Front Line Friday #3: Stop Buying Gimmicks—Buy Time
Hemorrhage control isn’t about looking tactical. It’s about buying minutes until definitive care arrives—and sustaining the skills to make those minutes count.
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The RPK: The Soviet Choice of Commonality Over Capability
In the mid-1950s, the Soviet high command accepted a compromise that would shape frontline infantry small arms for decades: prioritizing platform commonality over dedicated squad-level suppressive fire capability. That decision, formalized with the 1959 adoption of an AK-derived automatic rifle, ...
The Radian AFTERBURNER + RAMJET
I had always relegated compensators and gas pedals as things geared towards competition shooting. I hadn’t really considered them for duty or concealed carry guns. That changed for me after attending GunCon 2025 last summer. I got a chance to shoot with both systems on range day and started rec...
Testing Hollywood: Michael Mann’s Collateral
Movies and the real-world application of firearms have had a troubled relationship. We go to the movies to escape and to dream, so naturally, some of those flights of fancy wind up being applied to how guns are used in movies, and the hero of the movie winds up shooting 30 or so rounds from Read ...
Reloaders, Rejoice! Hornady's 12th Edition Cartridge Handbook Is Here
Cartridge reloading is a fast-changing world, with new rounds on the market every year—these days, straight-wall rounds, long-range precision ammunition and variations on the 5.56 NATO case are the main arenas of development for the consumer market, it seems. And the 12th Edition Horn...
The RPD - Soviet Union’s First Squad Automatic Weapon
In the years after World War II, the Soviet military asked a simple question: how could an infantry squad bring a higher volume of automatic fire without surrendering mobility? A lesson they learned from the Eastern Front, where volume of fire was king. The answer, in part, was the RPD; this ligh...
Newsom Opposes Voter ID Laws, but Ignores Far Worse Abuses in California for CCW Permits
In the overwhelming majority of states, getting a CCW permit is only slightly more complicated than registering to vote.
Vortex’s New $150 Triumph 2 MOA Red Dot
Vortex is no stranger to budget red dots, but for each year they release a new one, the tech and the presentation seem to get better and better without the price climbing too much. This year’s example is the new 2 MOA Triumph red dot . This new budget-friendly series is meant to appeal to n...
Koons & Siegel v. Platkin Cases Heard En Banc at 3rd Circuit
The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals heard en banc arguments on Feb. 11, 2026. The likely outcome? Evisceration of New Jersey's law.
Partisan Triggers Scores Major Victory In Patent Dispute Against Rare Breed Triggers
The ruling allows Partisan Triggers to continue manufacturing and selling its Disruptor trigger while the patent infringement and false advertising lawsuit proceed toward trial.