Community Trust as an Operational Asset

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial on the operational value of community trust: how relationships in the places you patrol provide intelligence, cooperation, and officer safety, and what agencies and individual officers do to build or burn that asset. Front Line Friday i...

By Tom R •

Delaware Lost Its ‘Ghost Gun’ Ban Fight. Now It Wants a Do-Over

Delaware lost its federal court fight over unconstitutional ghost gun bans. Now Attorney General Kathy Jennings wants another shot. FPC is fighting back, arguing the state can't disguise outright prohibitions on homebuilt firearms as harmless serialization requirements.

By Duncan Johnson Editor in Chief •

POTD: Remington Light Baby Carbine – Small Frame, Murky Past

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Remington rolling block “Light Baby Carbine” chambered in 44 WCF, a handy little carbine with a backstory nobody has fully pinned down. The Light Baby Carbine sits on a small rolling block frame with a 20″ barrel and weig...

By Sam.S •

Hunting Pronghorns by Horseback in a Wyoming Blizzard

Antelope hunting has gradually evolved around the four-wheel-drive vehicle, which makes the horseback method a deliberate step backward and, for some hunters, a better test of the pursuit. When snow drifts pile up and the engine becomes a liability rather than an asset, a saddle horse crosses gro...

By James Chen •

Turn the NFA Window Into a Service Line, Not a Sale

Ohio's SB 214 and Florida's attorney general moved short-barreled firearms off the federal registration track. The commercial half of that change is a service line dealers can price, publish and staff, and the shops that build it first will own the transfers.

By Gary Stone •

AllOutdoor Review – RealTruck Curt Triflex NEXT Trailer Brake Controller

We have entered fall with abundant hunting seasons, and that means many of us are either going hunting, working on yard clean-up, “honey do” lists, or all of the above. This can translate into a lot of use for our trucks and towing all manner of trailers. Can your truck brake safely w...

By Adam Scepaniak •

Capt. Dale Dye: Making “Band of Brothers”

Surely a highlight of a long, frenetic, and eclectic career in an out of uniform was the work I did on HBO’s “Band of Brothers.” That epic miniseries is passing a milestone 25th Anniversary this year, causing me to review how we managed to capture lightning in a bottle and turn it into the ...

By Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret) •

Fall Muskie Tactics: Why Bigger Baits Win Before Freeze

Muskies feed hardest in the weeks before a lake locks up, and if you want the biggest fish of your life, this is the window to target. The reason is biological: muskies carry an innate urgency to feed heavily and store body fat to survive winter, and that drive often overrides their usual caution...

By James Chen •
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