Feral hogs are a year-round problem across much of the U.S. where they tear up pastures, destroy crops and multiplying faster than most landowners can keep up with. When I had my own land to protect, I needed a rifle that could handle them at close range in thick cover, day or night. I settled Re...
We know that one of the best ways to be ready for emergencies is to practice your plans. That’s why fire drills exist, yeah? The problem is that practice drills can be a pain in the butt. They disrupt the flow of the day, obviously, and interrupt whatever was happening at the time. But if [R...
The argument can be made that the Germans make the world’s best engineers. By way of evidence I would submit the StG44 assault rifle, the Me 262 jet fighter, and the Panther tank. While, in each case, the exigencies of around-the-clock bombing certainly took a toll on these revolutionary weapon...
I have always appreciated gear that solves a real problem without unnecessarily complicating things. In the world of long-range shooting and hunting, there is already enough information for shooters to manage between environmental conditions, ammunition selection, ballistic data, wind calls and r...
When I was 10 years old, I read Jeff Cooper’s articles in Guns & Ammo magazine in which he extolled the 1911 “.45 automatic” as the ultimate gunfighting/self-defense handgun. What he wrote made a great deal of sense to me. All these years later, it still does. Slim and flat, among ...
Nothing stirs more of an emotional divide in the 2A community than the bullpup. While there are factual arguments for the practical use of the platform design, the emotional responses are rarely middle ground. The bullpup is a rifle that end users either love or hate; rarely is it undecided.
Welcome, if you are a newcomer to this fun bi-weekly segment of AllOutdoor.com! The last two times around I covered the history and the variations of the Remington Model 1875. This time we are getting into dating, specifications, and the aftermarket situation, and I have been warning you for two ...
Something that firearm owners likely don’t ponder is the history of safes; what keeps our valuables protected. Over time, the term safe could be viewed pretty loosely. From hiding money under your mattress, placing it in a treasure chest and burying it like a swashbuckling pirate, having it...
Ask most people whether the armed citizen should carry a handheld light (HHL) or a weapon-mounted light (WML), and you'll usually get a quick answer: pick one, or just get…