XS Sights has added a magazine extension to their lineup, and the approach here is worth understanding before you write it off as another aftermarket add-on. Most extensions at this price point either require a spring swap to function reliably with the added capacity, or they do not function rel...
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...
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The Justice Department has sued California over its new Glock ban and Handgun Roster, arguing the state is violating the Second Amendment rights of lawful gun owners.
The Springfield Echelon VIS mounts most optics straight to the slide, no adapter plate needed. Here's why it works, plus two holsters built for it.
Today’s handgun buyers are spoiled for choice – to a degree that the number of options becomes almost bewildering. As a result, consumers often rely on any number of heuristics that help simplify their purchase decisions. Witness today the number of novice shooters who approach buying their f...
Luke C ( @BallisticAviation ) sits down with Jim from Extar Firearms (also of @jetskijim007 where he reviews jet skis) at GunCon 2026 to check out the EP9 MDB and EP45 MDB (Modern Delayed Blowback), the latest versions of Extar's budget-friendly large-format pistols. These guns h...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have one of the stranger things to roll out of Italy in the 1980s. This is the SITES Spectre HC, the semi-auto pistol version of the Spectre M4 submachine gun built in Turin. The full-auto original was made for close-quarters work, VIP protection...
Luke C (@BallisticAviation) catches up with Brett from Nightwood Guns at GunCon 2026 to talk through the special edition Bul Armory EDC Pro Compact, a collaboration between the two companies. Brett breaks down what went into the build and why this version stands apart from the standard EDC Pro Co...
The intention behind the original Cutts Compensator was to reduce your gun’s muzzle climb as well as its recoil. The idea was that the ports cut into the compensator’s body would redirect gasses in such a way that your gun was more controllable, focusing on vertical muzzle movement du...