We all know what a press check is, or at least we should. When loading a semi-auto handgun, or during the process of checking its readiness, you partially pull back the slide or bolt and visually verify that there is a round in the chamber. It's a ...
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That Time Hunter S. Thompson Stole Hemingway’s Elk Antlers
Here’s a corner of American literature they won’t teach you about in class. Or maybe they do. What do I know? It’s a cool story, and if you have a cool teacher or professor, they could totally waste half a class with this one. Two ...
Patriotic Post-BBQ 4th of July Movies
What the hell is a Fourth of July movie? Lots of movies feature the holiday or might have a plot that centers around it in some way, but that doesn't mean they're the right thing to watch on a day that's supposed to be about celebrating and having ...
Cormac McCarthy, Creator of the Anti-Western Novel, Dies at 89
The novel Blood Meridian can simply never be made into a movie. It’s cursed. Adaptation attempts have all failed for 40 years, and now, while in the midst of working on the script for an upcoming film version of what many consider his most violently ...
Climbing Movies: The Best and Worst of All Time
Ascending mountains and battling the forces of nature just to say “I did it” or "because it's there" as the famous climber George Mallory said when asked why he wanted to summit Mt. Everest. It's fraught with danger and that makes it naturally the ...
Guide to Olympic Shooting Events and What Team USA Is Up To
Shooting events don't get all the glory at the Summer Olympic Games — not the way mainstream sports like swimming, track, and gymnastics do. But if you watched the 2020 games in Tokyo, you know that shooting events are plenty of fun to watch. And the ...
The Real Guns Behind the Blasters in ‘The Mandalorian’
Among the many, many Star Wars films, TV series, limited series, animated shows, and games that have been introduced since Disney took ownership of the franchise and all its associated media, The Mandalorian has stood out as one of the best, and one ...
Survival Movies: 10 of the Best Flicks About Struggling to Stay Alive
This post contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you buy through these links. Throughout history, humankind has chronicled gut-wrenching tales of heroic survival. We humans understandably have a fascination and obsession with ...
Top 5 Pistol Whipping Scenes From Movies – Ranked
Out of all the military and firearms training I’ve gone through, not one instructor has taught pistol whipping as a defensive tactic. Sure, in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, or MCMAP, they taught “one mind, any weapon,” but it’s not the same ...
Jeremy Renner Likely Saved by Tourniquet After Plowing Accident
UPDATE, Jan. 4: Since initial reports of the accident Renner posted a photo on his verified Instagram account Tuesday with the message: “Thank you all for your kind words. I’m too messed up now to type. But I send love to you all."Soon after, ...
‘1923’ Is Big on Adventure, Action, Atmosphere, and Hunting
If you are a Yellowstone fan and you aren’t watching 1923 during the YS mid-season hiatus, what the hell are you even doing with your life? Seriously, this new limited prequel series streaming on Paramount+ is legit, like pretty much everything ...
Intruder Meets ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan and a .44 Magnum
Wrestling legend “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, 68, hasn’t been in a match in more than a decade, but he can certainly still hold his own. The WWE Hall of Famer recently used his grappling skills to take down a man who had broken into his South Carolina home ...
12 MORE Christmas Songs That Don’t Suck
There are two kinds of people in this world: Christmas song people and people who hate Christmas songs. We get it. It’s a struggle for everyone during the silly season. The haters, many of whom have worked retail at some point in their lives and ...
‘Cocaine Bear’: The Kinda True Story of a Bear Eating Tons of Blow
UPDATE: Cocaine Bear has been released and people and reviewers have said it is surprisingly gorey and awesome. So there. You can stream it at home via Amazon right now. Bears have been walking this planet for about 5 million years. There’s no ...
5th Predator Movie ‘Prey’: Comanche Warrior vs. Alien
This Friday, Aug. 5, the public will be graced with the first new installment in the fractured and uneven Predator film series since 2018’s deeply flawed The Predator. But this promises to be a different experience from previous films in practically ...
‘Revision of a Man’: Army Vet Tackles Modern Manliness With Poetry
Editor's Note: Here at FRA, we are a small but aggressive team. We're like a race car that we’re building while it zips around the track. Extending that analogy, Matt Smythe is the wheels: He is the primary point of contact between our edit team and ...
Isaac Sr.’s Total Archery Challenge Playlists
If you’ve never met Isaac Aleman Sr., you’re not surrounding yourself with the right people. He’s one of the funniest and most genuine people you’ll ever meet. Senior, as he's called, along with his son Isaac Aleman Jr. are the archery gurus ...
Clint Emerson Teaches Readers to Live ‘The Rugged Life’ With New Book
In today’s society, someone can tap the screen of a smartphone, and moments later, food or supplies arrive on the doorstep. Modern technology and the convenience it brings have made the average American lazy and complacent — so much so that they ...
Climbing Documentary: Mountains, Death, and Reconciliation
The climbing documentary genre has steadily grown into a larger-than-life, reality-defying experience for those of us who keep our feet on terra firma's lesser elevations. Alex Honold’s Free Solo, Jimmy Chin, Renan Ozturk, and Conrad Anker’s ...
Cormac McCarthy Returns With Two Companion Novels
The revered author Cormac McCarthy is returning to the publishing world this fall, after a 16-year hiatus, with two companion novels that will be released a few weeks apart. The Passenger is set for an Oct. 25 release, with the second book, Stella ...
Meet Olympic Biathlete ‘Lanny Oakley,’ Who’s Gone Full Tactical
When biathletes Lanny Barnes and her twin sister Tracy decided to retire from the Olympics, they were experts at shooting under extremely demanding conditions — a skill set that didn’t translate into traditional employment opportunities, but fit ...
Top 5 Westerns With Great Performances From Military Veterans
From Clint Eastwood to Steve McQueen and other Hollywood icons, veterans have played many roles on-screen across the spectrum of cinema history. Westerns seem to fit naturally for a military veteran whether it be from their service or maybe part of ...
Let’s Get Dark: The Best Songs About Murder
It’s time to take a trip to the musical dark side with one of the most beloved subjects of pop songs no matter the era: murder! There’s just something about songs that tell killing stories — they get in your head and stay there in a way to ...
Tom Brown Tracker: The Knife From ‘The Hunted’
Every so often, a movie will make a gun or a knife astonishingly and surprisingly famous. Dirty Harry did it for the Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum revolver, First Blood did it for sawback knives with hollow handles, Crocodile Dundee caused a ...
How Cherokee Actor Wes Studi Taps Vietnam Experience for Performances
Magua simultaneously draws his tomahawk and dagger with the ease of movements practiced a thousand times. Unlike most depictions of Native Americans, the Huron warrior isn’t adorned in a feather headdress or riding a painted stallion across the Great ...
Raylan Givens to Return in ‘Justified: City Primeval’ Reboot
In an era when most people would have said an old-fashioned gunslinger with a badge had no place on TV, Justified came along and proved there was still an appetite for a different kind of cop show with a quick-drawing protagonist who usually put bad ...
Backcountry Movies That Will Give You Chills
The backcountry is the place where people test the limits of their physical and mental endurance and learn what they're made of. By virtue of what it is, the backcountry has certain inherent dangers. Those that crave isolation and rough conditions ...
Virtual Reality YouTube Series Puts Viewers in Civil War Trenches
A 2015 survey from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni found that half of all Americans are unaware of when the Civil War took place. In an innovative effort to educate Americans and promote deeper understanding of that ...
Reader’s Choice: The 10 Biggest Free Range American Stories of 2021
This was a good year for Free Range American. We grew by hundreds of percentage points in every conceivable metric and covered a wide range of topics (and controversies) other outdoor media sites were afraid to touch. We broke the news on an ...
Zambian War on Wildlife Poaching Captured By Montana Filmmakers
Wildlife poaching in Africa is an extremely complex and deep-rooted problem that sucks the life out of local communities while intensifying systemic poverty, disease, and hopelessness. For the Soli community in Zambia’s Lower Luano Game ...
