Dove Hunting 101: Species, Setups, and Straight Shooting

Dove hunting rewards two skills above all others: knowing where the birds want to be, and putting a fast-moving target in your pattern. Get both right and you can have steady action for weeks. Get them wrong and you burn through three boxes of shells with little to show for it. This guide covers ...

By James Chen •

How to Look Up an FFL License: Complete Guide (2026)

How to look up an FFL license the right way: the official free ATF eZ Check database, dealer directory shortlisting, what the license data really means, and the local SEO consistency that helps dealers win lookup traffic.

By Sara Owens •

EDC’ing the Master Class 10-8 Performance 1911

Editor’s Note: Springfield Armory provided the Master Class 10-8 Performance 1911 pistol used by the author in this review. The opinions and evaluations expressed here are the author’s own. I must admit something: I’m a Fudd at heart. I love carrying a full-size 1911 .45 ACP in a leathe...

By Yamil Sued •

POTD: The Etchen Colt Detective Special – A Cop Gun in a Tuxedo

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a working cop gun that somebody put in a tuxedo. The Detective Special showed up in 1927 when Colt cut the Police Positive Special down to a two inch barrel. That was the whole idea. Six rounds of 38 that would ride under a coat all [&#8230...

By Sam.S •

Idaho Woman’s Bull May Break 74-Year Shiras Moose Record

An Idaho hunter’s bull moose, tagged last Sunday, could unseat a Boone & Crockett world record that has stood for three-quarters of a century, and it already stands to be the largest Shiras moose ever killed by a woman. The Numbers Shelly Sayer’s bull carries a green-gross score o...

By James Chen •

Minnesota Angler Tops His Own Bowfin Record

Ben Erb of Bemidji, Minnesota, already held his state’s catch-and-release record for bowfin. On July 3, he beat it with a fish caught just a half inch longer than the one he landed the summer before. A Backwater He Knew Well Erb, a 31-year-old graduate fisheries biologist researcher at Bemi...

By James Chen •
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