Author: Braxton Taylor
Texas-based XS Sights has just launched a new handguard compatible with Henry lever-action rifles and carbines. The new XS Sights handguards bring a level of modernity and customization to the lever gun, one of the oldest types of repeating rifles in continuous use since the middle of the 19th century. The new XS Sights LVR-HG handguard has six M-Lok slots on either side and a row of seven slots on its underside to allow users to install a wide variety of M-Lok-compatible accessories and options. The LVR-HG is manufactured and machined from aircraft grade aluminum and finished with black anodizing.…
The military services are poised to lose thousands of their civilian employees to the Trump administration’s push for them to resign and are bracing for effects on pay processing systems, child care and more, personnel officials for each of the services told lawmakers on Wednesday.About 16,000 Army civilians, 1,600 Marine Corps civilians and 12,000 Air Force civilians took the administration’s deferred resignation offer, officers from those services said at a House Armed Services Committee personnel subcommittee hearing. About 10% of Space Force civilians — or about 500 people — also took the offer, the service witness said. The Navy witness…
The Air Force has started ground-testing the prototype robot wingmen offered by General Atomics and Anduril ahead of their first flight this summer, the service announced today.The tests of the collaborative combat aircraft will focus on “propulsion systems, avionics, autonomy integration, and ground control interfaces. These assessments will validate performance, inform future design decisions, and prepare the systems for flight testing later this year,” the service said.The drones will be based at Beale Air Force Base, California, at a “CCA Aircraft Readiness Unit” that will someday deploy the drones “worldwide at a moment’s notice,” the service said. Since the unit…
Rossi has launched a new version of its handy LWC (Lightweight Carbine) that comes equipped with a folding stock in order to provide its owners a higher level of convenience when storing or transporting their firearms. The Rossi LWC is a single shot, break-action utility rifle designed to be useful around the ranch, farm or field. Rossi manufactures these carbines in various calibers including .300 BLK, .350 Legend, .357 Mag, .45 Colt/.410-bore and 5.56 NATO. The same single-shot action and hinging mechanism found on the Rossi LWC also form the basis for the Rossi Brawler single-shot pistol. The LWC’s manual-of-arms…
The Marine Corps’ “north star” is getting three amphibious ready groups continuously deployed around the globe, the service’s top officer said Thursday, a standard they haven’t been able to meet due to the rough state of Navy ship maintenance in recent years.The Navy has pledged to have 80 percent of its ships and submarines ready to deploy at any given time by 2027, including the 10 amphibious assault ships and 21 landing support ships the service is required to have in the water by law.“But I need you to understand, this is about more than ships,” Commandant Gen. Eric Smith…
CCI Ammunition has now begun to ship its Uppercut defensive rimfire ammunition chambered for .22 WMR. These days, the viability of using a .22 caliber rimfire firearm for self-defense is gaining more acceptance. The firearms industry is also responding in kind by selling more defensive-oriented firearms in these rimfire chamberings. To meet this new crop of interest, CCI originally launched the Uppercut product line to offer its customers a defensive .22LR round. The availability of Uppercut ammunition in .22 WMR alongside the original .22 LR load helps make pistols and rifles chambered in .22 WMR a more viable option for…
Breaking: National security advisor, deputy, expected to step down. CBS News reports that Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, are expected to resign today, citing multiple sources familiar with their departure.Background: “In March, Waltz came under scrutiny after he put together a Signal chat and mistakenly included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, disclosing discussions with top national security officials about plans for a military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen,” Jennifer Jacobs and Kathryn Watson report. Publicly, President Trump had signaled his support for Waltz by calling him “a good man” who “learned a lesson.” More, here.Welcome to this Thursday…
Del-Ton posted a note on its social-media accounts and its website in April informing readers and fans it was closing its doors. The company began operations in 1998 from a North Carolina garage, not far from the front gates of Fort Bragg. It expanded into a 26,000-square-foot facility roughly an hour south after its modern sporting rifle parts, accessories and complete guns became a popular choice among enthusiasts. “As Del-Ton prepares to close its doors, we want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to the incredible people who have been part of our journey,” the note read.…
Nostalgia is a powerful thing, and while the gun industry has an ongoing desire to integrate the latest and greatest materials into firearms to create guns that are lighter, stronger, more accurate and less expensive. This is a good thing, because we are seeing firearms which cost less yet do significantly more than the guns of yesteryear, but it also means some great guns often get overlooked. The gun industry is responding to the consumer’s desire to own classic firearms like the Heckler & Koch’s iconic service guns to the compact, snub-nosed revolvers carried by the tough guys from a…
In this episode, Jason steps away from just talking calls and hunting tactics to share a more personal side of the journey. Building Phelps Game Calls, chasing bulls every fall, being a dad and husband, and trying to juggle it all—it’s not always as clean or easy as it might look from the outside. He talks about burnout, learning lessons the hard way, what success really means to him now, and how his priorities have shifted over time. It’s a real conversation about the pressure, the passion, and trying to build something that lasts beyond the next bugle. Read the…