New York Glock Ban List Includes PSA Dagger, Ruger RXM, and More

New York State Police have released their official list of handguns targeted by the state's 2027 dealer sales restrictions. Most Glocks, the PSA Dagger, Ruger RXM and Shadow Systems pistols are included, while Glock Gen6 and Slimline models are excluded from the Glock entry.

By John Crump •

Capt. Dale Dye: Making “Band of Brothers”

Surely a highlight of a long, frenetic, and eclectic career in an out of uniform was the work I did on HBO’s “Band of Brothers.” That epic miniseries is passing a milestone 25th Anniversary this year, causing me to review how we managed to capture lightning in a bottle and turn it into the ...

By Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret) •

I Saved Seven Years for a Kodiak Brown Bear Hunt

Some hunts you book on a whim. A Kodiak brown bear is not one of them. The dream started on a wet fall evening in 1950, when an ad in a hunting magazine offered a Kodiak bear hunt, and it ended on a sheltered bay at the southwest corner of the island nearly seven years […] The post I Saved ...

By James Chen •

Pros and Cons of the Three-Point Sling

We suspect most of you know about two-point slings, as it seems to us that those are the most popular choice with most shooters. The second most common type is a single-point sling. Although single- and two-point slings dominate the market for the most part, there is one more sling, a m...

By GunSpot •

How Tank Armor Really Works

There is a comfortable lie sold by war movies and video games that a tank survives incoming fire simply by being an absurdly thick wall of solid steel. You take a hit, the hull rings like a church bell, sparks fly into the dirt, and the crew rolls forward without spilling their coffee. Anyone who...

By Mason Berryman •

Speed-Tac AR Bolt Carrier – Ultimate “Fix” for the AR-15?

Editor’s Note: In this article, Dr. Will Dabbs evaluates the Speed-Tac AR Bolt Carrier in his Springfield Armory SAINT rifle. Designed for .223/5.56 and 300 BLK chambered AR-15 rifles, this bolt carrier is specially designed to improve the seating of a full magazine on a closed bolt. The bo...

By Will Dabbs, MD •

Suppressor Sales Go Same-Day: What Dealers Must Get Right

ATF has stopped enforcing NFA suppressor approvals, two states read the same policy in opposite directions, and the under-21 handgun case is still open. A dealer-focused digest of the week in firearms regulation and retail operations.

By Fred Thompson •

POTD: Marlin Model 19 – Riding the Pump Gun Wave

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Marlin Model 19 slide-action shotgun, an early 1900s pump that came out of a messy chapter in American gun history. Back in the 1890s the pump shotgun market was a legal minefield. Francis Bannerman owned the Spencer pump patents and took ...

By Sam.S •

A Five-Day Pack Trip That Went Sideways in Alberta

A long horseback trip into the Alberta backcountry started as a rodeo of half-broke horses and unfamiliar stock. Then it opened into grizzly, moose, and a mess of mountain goats for two couples who had driven a long way to get there. What follows is the story of how that trip went wrong at the [&...

By James Chen •
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