The Arizona sun does not negotiate. By mid-morning at ParaBellum Shooting and Tactical Training Academy, the range was already pushing into the 90s, the mirage was already starting to run hard across the lanes, and the big rattlesnake sculpture that marks the firing line was catching the morning ...
Editor’s Note: Practice these weak-handed drawing techniques only with triple-checked unloaded guns, or better yet, with identical-size unshootable dummy guns. A while back, I did an article for The Armory Life on left-handed manipulation of a 1911 pistol, particularly one that d...
An armed bystander shot a 26-year-old man who police say opened fire on Daytona Beach’s Main Street after a 2 a.m. bar fight spilled outside. Read the original story: Armed Bystander Shoots 26-Year-Old Who Opened Fire on Daytona Beach’s Main Street After 2 A.M. Bar Fight Spilled Outside
Striking enemy ships with airborne munitions became a priority after World War I. While the challenges were monumental at the time, the rewards for success were too great to pass up. However, bombs and torpedoes dropped by early naval strike aircraft stood little chance against armored warships b...
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 looking at an uncommon but clever method of suppressing firearms. Captive piston ammunition suppre...
The Double-Alpha EDGE shot timer bundled with two Target Activation Pods (TAP) turns any swinger, drop-turner, bobber or slider into a target that releases on a programmable delay, with no activator popper in the way. For competition shooters who want (un)predictable movers in training, it is one...
This is the top reason to use a shotgun—because the local game laws require you to do so. This is less common these days thanks to the increasing prevalence of straight-wall cartridge laws , which allow hunters to use rifles chambered in straight-wall cartridges (like 360 Buckhammer, .44 Ma...
Editor’s Note: The author received a free F1 X EOTECH Edition knife from TEKTO for this review. All opinions are the author’s. When I first saw the TEKTO F1 Alpha × EOTECH collaboration on Instagram, my interest was immediately piqued. As I am already an EOTech fan for its high-quali...
When a less than 1% possibility becomes a community’s reality. Guest contributor Michael Bellantoni reflects on the Bend, Oregon elementary school shooting, the armed citizen who stepped in, and why rare does not mean impossible.