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Watchtower Defense has a new pistol in development, and TFB has the latest information and images. This is a 9mm double-stack 1911 pistol built at the company's facility in Tomball, Texas. The Vaelon is intended to be the flagship model in its handgun lineup.

Primary Weapons Systems has added the MK110 Alpha to its limited-edition Alpha lineup. According to the company, only 150 units are being produced, with each rifle individually numbered. Once the run sells out, PWS states this specific configuration will not be produced again.

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is the medical gear an individual patrol officer can carry to extend capability in the minutes before EMS arrives. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers, whose support keeps this column going every week.

The world of firearms is evolving and it is coming fast. We are no longer relegated to owning a pistol and rifle in fixed configurations. With chassis system handguns (SIG P365 with an FCU or Springfield Echelon with a COG), we can simply pull the “guts” - your serialized portion from your handgun - and plug-and-play it into multiple frames, chassis systems, and platforms. That is the premise of the Strike Industries SMC Bravo Chassis. If you have a chassis system pistol like those we mentioned, you can upgrade it to something much more capable in a matter of minutes with very few tools. So, today we are going to take a look at the Strike Industries SMC Bravo Chassis for the Springfield Echelon 4.5F to see how it performs. Let’s dive in!

Rhodesian Brushstroke may be one of the most underrated camouflage patterns in military aesthetics, a fact that one of Wilson Combat's customers took good care of in this EDC X9. Born from counterinsurgency campaigns in Africa during the 1970s and '80s, the pattern employs organic brush strokes in earth tones to dissolve the gun into natural environments.

Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week, we talked about some of the key maintenance items for your carry gun. If you happened to miss that article, be sure to click the link here to check it out. This week, I want to look at the decline of bag guns and PDWs in the world of concealed carry. There were a few years when PDWs were coming out for the market along with a plethora of backpacks tailored for larger carry guns.

Smith & Wesson isn't making you guess anymore. The company is now shipping the Bodyguard 2.0 factory-fitted with Viridian's RFX1 green dot reflex sight, available across three configurations that cover the thumb-safety divide and compliance landscape. At $599 MSRP, you're getting a micro pistol and purpose-built optic already married together, dovetail-mounted and zeroed. No installation drama, no adapter plates, no trying to decide if the rear sight removal is worth the hassle. Pretty much how most, if not all, buyers would like it nowadays.

We love to share positive news here, so we’re happy to write that Aero Precision has published a corporate update, confirming an ownership change across its brand portfolio. Aero Precision, Ballistic Advantage, Stag Arms, and VG6 are now under new ownership, ending a period described as marked by financial and operational difficulty that affected manufacturing, order fulfillment, and customer service.

Beretta keeps celebrating the year of their 500th anniversary by releasing masterpieces. As we’ve seen with the Titan MSR and the SO10 EELL History, again we’re looking at an unobtainable one-off.

This week on TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, I'm bringing on my good friend Aryan — most of you know him online as Mocka, or @mockashoots. Aryan shoots competitively for Team GB (Great Britain), works as a software engineer, and somehow still finds time to run a very well-produced YouTube channel mostly covering competitive shooting sports, which is impressive on its own before you factor in that he's doing all of it as a firearms owner in the UK. Today on the podcast, we’ll get into what that actually looks like day-to-day, how British gun laws shape what he can own and compete with, and how he ended up behind the mic calling some of the industry's newest and biggest matches in the sport. Follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/mockashoots before you hit play and give Aryan a warm welcome to the show!

Kalashnikov Concern and Tula Cartridge Plant (TPZ) continue work on a new assault rifle cartridge. This has sparked new public interest after the publication of a Russian patent RU 2809501 C1. The Tula Cartridge Plant developed the new assault rifle ammunition in collaboration with the Kalashnikov Concern, and it received the working designation 6.02x41.

What happens when a suppressor company designs a rifle? That’s what this Photo Of The Day will find out for you, at least in terms of teasing images. According to AAC Suppressors, this is their upcoming MPW-SD model, although I’m sure it will be a little more refined at its full release.

Midweek already and it’s time for another episode of TFB’s Wheelgun Wednesday. Today we’ll look at some very interesting upgrades for the Smith & Wesson L Frame revolvers with 6-inch barrels. Midwest Industries shows the new Bounty Hunter Rail System, a full-length aluminum platform that adds a lot of rail. Everyone, take note, because there’s a probability this is the future for modern revolvers.

Dead Air Silencers offers five models within its Nomad series, a premium range of models each intended for use on centerfire rifle platforms chambered in .22 through .30 caliber. The lineup includes the previously released Nomad 30, Nomad L, Nomad LTi XC, and Nomad Ti XC, along with the newly introduced Nomad Ti OTB, an over-the-barrel design. Let’s go over the whole family.

Federal Premium has once again secured a law enforcement ammunition contract, and this time it is for both .223 Rem and 5.56 NATO. The Nordic Police agencies are well known for being technically advanced and have very stringent performance requirements for their products. As a result, they have opted for some of Federal’s ammunition to be supplied to their officers.

Shield Arms has a new extended magazine option. The S20 is a 20-round mag for the Glock 43X and 48 family of Slimline pistols. This could be a handy spare magazine for shooters already set up in the Shield Arms magazine system.

It’s that time of year for hunting seasons and the big dawgs in the ammunition space want to have product on the shelves so we are adequately outfitted for all of our hunts. This includes the two titans of Remington and Federal. Four new selections of their hunting ammo are now shipping to dealers across the US, and we’ll share what flavors and choices you can come to expect.

The Palmetto State Armory Jakl is a well-known commodity within gun culture at this point. The long-stroke piston rifle built around the AR15 is no stranger to love and hate; thus, the same is true with bullpups. This article looks to cause a ruckus and bring together two paradoxical and controversial weapon platforms and mix them together. The Jakl bullpup chassis article review is here, and it's twice the paradox with twice the Jakl bullpup.

The Stowaway series from Dark Mountain Arms embraces a philosophy that predates modern tactical doctrine: sometimes, capability means having it with you, and knowing where to hide it until you need it. The focus in this Photo Of The Day is a 2.8-pound rifle that collapses to 16.65 inches, paired with a two-pound pistol that folds to seven inches.

In general, Bosnian defense manufacturers are not very well known in the US. But there is one important exception – AC Unity, a company from the town of Goražde, known to US and international customers for its polymer magazines for AK, AR-15, and MP5s, which TFB reviewed several years ago.

Arken Optics has added a new scope to its lineup. The Outrider 2-12x42 is a second focal plane hunting scope with capped turrets and a clean reticle. Keep reading for all the details.

Birds are migrating, the weather is cooling, and that can only mean one thing: it’s time for hunting season! No matter what type of bird hunting you do - quail, grouse, waterfowl, or sporting clay - there are new flavors of shotgun shells that are now shipping to dealers across the US.

Hornady has two new bullet weight options in the A-Tip line. These projectiles are optimized for very specific purposes. Keep reading for all the details.

ShellShock Protection has been developing quality hearing protection for a couple of years, and now they are adding more and more eye protection options as well. Their newest offering are the SunShift Sunglasses with Photochromic Z87 imbued into them. Meeting ANSI Z87.1+ standards, the SunShift glasses provide 99.9% UVA/UVB protection.

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 the Liberty Suppressors Infiniti X in hand for a first look. It is a lightweight yet adaptable silencer that covers a lot of bases.

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Photo Of The Day and we go to India to take a closer look at some marketing images of SSS Defence’s M72. Chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO and built around a short-stroke piston architecture, the design distills lessons learned by others and mimics similar systems already in use. In case you don’t remember, SSS Defence is competing in the UK Ministry of Defence’s Project Grayburn program, which we’re watching with interest.

We’re still waiting to see how all the fallout lands after the Supreme Court ended the National Firearms Act’s registration and approval requirements for short-barreled rifles and suppressors. However, some hunters are going to be very keen to take advantage of what appears to be a massive change in the American gun law structure, because of the advantages that suppressors offer in the field.

Savage Arms has carved out a confident following for their Axis series of rifles because of their affordability, reliability, and surprising accuracy as well as how attainable these rifles are. Now, they are adding an even better value proposition into the mix by announcing that they will be threading all of the barrels on Axis rifles moving forward.

Range USA continues to make big moves across the US as they expand their retail store locations and remodel/update all of their current stores at the same time. Most recently, they are celebrating a grand opening in Monroeville, Pennsylvania as well as store updates across the country.