ATF Chief Counsel Robert Leider Resigns Amid Major Gun Rights Reforms

ATF Chief Counsel Robert Leider is leaving the agency after helping lead a major rollback of Biden-era gun restrictions. With pistol brace reforms, dealer regulations, and NFA enforcement changes still in play, his departure raises an important question: Who will finish the job?

By John Crump •

VZ-9 Avrocar – Cold War Flying Saucer

Few experimental aircraft have captured the imagination quite like the Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar. Conceived during the Cold War, a time of intense technological competition and geopolitical tension, the Avrocar was a bold attempt to revolutionize vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft design...

By Eugene Nielsen •

POTD: From PSG 90 to PSG 23 - Swedish Snipers Go SAKO

Every Accuracy International Arctic Warfare rifle owes its name to Sweden. When the Swedish Army wanted a sniper rifle that would keep working in brutal cold, AI upgraded its L96 design, and the result entered service in 1991 as the PSG 90. Like a boxy Volvo 240, it simply refused to quit. Until ...

By Eric B •

Fudd Friday: The State Of The Lever-Action Union

The reason for lever-action rifles’ decline isn’t because people didn’t want them, not exactly. The problem was twofold: A lot of people who wanted lever-actions could have their desires met by rifles that were already on the market, typically at more affordable second-hand pric...

By Zac K •

New Strike Industries FSA LITE STAB Brace and Stock

Strike Industries FSA LITE STAB  offers a compact, lightweight stabilization option for low-recoil pistol platforms. Featuring the B&T TP9 locking mechanism, the brace provides a secure interface by utilizing a Picatinny rail adapter for compatibility with a wide range of 1913-rail platf...

By Rob G •

SureFire's KE2-T Turbo Head Trades Flood for Serious Throw

Seven hundred lumens  does not sound like much in 2026, when pocket flashlights advertise four figures. The number that matters on the new SureFire KE2-T is the other one: 70,000 candela . That is where all 700 of those lumens end up, squeezed into a tight column that reaches over 500 meters...

By Eric B •

The Spartan Pocket Pod - A Bipod That Lives In Your Pocket

TFB has covered a great many bipods over the years, and a fair number of tripods and shooting sticks alongside them. The Spartan Precision Pocket Pod is probably the smallest of the lot, and certainly one of the lightest, at 150 g (0.3 lb) and 9 cm (3.5 in) tall. It is also a different animal fro...

By Eric B •

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...

By Sam.S •
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