dust cover and more interestingly, without the recoil...

Ah the Reising. If you are like me and constantly check NFA classifieds like Sturmgewehr and Subguns, then you definitely know that the price of the Reising is perhaps its most alluring feature. Deemed a “poor man’s Thompson” by most, the Reising is known but to a few...

This is a little off topic, but we often discuss international arms deals on TFB and, like me, many of you readers are big fans of the movie Lord of War (2005) which has been also discussed on TFB a number of times. If you have ever wondered how international arms...

Online Universities are drastically changing the higher-education landscape by making academics more accessible through online portals. Online classes are typically go-at-your-own pace with significant financial savings. The same idea has now been applied to firearms....

Earlier this week I wrote about catching king mackerel baits. Now, let’s look at the best material to use when rigging those baits for kings: wire. With a mouthful of daggers and a penchant for slashing tactics, kingfish make short work of monofilament lines, and even...

Guns.com is reporting that the Sig Sauer and the ATF have not yet come to a resolution on their previously reported dispute over the civlian-oriented MPX pistol-caliber carbine muzzle brake. As we reported in July, Sig contends that the brake is just a brake, where...

Go read this article... Preppers may want to pay attention: Federal has gone live with nitrogen-purged “fresh-fire” packs for 5.56 rounds. Federal is packaging 30 rounds (coincidentally ideal for most standard-capacity magazines) of 5.56 in (very) long-term storable...

Daniel Defense was recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing, privately-owned companies in the US. A ranking of #1568 may not seem impressive on first glance, but considering there were approximately 28,000,000 small businesses in the US during 2013,...

Go read this article... Reid Hendrix of Tactical Response compares some of the most common fighting rifles calibers. I suspect that a lot of what he has to say here is going to be surprising to many people who haven’t seen these rounds at work in the real world, but...

A while back we blogged about an individual who took the Prince Law Office’s determination that, as a result of the ATF clarifying that “unincorporated trusts” are not “persons” under the Gun Control Act, it may have opened a way for trusts to manufacture new Post-86...

I grew up hunting waterfowl in the shallow-water sloughs and marshes of eastern Wisconsin. Throughout the season, I got to work in the early-morning hours building a makeshift duck blind. Now, I’m not going to downplay the sheer joy of building your own blind, but...

Do you really that drug use is a victimless crime? You might want to watch Episode 10 of NRA’s Life of Duty, where the panel takes a look at how narco-terrorism finances al Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS, and their allies as they wage war on American interest at home and...

Most of us, at some point in our shooting careers, have shot a Banner scope whether we knew it or not. They are a staple hunting scope for many thousands of hunters every year, and put meat on the table. They are also affordable for those looking for a reliable scope...

Defense Distributed, Cody Wilson’s organization that created the famous Liberator 3D-printable pistol, just sent out a press release that simply simple said … Respectfully requesting your attendance for an October Surprise. September 30, 2014. … and embedded the below...