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This is a Facebook live event and here is the topics for tonight: Hosted by Mikey Hartman, retired IDF LtCol and the former head of the IDF marksmanship program. I went to his special CAA training event for writers last year and had learned a lot of new things from him. John Peterson wrote […]
Alexander Arms announces the departure of the Company’s founder and Chief Engineer, Bill Alexander. He is leaving to assume a new position with-in the defense industry. Alexander Arms thanks Bill for his years of dedicated service and innovation both to the Company and the broader firearms industry and wishes him well as he assumes his […]
Talking Lead Podcast 204: Did the Military Pick The Best Handgun For Our Troops? This week Lefty delves into The XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) competition. The United States Army and United States Air Force competition for a new service pistol. With so many complaints with the Beretta 92f aka: M-9, after 2o years […]
IMPACT is a new special interest publication (SIP) magazine by Firearms News and it is now on the newsstands. This special issue covers all kinds of tactical ammunition from the newest defensive 9mm parabellum to the long range .338 Lapua. Here are some of the featured articles in this SIP. My article on the 30 years history of […]
**originally published in may 31 2016** I opened my first beer at 1015 this Memorial Day. Not because of an unmanaged drinking problem or because I had set out to start a personal best for day drinking, but because I was sitting down having a talk with Wiz. Two days before, some scheduling changes meant […]
Bill Geissele grabbed a rifle with a 15″ Super Modular MK4 rail and had a little fun with it!
As the firearm industry and its fans know, the Illinois Senate recently passed SB-1657, a bill that mandates state licensing for all Illinois gun dealers, as well as sets restrictions on Illinois residents to nine firearm transfers per year. This bill has been linked back to firearm companies Springfield Armory and Rock River Arms, both […]
During the FTW Ranch training course that I attend for the Zeiss Sport Optics‘ Conquest V6 launch event, I actually spent a lot more time with the 3-18×5 model than the smaller 1-6×24 model. In 2-days, we shot over 7000 rounds of high-power rifle calibers without any failure of the Zeiss Conquest V6 optics. Most of […]
After years spent trying to get Zeiss Sport Optics to make a more tactical or competition focused optic for the Black Rifle market, they have finally answered my call – allow me to introduce the new Zeiss Conquest V6 1-6×24. The target model features both a reticle with 4-MOA hashmarks and a target turret that […]
This is what posted on the Shockwave Technologies website by Marty Ewer, the owner and inventor of the Shockwave Blade: I just got off the phone with a very nice gentleman at ATF Tech Branch—who was fielding these calls today. (He was, understandably, very well versed on the subject—and very nice about it even though he’s […]