New LPVOs are always welcome, and Element Optics shows up here with their Helix HD 1-8x24. This is a new low-power variable optic built for hunting and tactical use at close to intermediate ranges. The scope joins the existing Helix HD family, which up to this point has centered on higher magnifi...
MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 15, 2026 — HII’s (NYSE: HII) Mission Technologies division announced today that it was awarded a task order to research improved airdrop and combat feeding techniques to support U.S. Army soldier sustainment. Under the five-year task order, HII will advance new carg...
The cadre presence company of Austria's Panzergrenadierbataillon 13 tackled a scenario straight out of modern hybrid warfare doctrine: an enemy force seizes critical infrastructure and must be expelled without destroying it. For two weeks in August, 130 soldiers drilled this complex balancin...
A new amicus brief in Johnson v. Jacobson argues that historical traveler exceptions gave interstate visitors more carry freedom than Minnesota permits today.
Colombia’s Decree 1368 restores the effectiveness of valid firearm carry permits after years of nationwide suspension, although the country retains a restrictive may-issue system.
Two men in Slovakia used legally carried handguns to stop separate brown bear attacks. Both escaped injury, underscoring the value of an immediately available defensive firearm when a bear charges.
The names of firearms designers such as John Moses Browning, Mikhail Kalashnikov and Eugene Morrison Stoner are synonymous with iconic firearms. Stoner was a prolific firearms designer who was responsible for the AR-7 U.S. Air Force survival rifle, the AR-10 rifle, the SR-25, and, of course, the ...
The G95 is manufactured by Heckler & Koch and it is a Bundeswehr-specific variant of the HK416, meaning it is built on the AR-15 pattern that is widely used across NATO, a design lineage shared with the G27 and G28, which are based on the AR-10 pattern. It’s pretty obvious that this sha...
I’m writing this from my remote cabin, connected via Starlink, eagerly anticipating the UPS truck that is now on its fourth day of delays in delivering my Black Trident package. Not sure if you can feel my pain, but luckily I found some images to make me think of something else while ...
A qualified manufacturer may obtain unregistered and unmarked suppressor parts from another qualified manufacturer, install them in a registered suppressor, and return the complete unit to its owner. That opens up repairs that the old guidance made difficult or impossible.