Wilson Combat has long been known for its custom work within the 1911 world, but the company has branched out into other designs, including developing some of its own, such as the X9 series of guns. One of Wilson’s latest in-house creations is the Bulwark, which is featured in our latest “Gun of the Week” episode above. “Wilson, you know, they’re known for admittedly, some pretty high-end custom style of guns. They, you know, they do a lot of really great different projects in the custom gun marketplace, but those can be inaccessible for some folks,” American Rifleman Executive Editor…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: We’ve been traveling for two days. We’re 154 kilometers from Thompson, Canada, where we’re going to stay the night. In the morning, I’m going to catch a float plane out with Craig McCarthy with North Mountain Adventures, and we’re going to see if we can’t get a moose hemmed up here in northern Manitoba. It’s a very remote place. It is as wild as wild gets in North America. It’s hard to believe that this is really taking place. And I don’t know if I’ll fully realize it. 00:00:39 Speaker 2: Until we get in camp. But…

I travel for work somewhat frequently. With rising costs and limited budgets, I try to avoid checking a bag when traveling: It’s up to $100 (round trip) in some instances. This, of course, comes with its own challenges—I can’t bring a pocketknife with me on these trips, and I have to be hyper aware of everything in both my carryon and my backpack to make sure I don’t run afoul of TSA. Something that happens fairly frequently is that a call will go out at the gate for people to check their carry-on luggage. Overhead space is limited, as checked…

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) has trimmed Form 4 processing time significantly. That trend began roughly five years ago, but it has accelerated in noteworthy fashion during the recent tsunami of submissions to take possession of suppressors, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns. In early 2021, it took somewhere around 280 days for BATFE to approve a Form 4, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Individuals applying electronically in August 2026 waited only 9 days. Old-school paper submissions took about a month. Enthusiasts submitting “trust” paperwork had longer delays, however. They were 33 and 34 days,…

Question: I live in Michigan’s lower peninsula and recently purchased a property in the upper peninsula. I love hunting up there but have had a hard time patterning deer.I’ve always looked for food and bedding and then found their paths in between. However, where I am in the UP, there are no significant mast crops or ag. The deer primarily feed on browse in the cedar swamps and maple stands that exist in this area. Therefore, everything around them is a potential food source and they don’t have to travel to get a meal.My question is, with the absence of…

00:00:04 Speaker 1: Good Lord, it’s a new show. 00:00:05 Speaker 2: This week we’ve got Bryce Stubbs in the studio, a Montana kid who just won the Food Network’s 100 cooks and walked away with a nice little chunk of scratch. We got Colorado Bears are on the tears. Let’s try to make a rhyme. 00:00:23 Speaker 1: Colorado Bears are on the tears. Or are they? Giannis will tell us. 00:00:29 Speaker 2: It’s a better than ever time to get that suppressor you’ve been looking for. Trump generated something of a national eye roll by renaming Lake…

A lot of state’s bow openers will start in a matter of days. Just because deer season opens doesn’t mean the thermostat will drop. Prime velvet destinations or states with September openers might include hot, buggy conditions. While these aren’t ideal deer hunting conditions, that doesn’t mean you can’t find success, you just might have to sweat a good bit to do it.Hot weather hunting isn’t easy, and it definitely isn’t always fun. It has a way of perpetuating common deer hunting myths that makes many hunters feel better about sitting out the early season. If you’re not careful, you…

If you need proof that the competition for duck hunting honey holes can lead to toxic—and potentially lethal—behavior, here it is. On August 28, 2026, 23-year-old Carson McKoin of Monroe, Louisiana, was convicted in federal court for assaulting U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents. But what’s particularly notable about the conviction is what prompted it.Instead of talking to the potential hunters, McKoin “fired a shot toward” them. It goes without saying that intentionally shooting toward other others is appalling and illegal behavior. But the boat wasn’t being driven by hunters; it was full of a team of “federal fish and…

Suppressing a firearm is the polite thing to do, for everyone from the hunting buddy sitting beside you in the field to your neighbor at the next bench on the range. Using suppressors allow us greater opportunities to exercise our right to bear arms and an armed society is…. well, we all know that quote. This is the idea behind the products and the name of Polite Society Industries, a new suppressor manufacturing company. Polite Society Industries is a new suppressor manufacturing company located in Tampa, Fla.   Polite Society Industries is starting out by launching six new suppressors. All…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: Are you overwhelmed by the firehose of public land news and social media posts and crises seemingly coming at us day after day right now? Yeah, me too. There is a lot going on right now related to our national parks and wilderness areas and forests and the like. Serious change is underway. And even for me, someone whose job it is to stay up on this stuff, It is nearly impossible to keep track of it all and what’s real and what’s not and what’s actually important. The thing is, if you hunt or fish or…