Welcome back to another TFB Review. In this edition, we'll take a closer look at the new Canik MC9 Prime Radian, a collaboration between Canik and Radian Weapons that delivers a factory Ramjet pistol ready to go right out of the box. Over the last couple of months, I have had the opportunity...
August 2026 adjusted NICS checks rose 2.2% to 1,115,410 - the sixth straight month of growth - while NFA checks tripled after a court deregulated suppressors. Here is what the data means for FFL dealers heading into Q4.
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week's editorial is on what separates field training programs that produce street-ready officers from those that produce paper compliance. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going every week.
Custom & Collectable Firearms has unveiled the Kimber DS Warrior Spectre, a limited-edition 1911 designed as much for the display case as the range. Restricted to 200 sequentially numbered examples, each gun combines Kimber's proven DS Warrior double-stack platform with a striking Multic...
The Beretta Gold Cup 2026 in Malmö, Sweden brought together elite IPSC competitors from all over the World, for a match that raised the bar on stage design and volunteer execution. What stood out immediately were the creative course-of-fire elements: moving targets triggered by sensors, inno...
SB Tactical is adding another entry to its A-Series lineup with the SBA6, a collaboration with New Hampshire-based Die Free Co designed to expand the minimalist platform that made the SBA3 an industry standard. The SBA6 accepts MIL-SPEC carbine receiver extensions and ships now in black, with Fla...
Whether it’s for your latest hog hunt, prairie dog cull, or you’re just trying to get some reps in with the carbine at the range, XTech Tactical’s new X-Flare and X-Flare Digital magwells are built to close that gap on your old AR-platform hunting rifles, claiming a funnel openi...
Reload speed is often a geometry problem as much as it's a training/repition one, and XTech Tactical thinks it's found a cleaner solution than the billet flare kits that have dominated the category. The new X-Flare 556 and X-Flare Digital are glass-filled nylon magwells built spec...
The McDonnell F3H Demon was a single-seat, carrier-based jet fighter developed for the United States Navy in the 1950’s. This aircraft represents a critical but troubled chapter in American naval aviation: one that pushed the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation toward design philosophies that would ...
Who was the most horrible person in all of human history? Some might claim their mother-in-law. I’m personally crazy about mine. However, I’d like to dig a bit deeper than that today. Tragically, the competition for that particularly dark superlative is fierce. I would say that human beings a...