The Special Operations Combatives Program (SOCP) is a realistic combatives system created for special operations forces in the military. It concentrates on close-quarters fighting skills that are useful, particularly when wearing all of your gear. Greg Thompson, who founded and developed the SOCP...
Ask five 300 Blackout owners what barrel length they run, and you’ll get five different answers, plus a decent argument for why theirs is the right one. That’s because your choice of 300 Blackout barrel length affects more than just how compact the rifle looks. It changes velocity, re...
The Justice Department says Act 9113 effectively bans standard-capacity AR-15 rifles and criminalizes common magazines already protected under the Third Circuit’s Cheeseman ruling.
You don’t rise to the occasion behind the wheel. You default to your last level of training. Most drivers don’t have one. They have habits, what they saw in a reel, or the assumption nothing bad will happen between ignition and destination. That assumption is where things start to unravel. A ...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a carbine that rode into the most studied battle in American history. This is a Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor carbine in .45-70, and this one falls in the serial range issued to the 7th Cavalry. In other words, it’s the type of gun G...
On today's episode of TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, I'm happy to welcome Earle Pope, founder and owner of Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing, a brand-new company out of Brevard, North Carolina, that made quite a splash at GunCon 2026. Chestnut Mountain caught a lot of attention at the...
The iconic American rifle of World War 1 is the 1903 Springfield, but most of the Doughboys were issued a different gun. The US Rifle, Model of 1917, also known as the Enfield or P17, thanks to the vagaries of history, was the most prevalent US rifle by far. Over two million were made in a two-ye...
A 21-year-old Kootenai, Idaho homeowner was not arrested after fatally shooting a man who grabbed him by the throat inside his own bedroom. Read the original story: Sheriff Points to Idaho’s Castle Doctrine After Kootenai Man, 21, Stops Choking Attack With a Single Shot
A legally armed Massachusetts woman fired a single, decisive shot after an armed man allegedly pursued her husband at their Springfield home. Video, witness testimony, 911 recordings, and physical evidence supported her account, and prosecutors ruled the shooting lawful.
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