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Foxtrot Mike Products FM-15

$899 Folding Side Charger – Foxtrot Mike FM-15: Full Review

Competing in an already saturated market, Foxtrot Mike Products recently released its spin on what a modern AR platform should be with the FM-15. Featuring a direct impingement side-charging assembly, the FM-15 requires no buffer tube to operate and can be fired while folded. While I tested the complete 16″ rifle chambered in 223 Wylde, the upper will fit all standard AR lowers.

Clay Buys His First Revolver - Smith & Wesson 325 Night Guard

Clay Buys His First Revolver – Smith & Wesson 325 Night Guard

Hey, fair warning, if you are a big-time revolver nut, you might want to skip this week’s review. I have personally fired less than 1000 rounds out of a wheel gun in my life, and quite possibly less than 500. So why am I covering a revolver? Because I bought one to correct that, which is the point of this exercise.

Clay Buys His First Revolver - Smith & Wesson 325 Night Guard

Clay Buys His First Revolver – Smith & Wesson 325 Night Guard

Hey, fair warning, if you are a big-time revolver nut, you might want to skip this week’s review. I have personally fired less than 1000 rounds out of a wheel gun in my life, and quite possibly less than 500. So why am I covering a revolver? Because I bought one to correct that, which is the point of this exercise.

The Terrapin X Rangefinder; Updated

The Terrapin X Rangefinder; Updated

Today I’m covering their Terrapin X rangefinder, which a few of you may have heard about because it launched in 2018. From what I know, this rangefinder is currently Vectronix’s only item marketed to civilians. Even though it isn’t new to the market, I recently got one and thought it review-worthy because of recent updates to its Bluetooth connectivity and compatibility with popular ballistic apps that most long-range shooters already use.

The Flash 5 From TactaLoad

The Flash 5 From TactaLoad

The Flash 5 provides shotgunners a simple but robust stock option that excels at being a stock and a spare ammo holder. It certainly beats the pants off the Speed Feed stocks and provides an ambidextrous, streamlined and well-balanced source of spare ammunition.

Larry Thorne: The Eternal Soldier

Larry Thorne: The Eternal Soldier

There are roughly 400,000 veterans and eligible dependents buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Major Larry Alan Thorne is the only former member of the Waffen SS to be found there.

XD-M Elite 4.5 OSP 10mm - Field Tested

XD-M Elite 4.5 OSP 10mm – Field Tested

10mm has come back into popularity as multiple manufacturers have released new 10mm pistols in the last year.

The APC9K - The Swiss Stinger

The APC9K – The Swiss Stinger

Bruger and Thomet is a Swiss company that has made quite the name for itself by producing extremely high-quality firearms. They produce firearms for military and police forces as well as options for the everyday Joe like you and me. In the United States, B&T is most famed for their PCC/Subgun/large format pistols. The APC9K is the smaller variant of the APC9 that’s more of a full-sized submachine gun.

Vortex Viper HD 3000

The All New Vortex Viper HD 3000

Vortex Optics announced in late April of 2022 the release of three new rangefinders to its existing lineup.

Ernst Barkmann: Panther Ace

Ernst Barkmann: Panther Ace

The Germans gifted the world with the first examples of the assault rifle, optimized combat submarines, operational jet fighters, and surface-to-surface ballistic missiles. While German military innovations have shaped the world for seventy years, in no place has the Nazi martial mythos been more profoundly manifest than in their tanks. The German Panther and Tiger tanks struck fear in the hearts of Allied servicemen wherever they fought.