FALCO and 3 of 7 Project Team Up for New Kydex IWB Holsters
If concealed carry gear ever needed a boost of real-world street cred, the new A912 and A912 L holsters from FALCO Holsters in Slovakia, and the 3 of 7 Project deliver it in spades. Launched in late September 2025, these Kydex inside-the-waistband (IWB) holsters are...
DOJ Sues LASD Over CCW Delays: Rights vs. Red Tape
When Rights Meet Red Tape Imagine applying for something as fundamental as a concealed carry permit and discovering you’ll get your interview… in the year your grandkids graduate high school. Welcome to Los Angeles County, where the Second Amendment has to take a number and...
My MACV-SOG CAR-15 Build: Vietnam’s Classic, Reborn
In the dense jungles of Vietnam, where every movement could mean life or death, MACV-SOG needed a rifle that was short, fast, and deadly. They found it in the CAR-15, a weapon that could be shouldered in a narrow bamboo thicket, fired from a helicopter...
Desert Eagle Carbo Blue: The .50 AE Powerhouse
Few firearms command attention quite like the Mark XIX Desert Eagle Carbo Blue. With its stunning PVD sapphire finish and the brute force of the .50 Action Express (AE) cartridge, this version of the legendary Desert Eagle enters a realm beyond typical handguns, one of mechanical...
Pennsylvania House Passes Universal Background Check Bill
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed a measure requiring so-called “universal” background checks for gun purchases in the Keystone State. Passed by a 104-to-99 margin, this bill would outlaw the private sale of long guns unless firearm purchasers get government permission first. It would...
Gewehr 88 & the Birth of the 8mm Mauser
When most shooters hear the phrase “8mm Mauser,” they typically picture the Mauser 98. But the cartridge, and an important chapter of German small-arms history, began earlier with the Gewehr 88 Commission Rifle. I grew up paging through my father’s old gun magazines and books,...
Court Strikes Down Federal Ban on Guns in Post Offices
If you’ve always thought that the ban on carrying firearms in post offices was bogus, you’ll be gratified to know that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas agrees with you. On September 30, the court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs...
