Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial, and the topic is the gap between how law enforcement dies and how the profession talks about dying: more officers end their own lives every year than are killed by suspects, and almost nobody trains for that number. Front Line Friday i...
The average gunner is still sold on the ancient myth — the longer the barrel the “harder” a gun shoots The post Jack O’Connor Explains Why Bird Hunters Got Shotgun Selection and Barrel Length All Wrong appeared first on Outdoor Life.
The Bailout from Benchmade has been around for a few years. I’ll tell you right up front that I’m not a huge fan of the tanto blade profile for an EDC knife. That goes double for the Americanized tanto profile, as popularized by Cold Steel back in the 1980s. That said, the Bailout has grown [...
Welcome back, folks! We have reached the end of the road on the Colt 1862 Police. Part I covered the history and Samuel Colt’s final years, Part II tackled variations and how to sort the Police from its near-twin the Pocket Navy, and Part III laid out specifications, dating, and the afterma...
A productive pistol practice session does not require hauling half your gun room. Here are the CCW range bag essentials that keep training safe, organized, and measurable.
Basically, starting back in 2020, the Canadian federal government has been working on banning a wide list of firearms, particularly almost any modern AR-style rifle. The feds were set to enact a mandatory turn-your-gun-in-for-money program through 2026, with the self-declaration period ending on ...
Jim Carmichel details his favorite wildcat cartridges and explains what makes each one interesting The post The Greatest (and Oddest) Wildcat Cartridges, According to a Legendary Gun Writer appeared first on Outdoor Life.
America’s quest for greater firepower isn’t a new phenomenon. In fact, the desire for increased firepower can be traced to the earliest days of the United States and the repeating flintlock designs of Joseph G. Chambers. Multi-shot weapons were not unheard of in the late 18th century, but the...
I like to actually use my guns, and I typically don’t try to “baby” them. While most of the time I don’t go out of my way to outright mistreat them, they’re tools after all; I am far from the type to have any safe queens, let alone firearms that don’t get rotat...
Is the German-made original worth the price, or are the cheaper knock-offs a better deal? The post H&K SP5 vs Turkish MP5 Clones: Head-to-Head Shootout appeared first on Outdoor Life.