Springfield Armory sent yours truly their SA-35 Polished Blued for review, and it is the version a lot of people have been waiting for since the original launched. I covered that first SA-35 as a T&E gun, came away impressed, and have been curious what Springfield would do next with the platf...
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial, and the topic is the gap between how law enforcement dies and how the profession talks about dying: more officers end their own lives every year than are killed by suspects, and almost nobody trains for that number. Front Line Friday i...
Last year, when I was working on my book about Zastava AKs , me and fellow TFB writer Lynndon Schooler visited Zastava factory in Kragujevac, Serbia. Since then, Lynndon has published several comprehensive articles about new Zastava weapons, but there is one more firearm we saw that certainly des...
Photo Of The Day: Norwegian Coast Guard personnel aboard the icebreaker KV Svalbard executed a small arms training exercise (GUNEX) in the Barents Sea in mid-June, qualifying with both the Glock 17 P80 sidearm and the HK416N rifles in the harsh Arctic environment. The photographs capture crew mem...
More than 90 years after its introduction, the Browning Hi-Power continues to inspire shooters and influence modern handguns. Here is how John Browning and Dieudonné Saive created an enduring firearms icon.
FPC sues Louisiana in federal court over its 21-and-over permit rule, arguing it strips 18-to-20-year-old adults of the right to carry. Read the original story: Old Enough to Enlist, Too Young for a Permit: FPC Challenges Louisiana’s 21-and-Over Carry Rule
Welcome back, folks! We have reached the end of the road on the Colt 1862 Police. Part I covered the history and Samuel Colt’s final years, Part II tackled variations and how to sort the Police from its near-twin the Pocket Navy, and Part III laid out specifications, dating, and the afterma...
Gun Owners of America is challenging a U.S. Virgin Islands licensing system that recognizes no out-of-state permits, generally blocks nonresidents from applying and carries a ten-year minimum sentence for unauthorized firearm possession.
SAF, NRA and FPC are asking a federal judge to block Maryland’s Glock ban before January 1, 2027, arguing SB 334 targets common handguns while existing prohibitions on illegal switches remain in force.