Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial, and the topic is the gap between how law enforcement dies and how the profession talks about dying: more officers end their own lives every year than are killed by suspects, and almost nobody trains for that number. Front Line Friday i...
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...
Dead Air Armament has announced an extremely small-batch, limited-edition run of Sandman X suppressors to honor the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known worldwide as the " Night Stalkers ," and the legendary 5th Special Forces Group . They will be available exclusivel...
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . This week we are looking at the BOE Suppression family of IncoLite silencers. These are unique cans that are both light...
We all have a broom or shoe closet at home that houses all of our firearm cases. Big, small, medium, large… you probably own countless sizes, but how well do they actually fit? Were they made with any purpose in mind? [Federal Premium enters the chatroom] Federal has created mindful cases ...
Platform selection for concealment, the holster and print-management realities that separate a workable off-duty setup from one that stays in a drawer, and the mindset differences that matter more than the hardware when an off-duty officer encounters a threat.
If you have been following along, you know I have already put time into both the Beretta 21A Bobcat Covert in 22LR and the Beretta 3032 Tomcat Covert in .32 ACP over on our sister site AllOutdoor. Both came factory-threaded with dark walnut grips and both were a pleasure to review. So...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a .22 silencer wearing a disguise. This is the ARA Mag-2C, built by Applied Research Associates around an aluminum tube that’s basically a Maglite flashlight body. The name gives it away: “Mag” for Maglite, “2C”...
On today's episode of TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, I'm happy to welcome Jeremy Hammons and Drew Markel, the founder and co-owner of One Horse , a brand-new 100% American-made AR-15 manufacturer out of Brownstown, Indiana, with a little bit of pedigree from Anderson Manufacturing, ...
Military Armament Corporation is an SDS Arms brand, and they have been putting out some interesting guns at prices that are hard to argue with. The MAC IX is their newest offering, a 9mm direct blowback pistol that feeds from MP5-style magazines and runs on AR-15 controls. It is a hybrid co...