Cook Your Catch – Swordfish Belly Crudo – Swordfish Recipe

Swordfish are the most commonly eaten species of billfish, with a nice, firm white meat often compared to pork. While most often cooked before consumption, the belly of a swordfish is actually pretty fatty and enjoyable in raw preparations. Something I learned from my time running a sushi restau...

By Eugene L. •

FFL License Lookup: How to Verify Any FFL Dealer

Every transfer, sale and shipment between licensees rests on one question: is that FFL real and current? Here is how the ATF lookup actually works, what it returns, what it cannot tell you, and how customers use it to judge your shop.

By Fred Thompson •

Armed Citizen Stops School Shooter at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon

An armed citizen stopped the Silver Rail Elementary school shooter in Bend, Oregon, after the attacker killed three children and a teacher. The gun-free zone policy had disarmed law-abiding adults. Police arrived minutes later and found the suspect already dead.

By Duncan Johnson Editor in Chief •

Beating Bugs and Bucks in the Early Southern Season

Early-season deer hunting in the South means fighting two battles at once: staying still enough to kill a mature buck, and keeping the mosquitoes off you while you do it. The heat and humidity alone make sitting a treestand a chore, and mosquitoes stay prevalent throughout much of the South well ...

By James Chen •

The Sierra Lake That Isn’t on Any Map

Below the snow-cross on the shoulder of Mount Tallac lies a lake that never appeared on a California map. People who knew of it called it Lost Lake, and the trout living there put up a harder fight than any fish I had hooked before. How I reached it, recounted in the November 1951 issue […]...

By James Chen •

Week in Review: NFA Rollback Meets State Law at the Counter

Mississippi's attorney general makes Form 4 voluntary, Maryland holds its line, and Silencer Central opens a 20,000-dealer transfer network. Plus what this week's rule changes mean for your counter.

By Fred Thompson •

SIG Sauer’s New XRAY5: The Solid-State Matrix Red Dot Explained

Every pistol red dot sold today works on essentially the same plan. An LED emitter sits on a carrier plate, and screws and springs nudge that plate to adjust windage and elevation. The SIG Sauer XRAY5 drops that plan entirely and is pitched as the world's first solid-state advanced red dot. ...

By Eric B •
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