2026 Guardian Conference Recap: By the Numbers
84 attendees, 28+ states, 61 class sessions, about 78,000 rounds and 280 gallons of water. Here's what happened at the 2026 Guardian Conference, plus early bird tickets for 2027.
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The Armory Life Presents: The 2026 Cantius Award
I have worked with Dr. Will Dabbs for much of my career as an editor and consider him to be both an exceptional contributor and a good friend. No matter the deadline or the assignment, I always know that I can count on him to deliver a well-rounded, thoroughly researched and — most importantly ...
POTD: Dakota Model 10 in 330 Dakota – Magnum That Skipped the Belt
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Dakota Model 10 falling block, and the real story is what is stamped on the barrel. Don Allen founded Dakota Arms in Sturgis, South Dakota in 1986 building high end custom rifles, and in 1992 he rolled out a family of house cartridges. He...
TFB Review: The Canik MC9 Prime Radian
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...
TFB Weekly Web Deals 205: Deals for September 21st, 2026
Sale Price: $29.97
Two Federal Moves Just Widened the Handgun Market
In four days, DOJ stopped enforcing the under-21 handgun sales ban and the Fifth Circuit struck the interstate handgun purchase ban. Here is what the wider buyer pool does to FFL revenue and how to model it for Q4.
MATBOCK Monday: Excess Sewing Capacity
MATBOCK Manufacturing has excess production capacity available now at our facility just outside Fort Bragg. Since taking over Hawk Distributor, MATBOCK has invested a little over $500,000 into the facility’s equipment and process capability. That investment is now available to put behi...
The Five Most Important Things to Add to Your Rifle
Let’s be frank, rifles do not come ready out of the box. The modern carbine needs to be properly accessorized before it can serve. Many accessories are truly optional, nice to have but truthfully unnecessary. A few, however, are requirements if the carbine is being used in a serious capacit...
Magnum Research Adds NRA Blue Desert Eagle in .50 AE
Magnum Research has a new Desert Eagle, and you won't lose this one in the safe. The NRA Blue Desert Eagle is a .50 AE pistol made exclusively for Chattanooga Shooting Supplies. It carries the model number DE50NB and an MSRP of $2,186. Blue Cerakote covers the frame and slide, while th...
Why 70% of Deer Hunters Never Fill a Doe Tag
The U.S. buck harvest sits near record levels, and the share of mature bucks in that harvest is the highest it has been in more than a century. The part of deer management that keeps herds healthy, though, is antlerless harvest. Deer numbers are climbing across much of whitetail range, and while ...