POTD: Nimschke-Engraved Brown Ballard – A Scarce Maker

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Ballard single shot that checks two big boxes at once. This one was built by the Brown Manufacturing Company between about 1869 and 1873 and engraved by Louis D. Nimschke, who signed it “L.D.N.” under the receiver. The Ballard ...

By Sam.S •

Springfield Armory Announces Launch of Echelon Pro 9mm Pistols

Springfield Armory® is proud to announce the launch of the new Echelon® Pro Comp line of 9mm pistols. Available in 4.0C compact, 4.0FC hybrid and 4.5F full-size variants, these Echelon Pro pistols add a distinctive set of enhanced features to the modularity and adaptability that define the Eche...

By Eric G •

TFB Behind the Gun #239: Gemtech to Gutting the NFA w/ Owen Miller

On August 5, a federal judge in the Northern District of Texas ruled that the NFA's registration and approval requirements for suppressors, SBRs, and SBSs lost their constitutional footing  the moment Congress zeroed out the $200 tax. Two months later, the DOJ has confirmed it won'...

By Luke C. •

SAF Fact Sheet: Gun-Ban Advocates’ Doom-And-Gloom Predictions Always Fall Short

The Second Amendment Foundation's new fact sheet compares warnings about expanded gun rights with subsequent crime data, including murder-rate declines in Texas and Florida. The post SAF Fact Sheet: Gun-Ban Advocates’ Doom-And-Gloom Predictions Always Fall Short appeared first on The Truth ...

By Mark Chesnut •

North Dakota Hunter Drops 394-Inch Badlands Bull on State Land

Austin Streifel opened North Dakota’s 2026 elk season with a Badlands bull that reportedly green grossed just under 400 inches. The 27-year-old took the giant on state land, hunting alongside his wife and a close friend, he told Field & Stream. A Tag 15 Years in the Making Streifel had ...

By James Chen •

Kentucky Couple’s 164-Inch Velvet Buck Sparks a Standoff

Logan and Kaylin Beach of Bowling Green, Kentucky, set up on the same ridge in separate trees only 16 yards apart on September 6, the second day of the state’s archery season. Kaylin was carrying a recurve, Logan a Prime Divide 31 compound. A nomadic buck neither of them was hunting stepped...

By James Chen •

Connecticut Man, 30, Faces Bomb Charges. His Dad Faced the Same in 2010

A Connecticut man faces bomb-related felony charges 16 years after his father faced similar allegations. The latest investigation began with a red flag warrant, not a bomb tip. The post Connecticut Man, 30, Faces Bomb Charges. His Dad Faced the Same in 2010 appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

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