Following the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, Oregon gun rights activist Derek LeBlanc has drafted legislation targeting the state's gun-free-zone restrictions and proposing additional protections for armed defenders. The post Oregon Activist Pens Bill Repealing School Gun-Free Zones a...
ZeroTech Optics USA has added the Thrive X 3-9x40 to its hunting riflescope lineup, offering the familiar 3-9x40 format across four reticle choices and two turret configurations. For hunters who want to pick an aiming system without juggling a different scope body for each one, the line keeps a s...
The US Air Force has undertaken some limited testing of what appears to be the MCK EVO from CAA as the Isolated Personnel Lethality Optimization, or IPLO, device. A USAF release reported that nine Airmen from various Air Force units tested the IPLO system at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawa...
How do you defeat enemies with level IV body armor? This is the question the Canadian Armed Forces have wrestled with when tackling the replacement of their venerable C7 and C8 rifles. It’s a question that many major armies will have to find an answer for as they come to replace their curre...
If the Vikings had access to AR-15s, things might have gone a little differently. Judging by these images from Viking Brutality 2026 , they would also have needed a good pair of running shoes. Among the competitors at this year's event was a Viking-inspired shooter carrying an axe in one han...
At CANCON West 2026, Russell Phagan set up a miniature FAST stage at the Boulder Rifle & Pistol Club in Boulder City, Nevada, so attendees could get a taste of what his Firearms Action Shooting Trials matches throw at competitors. I stopped by the stage to talk with Russell about what he pack...
Every AR-15 since the original has relied on a pair of takedown pins to hold the upper and lower together. The X-Ordnance X1-15 drops them entirely. Its patented quick-release system lets the rifle be fully assembled or taken apart in seconds, with no traditional takedown pins to push out or get ...
One of the quietest pistols of the Vietnam era had a trick that had nothing to do with the suppressor: the slide could be locked shut, so the action did not make a sound. It was nicknamed the Hush Puppy, and the idea has mostly lived in history books and collector displays. Shark Coast Tactical h...
Hurricane season has reached the firearms industry, and it is carrying a US Palm logo. Long known for AK pistol grips, magazines and soft goods, US Palm is now entering the rifle and suppressor markets with a two-part launch: the CAT 4 Storm series of rifles and the EOS series of suppressors. Bot...
At CANCON West 2026, @BallisticAviation talked with Justus Hall of BOE Suppression about the company’s IncoLite line. BOE is the suppressor brand of C Products Defense, the company behind Duramag magazines. Its first can, the Mod 1, pairs a printed core with a serialized outer s...