Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a 1933 Colt Shooting Master in .38 Special, one of roughly 2,500 produced in that caliber out of approximately 3,500 total across all configurations. The Shooting Master was Colt’s premium target revolver, introduced in 1932 and aimed sq...
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . Revolvers are the least suppressed type of firearm, thanks to the issues with gas leakage around the cylinder and barre...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Prussian Potsdam Model 1809 percussion conversion rifle-musket with buttplate tang and barrel dated 1832. The base gun started life as a flintlock. The 1832 date tells you when Prussia decided to modernize it, pulling the flintlock hardware ...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have an elaborately decorated Bavarian swivel breech percussion fowler from the early to mid-1800s, marked “JOHAN ARNED” and “A. WIRZBURG” with silver inlay at the breech. This is a lot of gun to look at. The lock plate, ham...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Needham conversion of a Bridesburg rifle-musket with an 1863-dated lock, one of approximately 5,020 Civil War muzzleloaders converted to breechloading centerfire using the Needham side-opening system. After the war the Army was sitting on an...
One of the dominating trends in the firearms industry for the last decade has been red dots on handguns. If we narrow our focus to trends in 2026, then we absolutely need to mention the growing adoption of the Aimpoint COA, an enclosed emitter red dot built for harsh duty use. What does “CO...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Brown Manufacturing Company Ballard Patent single shot sporting rifle manufactured 1869 to 1873 out of Newburyport, Massachusetts, with at least 500 produced according to Flayderman’s Guide. Brown Manufacturing was one of several small...
The Supreme Court handed down its decision in United States v. Hemani this week, and the headline writes itself: Marijuana users can own guns. The Court ruled that the government can't prosecute Ali Danial Hemani under the federal law that bars drug users from possessing firearms, at le...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a 1911-manufactured Colt Model 1909 double action revolver marked “UNITED STATES PROPERTY” on the barrel underside with RAC inspection marks on the barrel, frame, cylinder, and left grip. The 1909 was the Army’s standard side...
How our former shooting editor made history in benchrest competition The post ‘I Finally Shot a Good Group.’ The Story of Jim Carmichel’s Benchrest World Record appeared first on Outdoor Life.