At SHOT Show 2026, Ruger announced two new entries into the American Rifle lineup: the Gen II Scout and Gen II Patrol. Originally released in 2011, the American rifles represent a fantastic balance of cost and performance and frequently top the short lists of suggested first bolt-actions. The second generation, introduced in 2023, included many welcome upgrades, including a three-position safety and an adjustable stock system. As a fan of the “practical rifle” concept, the Scout and Patrol variants were exactly what I wanted to see, and a welcome return to the format Ruger stepped away from when the company…

In this episode of Back 40, Jake Hofer asks Bill Winke, Jeff Sturgis, Adam Keith, and Aaron Warbritton to each choose the week they would circle on the calendar if they had to make one educated bet. Presented by Moultrie Connect with Jake Hofer and MeatEater MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop MeatEater Merch Read the full article here

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Though the company is best known for its AR-15 components and complete firearms, North Carolina’s Bear Creek Arsenal also makes 10/22-pattern rimfires and handguns. New for 2026, it is introducing its first AK-pattern firearm with the BC-47. Bear Creek Arsenal has been producing AK barrels for other manufacturers for years, so it only made sense that they would start producing the rest of the firearms. Bear Creek Arsenal is no stranger to the AK market, having built barrels for other AK manufacturers for years. The company’s new BC-47, unsurprisingly, is built around one of its own barrels chambered in 7.62×39…

00:00:10 Speaker 1: Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. There is a prize. Meat Eater will donate $ 500 to the conservation organization of the winner’s choosing. I’m your host, Spencer Newarth, and today we’re joined by Brody, Randall, Seth, Reva, Alyssa, and Dane. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from Meat Eaters 4 Verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. Meat Eater Trivia is brought to you by one of my favorite beers, Bush Light. Bush Light, head for the mountains. All right, we’re starting today’s episode of the…

Initially designed by Croatian manufacturer HS Produkt to fulfill a military contract, the Kuna has since arrived on U.S. shores through Springfield Armory as a semi-automatic, large-format handgun chambered for the 9 mm Luger cartridge. Watch our “American Rifleman Television: Rifleman Review” segment above to see the details. “This Kuna is a 5-pound, five-ounce, large-format pistol, because this, the portion here which does fold, is an arm brace,” American Rifleman’s Brian Sheetz said. “So this is a handgun.” With a Picatinny rail at the rear of the receiver, the Springfield Armory Kuna has the ability to accept a range of…

Summer is an unbeatable time of year for trail cameras in the whitetail woods. Deer are calm, movement is consistent, and patterns are easy to find. Unfortunately, the easy living of summer never lasts. Every year, nose-diving camera feeds make hunters across the country question everything in the critical weeks before September openers. As sudden and confusing as the photo drought often seems, the driving forces behind it are well-explained by whitetail science.Both bucks and their environments become increasingly dynamic as August draws to a close, with nearly every key component of deer movement changing all at once. The most…

It’s been a bit more than 10 years since I pulled the trigger on a TNW Firearms Aero Survival Rifle (ASR) platform for the first time. I was impressed with the ingenuity and reliability of this uncommon caliber-convertible takedown system. Since then, the company has been steadily adding modifications, upgrades and additional caliber options to its catalog. Two of the latest features make for configuration options that are unique in the pistol-caliber carbine (PCC) marketplace: a patent-pending UB1 bolt and a new, 1911-based lower receiver. The ASR is a blowback-operated, semi-automatic carbine that incorporates designs borrowed from both classic and…

MeatEater Live: The Christmas Tour! is headed your way. Steve, Janis, Clay, Brent, and Randall are gearing up to pound the pavement this December for a 6-stop tour of the Midwest, taking our live theater show to Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota.We’ll bring a very merry MeatEater holiday cheer with us along with our usual takes on hunting, fishing, conservation, and wild foods while delivering the laughs (and prizes). Each stop will include special guests, giveaways, and banter. As usual, we’re not recording, so you won’t see or hear this experience anywhere else.At every live event, we’ve set…

If you’re a fan of Anthony Bourdain at all, you likely remember the iconic moment he sat down with Barack Obama at comically small stools to clink a couple of beers and have a meal. The steaming bowl of broth, meat, and noodles they tuck into is bún chả, a local street food. The dish originated in Hanoi, where the now-famous meeting occurred.Classic Vietnamese preparation uses pork, but these flavorful grilled patties are well suited for a variety of game meats, from ground goose to bear. Just be sure to use a grind ratio with a fat content of at…