Silencer Saturday #457: PTR Vent 1 - First Look

Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . This week we are taking a first look at a new silencer for review: the PTR Vent 1 . The silencer made quite a splas...

By Daniel Y •

Taurus TX9 Gets a Flat Dark Earth Finish Across Three Sizes

Taurus has added a Flat Dark Earth finish to the TX9, and it covers all three sizes at once: full-size, compact and sub-compact. Both the slide and frame are FDE, with a matte black barrel peeking out through the ejection port. Taurus marketing GM Caleb Giddings put it simply when he said that in...

By Eric B •

First Shots With The New CZ DUTY Pistol

The CZ DUTY 9mm has one of the best factory striker triggers I have pressed, and it let me shoot accurately from the first magazine. The grip, as tested, did not fit my hand perfectly, so practical shooters, duty users and serious carriers should hold one before buying one.

By Eric B •

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...

By Matt E •

Flexotrap Wins Major Tender for Five Shooting Ranges in France

Flexotrap AB, together with its French partner FGCI Defence, has won a tender to supply modular bullet trap systems to GIGN, the French Gendarmerie’s elite intervention and counter-terrorism unit. The order covers five shooting ranges at two facilities in France. The delivery comprises 68 modul...

By Eric G •

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...

By Eric B •

Silencer Saturday #456: Savage Accu-Can 30 BOB

Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . This week we are taking a first look at an interesting suppressor from Savage Arms. This noted maker of bolt-action...

By Daniel Y •
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