Everyone knows a rifleman wants to make every shot count, but in the world of shotgunning, it’s kind of a given that you’re going to miss some shots, especially when you’re inexperienced. At least, you’re likely to have some misses when you’re wingshooting, especiall...
A little while back, Vortex Optics sent over their AMG UH-1 Gen II holographic sight, and it spent its time with me riding on a MAC IX and a Rossi R95 Triple Black lever action. Somewhere between those two guns, a question got stuck in my head. Holographic sights are built for larpers, close-quar...
Taurus has added a Flat Dark Earth finish to the TX9, and it covers all three sizes at once: full-size, compact and sub-compact. Both the slide and frame are FDE, with a matte black barrel peeking out through the ejection port. Taurus marketing GM Caleb Giddings put it simply when he said that in...
Editor’s Note: In this article, Dr. Will Dabbs evaluates the Speed-Tac AR Bolt Carrier in his Springfield Armory SAINT rifle. Designed for .223/5.56 and 300 BLK chambered AR-15 rifles, this bolt carrier is specially designed to improve the seating of a full magazine on a closed bolt. The bo...
Springfield Armory's $899 Echelon Pro Comp promises better control and faster follow-up shots. After 550 rounds and a side-by-side comparison with a standard Echelon, we found out what the upgrades actually deliver.
The United States is settling into its midterm election results and reactions from across the nation and the world have been, shall we say, interesting. The Democrat party candidates won resounding victories nationwide. The official Republican line emerging appears to be, “It was the war...
Welcome back to another Wheelgun Wednesday here at TFB! Timing is everything. Two weeks after Ruger pulled the plug on most of its revolver catalog ( source ), Smith & Wesson went the other way and released a pair of .45-caliber N-frames whose family tree runs straight back to the trenches. M...
“Cheap skills” are one of the quiet traps that catch shooters who believe they are doing the right thing simply because they occasionally show up at the range. The phrase sounds harsh, but it describes a very real phenomenon: nominal skills built quickly, casually, or without standards. The s...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a copy of a copy. This is a Wise Lite Arms AJM 53, a semi-auto belt-fed rifle made in Boyd, Texas, and its family tree runs straight back to the MG 42. Quick lineage lesson. The Germans fielded the MG 42 in World War II, […] The post P...
FN Browning Group has completed its acquisition of Accuracy International, the designer and manufacturer of precision rifle systems. TFB's Matthew Moss reported on the deal in May , when the agreement was announced and was still subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition is now complete...