Fair Chase in Montana: 10 Keys to a Real Hunt

A successful Montana big game hunt starts with an honest definition of what “fair chase” means. The Boone and Crockett Club describes it as the ethical, sportsmanlike, and lawful pursuit of free-ranging wild game in a manner that gives the hunter no improper or unfair advantage. Build...

By Alta ML •

POTD: Trijicon’s Full-Spectrum Combat Platform

Trijicon has a way of building what you might call the "desert island" rifle, the kind of rifle equipped with every capability at arm's reach. The rifle looks like a LWRCI IC-DI 14.7" , stacked with optics and accessories that will get most people’s attention immediately...

By Eric B •

First Look: Model 2020 Waypoint with SG-100 Cerakote Finish

Springfield Armory has been a major player in the U.S. firearms market for more than five decades now. Its initial offering in 1974 was the M1A, a semi-auto version of the famed M14 rifle which is still used by special units in the U.S. military. Then, the company expanded into a line of quality ...

By Joe Woolley •

The Rimfire Report: PMAC Supernova .22LR Tracer - Plink In Color

I don’t think anyone would deny that rimfire is equally as valuable as a training cartridge as it is as a recreational one. While tracers are primarily designed for military use, most often in automatic guns, they are neither impossible to find nor illegal to purchase in the civilian world....

By Luke C. •

Tandemkross TKX22 Light Rifle Review: A Competition .22 Built for Speed

Images by the author We are seeing a spate of rifles being released by companies that you would never have associated with rimfire guns… here is a shot of two of them: On top, we have the Tandemkross rifle that we’re looking at today, and below it, the new CVA Cascade. CVA is known mostly ......

By Mike Hardesty •

Polymer SixPAC - First Major Ammunition Packaging Revision Since WW2

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center  has introduced SixPAC, a polymer and steel ammunition packaging system designed to replace the wood wirebound boxes that have been standard for small-caliber munitions since World War II. The system consists of two light...

By Eric B •

Capt. Dale Dye: The Battle of Guadalcanal

“It was scary, you know? The damnedest thing…” The old Marine flicked at a bright yellow tie he was wearing. “We were ordered to take Atabrine to prevent malaria. Most of us did that but it tended to turn our eyes and skin a bright yellow. And then a rumor started that the stuff would Rea...

By Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret) •

What Late-Summer Smallmouths Teach a Trout Angler

When summer flows drop and warm, trout retreat into scattered cool-water pockets and need a rest. The smart move is to pivot to smallmouth bass, which thrive in the warmer, higher-flow rivers where trout struggle. But wading a skinny river for bronze is not simply trout fishing with a different t...

By Alta ML •
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