10mm for Self Defense: Is It Too Powerful?

Discussing the 10mm Auto cartridge stirs up strong opinions. When you chamber a polymer pistol for the cartridge, the debate gets even louder. Is it too powerful for self-defense? To get to the truth, I decided to get a Springfield Armory XD-M and run a bunch of 10mm ammo through it. Magnum Power...

By T. Logan Metesh •

One Old Misdemeanor, a Lifetime Gun Ban, and the Iowa Ruling That Just Ended It

DES MOINES, IA — The Iowa Supreme Court has thrown out a felony conviction built on a lifetime firearm ban, ruling that the indefinite prohibition could not survive the strict scrutiny that Iowa voters wrote into the state constitution in 2022. In a 5-2 decision filed June 26, the court reverse...

By Luke McCoy •

Heritage Releases a .32 Rough Rider

I’m betting there are a lot of first-time shooters who learned on a Heritage Rough Rider. The Heritage Rough Rider has always been an incredibly affordable rimfire pistol. Mine cost less than a hundred dollars during a Black Friday Special. They come in all sizes imaginable, and for practically...

By Travis Pike •

TFB Review: XS Sights Walther PDP Tritium Sight Set & RMR Optic Plate

The Walther PDP has quickly become a pistol of choice for all manner of applications: defense, recreation, and competition. Like many stock handguns though, it can leave much to be desired in the way of iron sights and even the adaptation of optics. So, in this TFB Review, we are going to take a ...

By Adam Scepaniak •

New Magwells, Rail Covers, & Loaders from XTech Tactical

Luke C sits down with Jeremy Deadman, President of @Xtechtactical  at GunCon to talk through what's new at the company — a fresh line of magazine wells, an expanded SKU list for Glock and Smith & Wesson magazines, and the LDR-2000, a speed loader designed to work across nearly...

By Luke C. •

New Reproduction OKP-7 Red Dots from Chestnut Mountain

Luke C talks with Earle Pope, owner of Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing, at GunCon 2026 about the company's OKP-7 reproduction optic — a faithful recreation of the classic Russian-pattern reflex sight right down to the real Russian manual (obviously translated into English, too). Built ...

By Luke C. •
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