Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have Mauser Model 1912 prototype serial number 13 in 9mm Luger, one of a very limited number manufactured around 1912 for experimental purposes. This exact pistol and its internal workings are pictured on pages 93-94 of “Mauser Pistolen”...
After Beretta Holding acquired nearly 10 percent of Ruger, the two companies have entered an openly hostile fight that will culminate in a shareholder vote this spring The post Beretta Quietly Became the Largest Shareholder of Ruger. Now the American Gunmaker Is Warning of a Takeover appeared fir...
Short-barreled rifles and shotguns did not end up in the NFA by accident alone. Here’s how a sweeping 1934 gun control push trapped SBRs and SBSs in federal law.
The XM8 ships with a 25-round magazine. Twenty-round mags from the M7 remain compatible. That directly addresses one of the louder complaints in Army Capt. Braden Trent's May 2025 assessment of the M7, which called the 20-round capacity a liability. As TFB covered when the Army type-classifi...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Richard William Davis manufactured Browning 1919A6 belt-fed machine gun built from a new-made sideplate and military surplus components. The A6 variant was developed during WWII in response to Germany’s MG34 and MG42, giving American t...
CHICAGO, IL – A 27-year-old man shot and killed a 16-year-old armed robbery suspect Wednesday afternoon on Chicago’s South Side, according to police. The incident occurred around 3:36 p.m. in the 11700 block of South Normal Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood, as reported by ABC 7 Chi...