Bear defense is a popular, and opinion-driven topic with the focus on big bores and heavy slugs. But is the AR-15 most of us already have good enough? The post ARs for Bear Defense: Practical Choice or Potential Disaster? appeared first on Outdoor Life.
The Supreme Court’s “common use” test provides powerful protection for AR-15s and other widely owned firearms. Second Amendment plaintiff Charles Nichols argues, however, that the doctrine lacks a genuine historical foundation and makes constitutional protection depend on modern ownership n...
In the summer of 1918, a new fighter ascended in the German Air Combat Forces, or Luftstreitkräfte, boasting a level of performance that would outpace any of Anthony Fokkers’ famous designs. The Fokker E.V parasol monoplane, eventually known as the Fokker D.VIII, demonstrated tremendous combat...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have the forgotten sibling of a famous family, reborn for a cartridge almost nobody asked for. This is the Smith & Wesson Model 16-4, chambered in .32 H&R Magnum. Back up a step. S&W’s classic K-frame target trio was the K-22 (M...
I have spent plenty of weekends on the clock in all sorts of competitions and classes, including Rimfire PRS , along with a handful of smaller regional and private precision matches, but until this year I had never shot in an NRL Hunter match , and I had never so much as watched its parent discip...
Stone Age Fish Traps Found at a Norwegian Mountain Lake Archaeologists have uncovered the first known evidence that prehistoric humans stocked freshwater fish in upstream mountain lakes. In 2022, researchers spotted what appeared to be fish traps on the lakebed of Lake Tesse in the mountains of m...
A proposal published on the Democratic Socialists of America’s website would replace the Second Amendment with a constitutional ban covering virtually every repeating firearm owned by American citizens.
See OL’s range-tested picks for the best 2026 shotguns, from Beretta’s AX800 Suprema to Browning’s Maxus II Golden Clays. The post Best Shotguns of 2026, Range Tested & Reviewed appeared first on Outdoor Life.
What Z87+ actually means, why fit matters more than tint, and the care mistakes that ruin good lenses. A practical guide to protective eyewear for the range.
Ed. Note — In today’s article, the author examines the use of handguns for bear defense. As with any defensive article, examine all of the relevant data and laws before deciding on the best handgun for bear country — if any at all. Cynthia saw the bear as it rose, 10 feet away. She yelled R...