What Buyers Check Before They Pick an FFL Dealer Near Them
Transfer customers pick a shop before they ever call: fee, hours and turnaround decide it. What an FFL listing has to answer, and how to audit your own.
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Fall Muskie Tactics: Why Bigger Baits Win Before Freeze
Muskies feed hardest in the weeks before a lake locks up, and if you want the biggest fish of your life, this is the window to target. The reason is biological: muskies carry an innate urgency to feed heavily and store body fat to survive winter, and that drive often overrides their usual caution...
October's 1.4M Checks Mask a 2027 Cost Shift
October's adjusted NICS checks rose 7.9 percent while the raw FBI count fell 8.1 percent. The election did not change this quarter's demand, but it changed the state map that sets your 2027 compliance costs and product mix.
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...
K9 Handler Gear Considerations
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is K9 patrol equipment: the gear that keeps both the handler and the dog alive and working across a career, not a demo. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going ever...
Strike Industries Polymer FSA LITE STAB Folding Pistol Brace
Pistol braces have come a long way since they first appeared over a decade ago. Today’s options include compact folding designs that work well with AR pistols and other firearms. Strike Industries has been involved in that market for a while. Its latest offering takes a minimalist approach....
The Rulebook Changed Hands: An FFL Week in Review
One demand signal, four compliance signals: what the midterms, the ATF vacancy, Colorado's permit-to-purchase ruling, and the closed restoration portal actually mean for a licensed dealer.
Should Alito and Thomas Resign? Midterm Results Put Future Supreme Court Second Amendment Rulings at Risk
Democrats will take control of the Senate in January, closing the window for Trump to easily replace Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. With major Second Amendment cases before the Court, should the two longtime defenders of gun rights retire now?
Harmeet Dhillon Resigns From DOJ, Leaving Future of Second Amendment Section Uncertain
Harmeet Dhillon has resigned from DOJ after establishing its first dedicated Second Amendment Section and launching historic gun-rights lawsuits. Her departure raises questions about the future of federal enforcement.
Review: ProMag Kuna 50-Round Drum Magazine
Editor’s Note: In this review, Ryan Domke evaluates the ProMag 50-round drum magazine for the 9mm Springfield Armory Kuna. This Made in the USA polymer magazine provides a lot of shooting between changes. Domke gives us a close look at how well it performs. The magazine was provided to the ...