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POTD: Japanese Type 44 Cavalry Carbine – Bayonet That Never Leaves
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Japanese carbine with a bayonet that folds away under the barrel. This is a Arisaka Type 44 cavalry carbine in 6.5 Japanese, made at the Koishikawa arsenal in Tokyo sometime between 1911 and 1933. The “44” is the 44th year of t...
Black Triangle Introduces Omega-1, the Steel Evolution of the Donovan
CHESAPEAKE, Va. | October 30, 2026 – Black Triangle, known for its non-metallic G10 knives, is bringing one of its established designs into steel with the introduction of the Omega-1. Based on the company’s Donovan G10 knife, the Omega-1 retains the distinctive design of its predeces...
XS Sights Outfits CZ P-09 Nocturne
XS Sights makes upgraded iron sights, so that’s obviously what they’ve built for this handgun. Specifically, they’ve added an option in their R3D 2.0 night sight series. Why would you upgrade? As per their PR:
Connecticut, Cook County File Lame Opening Briefs In U.S. Supreme Court AWB Challenge
Cook County and Delaware have filed briefs defending their bans on commonly owned semiautomatic rifles. The post Connecticut, Cook County File Lame Opening Briefs In U.S. Supreme Court AWB Challenge appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Why “Knockdown Power” Fails Every Big Game Hunter
Watch enough hunting footage and you’ll see the same two outcomes with the same cartridge. An animal shot squarely through the lungs and heart sometimes runs 30, 40, or 50 yards before it expires, and other times falls where it stood. Hunters describe loading an identical cartridge and bull...
A 1920s Colorado Grizzly Hunt That Cost a Cowboy’s Life
The account comes from a cowhand who spent more than twenty years hunting big game across North America with rifle, longbow, and camera. The most dangerous moment of his life, he writes, came by accident during the late 1920s, when an aging silvertip grizzly crossed paths with a working cattle ou...
El-Sayed Says the Second Amendment Only Protects Muskets
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed argues that the Second Amendment protects muskets, but the Supreme Court rejected that interpretation in its landmark 2008 Heller decision. The post El-Sayed Says the Second Amendment Only Protects Muskets appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
The Paper Trail Is the Defense: This Week in FFL Compliance
A suppressor-transfer screening tool, free employee NICS checks from November 27, a Fifth Circuit appeal and California's recording mandate — four moves that all shift dealer risk from filing the right form to proving the right decision.
The Tactical Games: Local Skirmishes To The Phoenix Regionals
The Tactical Games is a 2-gun/CrossFit event that takes a lot of grit. Can you handle it?