150+ new guns and gear. Yes, you read that correctly.

The TL staff just got back from the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show which takes place every January in Las Vegas. Fortunately for our readers, what happened this year in Vegas did not stay in Vegas!

In this issue, we’re giving you 38 pages worth of coverage from SHOT 2023. We’re highlighting the best in survival gear, concealed carry pistols, defensive loads, red-dot sights, suppressors, and so much more. Just because we went to Las Vegas doesn’t mean we fell in love and forgot about things happening outside the show. From AO Rendezvous ’we proudly bring you a first look at Dark Storm Industries’ new Variant 1 AR, plus Todd Burgreen tests FN’s first 10mm—the FN 510 Tactical. And another surprising first comes from Mike Detty who went hands-on with Savage’s first-ever 1911. The hits and battles keep coming…Frank Melloni got busy with his “Ammo Match” column where he put eight different Target .22 loads to the test, and Garrett Lucas conducts a Double-Stack Smackdown between Springfield’s Prodigy and Metro Arms’ SPS Pantera.

So what are you waiting for? Pick up your copy today!

Also Running in this issue:

5.7 TAG TEAM Ruger’s New LC carbine pairs powerfully with its 5.7 pistol for a one-two punch

RADIAN READINESS Here’s the long and short of some serious Radian Weapons firepower

ONE BADASS BRIT Meet the man who was shot seven times, crashed two planes and survived being a POW

PREDATOR POISON PILLS An expert breakdown of the top six critter-dropping cartridges

CAN CORNER Silencer Central’s Banish 30

RANGE SAFETY Gemtech and silencer science lesson

GLASS REPORT EOTech’s 1-10x28 FFP

GEAR GUIDE A mash-up of 12 products that can cut through the veil of darkness

FIREPOWER FLASHBACK The life and times of the battle-tested Stoner 63 in Vietnam

KEEP YOUR ENEMY CLOSE A Lone Woolf Story, Part Four of Four

FAKE-TICAL NEWS Satire for operators who are nuts about guns

BEST OF SHOT SHOW 2023

28 HELL & BACK MUST-HAVES

20 SIZZLING CCWs

21 NEW DEFENSE LOADS

21 RED-DOT SALUTE

19 BEST GUN MUFFLERS