[SHOT 2026] TANDEMKROSS TKX22 Light Rifle - Their First Complete Rifle

TANDEMKROSS used SHOT Show 2026 to announce their first complete firearm from start to finish. The TKX22 Light Rifle  is a 10/22-compatible rifle built around the company's TKX22 receiver with everything but the stock manufactured in-house or OEM'd to their specs. At 3 pounds 6 oun...

By Sam.S

The RPK: The Soviet Choice of Commonality Over Capability

In the mid-1950s, the Soviet high command accepted a compromise that would shape frontline infantry small arms for decades: prioritizing platform commonality over dedicated squad-level suppressive fire capability. That decision, formalized with the 1959 adoption of an AK-derived automatic rifle, ...

By Lynndon Schooler

The Radian AFTERBURNER + RAMJET

I had always relegated compensators and gas pedals as things geared towards competition shooting. I hadn’t really considered them for duty or concealed carry guns. That changed for me after attending GunCon 2025 last summer. I got a chance to shoot with both systems on range day and started rec...

By Tim Stetzer

The New Vortex Strike Eagle 1-10x24 FFP: Budget Beast at $699!

Coming out of Vortex's bag of surprises for 2026 is the new Vortex Strike Eagle 1-10x24 FFP riflescope. This new addition to Vortex's extremely popular budget line of LPVOs boasts a lot of the same features you’ll find on more expensive optics, but won’t come with the typica...

By Luke C.

Testing Hollywood: Michael Mann’s Collateral

Movies and the real-world application of firearms have had a troubled relationship. We go to the movies to escape and to dream, so naturally, some of those flights of fancy wind up being applied to how guns are used in movies, and the hero of the movie winds up shooting 30 or so rounds from Read ...

By Kevin Creighton

TFB Behind the Gun #205: Fast Matches w/ Russell Phagan

Today, we sit down with Russell Phagan , a name well known to fans of the Brutality match series , to discuss his new independent firearms competition venture: Fast-Matches.org . This new two-gun competition format is designed to bring fast-paced, physically engaging challenges to shooters across...

By Luke C.
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