The Rimfire Report: TKX22 Light Rifle | What $1,450 Buys in a 10/22

The TKX22 Light Rifle  is TANDEMKROSS's first complete rifle, and since its SHOT Show announcement, most of the conversation about it has centered on its $1,449.99 price. Back in April, TK brought a handful of us out to Gunsite Academy in Arizona for the rifle's launch, where we sh...

By Luke C. •

Capt. Dale Dye: Making “Band of Brothers”

Surely a highlight of a long, frenetic, and eclectic career in an out of uniform was the work I did on HBO’s “Band of Brothers.” That epic miniseries is passing a milestone 25th Anniversary this year, causing me to review how we managed to capture lightning in a bottle and turn it into the ...

By Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret) •

Fall Muskie Tactics: Why Bigger Baits Win Before Freeze

Muskies feed hardest in the weeks before a lake locks up, and if you want the biggest fish of your life, this is the window to target. The reason is biological: muskies carry an innate urgency to feed heavily and store body fat to survive winter, and that drive often overrides their usual caution...

By James Chen •

Silencer Saturday #457: PTR Vent 1 - First Look

Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . This week we are taking a first look at a new silencer for review: the PTR Vent 1 . The silencer made quite a splas...

By Daniel Y •

How Tank Armor Really Works

There is a comfortable lie sold by war movies and video games that a tank survives incoming fire simply by being an absurdly thick wall of solid steel. You take a hit, the hull rings like a church bell, sparks fly into the dirt, and the crew rolls forward without spilling their coffee. Anyone who...

By Mason Berryman •

K9 Handler Gear Considerations

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is K9 patrol equipment: the gear that keeps both the handler and the dog alive and working across a career, not a demo. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going ever...

By Tom R •

Derya Arms Enters the Suppressor Market with the OBone

If you have never shot .22 LR suppressed, you have missed one of the best experiences in shooting. A subsonic rimfire behind a can is genuinely quiet, the whole thing costs very little per round, and new shooters who flinch at a centerfire rifle will happily shoot a suppressed .22 all afternoon. ...

By Eric B •

New DT-S Storage Stock From Magpul Holds Spare Batteries

A lot of hunters use the now almost retro AR-15 or AR-10 with an optic or light that depends on CR123 or AA batteries. The spares usually end up loose in a pack or a truck console. Magpul’s new DT-S Carbine Stock gives them a spot on the rifle. The stock has two parallel storage […] The p...

By Luke Cuenco •
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