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Used Gun Gold: What To Check Before You Pay
BY Kat Ainsworth Published: January 11, 2026 { 0 comments }Demon Core: The Day Curiosity Killed
BY Will Dabbs Published: January 11, 2026 { 3 comments }From Hiroshima’s first operational strike to the Demon Core’s deadly lessons, this is how nukes, missteps, and raw physics still terrify a very modern world.
SAR9 SOCOM Review: A Suppressor-Ready Workhorse With Smart Factory Upgrades
BY True Pearce Published: January 4, 2026 { 0 comments }Threaded, tritium, optic-ready, and built to work. We shot the SAR9 SOCOM suppressed and unsuppressed to find out if this duty-sized 9mm really punches above its price.
This AR22 Rimfire Upper Shoots Like a Laser: BoreBuddy Apogee Review
BY Mitchell Graf Published: January 4, 2026 { 12 comments }The BoreBuddy Apogee Match Gen 2 AR22 is a dedicated .22LR AR upper built from the ground up for accuracy and reliability
Thirty Regulators, One CEO: Inside the Rise of Silencer Central
BY Kimber Pearce Published: January 4, 2026 { 5 comments }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.
Guns 101: A Gun Guide for Beginners
BY Kat Ainsworth Published: January 4, 2026 { 1 comment }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.
Royce Williams: America’s First Stealth Ace
BY Will Dabbs Published: January 4, 2026 { 9 comments }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
Free SBRs Are Coming! A Horrible Idea
BY Aaron Goodfellow Published: December 14, 2025 { 37 comments }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.
Glock Gen 6 First Look: Evolution, Not Revolution
BY True Pearce Published: December 7, 2025 { 16 comments }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.
Gifts That Shooters Actually Want This Year
BY True Pearce Published: November 30, 2025 { 0 comments }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.









