1911 Concealed Carry: 3 Things That Make It Complicated (and How to Fix Each One)
1911 concealed carry has three real hurdles: cocked-and-locked carry, weak factory mags, and the gun's weight. Here's how to solve each one and carry comfortably.
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LaPierre Appeal Fails: NRA Members Win Back Millions, But Trust Still Must Be Rebuilt
Wayne LaPierre lost his New York appeal, leaving intact a multimillion-dollar repayment order to the NRA and a 10-year ban from NRA leadership.
SIG Sauer P211 Goes Non-Comp With GT4 Carry and GT5 Full-Size
When SIG Sauer launched the P211 GTO in 2025, it made a statement: a steel-framed, double-stack 1911-architecture 9mm with an integrated compensator and the kind of fit and finish that makes serious competitors stop and take a second look. The obvious follow-up shot (pun intended) was: what...
Day 50 of the 100 Days of Silence Is a Complete Suppressed 9mm Carry Build — Here’s the $2,347.74 Prize Stack
The June 5 prize package carries a verified ARV of $2,347.74. It is built around a modular striker-fired duty pistol, a 2.7 ounce titanium 9mm suppressor, the Form 4 handled by Silencer Central, a PDW grip module, subsonic ammunition, and digital maintenance tracking from my app. Sponsor Ite...
New Jersey Glock Subpoenas Are Part of Nationwide Push Against America’s Most Popular Pistol
New Jersey’s Attorney General is demanding Glock sales records from dealers, raising privacy concerns and warnings from NRA-ILA and SAF over gun owner doxxing.
Review: Strike Industries Kuna STAB
At its launch in 2025, the Springfield Armory Kuna quickly established itself as a premier PDW-style 9mm pistol. This was due not just to its well-considered feature set and ergonomics, but also to its performance — driven in no small part by its roller-delayed operating system. This ...
Front Line Friday #18: Patrol Boots and Foot Care Over a Career
Boot selection by assignment and climate, break-in realities, insole and orthotic considerations, and the long-term foot and knee impact of poor footwear over a twenty-year career.
TFB Review: Springfield Armory XD Mod.4 9mm OSP
The XD series of handguns from Springfield Armory have been available for over a quarter century: 25+ years now. Having seen multiple iterations and upgrades, this truly is a suite of varying pistols for evolving needs: XD, XD Mod.2, XDS, XDS Mod.2, XDM, XDM Elite, and the XD Mod.3 round out that...
Concealed Carry Corner: Is The Glock 48 the New Standard?
Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week, we took a look at whether the overall size of your carry gun really matters when it comes to comfort and concealability. If you happened to miss that article, be sure to click the link here to check it out. This week, I t...
How to Exercise Your Right to Self-Defense
Editor’s Note: Be aware of your local and state as well as federal laws and how they apply to carrying firearms and self-defense. This article does not represent training advice/guidance. Please seek training from a professional firearms trainer for your self-defense needs. Concealed carry...