Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a pair of Smith & Wesson Model 1917 revolvers that never wore an American uniform. These went south to Brazil, and the contract behind them is the real story. In 1936 Brazil decided its sidearm situation was a mess. The army was carrying...
Two of the most maligned fish in American freshwater are quietly building a following. The alligator gar and the bowfin have spent generations on the wrong end of a reputation, blamed for wrecking bass and crappie fisheries, shocked with electricity, hacked with machetes, and left to rot on river...
A Nov. 18 hearing is set in the Lynchburg suit challenging Virginia's handgun purchase ban for 18-to-20-year-olds and background checks. Read the original story: Nov. 18 Hearing Set as GOA and VCDL Fight Virginia’s Handgun Purchase Ban for 18-to-20-Year-Olds and Universal Background Checks
ATF Chief Counsel Robert Leider is leaving the agency after helping lead a major rollback of Biden-era gun restrictions. With pistol brace reforms, dealer regulations, and NFA enforcement changes still in play, his departure raises an important question: Who will finish the job?
One person was killed and six wounded in a shooting inside a Fairfield, California Spirit Halloween store. Police have not named a suspect. Read the original story: Seven Shot, One Killed Inside a California Mall’s Spirit Halloween Store the Night Before Halloween
The folks over at TriStar are announcing the new Viper G3 semi-automatic shotgun, the next generation of its popular Viper semiauto series. This is the new flagship for the Viper shotgun lineup, combining a more robust internal system, oversized controls for easier handling, and versatility to us...
Watch enough hunting footage and you’ll see the same two outcomes with the same cartridge. An animal shot squarely through the lungs and heart sometimes runs 30, 40, or 50 yards before it expires, and other times falls where it stood. Hunters describe loading an identical cartridge and bull...
The account comes from a cowhand who spent more than twenty years hunting big game across North America with rifle, longbow, and camera. The most dangerous moment of his life, he writes, came by accident during the late 1920s, when an aging silvertip grizzly crossed paths with a working cattle ou...
It’s not hard to see why “Micro Nine” pistols of the Hellcat genre are best-sellers today. Firstly, they’re chambered for 9mm Luger, almost universally recognized as a capable defense caliber with today’s best ammunition. In addition, they are not only compact, but sometimes literally p...
A 31-year-old says an armed man tried to rob him outside an Antioch strip mall at 5 a.m. He fired, then drove off. Police are investigating. Read the original story: He Says He Turned Down a Cocaine Request Inside a Hookah Lounge. Later, the Same Man Tried to Rob Him at Gunpoint in the Parking Lot.