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You’re three days into a backcountry trip, your filter cartridge just split, and the only water source is a stagnant pond that smells like a wet bag of ass. Or maybe it’s not a trip at all — the tap ran dry after a storm took out the water treatment plant and you’re standing over a 5-gallon bucket of questionable creek water wondering what you actually know how to do about it.Iodine tablets are the answer everybody memorizes and almost nobody actually carries when it counts. They’re slow, they taste like a swimming pool had a baby with a penny,…
In today’s article, Ryan Domke reviews the Savior Specialist Range Bag. This is the author’s personally owned gear bag, and he offers his thoughts on how well it performs. I’ve owned more than my fair share of range bags over the years. Some were bargain-bin finds that barely lasted a season, others held up decently but lacked proper organization features, and some were so floppy you might as well use a plastic grocery bag. The Savior Specialist’s semi-rigid frame and well-planned organization keep shooting gear sorted and within reach when it counts. Over the last few years, I’ve noticed Savior…
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The Brief: The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office cleared a Cordova homeowner after a domestic shooting on June 15, 2026. Deputies found a man with a gunshot wound at a residence on Cloverwood Lane. While the shooter was initially detained, investigators concluded he acted in self-defense during an aggressive physical dispute. Forensic evidence validated the resident’s claim of an imminent threat, meeting Tennessee’s legal standards for justified force within a home. The wounded individual is expected to survive after treatment for his injuries. Authorities closed the inquiry and confirmed that no criminal charges will be filed against the homeowner. MEMPHIS, TN…
PROOF Research is advancing barrel technology with its new exponential twist PXT barrels.Rifle barrel technology has been relatively stable for a long time, but PROOF Research may have just changed that. The company’s new PXT barrels, standing for PROOF Exponential Twist, are introducing a seemingly simple change to barrel design that could offer a big improvement to performance and lifespan.While traditional barrel designs use constant-twist rifling, PROOF PXT barrels instead use a progressively changing twist profile. PROOF says that this reduces initial bullet stress, helps maintain rotational stability and prolongs barrel life while improving consistency and performance. As modern high-pressure,…
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BACK IN THE CAROLINAS FOR ANOTHER YEAR Welcome to CANCON, presented by Wraith Metalworks! A Fully Suppressed Range Day! The World’s Favorite Suppressed Shooting Festival! CANCON is back again on the East Coast: Clinton, South Carolina. Join us at The Clinton House, May 8th-9th, 2026 for an action-packed weekend of fully suppressed shooting! BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE HERE The Clinton House Plantation Shooting Complex is a massive venue and gives CANCON the room we need to expand! Located just 45 minutes south of Greenville, South Carolina, 1 hour north of Columbia, and 2 hours southwest of Charlotte, NC. More space…
Safariland and Haley Strategic Partners have collaborated to launch the Incog XS IWB holster.From Safariland and Haley Strategic Partners comes the new Incog XS, a streamlined, minimalist concealed carry holster with some interesting features. Engineered with subcompact and micro-compact pistols in mind, but with some full-size fits available as well, the Incog XS is a single-clip, deep concealment inside-the-waistband (IWB) holster designed to reduce printing while still facilitating a good draw.The Incog XS features a microfiber suede-wrapped Boltaron holster body that should be comfortable on the skin, wick away moisture and easily wipe clean. It also comes with three sizes of…
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By Candice Horner & Dave Merrill Two Staff Members Get Into a Death Match This is an argument that has been in the gun community, nowhere near as long as .45ACP versus 9mm or AR versus AK, but it’s been just as passionate. Plastic against wood? Nay nay, short-barreled rifles versus bullpups. Even among our editorial staff, there’s no consensus. So in this piece, we’ll be pitting the SBR-always advocate, Dave Merrill, against the bullpups-aren’t-bullsh*t advocate, Candice Horner. Put into simple terms, a bullpup is a rifle that places the main working action (and thus, the magazine) well behind the…
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We just finished our first CANCON of 2026, and I know we always say it, but we say it because it’s true: damn these shows are great! And here is where I’m supposed to talk about silencers and helicopters, and certainly those articles are forthcoming. But as I think about the weekend, many standouts weren’t about gear, but about people and experiences. Here is one such moment: It’s Friday mid-morning, the first full day of CANCON, and I found myself at the Barrett 1-Mile Challenge. It’s in a separate area from the rest of the show because it has special…
Let’s take a quick trip back in time, around 15 years or so, Travis Haley and Chris Costa had just released a very popular DVD (remember those?) called “The Art of the Tactical Carbine,” and pretty much everyone in the firearms training industry picked up a copy and watched it from beginning to end. The techniques demonstrated by Haley and Costa on that DVD, as well as similar techniques that were coming out of a decade of U.S. involvement in the Global War On Terror, were all the rage in the gun world. The combination of these two forces shaped…
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