Posts about "firearm"
POTD: The Springfield Trapdoor Carbine – Custer’s Cavalry Gun
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a carbine that rode into the most studied battle in American history. This is a Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor carbine in .45-70, and this one falls in the serial range issued to the 7th Cavalry. In other words, it’s the type of gun G...
TFB Behind the Gun #227: Earle Pope w/ Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing
On today's episode of TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, I'm happy to welcome Earle Pope, founder and owner of Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing, a brand-new company out of Brevard, North Carolina, that made quite a splash at GunCon 2026. Chestnut Mountain caught a lot of attention at the...
Activist Says 'Responsible' Firearm Owners Have Nothing to Fear From Gun Control
TFB Review: US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1917 (Enfield)
The iconic American rifle of World War 1 is the 1903 Springfield, but most of the Doughboys were issued a different gun. The US Rifle, Model of 1917, also known as the Enfield or P17, thanks to the vagaries of history, was the most prevalent US rifle by far. Over two million were made in a two-ye...
POTD: Glock's Limited French Contract Run
In 2020, the French Armed Forces selected the Glock 17 Gen5 as their new standard service pistol, naming it PANG for Pistolet Automatique de Nouvelle Génération. Over the next two years, Glock delivered 74,596 examples in coyote-colored polymer frames and black slides, each marked w...
Wheelgun Wednesday: Good News, Everyone - The Manurhin MR88 Is Back
Founded in the early 20th century, Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin, aka Manurhin, has done a lot of things. They made food processing machinery and scooters. But after World War II, like much of reindustrializing Europe, they were keen to try new things, so they started making semi-auto pist...
A Social Media Dispute Showed Up at Their Front Door. His Wife’s Single Shot Ended It.
A licensed Massachusetts gun owner shot an armed man pursuing her husband at gunpoint. The Hampden DA ruled it lawful self-defense. Read the original story: A Social Media Dispute Showed Up at Their Front Door. His Wife’s Single Shot Ended It.
Another Worthless Gun ‘Buyback,’ This One Supposedly Making Brooklyn, N.Y., ‘Safer’
New York officials celebrated a Brooklyn gun buyback that collected 191 firearms, but studies suggest such programs may have little effect on crime rates. The post Another Worthless Gun ‘Buyback,’ This One Supposedly Making Brooklyn, N.Y., ‘Safer’ appeared first on The Truth About Guns.