Front Line Friday #27: Less-Lethal Tools and When They Actually Work

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial, and the topic is less-lethal tools: Taser, OC spray, baton, and beanbag, and the gap between how they perform on the training mat and how they perform on a wet sidewalk at 2 a.m. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencer...

By Tom R

The One Horse Adds Two Factory-Tuned FRS Pistols to Express Line

“The One Horse,” or simply One Horse , who we had on the podcast earlier last month , is bringing its Express Series down to pistol length with two new 10.5-inch 5.56 models, the Express Pistol MLOK and Express Pistol Quad Rail. Both carry over the same factory-installed Atrius Forced...

By Luke C.

Ignoring the No Guns Sign Is the Weakest Option

You know the sticker. Small pistol in a red circle, diagonal slash through it, mounted at eye level on a door you were about to walk through. Ask around in…

By Jacob Paulsen

Front Line Friday #26: Radio and Comms Hardware Beyond the Issued Kit

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is the radio hardware nobody issues you: the accessories, the earpiece choices that actually fit your assignment, and the battery discipline that keeps a working radio from turning into a brick at hour ten. Front Line Frid...

By Tom R

Top 3 Most Deceptive Movie Gun Props

I will start with an example of that: a weapon that I had plenty of experience with - MGPK, a combination of German MG 34 and Soviet PKM. It was created for the largest Soviet movie film studio called Mosfilm.

By Vladimir Onokoy

Can You Suppress A Revolver?

It seems that a lot of times, a suppressor conversation eventually loops back to the same question: can you suppress a revolver? For years, my answer was short and a little dismissive. Then my buddy Spencer, who runs HUSH Holsters (their suppressor-compatible holsters are sold through Silencer Sh...

By Luke Cuenco

Deadly Seattle Center Shooting Response a Study in Incompetence?

Seattle officials face mounting criticism over their response to the deadly Bite of Seattle shooting, including a five-hour delay before the first press briefing, conflicting information about the victims and the failure to promptly disclose that another suspected gunman remained at large.

By Dave Workman
Older Posts »