The Wake County Sheriff’s Office, which patrols and protects an area that includes Raleigh, NC, has selected FN America’s FN 509 MRD-LE for its new duty pistol. The decision was made to purchase more than 500 of the sidearms for issue after subjecting it and models from multiple manufacturers to rigorous testing for a year. It is the first agency ...

A self-defense shooting occurred at a Sioux Falls gas station when a 23-year-old man mistook a group of motorcyclists for people involved in an earlier assault against him. Two men were fatally shot during a confrontation, and the shooter acted in self-defense after being attacked with bats. SIOUX FALLS, SD (2-minute read) — Two men were fatally shot late Thursday ...

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Charter Arms has just announced the Mag Pug Combo, part of the company’s new Double Dog revolver series. Charter Arms has just launched its new Double Dog revolver series, starting with the release of two variants of the Mag Pug Combo revolver. The wheel guns are defined by their versatility, as each will ship with two interchangeable cylinders that allow ...

Hornady dropped a number of announcements today with all the new products they are releasing in 2025! While these have yet to be released, they are all slated for 2025 or sooner. 338 ARC (NEW CARTRIDGE) Big news for 2025 is the 338 ARC! Building off the success of the other ARC cartridges, 338 ARC is a 300 BLK-like cartridge ...

Aimpoint, Inc. is now distilling the finer points of the Aimpoint ACRO P-2 micro red-dot sight for pistols and putting them into a new sight, the Aimpoint ACRO C-2. Like the ACRO P-2, the new ACRO C-2 is an enclosed-emitter, duty-rated red-dot sight. However, this sight is optimized for carbine or long-gun use. This allows carbine shooters to retain the ...

Viridian Weapon Technologies recently increased the size of its C Series tactical light-and-laser module family by offering the C5L, C5L Micro and CTL units in flat dark earth (FDE). Viridian’s customers can expect the same features and performance found in original C Series products but can now match with a different earth tone color palette that keeps up with the ...

Ever wonder what the phrase “stay frosty” means? This bit of military slang is part of the modern English language, used by soldiers and popularized by Hollywood in movies. So, what does stay frosty mean and is the slang term used still by military personnel? Dr. Will Dabbs, a former U.S. Army pilot, gives us his take in today’s article. ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about enclosed-emitter red-dot sights. In that piece, I described what set enclosed-emitter red-dot sights apart from open-emitter models and why many defensive-minded shooters prefer them. Given that I’ve been shooting a lot through enclosed-emitter sights through the end of this summer as we enter to the fall, I figured that a round-up ...

I’ve spent a lifetime studying the frontier West, specifically the histories and gun handling of Western lawmen, gunfighters and outlaws. In those days, with no formal firearm training, folks had to learn on their own; on-the-job training, if you will. Certainly, when any distance was involved, the shootist used his or her pistol sights or at least looked over the ...