Tikka T3x ACE Target and Game Now In Left-Hand Configurations

Both rifles carry over the modular chassis system that defines the ACE line, now built around a left-hand bolt-action. Jared Smethurst, Beretta USA's Product Manager for Long Guns, frames it as an overdue move rather than a novelty, noting that extending the ACE platform to left-handed shoot...

By Eric B •

TFB Review: Osight Enters the Rifle Optic Market With the New Osight R

Osight, known for pistol optics with clear glass, sharp multi-reticle displays, and competitive features at a budget-friendly price point, has entered the rifle red dot market with the new Osight R, a large-window, multi-reticle T1/T2 footprint optic with day and night vision settings, motion act...

By Darwin N. •

Week in Review: NFA Limbo and a NICS Warning for FFLs

Washington spent five days widening the gap between what gun law now allows and what ATF has told dealers to do. The FFL news digest for the week of September 21, and the decisions you should not make yet.

By Fred Thompson •

Two Federal Moves Just Widened the Handgun Market

In four days, DOJ stopped enforcing the under-21 handgun sales ban and the Fifth Circuit struck the interstate handgun purchase ban. Here is what the wider buyer pool does to FFL revenue and how to model it for Q4.

By Mark Edwards •

MATBOCK Monday: Excess Sewing Capacity

MATBOCK Manufacturing has excess production capacity available now at our facility just outside Fort Bragg. Since taking over Hawk Distributor, MATBOCK has invested a little over $500,000 into the facility’s equipment and process capability. That investment is now available to put behi...

By Eric G •

Supervisor Skill Gaps Nobody Talks About

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial, and the topic is the promotion process that turns good officers into untrained supervisors overnight, and the specific skill gaps that follow them onto the shift. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose suppor...

By Tom R •

The LTT Mossberg 590: A Pump Gun Gets the Full Langdon Treatment

Langdon Tactical Technology already has shotgun work in its lineup, but the LTT Mossberg 590 marks the company's first move into pump-action shotguns specifically. Rather than changing what the 590 is, LTT is positioning this as a refinement of a platform that was already proven, focusing on...

By Eric B •

FFL Transfers: Turning a Fee Into a Customer Pipeline

Transfers look like a $25-$50 paperwork fee. They are the highest-intent buyer your shop sees all week - and the cheapest customer-acquisition channel you own, if the four touchpoints between arrival and pickup are handled right.

By Gary Stone •
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