In the outdoor classroom, I hold to the idea that less is more. I’d rather craft something with my own hands than rely on gear I brought along. Here are three knife and stick projects worth trying when you want to spend time in the dirt and walk away with something practical. Wooden Maul Projec...
One of the big joys of the .22LR cartridge is free rein to be a little silly. Gun designers can be as practical or as silly as they want with the cartridge. A small, relatively low-pressure cartridge that is cheap and widely available gives manufacturers more room to be a little different, a litt...
Radio discipline, earpro compliance, and the gap between "we have a plan" and "that plan survived contact with an actual call."
Water is key to our survival. Without it, we’ll perish rather quickly, typically in just a matter of days. As I’ve often said, nobody has ever come through a disaster and been upset that they had too much clean water available to them. Despite our best efforts at storage, there’s always a c...
Is the Hungarian-made Hege Waffen AP66 a particularly good gun? No. Am I infatuated with it? Yes. Hungarians seem to make reliable, durable, but not very refined guns. Their Hi-Powers, for example, are decent, but they do not compare to a true Belgian Hi-Power. The AP66 is Hungary’s take on ...
In the early 1960s, the Soviet military found itself at a crossroads. The recently adopted Kalashnikov PK general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) has solved many problems by easing logistics and supporting a single machine gun type. Still, its adoption also revealed new tactical expectations: a single...
There’s not always time to use sights when it comes to self-defense. Here we look at how instinctive shooting can massively improve your defensive shotgun skills. The post Instinctive Shooting For Tactical Defense appeared first on Gun Digest.
Iran had some of the strictest and most repressive gun-control laws in the world, under the Ayatollah.
Fellow TFB writer Doug E. drops in this week on TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast for an unfiltered "Industry Hot or Not" discussion fueled by SHOT Show 2026. We'll break down the top market vibes, like the absolute dominance that suppressors currently have in the Q1 market, ...
The planet Earth is home to some incredibly challenging environments, to say the least. Near the top of the list are the harsh and perilous swamplands. Swamps are host to a plethora of dangers. From venomous wildlife and insatiable insects to sticky, humid weather and terrain that can take you ou...