A topic that consistently attracts significant interest is self-defense, and the two most common subtopics are home defense and concealed carry. Based on my personal experience and conversations with folks, concealed carry seems to be of the most interest. Why? You don’t go out in public with y...
In the overwhelming majority of states, getting a CCW permit is only slightly more complicated than registering to vote.
SHOT Show is always chock full of too many things to see in a week. Even if you try to focus on a couple of specific areas, you still likely can’t see everything. I was covering tactical knives for SHOT Show for Tactical Knives Magazine, but I ran into a number of them worth talking […...
In this review, Dr. Will Dabbs gets hands-on with the new Springfield Armory SAINT Victor pistol chambered in .300 AAC Blackout. This new handgun sports a threaded 9.5″ barrel, making it a perfect choice for suppressed shooting. Read on to see how well it performed with a can and a variety of s...
When was the last time anyone read a pro-Second Amendment editorial, representing the newspaper’s position, in the WaPo...which told its readers that “shall not be infringed” means exactly what it says?
At SHOT Show 2026’s Industry Day at the Range TFB had the privilege of getting early access to the range to cover the ceremonial First Shot of SHOT. One of the benefits of this was we were able to get hands on as soon as the range went hot and I was able to put a couple of magazines through...
Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week, we talked about some of the biggest problems when it comes to carrying a concealed firearm. If you happened to miss that article, be sure to click the link here to check it out. This week, I want to take a look at some wa...
There we were, about 9,000 feet in elevation, with little visibility. Heck, we just shook hands for the first time a couple of days before. Yet there we were, Jason Marsteiner and I, atop this majestic mountain with Stryker the survival dog. We were waiting for Dustin (Wazoo Gear) and Jason Salye...
Over the last couple of years the guys at MK Machining have been working up their MK2.6 bullpup rifle chassis series. This year at SHOT Show they had some brand new prototypes of a new type of bullpup - a straight-pull.
All Weatherby RPM cartridges have a rebated rim of .473" diameter with a .500” case body. These are basically the .284 Winchester case head and base dimensions. This case design allows using standard 30-06 Springfield/308 Winchester bolts but have a larger case capacity at a given case...