Specialized equipment often reflects very specific mission requirements, and few examples are as niche as the modified Smith & Wesson Model 41 pistols issued for the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird pilot survival kits.
My very first handgun was a Springfield Armory XD in 9mm. It was around 2007, I was shopping for a home-defense solution and I’d read positive reviews about the XD line in American Rifleman and Guns & Ammo magazines. At decision time, it wasn’t much of a competiti...
We recently covered the Canadian military's adoption of a new carbine, the CMAR . That announcement was shortly followed by word that a Colt scope would round out the package: the CMAR 1-6 . Colt's new line of civilian optics has now been released, so we can take a look at what th...
Athlon Optics is adding the Ares HLR to their lineup, and the pitch is simple: a precision riflescope built for hunters who move a lot and count ounces. The lighter of the two available configurations comes in at 18.9 ounces, which puts it firmly in backcountry-viable territory without asking you...
Columbia River Knife and Tool has brought out a couple of new folding EDC knives to NRAAM 2026, with the new CRKT Sero and CRKT Counterpart. These are compact and subtle knife options designed to be ideal EDC blades for anyone looking for a practical but stylish knife option in their kit. NRAAM...
FN America is changing things up in the pistol dot world at NRAAM 2026 with the new FN Pureview, the first holographic pistol dot to hit the market. This is a fully enclosed holographic dot that uses FN’s proprietary ImageGuide technology to create the holographic projection on a single fla...
I conducted a good old-fashioned shootout to see how the 25 Creedmoor and 25 Weatherby RPM stack up against quarter-bore classics like the .25/06 Remington, .257 Roberts, and .257 Weatherby Magnum The post The Ultimate .25-Caliber Shootout: Newcomers vs The Classics appeared first on Outdoor Life.
Welcome back to Bank Fishing Blueprint, the weekly AllOutdoor series focused on helping bank anglers find and catch more fish. Last week, we talked about why adding red to your lures in April can make a big difference when targeting bass in ponds and small lakes. If you missed that installment, i...
Ol’ Man Outdoors is rolling out something this spring: the OF-300 Chuck Wagon, a 300-pound stand-and-fill deer feeder. The premise is simple: big capacity, minimal trips, no babysitting. Three hundred pounds on a 19.5 by 27-inch platform. If you’re running multiple stands or managing ...
The AK family of weapons is notorious, but the platform’s infamous partner is the 7.62×39 cartridge. Like Bonnie and Clyde, the AK’s reputation is inseparable from its chambering. That the cartridge is historically simple, robust, and effective is the key variable that makes the...