The Fire in Thun: When One Plant Owns Your Backorder
One fire at a single Swiss plant is now a line item on dealer backorder reports. The work that follows is deposits, allocation status and honest lead times — not guessing at dates.
Posts about "pistols"
Why People Love The SIG Sauer P226 Handguns
Welcome back to another deep dive into why people love a popular handgun on the market. Last time, I took a look at why people love the Smith & Wesson 5906 line of handguns and what made them so popular in the 1990s, with a call to bring them back with modern machining processes. If you happe...
Beretta APX Falco: A One-Off with the Red Dot Machined into the Slide
Beretta has spent its 500th anniversary year building one-offs, and TFB has already looked at one of them, the 92FS Diamond . The APX Falco is a different kind of special. There is gold on it, and a lot of hand engraving, but the most interesting thing about this pistol is a piece of engin...
2A Display: Gun, Magazine and Blade Mounts
A safe full of rifles leaning against each other could be a waste of a collection and a waste of space. For those who live where it’s legal, 2A Display 's answer is a line of wall and safe mounts that hold firearms, magazines and blades in the open, and the company sums up its aim simp...
KelTec P17 .22LR Pistol – Best $200 You’ll Spend?
Are you looking for a decent-shooting .22 pistol? Is your wallet a bit thin? Look no further than the KelTec P17.
POTD: A Worn SIG P210 Gets An Aimpoint
Some pistols look as if they have spent their lives behind glass. This SIG Sauer P210, recently featured by B&T Switzerland , looks like it has spent considerably more time doing what pistols are meant to do. Its worn finish and well-used trigger give it character, even if we can only specula...
The Rimfire Report: Armscor Still Makes 22 Short. Is It Worth It?
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SHIELD Sights Celebrates 40 Years of Innovation in Red Dot Optics
SHIELD Sights are celebrating 40 years in business, founded in the UK back in 1986, SHIELD Sights have gained a global reputation for their sights including the SMS, RMS, AMS and new OMS line. Their early history is fascinating with the company providing designs and OEM expertise to many wel...
My Carry Gun Journey
We are living in the Golden Age of firearms. There’s never been a time when consumers had more options readily available. One of the most competitive arenas is concealed-carry guns. After nearly 13 years at a high-volume FFL, the most common question I heard was, “Where do I begin?” With al...
Ruger's Wednesday Print: 3 Numbers That Set Your Q4 Order Book
Ruger reports Wednesday into a market where checks rose 2.5% but retail units fell 7.8%. Sell-through, distributor inventory and average selling price are the three lines that should set an FFL dealer's first-quarter order book.