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[OLD SCHOOL] HAIL AND FAREWELL: The End Of The Much-Maligned M14 Rifle And The Introduction Of The M16
Step into the time machine as we unbox an article from a 1965 issue of Gun Digest covering the end of the M14 era and the beginning of the M16.
FBI’s Secret NICS Monitoring Tracked Lawful Gun Buyers
FBI Director Kash Patel has publicly confirmed NICS Monitoring, a system used to alert investigators when flagged but legally eligible Americans attempt to buy firearms. The post FBI’s Secret NICS Monitoring Tracked Lawful Gun Buyers appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
SAF, FPC Urge Supreme Court to Grant Cert to New York 'Sensitive Places' Case
POTD: Bren Ten PROTO-2 – Where 10mm Started
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have the pistol that gave us 10mm Auto, caught in its second prototype form. Tom Dornaus and Mike Dixon started kicking this idea around in 1979. They wanted more rounds and more punch than a 1911 or a 357 revolver could hand a cop, and they bro...
“More Balls Than Brains: Volume 1 : Leadership” by Terry Baldwin
SSD Founder Eric Graves here. I am pleased to announce that my friend and SSD contributor LTC Terry Baldwin (USA, Ret) has pulled his first book. It collects several of the Baldwin Files seen here on SSD into a single volume. This is not a tell-all memoir or a collection of war stories for their ...
TFB Behind the Gun #235: Slovakian Gunleather w/ Martin of FALCO
This week on TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, I'm joined by a long-time friend and supporter of TFB, Martin from FALCO Holsters . Most of you here already know that FALCO Holsters is the Slovakian leather shop that's been putting American concealed carriers into some of the best-fitte...
On The Heels Of California’s Gun Rationing Law’s Demise, FPC Targets New Jersey Next
FPC is asking a federal judge to strike down New Jersey's one-handgun-per-30-days law, pointing to its recent appellate victory against California's similar restriction. The post On The Heels Of California’s Gun Rationing Law’s Demise, FPC Targets New Jersey Next appeared first on The Truth A...
Bear Spray Or A Big Bore? What Actually Stops A Grizzly
The debate plays out around campfires and ranges across the West and Alaska: when a grizzly charges, do you reach for bear spray or a firearm? The stories that fuel that argument are rarely as vivid as what Bret and Glenn Bohn described. A Close-Range Fight Bret Bohn, a 35-year-old hunting guide ...
20,000 Acres of Montana Timberland Opened to Hunters
A conservation easement valued at $29.3 million has locked in permanent public hunting and fishing access across roughly 20,000 acres of privately owned timberland in northwest Montana. The Trust for Public Land announced the deal Thursday, its fourth such agreement with the Stimson Lumber Compan...