The Remington Model 870 shotgun, usually just called the Remington 870, is one of the most popular pump-action shotguns in history. Since it hit the market in 1950, more than 11 million 870s have rolled off the line, but that progress took a long ...
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Is the New Garmin Xero A1i Pro Bow Sight Ethical?
Garmin just released the newest iteration of their Xero electronic bow sight. The Xero A1i Pro offers significant updates to the original. While many archery talking heads are making noise about this technological leap forward, not many are asking ...
Skunkwerks The Cut: Did Gunwerks Create the Ultimate Mountain Gun?
For some hunters, especially those who operate in extreme elevation, chasing mountain goats and the like, the ultimate mountain gun forever remains the holy grail. Well Gunwerks just threw down the gauntlet, releasing a high-end platform that shaves ...
Black Powder is Sadly No Longer Made in America
After nearly 220 years, the last black powder manufacturer in America is closing its doors. For the tens of thousands of muzzleloader hunters, cowboy action shooters, and black powder cartridge enthusiasts, the closure of GOEX inevitably means less ...
Military Red Flag Law Would Allow Confiscation of Personal Firearms
A provision in legislation recently passed by the US House of Representatives would allow military courts to issue protective orders that could be used to confiscate firearms from active duty troops without due process. Beyond this new potential ...
California to Open Access to Residents’ Firearm, Gun Parts Purchase Info
A new piece of California legislation signed into law last week by Gov. Gavin Newsom includes a provision that allows academics access to sales data on firearms, gun parts, and ammunition collected by the state for the purpose of conducting gun ...
Legal Age for Handgun Purchases Remains 21 Says Federal Court
This past summer, a federal appeals court ruled that a prohibition on firearm sales to adults under 21 was unconstitutional. Last week, a US appeals court threw out that decision, saying the case is now moot because both plaintiffs in the suit had ...
6 Veterans Who Are Killing It on the Archery Range
Archery as a pastime has spread like wildfire among veterans. Quieting their minds and focusing on the simple task of aiming and shooting an arrow is therapeutic for some. Economically minded shooters can reuse arrows over and over until they break, ...
Bowhunter Finds Human Remains Identified as Hunter Missing Since 1968
An Idaho bowhunter stumbled upon a set of human remains on Friday, Sept. 17, while hunting near Hayden Creek in the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. When authorities arrived, they found a rotted wallet with the body that identified it as a fellow ...
Colorado Hunting Accident: Muzzleloader Hunter Shoots, Kills Bowhunter
A rifle hunter unintentionally shot and killed a bowhunter chasing elk in Colorado last week. It's the kind of nightmare scenario hunting safety instructors use to drive home the importance of properly identifying your target. On Friday, Sept. 17, ...
How To Be a Better Archer: Focus on These 5 Bowhunting Fundamentals
If you don't take a purposeful approach to shooting your bow with a focus on bowhunting fundamentals, things will get worse before they get better. I used to track the number of arrows I shot per day on a calendar. After all, the more carbon you ...
Breaking the Curse: A Decade-Long Elk Hunt
The first year I hunted elk, I drove from New York to Colorado in my beat-up Tacoma and camped high on a forest service road. I wanted to kill my first one solo and with my bow. I hiked in by myself on the second day of the season. A few miles deep, ...
2A Legend Sues D.C. Over ‘Ghost Guns’ and DIY Firearm Ban
When Dick Heller sued Washington D.C. more than a decade ago over the district’s ban on handguns, it resulted in arguably the most important US Supreme Court decision ever regarding gun rights in America. District of Columbia v. Heller cemented the ...
ATF vs. RBT: Rare Breed Triggers Defies Cease and Desist Letter
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is looking to ban yet another firearm accessory. This time the agency has its sights set on Orlando-based Rare Breed Triggers (RBT), the manufacturer of a drop-in AR-15 trigger. The ...
Russian Ammunition Ban Could Make National Shortage Much Worse
Just as ammunition retailers in the US were beginning to recover from an unprecedented buying surge that started in early 2020, new sanctions handed down by the Biden administration may eliminate one of the most plentiful suppliers of affordable ...
The 8 Best Archery Pro Shops From Every Region of the United States
Not all archery pro shops are created equal. The best have competent bow technicians, a wide inventory spanning all budgets, and a welcoming, friendly, instructional atmosphere. Unfortunately, a shop that has all of these attributes is often the ...
Bowhunting Elk: 7 Last-Minute Efforts That Can Improve Your Chances
The bugling was nearly constant as my guide made cow calls, and I cracked sticks to impersonate live elk. It took at least 10 minutes, but our ploy was more than the satellite bull could stand. With the wind blowing in our faces, the bull cruised ...
The Birth of the Famous Winchester Model 1894
About 37,000 patents were approved in 1894. That works out to more than 100 per day. On Tuesday, Aug. 21, of that year, patent No. 524,702 crossed the desk of a clerk at the Old Patent Office Building in Washington, D.C., who probably thought nothing ...
Upland Hunting Starter Kit: Gun, Boots, Vest, and Skills
Upland hunting requires learning two skills: walking and shooting. You should already know how to walk. Then you give yourself over to the nose of a dog. That’s all there is to it. Get the gun and boots right, add a blaze orange vest to carry ammo ...
How Western Legend Wild Bill Hickok Died in Deadwood
James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok is remembered for several things: his famous nickname, his proficiency with his signature nickel-and-ivory Colt Model 1851 Navy revolvers, and the final hand he was dealt in poker that directly preceded his coldblooded ...
7 Great and Criminally Underrated Westerns
There are a whole lot of movies that fit in the broad genre known as Westerns, and they've been around since the dawn of the motion picture industry itself. There have been great Westerns, horrible ones, and a lot that fall somewhere in between. ...
REPORT: ‘John Wick 5’ Confirmed, Being Filmed Back-to-Back With No. 4
If we can blame 2020 for delaying “John Wick 4,” then we can celebrate 2020 for likely having it filmed back-to-back with a fifth installment. That’s right, according to reports, Lionsgate just greenlit “John Wick 5.” ‘John Wick 5’ Details Back in ...
Learn the Shotgun Sports Like Olympic Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clays
So you bought a shotgun and took it hunting. Hunting turns out to be a lot of fun, but it would be even more fun if you didn’t suck at shooting. Or maybe you’re streaming Olympic trap or skeet, can’t get enough, want to learn how to shoot, and don’t ...
Ammunition Update: How the National Ammunition Shortage Is Going
Among avid shooters, the alphanumeric monikers of popular calibers — 9 mm, .45 Auto, .223, 5.56 NATO — may as well read like ticker symbols on a surging New York Stock Exchange. Those holding ammunition are all smiles, while the have-nots feel ...
US Olympic Air Rifle and Skeet Athletes Shoot Lights-Out in Tokyo
The US Olympic shooting teams are leaving no doubt as to who make the best marksmen in the world. Amber English secured gold and an Olympic record in women’s skeet; Vincent Hancock earned his third gold, an unprecedented feat, in men’s skeet; ...
‘The Continental’ Will Deliver 3 John Wick Prequels
I’m a movie nerd, and while prequels almost always turn out to be tepid shit when they finally get to the screen, the idea of a prequel never fails to arouse a powerful curiosity in my geek heart. At least until a writer, director, cast, and crew get ...
Ammo Crisis Silver Lining: Conservation Funding at All-time High
If you’ve tried to buy a box of factory ammo in the past six months or even components like powder or bullets for handloading, you’ve undoubtedly encountered bare shelves and strict quantity limitations on whatever happens to still be available. For ...
What the Pros Use: Archery Gear at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Archery was added to the Olympics at the Paris Games way back in 1900. Many facets of Olympic archery have changed over the last 120 years, including the bows and arrows used, the attire, and regulations. Today, the standard ...
A Guide to Olympic Archery in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games
Punching paper targets might not be as thrilling as sending arrows through bugling bull elk, but Olympic archery is still exciting to watch — especially when you know exactly what's happening. Archery is one of the sports that will be ...
Old Ammo Found in Sunken Smuggler’s Boat, Internet Goes Wild
What would you do with 1,800 rounds of waterlogged .30 Carbine ammo if it washed up at your feet? These days, more than a few people who would take it to the range and see what happened, even if the crusty rounds were found in the remains of a ...
