K9 Handler Gear Considerations

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is K9 patrol equipment: the gear that keeps both the handler and the dog alive and working across a career, not a demo. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going ever...

By Tom R •

POTD: Grand Power ARAQ-S - Pop the Hood

Every truck guy knows someone who dropped a Cummins diesel into a Chevy just to see the look on people's faces at the gas station. Grand Power of Slovenská Ľupča, Slovakia, has pulled off the rifle equivalent of that swap. But what is it?

By Eric B •

Fudd Friday: In Memory Of The Late, Great Single-Shot Shotgun

Everyone knows a rifleman wants to make every shot count, but in the world of shotgunning, it’s kind of a given that you’re going to miss some shots, especially when you’re inexperienced. At least, you’re likely to have some misses when you’re wingshooting, especiall...

By Zac K •

NSRI Delivers Prototype in Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Modernization Effort

OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 4, 2026 — The National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at the University of Nebraska has delivered the requested prototype in the second year of its effort to modernize data architecture for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC). The work supports U.S. Strategic...

By Eric G •

Derya Arms Enters the Suppressor Market with the OBone

If you have never shot .22 LR suppressed, you have missed one of the best experiences in shooting. A subsonic rimfire behind a can is genuinely quiet, the whole thing costs very little per round, and new shooters who flinch at a centerfire rifle will happily shoot a suppressed .22 all afternoon. ...

By Eric B •

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 •

Trijicon AccuPoint 1-8x24 Gets Battery-Free Green Duplex Reticle

Not everyone wants a tree. Trijicon has added a Standard Green Duplex reticle option to the AccuPoint 1-8x24, aimed at hunters and shooters who want a familiar, uncluttered sight picture with nothing in the way of the target. It joins the Red Triangle Post version in a lineup that now offers two ...

By Eric B •
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