ATF's October 9 guidance ended federal NFA approval and registration nationwide, but it left state law in charge. What FFL dealers must verify before a transfer, where Georgia, Washington, Ohio and Wisconsin still bite, and how customers find a dealer who knows the answer.
Hunters used to lean primarily on bullet drop and calculated energy to predict their effectiveness at distances beyond a couple hundred yards — but informed hunters find impact velocity to be most useful The post Impact Velocity, Not Energy, Is What Hunters Should Pay Attention To appeared firs...
Seeing an animal at night is half the job. Knowing how far away it is decides the shot. The ATN ThOR 6 Elite LRF 640 3-24x handles both from one eyepiece. It pairs a 640x512 thermal sensor and 50 mm lens with a laser rangefinder that reads out to 1,000 meters. ATN has also cut its min...
The lesson in this story concerns deer behavior, and it is one you can put to work on your own ground. Archibald Rutledge held that an old buck keeps a home range he loves, and that even after being run out, shot at, or wounded, he returns to that home within a week or ten […] The post How ...
Buyers searching for an FFL dealer near them shop state first, then metro. A step-by-step guide to finding a transfer dealer, verifying the license and comparing fees — plus what that search looks like from the dealer's side of the counter.
A 77-year-old Baker County woman feeding stray cats shot and killed a 57-year-old man who pushed her into her car and kept assaulting her. Read the original story: 77-Year-Old Woman Out Feeding Stray Cats at 4:30 A.M. Shoots and Kills Man Who Pushed Her Into Her Car and Kept Assaulting Her Outsid...
Henrico residents found a stranger lying in an upstairs bed Friday night. The altercation ended with him shot dead and no charges for now. Read the original story: Virginia Residents Come Home Friday Night to Find a Stranger Lying in an Upstairs Bed; Altercation Ends With Him Shot Dead and No Cha...
October is the hinge of the whitetail season. It connects the steady, early-season patterns with the chaos of the rut, which means the bucks you want are neither fully nocturnal nor fully reckless. Mature deer in this window are summer-fat, heavy-coated, and reluctant to move in daylight, and hun...
When a bear closes the distance, the specifications on the label matter less than three things working together: enough volume to keep spraying, enough range to deploy before the animal reaches you, and a delivery system you can operate under stress. In the assessment of Meg Carney, a spray consi...
ATF's October 9 open letter makes NFA approval and registration voluntary nationwide for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs and AOWs. The market math: September's demand data, what actually moved on the P&L, and where the category goes next quarter.