POTD: M4 Drills on the Flight Deck - USS Fort Lauderdale

Not every range has a roof or a traditional backstop. Aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), a sailor assigned to the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group runs live-fire drills with an M4 carbine on the ship's flight deck while underway in the Caribbean S...

By Eric B

Concealed Carry Corner: Useful Vs Necessary Concealment Items

Welcome to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week, we looked at some of the tough realities when it comes to carrying concealed. 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 deeper dive into what is actually ...

By Matt E

Headstamp Launches Pre-Orders for Definitive Schmeisser SMG Book!

Headstamp Publishing has launched pre-orders their latest book "The Real Schmeissers: From the M.P. 18.I to the M.P. 41," a 678-page book covering the complete history of Hugo Schmeisser's submachine gun designs from World War I through World War II.

By Matthew Moss

Goodbye M7, Hello XM8

We’ve been following  the US Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapons program here at TFB from the very beginning and we recently reported that the US Army had received the first batch of the new and improved version of the NGSW-Rifle - the XM8 . The XM8 Carbine is a shorter and ligh...

By Matthew Moss

TFB Behind the Gun #224: Scott Ergas of Petersen's Hunting

In this episode of the TFB Behind the Gun podcast, Scott Ergas of Petersen's Hunting  joins the conversation to relive their recent weekend at the NRL Hunter Leupold Relentless Rifleman match . Today, Scott and I speak to the practical realities of North American hunting in the modern a...

By Luke C.

Brownells Annual Action Hero Experience

I first heard about Brownell’s Action Hero Experience the same way most attendees did: through their YouTube channel . I decided to check it out since it was only a few hours away, and I’ve never been to a 2 Gun shooting competition before. The event coordinators were gracious enough ...

By Rob G

POTD: Tropic Lightning Holds the Dunes at Balikatan 2026

The La Paz Sand Dunes on the northern coast of Luzon made for an unusual battlefield on May 4, 2026, but the mission was unmistakable. In the first image, Pfc. Griffin Clemen of 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Mobile Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, works the M240B during the Counter L...

By Eric B

Wheelgun Wednesday: A Stealthy Hideout Revolver For America’s Birthday

When you think of true deep concealment handguns, a few companies go a bit deeper than anyone else. North American Arms is one of the stealthiest of those companies, making hideout guns that can be stowed away in a spot that you wouldn’t normally think of—and this limited-edition revo...

By Zac K
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