Wheelgun Wednesday: The ARWEN Is A Cold War Design That Won't Quit
You’ve almost certainly seen an ARWEN in a movie (more on that later), but chances are you didn’t know what it was, or its Cold War backstory.
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First Look: 1911 DS Prodigy 3.5” AOS 9mm
Despite the plethora of well-designed and innovatively engineered modern polymer-framed, striker-fired pistols out there, the seemingly timeless design of the model 1911 is as popular as ever. When gun makers like Springfield Armory broke into the category of double-stack magazine versions of the...
Now You Can Buy Lapua TRX Hunting Ammo In The U.S.
In-the-know shooters understand that Lapua, as a company, is all about performance. The initials in the TRX series name stand for True-Range Expanding. The bullets used in these rounds are built to mushroom even at the extended distances that hunters are increasingly shooting over.
California Banned Glock Sales on July 1. On August 4, SAF, NRA and FPC Filed to Stop It
California's ban on Glock and Glock-style pistol sales is in force. A federal judge hears the motion to block it Sept. 4. Read the original story: California Banned Glock Sales on July 1. On August 4, SAF, NRA and FPC Filed to Stop It
POTD: Before Winchester – Volcanic Lever Action Pistol-Carbine
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have the missing link between a pistol and a Winchester. This is a Volcanic Repeating Arms Company lever action pistol-carbine in 41 Volcanic with its detachable shoulder stock. The Volcanic story is short and it ends in failure, but everything W...
Upgrading My Camera Bag: Pelican 1510 Next Generation Protector Case
For the better part of a decade, my camera case was a no-name FDE hard shell I bought from a local Tractor Supply Co. store, the kind of thing that looks like a Pelican from ten feet away and functions like one until you actually open it up. There was no interior organization to speak […] T...
Review: Fiocchi Hyperformance SBR Enhanced .223 Ammo
In today’s article, Joe Kurtenbach reviews the Fiocchi Hyperformance SBR Enhanced ammunition. The tested load, the .223 Rem. 77-gr. hollow-point boat tail (HPBT), was provided by the company for this review. “It’s about the most accurate AR ammo I’ve ever tested,” I said to Matt Gan...
POTD: The SWD M11/Nine – The Everyman’s Machine Gun, in a Briefcase
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a true piece of Cold War Americana, packaged for a spy movie. This is an SWD M11/Nine, a 9mm submachine gun, and it comes tucked into a working “briefcase gun” rig. The lineage runs back to Gordon Ingram and the famous MAC-10 of ...
Montana FWP Lowers Wolf Population Estimate, Proposes New Hunting and Trapping Rules
New Model Cuts Montana’s Wolf Population Estimate Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks released its 2025 Annual Wolf Report on Friday alongside proposed regulations for the 2026-27 wolf hunting and trapping season. The report introduces a new population and distribution prediction model that ...
Leupold’s Relentless Rifleman: Toughest NRL Hunter Match in The West
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...