The Geissele HICAR - Hypervelocity Improved Capability Assault Rifle

Back in May, when NSWC Crane  posted the Hypervelocity Improved Capability Assault Rifle (HICAR) solicitation, I closed my article  by asking whether any currently available carbine platform was genuinely built to handle sustained fire at 82,000 PSI, or whether every vendor would need a...

By Eric B •

New CZ 612 TAC Shotgun

CZ isn't reinventing the wheel with the 612 TAC , and that's probably the point. You already know the 612 platform , so here's what's new: a 6+1 extended tube, an 18-inch chrome-lined barrel with a tactical brake, a telescopic stock, and ghost ring sights baked in. The company...

By Eric B •

Chicago Targets Gun Vendors While Its Homicide Rate Rises

Chicago is preparing new purchasing requirements for firearm and ammunition vendors, but the order does not address the repeat offenders and concentrated violence driving the city’s bloodshed.

By Bill Cawthon •

Capt. Dale Dye: The Battle of Guadalcanal

“It was scary, you know? The damnedest thing…” The old Marine flicked at a bright yellow tie he was wearing. “We were ordered to take Atabrine to prevent malaria. Most of us did that but it tended to turn our eyes and skin a bright yellow. And then a rumor started that the stuff would Rea...

By Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret) •

New Short-Barrel TAO50-18 Brings .50 BMG Power in a Portable Package

Auto-Ordnance has added an 18-inch barrel variant to its TAO50 lineup, built on the same roller-bearing bolt technology as the standard models but configured for a compact profile. The TAO50-18 combines the platform's single-shot bolt-action mechanism, precision-machined receiver, and adjust...

By Eric B •

M10 Booker: Not Your Daddy’s Light Tank

For more than a century, infantry units have fought under an unforgiving reality: When you’re humping a ruck through non-cooperative terrain and you run face-first into an entrenched bunker, fortified machine-gun nest or enemy light armor, your options for immediate heavy fire support are painf...

By Mason Berryman •

Waiting Periods, VA Ban on Hold: This Week in FFL News

Colorado and Maine waiting-period cases advance, Virginia's assault-weapons challenge is paused while SCOTUS weighs a similar case, and ATF's direct-to-home shipping rule closes its comment window. This week's digest for FFL dealers.

By Fred Thompson •

JK Armament 172 PRO-KOR 556K Suppressor Review

Editor’s Note: JK Armament provided the 172 PRO-KOR 556K suppressor featured in this article to the author for the purposes of review. The opinions and evaluations expressed here are the author’s own. One of the biggest complaints about suppressors is also one of their greatest streng...

By Jeremy Tremp •
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