When Smith & Wesson closed its Springfield, Mass., based academy in 2017, it appeared that a chapter in the company’s history was coming to a close. For nearly 50 years, the Academy had trained law enforcement and civilians at the location, but in the waning years, civilian training had been phased out and the facility was used mainly for law enforcement training and the occasional IDPA competition. I had the good fortune to attend a Smith & Wesson product launch that included some instruction at the old Academy shortly before it closed, and recently found myself in Maryville, Tenn., to…

00:00:02 Speaker 1: Corruption, a prison not fit for human habitation, an assassination attempt American hunters who thought they were safe abroad and that their government would have their back. Blood Trails takes you where most true crime podcasts won’t go into the woods, onto the water, and deep into the cases that happen where the rest of the world isn’t watching. In this summer mini series, we’re going farther afield. He rips the boarding pass out of my hand. He looks at it, and he says, I just want you to know you’re not going to make that fly.…

With the help of Crooked Sky Outfitters, Steve rides horseback into the backcountry of Wyoming with Janis Putelis and Adam Weatherby in search of mule deer. Steve and Landon find the buck of his dreams, but a sudden snow squall complicates the stalk. Presented by Busch Light Read the full article here

When an armed citizen took his Glock out of a safe in his vehicle and engaged an active murderer on May 11, 2026, on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Mass., (a major roadway along the Charles River near Boston), he likely saved a lot of lives. The civilian, who reportedly had served as a Marine and was a licensed concealed carrier in the state, heroically engaged the gunman from cover. The would-be murderer shot at this armed citizen who has decided to keep his name out of the press. His car ended up with several bullet holes in it, but he…

Moultrie’s new Edge 4 Solar looks to mitigate the problem all trail cameras share—battery life. Between the new, larger solar panel and the included rechargeable battery, you can reduce your battery budget and trips to change them out. Moultrie’s newest version of the Edge doesn’t reinvent the wheel. Instead, it makes subtle, thoughtful improvements to an already feature-rich trail camera.I was able to get my hands on the Edge 4 Solar before it dropped. Here are my initial thoughts.Specs and Features Network: Connects to any of the Big 4 Memory: Built-in Power: Includes rechargeable battery Max Photo Resolution: 40 MP…

When the marketplace of micro-compact handguns took off, many manufacturers began rolling out their own take on the easily carried 9 mm handgun, but for years, there was one clear exception: Heckler & Koch USA. All that changed when the company launched its CC9, which proved to be one of the most robustly built micro-compact handguns yet made. Watch our “American Rifleman Television: Rifleman Review” segment above to see the details of the HK USA CC9. “It comes with a lot of features packed into a small space,” former American Rifleman Editor in Chief Brian Sheetz said. “There’s a tritium front…

I bought a Remington 1100 LW 20-gauge shotgun for my wife to shoot clay targets (informally) and sometimes hunt with me when I go hunting for waterfowl. Since the gun is slightly smaller and lighter than my 12-gauge Remington 1100 standard model, I assumed that LW meant lightweight, which would be perfect for my wife since she is a small lady. When I bought the shotgun, I didn’t notice that it had “Magnum” engraved on the opposite side of the receiver from the serial number. This may or may not factor into my question, which involves the barrel on the…

When the brave men of Lexington, Mass., poured onto the village green on the morning of the 19th of April, 1775, there were a couple of anomalies between them and the popular history of the era, as well as the bulk of American soldiery for the next 200-plus years. First, they were not “Minutemen,” which were essentially quick-reaction forces formed from the local militia, but rather the regular “trained band” of armed townsfolk, a concept that had a rich tradition in British and British-American history. Second, they were heavily outnumbered by the Royal regulars and served mostly as a speed…

00:00:04 Speaker 1: Welcome to the news show everybody. Today, We’ve got news about my unfortunate, regrettable criminal past. Damn removals in Maine, stranded Wales on the Pacific coast. Anti Buffalo politicians are generally winning, but they suffered a minor setback. And you’ve heard of earn a buck. Well, welcome to earn a second buck. And you won’t believe this one. Wolves eat cows. But first our news, and to open up our news, we have a special guest here. The special guest’s name is John Jersek. He is a retired Michigan conservation officer. Some folks call him game wardens,…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: The return of gray wolves, Mexican wolves, and red wolves to the West is an unfolding history yet to play out, but it’s a watershed in the Western story. I’m dan Flores, and this is the American West. The wolf returns to the West. Stepping ashore in the early sixteen hundreds, we old worlders were bitter to discover wolves were abundant in America. That’s truly curious if you know human history, since thousands of generations of us had watched and learned from wolves for half a million years or more. Domesticated wolves were our first companion animals,…