These days your standard duty handgun comes well equipped to carry a bright and powerful light. That rail that sits on the forward end of guns like the M17 isn’t there for decoration. Soldiers toss lights on these things all the time, and packing 1,000 lumens isn’t uncommon. Although lights on handguns have recently become widespread, the Nazi night pistol might be the earliest example of a duty-ready pistol fitted with a light. This odd gun looks like it’s some sort of steampunk pistol. Weapon-mounted lights just weren’t a thing, and flashlights at the time were, in general, were typically…
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ATF’s Proposed Stabilization Brace Regulation Now at the White House The ATF has taken the next step needed to implement its new gun confiscation scheme by sending its final rule to the White House for review. Dec. 12, 2022 | Firearms Policy Coalition Obviously, this is all just a formality, with the Biden administration being the orchestrators for this tyrannical assault. The rule will soon be approved and implemented, but all is not lost. Congress is currently battling to get a budget for the federal government passed this year, which presents us with a perfect opportunity to stanch the blood supply needed…
Good evening everyone and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the new YHM Turbo T3 rifle suppressor. Last week we reviewed the Banish 30 Gold from Silencer Central. This week we get our first look at the YHM Turbo T3 – the latest iteration of the Turbo family of 5.56mm rifle suppressors that now focuses on reducing blowback. Let’s take a look. SILENCER SATURDAY #257: LIMIT TOXIC EXPOSURE – The New YHM Turbo T3 Suppressor SILENCER SATURDAY #257: Limit TOXIC EXPOSURE – The New YHM Turbo T3 Suppressor Bear with me…
December 16, 2022, marks the 78th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. The WWII German offensive that came to be known as the “Battle of the Bulge” was the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the United States in World War II. (Photo: National WWII Museum) Involving more than 610,000 American troops and 450,000 German soldiers with 1,500 tanks and assault guns, it claimed 89,000 American casualties (which included 19,000 killed) and almost 70,000 German casualties. So, in honor of this historic battle and its anniversary, we’re taking a look at the guns used in the fight. Some Background The…
Imagine you find out that your home or car has been burglarized for just a moment. For some of us, it’s really just pulling up past experiences rather than an act of imagination. Regardless, picture yourself in that situation. You call the police to report the theft. Next thing you know, you’re in handcuffs. That doesn’t make a lot of sense, now does it? Except, it can actually happen. In fact, it did to one woman recently. STAMFORD, CT — A local woman with a valid pistol permit who reported a gun stolen from her car ended up getting arrested and…
Lever Action Bazooka isn’t a term I ever thought I would need to write. If you’re like me, you picture something crossed between a bazooka and a Winchester. Sadly, that’s not what the M25 Lever Action Bazooka looks like. It’s a monstrous contraption that uses an unconventional lever action design. I first came across it thanks to Osprey Publishing’s book called Bazooka. The book doesn’t have much information, but the manual for the M25 is available online and provides a bit more insight. The M25 Bazooka was designed to help increase the Army’s anti-tank capabilities. The original Bazooka utilized 2.36-inch rockets, and…
Movies have an odd relationship with guns. It’s either they get it right, or they get it terribly wrong. One of the struggles movies have is making the guns in their films memorable. Hero guns is often the title used to describe standout firearms. Along the way, they occasionally make something a bit odd, and sometimes they create what I call Hollywood Abominations. The Lee Enfield/Mossberg Maverick- Young Ones Young Ones is this independent apocalyptic film involving water, water thieves, and a couple of famous child actors. The film is fairly entertaining but not exactly memorable. Something about robots and jealousy. What…
The Beretta M9A1, A Short 9mm History: If you served in the U.S. military from either the end of the Cold War or Operation Desert Storm to the post-Cold War 1990s or the Global War on Terror, you probably carried the M9 Beretta. Some loved it and some loathed it, but you have to respect its battle-tested staying power over the decades. And Beretta did its best to continually upgrade the pistol over the years, with the M9A1 being a good example. Beretta M9A1: Pros and Cons The M9 Beretta, with its 9x19mm cartridge, didn’t have the stopping power of the pistol…
The state of Hawaii has a history of restricting guns. This is even worse in the city of Honolulu, which has an established history of trying to restrict the Second Amendment. Now, they’re looking to ban guns from “sensitive places.” One huge problem, as noted in the linked post above, is that the definition is very broad and very prohibitive of people’s rights. But one op-ed writer claims that it’s not about that. In a span of one week in November there were two mass shootings in the U.S. — seven died in a shooting at a Walmart Supercenter in Chesapeake, Virginia,…
I’ve got a range safety poster from the 1950s on my office wall, and the very first rule is “Treat every gun as it were loaded until you personally prove otherwise.” That fundamental rule, along with the rule about keeping your muzzle pointed in a safe direction at all times, was allegedly violated by a sheriff’s deputy in Florida this past weekend, leading to the death of his roommate and manslaughter charges being filed. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey says Deputy Austin Walsh was shot and killed early Saturday morning by fellow deputy Andrew Lawson in what the sheriff described…