Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor. Suppressor brakes are increasing in popularity, showing up on more and more silencers. Let’s take a look at where they came from and what options are available. Silencer Saturday…
I have never really been a huge piston-driven AR-15 fan. The extra weight, complexity, and lack of real benefit for me as a fairly low-volume civilian shooter left me convinced that a well-built direct impingement rifle still offered the best balance for people like me. So when Franklin Armory offered to send out one of…
The stage doesn’t care how you get to the firing position. Only that you do. At a practical shooting competition, one competitor drew quiet admiration from fellow shooters and range officers alike. Not for any dramatic reason, but simply for the way he went about his business. Wheeling between stages with a Heckler & Koch…
A Cabelas outside Omaha has this Husqvarna 1640 for sale, chambered in 9.3x62mm, for eight hundred bucks. [Cabelas] I was at my “local” gun store a few days back (my local gun store is actually 1.5 hours’ drive away, more if you take the logging roads, which I generally do this time of year) and…
VKTR Industries is making its patented ambidextrous lower receivers available as stand-alone products for the first time, opening them up to shooters who previously could only get one by purchasing a complete VKTR rifle. The VK1 Complete Lower is now available to dealers, distributors, and the law enforcement market. The lower is built around VKTR’s…
FN Herstal has announced the FN MAG TACTICAL with Long Rail, the latest evolution of the company’s long-serving general purpose machine gun platform. The update introduces a Long Rail Conversion Kit engineered to bring modern ergonomics and dual day/night optic capability to one of the most widely fielded GPMGs in history. The FN MAG has…
Big Horn Armory, manufacturer of high-end lever-action rifles, has seen their YouTube channel removed by the video hosting site’s staff—and it doesn’t look like they’re going to be back. Lever-actions @ TFB: Midwest Industries’ New Rossi and Winchester Lever-Action Handguards Review: Henry “Big Boy Steel” in .327 Federal Magnum-Is this curious caliber worth it in…
Report writing under stress, the legal exposure that comes from vague language, what prosecutors and defense attorneys actually look for, and the documentation habits that protect officers long after the incident is over. Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial week, and the topic is use of force documentation: specifically, the…
7.62×39 AK-203 and AK-204. By Lynndon Schooler. Starting around 2017, Kalashnikov Concern embarked on a new and somewhat unconventional project. Since the original development of the AK platform, reliability had always been prioritized over accuracy. However, this philosophy began to shift with an improved accuracy program focused on the AK-103, arguably the most successful rifle…
Today’s photo comes from a privately owned FN SCAR 17 that has been thoughtfully built out into a near-precision configuration. The SCAR has long been a favorite among serious shooters, and it’s easy to see why once you’ve handled one. Despite being chambered in 7.62x51mm, the rifle tips the scales at just around 3.6 kg…