The 45 ACP is legendary. It was the first cartridge adopted by the U.S. military for an automatic pistol, and both the cartridge and the M1911 handgun served that role for 74 years. “The 45,” as some call it, is a heavy hitter born out of necessity ...
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New Jersey Hunting Season for Black Bears Is Back On!
UPDATE Dec. 7, 2022: The New Jersey hunting season for black bears is back after a brief delay. On Tuesday, Dec. 6 (a day after the season was originally scheduled to begin), the New Jersey Appellate Court dissolved a temporary stay on the ...
New Canik Mete SFT Miami Pistols Might Hurt Your Eyes and Soul
Canik just announced its annual special edition firearm, and it’s a lot to put into words. The Canik Mete SFT Miami pistol shoots 9mm, comes with a host of accessories, including an IWB/OWB holster, and boasts a limited-edition color scheme that pays ...
Montana Wolf Hunting Is Back On, District Judge Says
In a major win for Montana wolf hunting, a district court judge declined to extend a temporary restraining order that restricted bag limits within the state in a decision handed down on Nov. 29, ruling that the hunting season would not permanently ...
‘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 ...
Youth Hunter with Down Syndrome Slays Huge 17-Point Ohio Buck
Few deer hunters ever get a shot at a 180-class whitetail. But Ashton Copas, 12, took a perfect 70-yard shot on such an Ohio buck on the opening day of the state’s two-day special youth hunting season. Although a massive accomplishment for a hunter ...
Biden Pushes for Lame Duck 2022 ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
In the wake of two more tragic and high-profile shootings in Virginia and Colorado, resulting in multiple innocent casualties, President Joe Biden took the opportunity to ratchet up his anti-gun rhetoric following a successful midterm election cycle ...
Gatorz Drops Ultra-Cool Limited-Edition Skyhook Aviator Shades
Gatorz eyewear has been a long-standing favorite in the special operations community. Their comfort, practicality, and near indestructibility (not to mention their badass style) have earned them a spot on plenty of SOF sniffers. The company just ...
New S&W PC M&P9 M2.0 Competitor Pistol Came to Win
Smith & Wesson just announced the M&P9 M2.0 Competitor, a new addition to its Performance Center line of competition pistols. This take on the popular M&P line ships from the factory with the features competitive shooters need. The ...
44 Magnum: The Most Powerful Handgun Cartridge, For a While
There’s a lot of debate about the best gear for backcountry adventures. We can argue the best fly fishing lures, hunting packs, and camouflage patterns until we’re blue in the face, but one piece of gear that’s traditionally garnered near-unanimous ...
The Elon Musk Guns: What We Know So Far
It seems that ever since billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter, there are a dozen headlines a day about the social media platform or Musk himself. Today, everybody is clamoring to comment on a photo Musk tweeted of his bedside table; its contents ...
Can Deer See Orange? – Know Your Game
A wave of blaze orange sweeps the country every hunting season as some 11.4 million deer hunters hit the woods. Hunters invest tons of time, energy, money, and more than a few prayers into the sport, hoping to fill their tags. Many worry their ...
Survival Kit: How to Build and Organize One the Right Way
“Organization is correlated to efficiency, efficiency is correlated to productivity, and productivity is correlated to success,” I recall saying that as a teacher to my students over the years in both an academic classroom and an outdoor setting as a ...
How George Washington Used Thanksgiving to Unite Our Country
On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early. Assisted by his enslaved valets — William “Billy” Lee and the young Christopher Sheels — he powdered his hair, put on his favorite black velvet suit, tied his white neckwear, and donned his ...
Scouting an Area with Map Recon and Land Navigation
“Jesus, that’s Jason Bourne.” That quote from the popular Robert Ludlum series has become a derogatory smear online when someone makes a comment about “gray man,” “op sec,” or “non-permissive environments.” It seems like everyone is a secret agent ...
Deer Hunting Gear: What You Need to Get Started
Because chasing whitetails is a popular pursuit, deer hunting has become a big business. Hunters spend $6.4 billion on hunting gear yearly, not counting trip expenses, guide fees, tags, or licenses. Manufacturers understandably clamor to grab a ...
6mm ARC: A Compact Long-Range Round You Should Know About
As the 2020s approached, the Hornady Ballistic Development Group, or BDG, was tasked with getting the most out of the AR-15 platform in terms of long-range viability. The cartridge the company produced to do this became the 6mm Advanced Rifle ...
The 410 Shotgun: Incredibly, Improbably Popular
The .410 remains incredibly, improbably popular. A lot of people use a 410 shotgun for a lot of things, most of which the little shell is completely unsuited for. The skinny .410 hull doesn’t hold much shot to begin with, and it often shoots terrible ...
Range Bags: The 7 Best for Any Kind of Shooting
We could all use more training time with our firearms, and range bags are a great way to make that happen. When we finally get to the firing line, it’s important to make the most of it. That means being efficient, organized, and prepared with more ...
Colorado Seeks Sharpshooters to Manage Booming Elk Herd
Do you love elk hunting and have some badass marksmanship skills? Colorado Parks and Wildlife could use your help. For the second year in a row, the agency is searching for sharpshooters to help manage the elk herd within the Great Sand Dunes ...
22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer and Other Cool Wildcats
There is a common belief when it comes to firearm cartridges that what can be done has been done. Wildcatters have proven that notion wrong over and over, and they continue to push the limits of what's possible. Cartridges like the .14 Eichelberger ...
Deer Hunting With Dogs: An Old and Controversial Tradition
People have used canine hunting companions since the first wolf nervously took a slice of meat from an ancient human hand. Deer hunting with dogs is a natural extension of that aboriginal relationship. Still, modern hunters have mixed feelings ...
Know Your Game: How Long Do Whitetail Deer Live?
If you spend enough early-morning hours sitting still and quiet in a treestand, you start to ponder deep and vital questions: “What will I do when I run out of snacks? How long can I sit in this stand without using the bathroom? How long do whitetail ...
How To Choose the Best Fish Cleaning Table
Beyond essentials like a filet knife and a scaling tool, a dedicated fish cleaning table should be in every angler's arsenal. Catching fish is a lot more fun than cleaning fish, and at the end of the day, when you grab your stringer or pull up to the ...
How Cowboy Guns Were Really Carried in the Old West
When the West was still wild, a man wouldn’t dream of riding the range without a gun. With all kinds of wild critters roaming about, from rattlesnakes and coyotes to dangerous two-legged varmints, a man always needed a firearm within close and easy ...
FN 5.7x28mm: The Little Cartridge That Could
The FN 5.7, or 5.7x28mm, cartridge has seen a resurgence in popularity since its release in 1990 and subsequent limited applications. This little cartridge is known for its armor-penetrating abilities, flat trajectory, and high velocity out of a ...
The Small Arms U.S. Marines Used to Win WWI
From June 1917 to November 1918, U.S. Marines earned a reputation for being ferocious and unrelenting on the battlefield. Between the opening shots fired at the Battle of Belleau Wood and the routing of German forces in the Argonne Forest, Marines ...
Veteran Hunting and Fishing Organizations Making a Difference
Veteran mental health statistics in the U.S. are sobering. The rate of major depression is five times higher than it is among civilians, and the suicide rate is 57% greater. Many face more difficult battles than the ones they fought when they ...
Giving Back: BRCC Fund is Changing Lives and Saving Lives
Sometimes, it’s a large charitable gesture of kindness that forever changes the course of a life — or many lives. Other times, it’s a single small act of compassion that burns the brightest. For the leadership behind Black Rifle Coffee Company’s ...
Hunting Accident Roundup: Hunter Falls, Left Hanging by Boot
On Halloween night, a Texas bowhunter survived one of the most terrifying things that can happen to a hunter — he fell almost 20 feet from a treestand and wound up hanging upside down by his boot. It was a hunting accident that could easily have been ...
