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Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor. This week we have a review of the BOE suppression IncoLite silencers, or to be more precise, the two shorter members of that three-silencer family. These are very unique silencers with their uncommon combination of lightweight design and Inconel construction.

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial on the operational value of community trust: how relationships in the places you patrol provide intelligence, cooperation, and officer safety, and what agencies and individual officers do to build or burn that asset. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers, whose support keeps this column going every week.

Amsterdam has its famous red light district. Taurus, apparently, has one too, and the main attraction folds, takes RMSc-pattern optics and runs on .22 LR. Gallery of Guns caught the all-new Brace-Ready TX22 bathed in red light, looking about as innocent as anything else.

American shooters live in strange, changing times. On one hand, we have state governments declaring common, everyday firearms illegal. On the other hand, we have the feds themselves significantly loosening the regulations around firearms that were formerly targeted by the National Firearms Act. Some naysayers will moan that this will bring on mayhem, but the reality is that for years, normal, law-abiding Americans used suppressors and short-barreled rifles for everyday purposes. This old Winchester 1895, a special-order rifle from the New Haven plant, appears to be an example of this, a rifle custom-built for quiet hunting.

When Glock shipped its 15-round magazines for the 43X and 48 earlier this year, a lot of owners who had already moved to Shield Arms S15 mags ran into a little bit of a parts conflict. Steel S15 magazines are strongly recommended to be used with a steel magazine release so they don’t chew up the factory polymer catch, but according to XTech Tactical, existing steel releases will not accept Glock’s new wider 15-round magazine, and forcing one in can lock it in the gun. XTech’s answer is their new X-CATCH FX, a machined-steel, extended release dimensioned to work with both magazines in the same pistol.

If you’re a fan of the Ruger LCP MAX, then you’ll be happy to learn that Magpul is not slowing down with new product releases towards the end of the year. Close on the heels of the DT-S stock, the company has released two new Enhanced Handgun Grips for the Ruger LCP MAX, both for pistols without a manual safety. One fits new production LCP MAX PRO pistols. The other fits what Magpul calls the LCP MAX Legacy, meaning LCP MAX pistols without a manual safety made since 2021. That brings the EHG RG380 line to three variants, since the original manual safety grip arrived this spring alongside Ruger’s factory LCP MAX with Magpul EHG. All three share the same high beavertail, undercut trigger guard, and longer trigger reach, and all three are priced at $39.99.

FALCO Holsters is carrying three of its existing Kydex patterns over to light-equipped pistols with the E901 L, the FALCO E902 L, and the A905 L. The standard E901 and E902 drop-leg holsters and the A905 Velcro bag holster have been in the catalog for some time, and the new L variants mold around the light as well as the gun. The E902 L is the most involved of the three, pairing a thumb-released retention hood with the same three-strap thigh platform and three-hole mount used on the open-top E901 L. On the compatibility side, FALCO says its portfolio now supports 197 light models, up from the 180-plus lights the company quoted for the D910 L chest holster back in August.

Mantis has spent years building gadgets to make dry fire less of a chore, from sensors that mount to the rail of your own pistol to trigger reset systems for the AR crowd. The TitanX is Mantis rolling all of that into one package: a Glock 19 pattern training pistol with a laser, a resetting trigger, and a MantisX sensor built right in. I first saw it at a Mantis demo during SHOT Show 2026 and one showed up at my door not long after. Let’s dive right into my review of the Mantis TitanX 701!

Ninety minutes. That is how long a Leica artisan with more than 25 years at the bench spends hand-polishing a single Fortis Glossy riflescope. The high-gloss, weather-resistant finish is made to match the deep bluing of a classic bolt-action or break-barrel rifle. In an era when hand craftsmanship in European optics grows rarer every season, here is proof that some of it is still alive.

Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week, we looked at the second part of some of the biggest carry mistakes people tend to make. If you happened to miss that article, be sure to click the link here to check it out. This week, I wanted to look at an interesting debate people will have when it comes to carrying inside your vehicle. For years, people have gone back and forth on whether or not you should take your handgun off your body while you drive. There are arguments for both sides and we will take a deeper dive into it.

Here's Speer's announcement in full:

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the City of Glendale, California, over how the Glendale Police Department issues concealed carry permits. The complaint, filed Nov. 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (No. 2:26-cv-13098), comes down to two things: what a permit costs and how much leeway the police have to say no. Glendale "cannot impose unreasonable fees and unbridled discretion," Jesus Osete, acting assistant attorney general for civil rights, said in the DOJ's announcement.

When most people think of Remington it invokes thoughts of firearms and ammunition, but we shouldn’t be so quick to overlook the multitude of accessories and cleaning products they craft as well. Some of their newest offerings are geared towards silencer owners as they have become so popular with them being “de-regulated” to the point where we can finally obtain them with a simple 4473. So, let’s walk through the new cleaning products that Remington has for us.

Dan Wolgin of Ammunition Depot is back on TFB’s Behind the Gun Podcast, only a few weeks after our last conversation. Since then, the ATF announced on October 9 that it would stop enforcing NFA registration and approval for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs, and AOWs nationwide, and most of the industry has been celebrating. Dan spent much of this episode on how quickly that could be undone. The change is an enforcement policy, not a repeal, so Congress, the courts, or a future administration could bring the old rules back. That uncertainty is also a big reason AmmoVault has done well since it launched in August, and Dan explains what Ammunition Depot is seeing from customers who would rather build a reserve now than shop during the next rush. We also go through his 50-state NFA map and why state laws are still catching people out.

Holographic sights have never really been my wheelhouse. I know they get pricey, and I know the usual knocks against them are battery life and reticle quality, but past that, I do not have a ton of experience with them. So when Vortex Optics sent over their AMG UH-1 Gen II to pair with the MAC IX I was reviewing earlier this year, I came into it pretty green. That being said, it ended up hopping onto a second gun before it was all said and done. Let’s dive right into my review of the Vortex AMG UH-1 Gen II Holographic Sight!

Some rifles practically beg for a thermal scope. The IWI Tavor is usually not one of them. Most Tavors spend their lives with a red dot on top and an owner explaining to friends where the magazine actually goes, so spotting one wearing Pulsar's brand new Trail 3 LRF XR50 makes you look twice, which is exactly why it earned its place as today's TFB Photo of the Day.

Taurus customers have been asking for a magnum version of the TX22 for a while. Taurus has answered with the TXM, and it went a step further than people asked for. The new polymer-frame, striker-fired pistol comes in both .22 WMR and 5.7x28mm, and Taurus calls it the first pistol built to switch between the two by swapping the upper assembly on a single frame.

Owners of the Beretta 1301 and A300, rejoice. Reptilia has built a stock for your scattergun. The BPS, short for Beretta Precision Stock, is a drop-in replacement for both shotguns, made from polymer, aluminium and steel, with adjustable comb height and a length of pull that starts noticeably shorter than most.

Garmin has acquired Applied Ballistics. That's right, one of the most popular and accurate ballistic calculator providers is going to be under Garmin's umbrella. This poses a lot of interesting new possibilities for future product types.

BANISH Suppressors has announced the HD 762 INC, a dedicated 7.62 NATO/.308 Winchester suppressor made entirely from additively manufactured 718 Inconel. It is the second model in the company's Heavy Duty (HD) line after the HD 556 INC, and like its little brother, it is aimed squarely at gas guns: AR-10s, 6mm AR-15s, gas-operated precision rifles and SBRs.

Bergara has a new rifle model optimized for the PRS production class. The Premier Competition Elite family of rifles is built to be an off-the-shelf match winner. Keep reading for all the details.

My reloading bench, much like my desk at work, tends to be messy. This makes reloading more frustrating than it needs to be. Finding the tool or die that I am looking for in a pile of parts and other tools is not very efficient. Can Inline Fabrications' line of reloading bench organization parts help me get out of this mess?

Every gun owner has that one item in the safe that makes the barbecue guests go quiet. A pair of goggles with a single cyclops lens staring back at you does the job nicely. One look at this setup and your first thought is probably not Swiss precision engineering. It is The Silence of the Lambs from 1991, the Jonathan Demme thriller where Jodie Foster's FBI trainee Clarice Starling stumbles through a pitch-black basement while serial killer Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb, played by Ted Levine, watches her every move through night vision goggles. Yes, that Buffalo Bill. Not William F. Cody, whose Wild West show toured Europe with plenty of rifles but not a single image intensifier.

The TKX22 Light Rifle is TANDEMKROSS's first complete rifle, and since its SHOT Show announcement, most of the conversation about it has centered on its $1,449.99 price. Back in April, TK brought a handful of us out to Gunsite Academy in Arizona for the rifle's launch, where we shot first-production samples with ammo TK supplied, mostly CCI Standard Velocity and Mini-Mags. It was a great day of shooting, but it didn't answer the question most of you were asking: what does $1,450 get you in a 10/22?

 We are in the thick of hunting season, and if you are looking to acquire a last-minute rifle to accomplish some hunting, then Savage Arms is making their rifles more appealing than ever with some fresh Rebates to save you some money.

Azerbaijan has been building Kalashnikovs for years. Now the same facility is building AR-15s. Israeli manufacturer Ari Arms has launched local production of its OR-4 rifle in Azerbaijan through a joint venture with the country's Ministry of Defence Industry, and it is the first Western-standard rifle production in the country.

The ACOG has spent four decades being the optic with the reticle built for one cartridge. Trijicon has now gone a new way, adding MRAD reticle options to the 4x32 and 3.5x35 ACOG. They have my interest, so the question is: should I go with a dual-illuminated or an LED configuration?

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Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor. This week we are taking a first look at a new silencer for review: the PTR Vent 1. The silencer made quite a splash when it was first announced, so let's take a tour through its features and specifications and talk about some testing plans.