Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Smith & Wesson that exists thanks to leftover parts and a Mexican government order. This is a 38 Military & Police Target known to collectors as the “Mexican Target Model,” chambered in 38 Special with a 6 inch barrel. ...
When a company famous for AR-15s and drop-in triggers decides to build a pistol, it feels a bit like a respected engine tuner rolling out its own car. You expect it to be quick, and you expect the details to be right. This is TFB's Photo of the Day, and the “car” in question is t...
Fulton Armory has a new HUB Mount for the M14 and M1A. It adapts the uncommon thread pattern on these rifles to the standard 1.375x24 threads used for mounting many silencers. Keep reading for all the details.
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have an early example of one of Remington’s best single shots. This is a Remington-Hepburn No. 3 falling block rifle in 45-70 Government, made around 1883 and wearing a two-digit serial number. The action came from Lewis Hepburn, who ran Re...
The darkness is a lie your eyes have been telling you for years. Out past the fence line, the hog trail, the dry wash and the ranch road carry on without you, until a thermal scope shows who has been watching whom. This is TFB's Photo of the Day, showing the new Trijicon REAP-IR-50 LRF . I d...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a lever gun with the best name on a receiver I’ve seen in a while. This is a factory engraved, special order Marlin Model 1888 in 38-40 with “Santa Claus” inscribed on the left side of the receiver. Factory records show it ...
Every serpent has a tell, and this one carries it right under the muzzle. The TTI Sand Viper hides a built-in bladed stand-off the company calls its fangs, a little menace on an otherwise refined 2011 from Taran Butler's Simi Valley shop. This is TFB's Photo of the Day, and it shows the...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Ballard single shot that checks two big boxes at once. This one was built by the Brown Manufacturing Company between about 1869 and 1873 and engraved by Louis D. Nimschke, who signed it “L.D.N.” under the receiver. The Ballard ...
Five centuries ago, a payment of 296 ducats reached Bartolomeo Beretta, and the paperwork has never looked better. On October 3rd, 1526, that transaction became the first documented entry in the history of the world's oldest industrial dynasty, and Beretta has now turned it into a pistol.
The idea of a lever-action .410 is nothing new at all; Winchester and Marlin both sold them in the past, and while they weren’t very common, they were something you could definitely find on the used market, as long as you didn’t mind a relatively high price.