My state boasts one of the longest rifle seasons in the country. While there are a few “primitive weapon” seasons scattered throughout on public lands, folks can gun hunt on private land from the weekend before Thanksgiving to the end of January. That’s two and a half months of gun season for you folks up North that complain about the orange armies flooding the woods for a whole week or two. With nearly a quarter of the year dedicated to gun season, you’d think most hunters could kill a deer from the hip, but that’s just not the case.After working…

Now those of you who may have been paying attention will note that “I Carry” was a popular video series over on Shooting Illustrated, and we’ve decided to bring it here to American Rifleman to keep it going. Watch our first “I Carry” segment above, featuring the Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro 9 mm in a PHLster holster. Concealed carry is one of the fastest-growing segments of the firearm community, and one that folks are interested in, as it’s important and potentially life saving. What we’re going to cover are firearms, holsters and other gear you carry everyday for your consideration.…

On January 16, 1605, the first edition of “El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes was published in Madrid. — January 16, 1668: The Infamous sword duel between George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham and Francis Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury. They fought over Anna, Duchess of Shrewsbury and mistress of Buckingham. The Earl was mortally wounded. — The 20th Anniversary (2005-2025) SurvivalBlog archive waterproof USB sticks have arrived from the manufacturer!  Orders will be mailed out starting next week, in the order that they were received. We expect to sell out…

MeatEater is proud to introduce Mark Kenyonn as our new Director of Conservation.“As a lifelong hunter, angler, and father of two young boys, I view the future of wildlife and wild places as a very personal issue. So when Steve asked me to join MeatEater, back in 2017, the opportunity that excited me the most was the chance we might have, as a group of leaders in the hunting and fishing community, to make a positive difference on the future of conservation and the hunting and fishing way of life. I’ve looked at that as our ultimate goal ever since,…

After the NFA’s tax stamp cost officially dropped to $0 for suppressors on Jan. 1, 2026, firearm enthusiasts overwhelmed the ATF’s eForm system with hundreds of thousands of applications. As 2026 shapes up to be the “Year Of The Suppressor,” firearm manufacturers are racing their new designs to market, and one of the most affordable options out of the gate is Lyman Products’ Sonicore line of suppressors. Sonicore is a European design, and Lyman is bringing the concept to U.S. shores, building and selling a complete line of suppressors with MSRPs that have to be seen to be believed. Here’s…

FN America made headlines in October 2025 when it announced that commercial SCAR rifles would be discontinued for the U.S. market. Fortunately for fans of the platform, the company used the word “legacy” in its press release when referring to the discontinued SCARs. That’s because the company is kicking off 2026 with a re-launch of the U.S. civilian SCAR platform in its “next generation” format. After announcing in October 2025 that its civilian “legacy” SCAR rifles would be discontinued, FN America is launching an updated “second generation” SCAR lineup. The “next gen” of FN SCAR rifles is more than merely…

We lived in Mongolia in the early 1990s, for a few years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, during a time when the system had officially ended but its habits had not yet loosened their grip on daily life. I was in my early thirties, married, with two young daughters, trying to build a life far from anything familiar. We were not passing through, and we were not insulated expatriates. We were attempting to function inside the local economy, under local conditions, with consequences that were immediate and personal. At the time, I did not think of what we…

On January 15, 1907, the first 3-element vacuum tube was patented by American inventor Lee DeForest. — This is the anniversary of the 2009 “Miracle On The Hudson” engines-out emergency water landing. — Today is the birthday of Dr. Edward Teller who co-invented the H-bomb and worked on the Manhattan Project. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three-Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course (a $1,095 value), A Peak…

For as long as I’ve been around, would-be suppressor owners faced two barriers to entry: the process and the tax stamp. The process for legally purchasing a gun muffler was long and complicated, but the $200 tax stamp was, for many, the straw that broke the camel’s back. It was bad enough to drop $1000 on a suppressor and then wait a year to take it home-adding a $200 tax forced many to reconsider the endeavor entirely.A lot has changed in the last few years. The ATF streamlined their approval process to make it quicker and more efficient, slashing wait…

A lone mallard kited above us during a late-season duck hunt. It made a hard turn to the right and then flew directly at our blind. I was a guest at a friend’s duck club, a place I had hunted many times before, and knew it was my job to dispatch the bird. The other hunters razzed me before I stood to shoot and promptly missed the greenhead with three errant shots. It was exactly what my buddies had been hoping for as they continued poking fun at my poor aim until a second greenhead cupped in later in the…