I first heard about the frontal shot on an elk from a friend and watched a few clips on YouTube to try and learn more about it. My interest was peaked, but the shot still seemed risky to me. Shooting right at the chest of an elk doesn’t seem to leave much margin for error. Not to mention, in my dozen years of guiding elk hunters, I’d never seen anyone attempt it.Then, in 2020, I went elk hunting with Jason Phelps. While backpack hunting in Colorado, we started talking about frontal shots. Jason had a lot of experience with them,…

00:00:05 Speaker 1: There are three hundred billion strikes of lightning in the atmosphere of planet Earth each year, equaling one hundred strikes of lightning per second. And I’ve been long fascinated by the display of power of natural systems, giant waves, raging rivers, violent storms, but there is one that is the definition of flashy. When it comes to natural stuff that happens, the visual and auditory display of lightning’s unhaltered power is unmatched. It’s mysterious, far beyond the control of man, yet almost fully understood by science, predictable to a degree, inflicting instantaneous and oddly specific justice on…

A record-setting 2,454 women received free shooting lessons at Recoil Firearms in Taylor, Mich.—located in the Detroit metropolitan area—on July 25 and 26. It was the largest turnout for the annual effort, which was launched by Rick Ector in 2012. Now, in its 15th year, this annual training event has provided safe, hands-on instruction to more than 14,000 women. Each attendee receives one-on-one instruction from a certified volunteer coach, fires live ammunition on the range and pays nothing. The pistol, ammunition, targets and the eye and ear protection are provided. More than 50 instructors, range safety officers and support staff…

For handgunners, having a suppressor makes range trips much more comfortable, and many new suppressors have been designed for maximum compatibility across today’s most popular handgun styles and chamberings. The world of pistol-caliber carbines also opens up new use-case opportunities for suppressors designed for chamberings like 9 mm Luger, and the popularity of modern lever-actions also offers platforms for handgun suppressors.  Check out seven of the latest handgun suppressors on the market today. Anechoic Fibonacci | 9 TiAnechoic’s newest suppressor features the classic spiral pattern expected from the Fibonacci name and comes in a choice of black, FDE or in-the-white…

One of the many hazards of growing older is, at some point, you wake up thinking you’re all caught up with a particular technology, only to find you’ve been left in the dust before your first cup of coffee is gone. I can think of many examples in my life, but red-dot sights (RDS) are the most recent reminder that time is no friend to me. When I received my first Army-issued, battery-powered carbine optic in the early 1990s, it wasn’t exactly a standard-issue item. In those days, RDS were commercial products that lacked features like sleep mode, “shake awake”…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: The West, and his stories have been rendered in many ways, some of which I’ve made an effort to address in this podcast. 00:00:07 Speaker 2: In the deep past, there’s. 00:00:08 Speaker 1: Archaeology and paleontology, which is how we know about the Clovist people or the collapse of the Chaco and Empire. Are woolly mammos and dire wolves as part of the West disappeared be sharing. There’s ethnology and anthropology and folklore, which you have preserved our oldest Western literature in the form of the Coyote stories, and have told us a great deal about…

This Week in History: The Sea Battle of Zierikzeen was fought on August 11, 1304, Franco-Holland forces defeated the Flemish fleet. — August 12, 1336 English King Edward III banned wool export to Flanders and later granted a company of merchants a monopoly on selling wool in attempt to maximize taxes. — August 12, 1940: The German Luftwaffe bombed British radar stations, suffering a loss of 31 aircraft. — August 13, 1521: Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés captures Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan. This brought the Aztec Empire to an end. — And on August 14, 1040, King Duncan…

Is a micrometer holder a must-have gunsmithing tool? No. But after you’ve used one for a while, you’ll probably wonder why you didn’t spend the $15 sooner. The post Roy’s Shop Tips: Micrometer Holder appeared first on GUNS Magazine. Read the full article here

Trail cameras have become a staple for whitetail hunters, especially over the past decade. Where legal, they can be handy tools for locating and hunting deer or other game animals. They’re especially effective if you’re interested in targeting a specific size or age structure of deer (i.e. a target buck), and can help you hone in on that deer’s home range. Consider that cellular trail cameras make this information even more accessible and immediate.Of course, you’ll need to avoid a few common mistakes if you want to get the most out of your trail camera strategy. If you’re considering running…

After President Donald Trump (R) signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025, thereby eliminating the $200 tax on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns from the National Firearms Act (NFA) as of last January 1, the NRA quickly went to court to challenge what became a clearly unconstitutional registration scheme of those commonly owned items. About eight months later, a federal court agreed. On August 5, U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas held that key regulatory provisions of the NFA are unconstitutional as applied to certain categories of firearms.…