I recently reviewed the Strike Industries Dual Fold Stabilizing Brace here on TTAG, and now Strike Industries has released a simplified version for folks that don’t need their brace to fold both ways. The new Strike Single Folder brings a couple other changes to the table as well, and comes at a lower price. Strike … Read more
Braced pistols are making a comeback with more companies dropping new models seemingly daily. Franklin Armory just announced three new AR-style pistol models. All three are equipped with Franklin Armory’s Binary Firing System and Triumvir linear compensating and flash suppressing muzzle device. The pistols offer high-end features and are built with 100 percent American made … Read more
With the ATF brace rule being vacated, SIG SAUER is back in the braced pistol game. They just launched two new M400 pistols with some great features. The M-400 Tread and M-400 SDI X pistols. Both are AR pistols based upon SIG’s proven M-400 DI platform. M400-TREAD Pistol The M400-TREAD Pistol is chambered in 5.56 … Read more
With the ATF’s pistol brace rule being vacated by the Federal District Court in June, it’s looking like pistol braces are here to stay. It’s a good thing too because I’ve been working with the Strike Industries Dual Fold Stabilizer brace, and I’m kind of partial to keeping it. I first saw these at the … Read more
People in the firearms community are passionate. Anti-civil rights extremists love to paint the NRA as an all-powerful lobbying boogeyman, but in reality, their donations are chump change compared other interest groups. The power of the NRA has always been in the people…its membership of millions. Gun owners are engaged and often are single-issue voters. … Read more
Set to publish tomorrow, but for some reason already public on govinfo (or download the PDF HERE), the January 31, 2022 Federal Register details ATF’s plans to finalize its rulemaking and regulations related to the definitions of firearm, firearm frame/receiver, complete weapon, complete silencer, and more, plus will publish its final factors for determining whether … Read more
ATF is trying to slap new, onerous restrictions on pistol stabilizing braces, which will affect every person who owns one or owns a gun that’s equipped with one. The public — that’s us — can comment on these proposed restrictions and ATF must read and respond to every. single. comment. Believe it or not, this … Read more
Apologies for all the exclamation marks! But…the number of comments left so far (59k) on the Federal Register RE ATF’s ridiculous planned restrictions on pistol stabilizing braces is simply not enough. And your comments really DO matter. Here’s just one recent example of how it can derail ATF’s anti-gun ambitions, plus a few suggestions of … Read more
As the Biden administration gears up to pass fresh guidance on pistol stabilizing braces, I humbly suggest that this is precisely the time to get working on legislation to remove SBRs — short barreled rifles — from the purview of the 1934 National Firearms Act. Arguments and assertions from the DOJ / ATF / Biden … Read more
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