A few months back, I had the privilege of having Bo from S5 Tactical on my podcast to talk about his, at the time, new company producing U.S.-made G36 and UMP-style rifles and pistols. Coming away from that conversation, I knew I needed to learn more. Bo was gracious enough to grant my cohost Kev...
DSA Arms displayed their new FAL G Series at SHOT Show 2026 with a military metal handguard and bipod configuration priced at $2,500. The G Series replicates the first commercial FAL rifles imported to the United States, capturing the aesthetics and details of those original guns that intro...
SDS Arms is an importer of a hoard of popular firearms, spanning rifles, shotguns, and handguns through their brands of Tisas, Tokarev USA, Spandau Arms, Military Armament Corporation (MAC), and Inglis. The last brand is the one we want to discuss because they have announced a new, modernized Hi-...
To readers of The Armory Life and many 1911 afficionados, Hilton Yam is going to be a familiar name. In the company of the many great gunsmiths and competitors who have built their professions around the construction or use of 1911 pistols, Yam offers a very unique perspective...
In the rush to condemn unrest — rightly so — too many politicians and commentators are now blurring constitutional lines that should never be crossed.
Anti-gun lawmakers in Virginia, still celebrating a new Democrat governor, are wasting no time pushing dangerous anti-gun bills through the legislative process. Bolstered by the recent swearing in of Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger, the Democrat-led Senate Courts of Justice Committee on January ...
In the prepper world, tools that serve multiple purposes are always welcome. The marlinspike is deceptively simple in design, and it can accomplish quite a bit. It comes to us from the marine world. There, it has a long, proud history as a sailor’s tool used in ropework. In simplest terms, it�...
Sometimes I get to thinking that the firearms world moves past certain old ideas. Things like birdshot for home defense, “Dutch loading” FMJs and JHPs, and point shooting. Yet, every time I’m proven wrong. Most recently, point shooting has graced my feed in more than one way. How th...
With things looking dire for the Hawaiian government in the current challenge to its restrictive carry laws before the U.S. Supreme Court, anti-gun lawmakers in the Aloha State are already scheming to continue infringing the Second Amendment rights of lawful gun owners. At issue in the case Wolfo...
Would you like to make your pistol or rifle skill improvements fun? There are a multitude of drills and targets we can all use on the range for practice, but for me and many people I have instructed over the years, a little bit of fun in the training really makes the process take off. Read More T...