Vet-Backed Habits That Keep Bird Dogs Hunting Longer

Working breeds tolerate a hard season with little complaint, but that resilience masks the fact that most gun dog routines leave performance and years on the table. The changes that matter most are small ones: when you feed, how you hydrate, and how consistently you exercise your dog outside of h...

By James Chen •

Gun Sales Up Six Straight Months: What FFL Dealers Do Now

August 2026 adjusted NICS checks rose 2.2% to 1,115,410 - the sixth straight month of growth - while NFA checks tripled after a court deregulated suppressors. Here is what the data means for FFL dealers heading into Q4.

By Mark Edwards •

BFG Monday: When Equipment Steals Your Attention

For most of my career, carrying marking lights meant accepting an improvised solution. You taped chemlights to control their output. You tied them together with a cord. You found a way to hang the bundle from your belt or kit. Then you dealt with the weight, the bulk, the snag hazards, and the po...

By Eric G •

Sailors Shape the Future of Navy Uniforms

Scientists, designers, engineers and textile experts from the Navy Exchange Service Command’s Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility worked with nearly 80 female Sailors during a five-day fit evaluation Aug 17-21, 2026, onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story and at NEX No...

By Eric G •

Silencer Saturday #449: A One-Of-A-Kind Ruger American

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 have another one of Collin’s Creations. This one is an adaptation of the Ruger American into an SBR f...

By Daniel Y •

TFB Review: The EOTech EFLX-CE Sight

Welcome back to another TFB review. In the world of closed-emitter reflex sights, there are a plethora of choices at a number of different price points. EOTech has recently released their first closed-emitter pistol optic. I've had the EOTech EFLX-CE for roughly 3-4 months and certainly have...

By Matt E •

Fudd Friday: The Winchester Model 64 Might Be Their Best .30-30

The Winchester Model 64 was introduced in 1933, but its story actually begins with a John Browning project in the 1890s. That’s because the Model 64 is really just a gussied-up version of the Model 1894/Model 94 lever-action, the best-selling sporting rifle of all time (at least in the Nort...

By Zac K •

9/11 Remembered – 25 Years On

It’s been 25 years since the world changed. In a commitment to remember our dead and all of my brothers and sisters who gave their lives to right that wrong over that last quarter of a century, we made a commitment at SSD to commemorate that day every year. Everyone should look back on wher...

By Tactical Fanboy •

Kimber Knows How To Read The Room

The times are a-changing, and if there’s an American gun manufacturer that has done an excellent job at reading the room, it’s Kimber. Even though Kimber has nothing to do with setting off the powder-keg that blew up the trend of 2011-style pistols, and even though Kimber has had its share of...

By P.E. Fitch •
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