Trailblazer Pivot Review: A Compact 9mm Glock-Mag PCC

The Trailblazer Pivot looks like someone turned a pistol-caliber carbine into a fidget spinner. Its upper receiver rotates around the lower, shrinking a full-sized 9mm rifle into a compact 20.9-inch package.

By Travis Pike

Federal’s Personal Defense Hydra-Shok Deep

As a .32 fan, one of my favorite little guns is the S&W 432 UC. I typically carry hard wadcutters for self-defense. When we get into smaller, less-powered cartridges, you often have to pick between penetration and expansion. The .32 H&R Magnum is not different, so we have to be exceptiona...

By Travis Pike

TFB Review: Making the Missing Link- Beretta 21A Bobcat Covert .25 ACP

If you have been following along, you know I have already put time into both the Beretta 21A Bobcat Covert  in 22LR and the Beretta 3032 Tomcat Covert  in .32 ACP over on our sister site AllOutdoor. Both came factory-threaded with dark walnut grips and both were a pleasure to review. So...

By Sam.S

Concealed Carry Corner: Concealing On A Motorcycle

Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week, we discussed the basics of printing and how to avoid printing. If you happened to miss that article, be sure to click the link here  to check it out. This week, I want to take a closer look at some of the unique challenges...

By Matt E

The Shooting Paradox: Slow Down to Speed Up

When I was a teenager, the misconception I had about professional racing was that the trophy would go to the most powerful car, or perhaps the most aggressive driver. It was in the mid-90s that a number of racing games hit the market that tried to simulate the physics and details of motorsports a...

By Clayton Walker

TFB Behind the Gun #226: Jeremy & Drew of One Horse

On today's episode of TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, I'm happy to welcome Jeremy Hammons and Drew Markel, the founder and co-owner of One Horse , a brand-new 100% American-made AR-15 manufacturer out of Brownstown, Indiana, with a little bit of pedigree from Anderson Manufacturing, ...

By Luke C.

White Light-Laser Combos: Was I Wrong?

Back in the 1990s, it was widely predicted that laser sights might very well be the next “big thing” in handguns utilized for personal defense. The first successful laser sight was invented by Dr. John Matthews — founder of famed SureFire — some years before, but it wasn’t quite ready f...

By Mike Boyle

POTD: The Detonics Pocket 9 – The Last Gun from the Explosives Guys

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a small 9mm with an outsized backstory. This is the Detonics Pocket 9, and to get it you have to get Detonics. The company was founded in Seattle around 1976 by a couple of explosives engineers, Pat Yates and Sid Woodcock, with money man Chu...

By Sam.S

TFB Review: SDS Imports MAC IX 9mm Pistol

Military Armament Corporation is an SDS Arms brand, and they have been putting out some interesting guns at prices that are hard to argue with. The MAC IX  is their newest offering, a 9mm direct blowback pistol that feeds from MP5-style magazines and runs on AR-15 controls. It is a hybrid co...

By Sam.S
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