Feature Articles

With SHOT Show 2026 around the corner, we trace Brandon Maddox’s winding path from prairie dogs to podiums, the FedEx fight, and how $0 tax stamps reshape the suppressor game.

Brand new to firearms? This quick-start guide cuts through the noise and provides you with the must-know terms, smart store strategies, safety rules, and a lifesaving medical tip.

Fighter pilots are invariably obnoxious extroverts. I’ve known a few. The profession selects for those particular character traits. They honestly earn that. When your job is to climb all by your lonesome into a machine filled with kerosene that will propel you faster than some bullets so you can go

Zero-dollar NFA transfers sound amazing until you hit the real costs. Before you turn that brace AR into an SBR, read the travel rules, trust traps, penalties, and long-term risks that most shooters ignore.

First shots on the new Gen 6 G17, G19, and G45 show real gains in grip, optics mounting, and controls without changing the Glock DNA. It feels updated yet instantly familiar.

No guesswork and no junk. This is the real-world shooting gift guide built from gear I own, trust, or wish I had. If it is here, it works.

We pulled this list from gear we actually ran in the field and on the clock. If you want gifts that shoot straight and last, start here.

Broke student, big 2A energy. From $6.99 thermal layers to a $229.97 “guitar” that secretly hauls your AR, this wish list nails real campus life and real carry needs.

From micro-PDWs to thermal-fusion dots and fast-access safes, these are the 2025 picks we’d unwrap first, shoot hard, and brag about later.