The federal NFA change settled one question and reopened another: what your state requires. Florida, Montana, Alaska and Maryland answered differently this month. Here is how to find and vet a dealer now.
Every gun owner has that one item in the safe that makes the barbecue guests go quiet. A pair of goggles with a single cyclops lens staring back at you does the job nicely. One look at this setup and your first thought is probably not Swiss precision engineering. It is The Silence of the Lambs &n...
We are in the thick of hunting season, and if you are looking to acquire a last-minute rifle to accomplish some hunting, then Savage Arms is making their rifles more appealing than ever with some fresh Rebates to save you some money.
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 ...
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.
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . This week we are taking a first look at a new silencer for review: the PTR Vent 1 . The silencer made quite a splas...
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...
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says law-abiding residents can possess short-barreled rifles and shotguns without NFA registration or tax stamps, issuing statewide guidance that also addresses searches, seizures, and prosecutions.
If you have never shot .22 LR suppressed, you have missed one of the best experiences in shooting. A subsonic rimfire behind a can is genuinely quiet, the whole thing costs very little per round, and new shooters who flinch at a centerfire rifle will happily shoot a suppressed .22 all afternoon. ...
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.