In the hands of a competent practitioner, a tactical pen can be used to distract, deter, delay and even stop a violent physical assault. Unlike your firearm or a folding knife, it is a low-profile, personal-safety option for your toolkit that can be used to help mitigate an active threat. …

Stepping into a new segment of the shooting industry is often challenging, even for well-established gun manufacturers. Starting with a blank slate to develop an all-new product no one has ever seen before requires a good deal of costly research and development, along with the risk that it may be …

Hornady inaugurated its Subsonic line back in 2018 with a single 190-gr. .300 Blackout offering, and while that product was not its first subsonic load, or even its first subsonic Blackout load, it did mark the introduction of the company’s Sub-X (Subsonic eXpanding) projectile—a bullet tailor-made for performance at velocities well …

Viewers who tuned in to the first MTV cable channel broadcast in 1981 were treated to the Buggles performing “Video Killed the Radio Star.” This toe-tapping tune predicted old-school radio stations would soon be taking a back seat to this more engaging audio-visual experience. And for a time, they did. …

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearm industry trade association, noted that the announcement from Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., of their plan to move their headquarters and a large portion of their operations to Tennessee is just the latest of a series of firearm and …

If any one company had a natural talent for recognizing a wildcat cartridge worthy of being made legitimate, it is Remington. Whether we’re talking about the .22-250, the 7mm-08, or the .35 Whelen, Remington has used its power to bring some of the greatest designs ever to the shooting masses. No …

Helicopters make a distinctive sound. It’s sort of a whop-whop noise, and it differs a little from one chopper model to the next. The Vietnam War was the first true helicopter war. Early on, our primary troop carrier was the CH-34. We also had an observation outfit flying the UH-1Es (a variant …

About 10 years ago, I traveled to Christmas, FL, to hunt alligators. I was not given a lot of information up front; a friend just told me to get on a plane and get down there. When I arrived, we went to the Diamondback factory, and I got to see how they …

When it made its debut at the 2013 SHOT Show, the Beretta ARX 100 seemed like a radical new rifle destined to capture sales from the FNH SCAR, Bushmaster ACR and the various AR-15 models from different manufacturers. It had eye-catching aesthetics, a quick-change barrel with several promised caliber conversions …

Ashbel C. “Ash” Williams Jr., has the financial wellbeing of Florida’s public employees in his hands. Williams serves as executive director and chief investment officer of the Florida State Board of Administration in Tallahassee, which oversees more than $250 billion in assets, including the nearly $2 billion Florida Retirement System, …