Aerospace-engineered platform extends capabilities of award-winning, one-ton Dragan Pocket Winch, enabling portable lifting in remote environments without relying on trees, vehicles or other fixed anchors Dragan Systems, the Bend-based backcountry safety and utility gear company founded by aerosp...
Early-season wingshooting humbles experienced hunters as much as newcomers. Birds slip through untouched, the shells pile up, and frustration builds. The culprit is rarely bad luck. Most misses trace back to a handful of repeatable mistakes, and each one has a fix you can work on before you ever ...
You are lying prone behind a rifle, the clock is running, and you need the wind, the range and your drop. So you lift your head, look at the Kestrel in your hand, read the numbers, lose your sight picture and start again. I have done that more times than I care to count, on the range, in matches ...
The lesson in this story concerns deer behavior, and it is one you can put to work on your own ground. Archibald Rutledge held that an old buck keeps a home range he loves, and that even after being run out, shot at, or wounded, he returns to that home within a week or ten […] The post How ...
Federal's Peak Alloy lead engineer and its rifle product line manager explain where the Peak Alloy came from, the challenges with the 7mm Backcountry introduction, and why 80,000 psi doesn’t mean more recoil or a burned-out barrel The post They Built a Rifle Cartridge That Could Change Hunting ...
The Problem on the Pavement I arrived at the crash a few minutes behind another officer. His trauma kit was already open on the pavement. Gauze wrappers moved in the wind and caught against the edge of the road. Under the rotating emergency lights, he dug through the pouch, lifting one item after...
Weeks after lifting Colombia’s general suspension on firearm carry permits, President Abelardo De La Espriella appeared in Santa Marta with a pistol on his belt during a major security deployment against the ACSN. The post Colombia’s President Straps On a Sidearm Amid Cartel Siege appeare...
Editor’s Note: The Ed Brown Metal Grip Module reviewed in this article was provided to the author by Ed Brown Products. The 1911 DS Prodigy used for testing the Metal Grip Module was loaned to the author for this review by Springfield Armory. For the history of the 1911, you might find pist...
The Lee-Metford’s service life was comparatively brief, but its fast bolt action, detachable magazine, and .303 British chambering established the foundation for the Lee-Enfield rifle family.
For much of the last century, the alligator gar carried a reputation that got it killed on sight. Anglers across its range treated the armor-plated, toothy giant as a nuisance that ate bass, crappie, and every other fish worth catching. That view has flipped. The species now has a cult following ...