Author: Braxton Taylor
Laser Ammo USA has introduced Recoil Enabled H&K USP training pistols, offered in both compact and full-size .45 ACP models. They are officially licensed Heckler & Koch USPs from Umarex and are outfitted with Laser Ammo’s Recoil Enabled Airsoft Laser (REAL) Conversion Barrel and feature a PST (piston) cap in Red or Infrared laser. Designed to provide a realistic and effective training experience, these training pistols deliver authentic recoil, trigger response and point-of-aim feedback. “The H&K USP is widely trusted and used by law enforcement and military professionals in Europe, and now Laser Ammo is proud to introduce these training…
The Navy’s new unmanned tanker won’t be ready until 2027—another delay for a program that has struggled with design and production problems. The MQ-25 Stingray was originally supposed to reach initial operational capability in 2024, then in 2026. New budget documents reveal that date has been pushed back again, to the third quarter of fiscal 2027. A Navy official confirmed the delay, but neither the service nor Boeing disclosed the reason behind it. Budget documents also show that initial operational test and evaluation, or IOT&E, has been delayed a year; it is now scheduled to take place in the second to fourth…
Galco Gunleather is now offering its Masterbilt Revenger OWB premium leather holster to fit 4-inch-barreled, K-frame Smith & Wesson revolvers. The Galco Revenger holster is an outside-the-waistband revolver holster, and because it belongs to Galco’s Masterbilt series, it is constructed from the finest grades of American steerhide leathers available in the United States. In addition to this, Masterbilt holsters are only made by Galco’s most experienced leatherworkers. The Revenger is similar to Galco’s other Masterbilt product, the Thunderclap holster for semi-automatic pistols. The Revenger’s leather materials are conditioned so that the holster is ready to shoot with and wear directly…
Among the innovations of the new One Big Beautiful Bill Act is handing huge sums to the Pentagon without asking for justification in advance or offering clear direction for their expenditure. Some may tout this flexible approach as a boon to national security, but it is far more likely to produce the opposite: wasteful, deficit-fueled spending on abortive programs that ultimately hurt the military more than they help it. With House Speaker Mike Johnson already floating proposals for more reconciliation bills, it’s important to understand why.Typically, the Pentagon’s spending is laid out in the annual Defense Appropriations Act, which allocates…
Here’s a scenario no hunter wants to experience. You’re six days into a seven-day, once-in-a-lifetime hunt. As you’re picking your way up a ridge to a glassing spot, you slip and drop your rifle. It lands on a rock, and the scope takes a direct hit to the top turret.The scope isn’t loose and doesn’t appear to be damaged beyond a deep gash in the turret cap. The glass is clear, but you know that a bump can sometimes move the reticle inside the tube.Now, you have a decision to make. Do you move off the mountain and find a…
Chiappa Firearms is now selling two modern commemorative versions of the venerable US M1 Carbine. Chiappa only produced 1,945 units of this limited special-edition production run to commemorate 1945, the year that World War II finally ended. These semi-automatic carbines will be available in 9mm or .22LR chamberings. In addition to the reproduction Chiappa-manufactured M1 Carbines themselves, each customer will also receive a few extras. All Chiappa M1 carbines include a World War II-style canvas carry sling, and all carbine stocks include commemorative embedded eagle coins as well as a commemorative stamped box and certificate of authenticity that match and…
Northrop Grumman has selected six defense tech companies as the first group of participants in a new program aimed at developing and deploying autonomous flight software quicker.Applied Intuition, Autonodyne, Merlin, Red 6, Shield AI and SoarTech will use Northrop’s Beacon ecosystem to test their offerings and see how they perform during a series of flight demonstrations planned for later this year.These companies will work with a Scaled Composite Model 437 Vanguard aircraft, which has digitally-engineered wings and software both supplied by Northrop. That aircraft can be modified for optionally-autonomous flight.“Beacon is about collaboration across industry between companies of all sizes…
A Navy F-35 crashed close to Naval Air Station Lemoore, in central California on Wednesday evening around 6:30 p.m. local. Fortunately the pilot ejected and is safe, base officials announced on Facebook. The aircraft was assigned to the VFA-125 Rough Raiders, which is tasked with training pilots on the Navy’s F-35C variant. See video of the crash’s fiery aftermath via a clip posted to social media, here. The crash was the second for an F-35 since late January when an A-variant crashed at Alaska’s Eielson Air Force Base. An F-35B crashed in New Mexico in May 2024, though the pilot was injured…
Many years ago, I had someone at the range tell me “You can’t miss fast enough to win.” The context, in this case, was at a practical-pistol match, but the same holds true for defensive encounters. Shooting quickly is only effective if you get your hits: Spraying pellets in the general direction of the bad guy is a great way to learn about the American legal system from the inside out. Every gun owner is familiar with setting up targets on the range to test accuracy. However, the idea that we can measure how quickly we send rounds down range…
A few weeks ago, I drove out to a local reservoir for an afternoon of fossil hunting. My route took me across the reservoir’s outlet, where a few fishermen were posted up with catfish rigs. For curiosity’s sake, I parked and walked up to the railing to take a look at the water.Pinned between the rocky banks of the narrow channel were hundreds of common carp and smallmouth buffalo feeding in the current, with the occasional longnose gar surfacing for air. In an instant, my plans for the day were rewritten.Thirty minutes later, I was back at the outlet with…