He Thought the Chamber Was Clear: A Negligent Discharge Story Every Gun Owner Should Hear
A seasoned shooter shot himself while cleaning his Glock. What went wrong, what it cost him, and the clearing routine that stops a negligent discharge.
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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.
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...
Virginia Judge Expands Injunction Against AR-15 and Magazine Bans to State Agencies
Virginia gun owners secured another courtroom victory as a judge expanded an injunction against the state's AR-15 and standard-capacity magazine ban to include the Commonwealth, its agencies, and employees.
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...
MAT-49 – French Cold War SMG
In the 1970 film Patton, the legendary U.S. Army General George S. Patton is seen arriving in North Africa to command the Second Armor Division. Moroccan troops are lined up holding a unique-looking weapon. It is an anachronism – one of many in the Oscar-winning film – and a reminder that the...
Behind the Bullet: The .25 WSSM
The .25 WSSM earns its place as a quarterbore that packs .25-06 Remington performance into a case nearly an inch shorter, letting you run it in a compact short action instead of a full-length rifle. Winchester claimed the cartridge would equal the velocity of the .25-06, and the factory numbers b...
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...