Author: Jack Bogart

A few years ago, Palmetto State Armory purchased the rights to the DPMS name. DPMS Panther Arms had a solid reputation — and was a fixture in American gun shops for decades — before becoming part of Freedom Group and eventually landing with PSA. Quality concerns surfaced occasionally over the years, though I never personally tested a subpar rifle. Will PSA push the brand into new variations? Time will tell. What’s certain is that PSA offers a broad lineup of rifles and pistols and is a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights. Their products span the range from entry-level to…

For over thirty years, the federal government has quietly maintained one of the most constitutionally dubious policies on the books: permanent, lifetime disarmament for non-violent felons, with zero process for review, zero path to restoration, and zero exceptions for people who’ve rebuilt their lives and posed no threat to anyone. That may finally be changing. What’s Actually Happening The Department of Justice is moving to restart the Federal Firearms Rights Restoration program under 18 U.S.C. § 925(c) — a mechanism that has technically existed in federal law for decades but was defunded by Congress in the early 1990s and has…

Some things aren’t just tools. They’re carried. The first thing Earl Briggs did every morning was reach for two things: his coffee and his Zippo. Not his phone. Not the remote. His Zippo. It was a 1968 classic brushed chrome, worn down to raw brass on the corners where his thumb had worked it ten thousand times. His father brought it back from Vietnam with three words scratched into the bottom panel in uneven letters: still standing here Nobody knew if the old man carved it himself or bought it off some kid in a Saigon market. Didn’t matter. It…

If you’ve been running the Primary Arms SLx 1x MicroPrism and wishing you could swap it onto your existing red dot mount without buying yet another adapter, good news: Primary Arms heard you. The Houston-based optics company just dropped the SLx 1x MicroPrismT — same prism, new footprint. Specifically, an H1/T1-compatible mounting footprint, which is about as close to a universal standard as the red dot world has. That means this thing drops right onto a massive selection of aftermarket mounts and risers you probably already own. No proprietary adapter. No extra spend. Just swap and go. Same Great Optic,…

A major gun-rights organization is rallying its membership to urge President Donald Trump to replace recently fired U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi with someone with stronger convictions about protecting the Second Amendment.  Gun Owners of America (GOA) recently said that gun owners across America are “breathing a sigh of relief” with Bondi’s departure. “Bondi came in with a weak 2A record and made things worse as attorney general,” GOA said in a national alert to members. “Under her watch, two Biden-era gun rules Trump promised to kill on day one are still on the books: the pistol brace ban and…

NEXTORCH North America, the primary U.S. distributor for NEXTORCH Industries, has officially launched the Snow Guard Winter Tactical Gloves. Meant for real winter operations in freezing temperatures, the gloves aim to provide warmth and durability while preserving the dexterity shooters and tactical users need, including compatibility with modern touchscreen devices. According to the company, the Snow Guard gloves use a zoned insulation approach using 40 grams of insulation in the palms for better feel and then an additional 100 grams on the backs for heat retention. This combined with a waterproof-breathable membrane. CORDURA stretch fabric forms the outer shell, and…

IWI US has officially announced the launch of the ARAD 5 for the American market, produced at the company’s expanded domestic operations in Andersonville, TN. The ARAD 5 was developed in direct response to a request from Israel’s Tier 1 military and law enforcement units. After extensive service on the global stage, the rifle is now being brought stateside. The Rifle The ARAD 5 is built around a semi-monolithic upper receiver featuring IWI’s patented CamLok barrel lock-up mechanism, which secures a free-floated barrel assembly and a two-position short-stroke piston gas system. The rifle is designed for both suppressed and unsuppressed…

Pro-gun rights advocates fighting for the Kentucky government to recognize the Second Amendment-protected rights of young adults aged 18 to 20 have hit a roadblock. On April 2, Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed House Bill 312, which had been overwhelmingly in both the state House and the Senate. The measure would have created a provisional concealed carry permit for 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds, granting them the same rights as other adults in the Bluegrass State. The Kentucky Senate approved the measure 30-7, and the House passed the measure by a 73-to-17 margin. To get a provisional license, young adults would have…

If you’ve spent any serious time behind a suppressed firearm, you’ve either burned yourself, nearly burned yourself, or developed the kind of cautious respect for hot metal that takes a good scare to earn. You may also know the frustration of heat mirage rising off a hot can and ruining an otherwise clean scope picture. For many years, the suppressor industry’s answer to heat was essentially “wait.” Or strap a cover on it. Neither solution is particularly satisfying when you’re on the clock, whether that clock is measured in shooting strings at a match, minutes in a hunting blind, or…

*All photos by author Thanks to the Marine Corps, I’ve got natural hearing protection — lol (moderate-to-severe hearing loss). So these days, I take ear pro seriously and rely on solid in-ear earplugs every time I hit the range. I’ve grown to prefer this style of hearing protection for its minimalist footprint. Yeah, there are some slick electronic in-ear options on the market, and they work great — but they also tend to be pretty damn expensive. I keep a set of electronic over-ear muffs in my range bag for when some guy decides to mag dump with a comp…