Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have an elaborately decorated Bavarian swivel breech percussion fowler from the early to mid-1800s, marked “JOHAN ARNED” and “A. WIRZBURG” with silver inlay at the breech. This is a lot of gun to look at. The lock plate, ham...
I recently had the opportunity to participate in the Skills division at the NRL Hunter Leupold Relentless Rifleman match , and I’m already sold on this new sport. On this episode of TFB Behind the Gun podcast, I’m proud to welcome the founder and president of the NRL Hunter seri...
I will readily admit to being something of a firebug. It’s one area where I absolutely go overboard when it comes to survival kits, camping supplies, and such. To be fair, though, fire is a critical survival need in many situations. My fire kit has changed a bit over the years, but I think I [&...
Most of the old and weird shotguns are new to me. Guns, I’m experiencing for the first time. That’s not the case with the Savage Model 67. The Savage Model 67 was, and remains, the shotgun my dad has always hunted with. He’s had a Model 67 since before I was born and swears by […] The...
What does it really take to keep an FFL business running legally and profitably? From airtight A&D records and Form 4473 compliance to physical security, inventory audits, and staff training — this guide covers the 12 essential things every federal firearms licensee needs to protect their license and operate with confidence.
Red dots - and green ones, too - have been the future of many firearm platforms in recent years; especially handguns. One of the most clever innovations that I have witnessed from an optics company in recent years is the shotgun dot. The Vortex Optics Viper Shotgun Enclosed Dot has such a clever ...
Few firearms carry as much mystique as the AKS-74U. Fielded by Soviet forces in Afghanistan starting in the early 1980s, the stubby little Krinkov bridged the gap between a submachine gun and a full-length rifle, and it became one of the most iconic compact firearms of the Cold War era. Palmetto ...
There's a pretty common misconception floating around gun circles that Samuel Colt had some hand in the Single Action Army. Maybe he designed it, maybe he approved it, maybe he at least lived to see it. The reality is that Colt died in January 1862, more than a decade before the SAA ever exi...
If you’ve shot a suppressed AR-15 for more than a magazine or two, you already know the tradeoff. The can makes your rifle quiet, but it also sends a chunk of that gas right back at you. Eyes, lungs, bolt carrier group, all of it. That backpressure problem, combined with a new and, in my .....
A highly chaotic and violent incident left a 34-year-old driver dead and two residents hospitalized on Wednesday evening, June 24, 2026, in San Tan Valley, Arizona. The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) confirmed that after the driver intentionally or recklessly plowed an SUV directly into a...