Watch full video on YouTube
Watch full video on YouTube
Watch full video on YouTube
Watch full video on YouTube
Watch full video on YouTube
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,…
Charred lodgepoles scratching a gunmetal sky reflected my mood. This morning the elk had won. No plan in mind, I climbed beyond where they’d scattered. Probing the slope’s crest from the sit with my binocular, I saw it. Among ranks of black boles with low-arcing limbs, a branch curved up. The lenses of my 7×35 Bausch & Lomb resolved it. Antler! A 4 o’clock tangle became the bull’s hump — all but hidden by the bead on my .32 Special. After the carbine spoke I scaled the scarp and found blood on hoof-gashed snow. The elk lay 50 yards on.…
Watch full video on YouTube
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…
Watch full video on YouTube
Photos by Regine Trias / IG: @reginetrias There’s a trend growing within the long range shooting niche, one of combining multiple sub-disciplines with the resulting knowledge and equipment trending back up the chains backwards to enrich each of those disciplines individually. The intersection between tactical, hunting, and competitive long range shooting can be one that results in equipment born out of real-world necessity and based on existing standards where it counts, and a small company called R3 Development (shortened to R3D) has created a set of carbon fiber-based leg replacements for the venerable MDT Ckye-Pod that hit that nail right…
Have you ever found yourself contemplating a new pistol or pistol system, only to end up stressing over the minutiae? Questions start piling up quickly: Which optic should I get? Do I need more magazines? What kind of carry or range case makes sense for this setup? The Springfield Echelon Gear Pac comes with everything you need. Pistol, optic, magazines, case; it’s all there in one package. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. I’ve been there more times than I care to admit, and yes — it can be stressful. Fortunately, Springfield Armory seems to have recognized this problem…
Watch Full Video on YouTube
Watch Full Video on YouTube
Watch full video on YouTube
Watch full video on YouTube
I recently had the chance to test the Springfield Armory Mil-Spec pistol in .45 ACP, positioned in the manufacturer’s line as a very reasonably priced basic service pistol — yet one that still features a rugged forged frame and slide. Except for its taller sights, it shares the silhouette of a World War II era 1911-A1. While it’s part of the 1911-A1 series from Springfield Armory, curiously it is not so marked: the left side of the slide says simply MIL-SPEC, while the right side bears the Springfield Armory logo. So, exactly, what does “Mil-Spec” mean? In the case of…
Watch Full Video on YouTube
Watch Full Video on YouTube
Watch full video on YouTube
Watch full video on YouTube
