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Plinker Dual Strike Pneumatic Targets

Plinker is an automated target company that is bringing to market a dual target system that can be swung into place and controlled off a electronic device. It works off of a pneumatic operated canister...

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BREAKING: Immigration & Customs Enforcement Adopts the SIG P320 Modular Handgun

The rumor we reported on earlier appears to now be official: Immigration and Customs Enforcement has adopted the SIG P320C as their next service handgun. News of SIG’s win was confirmed by a post on...

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Modern Personal Defense Weapon Calibers 007: The 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Since we’ve discussed the .30 M1 Carbine caliber, it is probably only a matter of time before someone mentioned another .30 caliber round used by the Allies during the Second World War, that being the...

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BREAKING: Glock Protests XM17 MHS SIG Sauer Win

SIG Sauer is not quite out of the woods yet regarding their recent Modular Handgun System contract win. Finalist Glock – who for many was the favorite to win – has protested the XM17 contract award....

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Modern Personal Defense Weapon Calibers 010: The 9x19mm and 9x21mm Russian...

One potential solution to the problem of a suitable anti-armor pistol and submachine gun round is to take the existing ammunition system and introduce one or more new kinds of ammunition which provide...

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BREAKING: FN was the other Finalist in the ICE Service Pistol Competition

Last week we reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), adopted the SIG P320C as their next service handgun. By law public...

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Kurds to Receive Support from Canada, Germany

According to the National Post, the Canadian government will begin supplying elements of the Kurdish Peshmerga in Iraq with small arms and light weapons. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau previously...

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.45 Auto Prograde 185 gr TAC-XP solid copper hollow point (Ammo & Gel Test...

Solid copper hollow points typically offer excellent reliability and are a solid alternative to traditional, lead core jacketed hollow points, especially in locales where lead is banned. This test...

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Czech Small Arms Introduces vz.15 Ultra Low Bore Axis Pistol

Is 2017 the Year of the Low Bore Axis? It seems like it just might be! Amid a sea of other pistols advertised as having low bore axes (some of which do deliver on that claim), the Jablunka-based Czech...

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Chiappa 9mm Kalashnikov Pistol Review

We first reported on the Chiappa 9x19mm NATO Kalashnikov Pistol last year on TFB, promising a review. This review will consist of the Chiappa Pistol with both Glock and CZ magazine inserts. Because the...

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TFB TV Goes to the UK! British Shooting Explained

TFB TV pairs up with Callum from English Shooting, a British Channel devoted to discussing the shooting sports in the United Kingdom. Callum talks about the differences between a Firearms and Shotgun...

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Taurus Curve Review

When the Curve first came out, the two general reactions were either, “Wow, what a neat idea, conturing to the curve of a torso or waist”. Or, “Good Initiative, bad judgement”. Whatever camp your...

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Honor Guard 9mm Review

Our sister blog All Outdoors our good friend Jon Stokes reviews the  Honor Guard Robar NP3 9mm pistol … Unless you’ve been living under a rock or you don’t follow the gun scene at all, you’ve heard of...

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Concealed Carry Shirts: Gimmick or Worth it?

With the Taurus Curve review I highlighted a sort of methodology that I consider central to carrying a handgun for self-defense. Namely being that one shouldn’t rely on a single handgun or holster but...

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Additions to Ruger Mark IV Line

Sturm, Ruger & Co. announced a pair of new offerings in the Mark IV line of rimfire pistols: the Mark IV Competition and the Mark IV 22/45 Tactical. According to the company, the line now has nine...

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Russia Develops a New .45 ACP Pistol (OTs-122)

Russian “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” newspaper has recently released an interview with Alexey Sorokin, the director of Russian firearms manufacturing plant called TsKIB SOO. Among other subjects discussed...

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Kruchin Takes it up a Notch…AGAIN!

In what is sure to top the current craze over making music with firearms, Russia’s IPSC Grand Master Vitaly Kruchin outdoes his own performance of taking musicians to the shooting range, by taking the...

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Ian, Karl Talk Barrels with Nathan From Faxon Firearms

We rarely get to pick the brains of the people in our industry who are the technical geniuses that bring the products we love and enjoy to fruition. In this episode of InRange TV, Ian and Karl from...

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New Russian Competition Pistol called PE-10

Russian company “Souz TM” (a.k.a STM Arms) has introduced a new competition pistol called PE-10 (ПЕ-10). It is specially designed for practical shooting competition use – IPSC Standard division (major...

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FN 1910 Pistol History and Shooting

The FN 1910 was an extremely common pocket pistol in Europe, and was produced in both .32 ACP and .380 ACP. Around 700,000 were produced over about 70 years, and yet it is little known in the US, where...

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