You know the sound even if you never knew the name: the rising wail, the frantic yelp, the blast of air horn at an intersection. The Federal Signal PA300 arrived around 1983 and is still being built today. Here is where it came from, how to tell a 1985 unit from a 1995 one by its faceplate, and why three sirens off the same shelf can have three ...

Factory Glock parts are in stock nearly everywhere, prices are honest, and forty years of armorer knowledge is a free search away. All three at once is unusual — and the new V Series is the first real break in parts continuity since Gen 5. Here is what interchanges across Gen 1-5, what the V Series changes, and the short list of spares worth ...

Bitcoin moves while you check out. A dollar stablecoin does not: send 74.76 USDC for a $74.76 order and the number is the number. Here is what paying with USDC, USDT or PYUSD actually looks like at Keep Shooting, screen by screen, on the payment system we built and run ourselves.

In 1929 a French cutler named his new export knife after a Melanesian spirit of doom — and tanked the launch in the exact market it was designed for. The knife survived anyway. Six parts, folded steel, one family, one town, nearly a century of continuous production: the full story of the Douk-Douk, its variants, its complicated colonial history, ...

Most Americans can legally own an automatic knife — a fact decades of movie mythology have obscured. We break down what the 1958 Federal Switchblade Act actually does (it's a trade law, not a possession ban), which states still restrict autos, why assisted-opening knives aren't switchblades, and why a retailer sometimes can't ship one to your address.

A $50,000 handshake in 1949, a black eagle drawn in mourning, the Marlin rescue, and a 2026 move out of Connecticut — the complete 77-year story of America's largest gunmaker, from the $37.50 Standard pistol to the Magpul-built RXM.

Cargo pants are back on the runways and designers are charging $400 for jackets that look like something out of a 1980s armory. After 23 years of buying and selling this gear, here's what the fashion world keeps rediscovering — which surplus pieces to buy first, how to spot genuine issue from reproduction, and how to wear it all without looking ...

Most 1911 "reliability problems" are really magazine problems. We break down the best 1911 magazines by what you actually do with the gun — carry, competition, GI clone, or budget range toy — settle the 7-vs-8-round argument, and show you how to match a magazine to your frame and caliber.

When the phone dies and the fog rolls in, a compass earns its keep. We break down the full Suunto lineup — A-10, A-30, M-9, Clipper, and the MC-2 mirror — so you can match the right one to your kind of trips, from a $20 backup to a one-compass-for-life pick.

No, Ontario Knife Company didn't go out of business — it was sold. Aerospace parent Servotronics offloaded the 134-year-old knife brand to Blue Ridge Knives in 2023, and the Franklinville, NY factory closed. Here's the verified story, and what it means for your knives.