00:00:02 Speaker 1: There’s a moment in every confrontation when someone decides whether to walk away. On a piece of hunting land. Just outside Tallahassee, that moment came and went an argument over access, over rules, over who belonged, and then gunfire. When it was over, one man lay in the road while the other disappeared. Now the dead man’s friends and family are trying to pick up the pieces as they wonder how such an everyday argument turned so deadly, so quickly. That’s next on Blood Trails. This is a story about three hunting buddies. It didn’t make national…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: What is going on? 00:00:00 Speaker 2: We’re back with another episode of Back forty. I’m your host Jake Hoefer. In this week, we’re diving into this whitetail dilemma of a serious tear hunter that sometimes people fall into the traps where you do all these different things, you work really hard, but you’re not necessarily seeing the results that you’re hoping to see. 00:00:18 Speaker 1: And so is this a behavioral thing? Is this doing too much? 00:00:22 Speaker 2: Is this not realizing as the harder you work, your goals also evolved. And we…

I am a huge fan of anything .45-caliber, especially single-action revolvers. I have five Ruger Blackhawk revolvers in different barrel lengths, all chambered in .45 Colt, two of which have extra cylinders chambered in .45 ACP. Since .45 ACP ammunition is more plentiful for me, I shoot more of that cartridge than I do of the .45 Colt. I contacted Ruger’s customer-service department to inquire about obtaining .45 ACP cylinders for my three revolvers that only came with the .45 Colt cylinder, but was told in no uncertain terms they didn’t provide that service. The expense of having cylinders made…

The Italian replica firearms business is known for bringing back designs from the Old West and Civil War eras, with some designs going even further back in history. While 70 years may not seem like “history,” that is the time period that Pietta is reaching back into for the inspiration for its Blacktooth revolver. With the Blacktooth, Pietta seeks to bring back the first-generation Colt Python. As can easily been seen, the .357 Mag.-chambered Blacktooth is a replica of a first-generation Colt Python. The Python was originally introduced in 1955 and quickly became regarded as the world’s premiere double-action revolver.…

At the conclusion of the American Civil War, the U.S. military developed a new kind of rifle that could accept a self-contained metallic cartridge. Eventually, this spawned an entire line of breechloading firearms collectively known as “Trapdoor Springfields” that armed American troops from the 1860s until the turn of the 20th century. Of all the designs, one of the most refined and popular was the Model 1884 Trapdoor Springfield. Watch our “American Rifleman Television: I Have This Old Gun” segment above to see the details of the ’84 Trapdoor. “There were various systems. The British had the Snider conversion for…

This past winter in northern Southeast Alaska broke the record for snowfall, getting more than 200 inches in my hometown.The last time we had a similar winter was in ‘06-’07, when the Alaska Department of Fish & Game asked hunters to kill fawns out of mercy. During my last hunt that season, I remember lying in my sleeping bag listening to fawns calling out, desperate, in the darkness. Some bears didn’t hibernate, choosing to stay awake with all the food the dead deer offered.The following season, the population was significantly reduced in northern Southeast Alaska. Some estimated the decline at…

On April 29, 1990, wrecking cranes began tearing down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. — On April 29, 1992, a jury acquitted Los Angeles Police Department officers on charges of excessive force in the beating of Rodney King.  The verdict sparked massive riots in the city and smaller ones in other U.S. cities. African-Americans in Los Angeles were enraged by the acquittal of the officers. Thousands of people began rioting across the city. For six days, scenes of wanton violence, looting, arson, assault and murder convulsed the city, with incidents like the brutal assault on truck driver Reginald…

Colt’s Manufacturing has been awarded a $40,863,564 firm-fixed-price contract with U.S. Army Contracting Command to produce M4/M4A1 carbines for sale to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Macedonia and Tunisia. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity agreement’s estimated date of completion is March 31, 2031. Volume of guns headed to each country was not disclosed. Bosnia and Herzegovina—a single nation with two regional governments—was established in late 1995 after the war in Bosnia ended. Active personnel in its military number roughly 18,000. Iraq has roughly 190,000, Macedonia 10,000 and Tunisia nearly 90,000.  The U.S. government routinely sells arms to foreign allied nations—along with friendly countries in…

As the new editor in chief of American Rifleman—and former editor in chief of Shooting Illustrated—Ed Friedman has the critical and challenging task of bringing this storied title (it is 103 years old under its current name, though its lineage dates back to 1885) into this digital age. American Rifleman, as well as American Hunter, now print quarterly, but there is an issue published every month—eight issues are now digital only. “There are benefits to this change,” said Friedman. “The biggest one is that now we can deliver content that you can’t have in a paper magazine. You can’t watch…

00:00:02 Speaker 1: This is Bear Newcomb’s first time to Alaska. 00:00:05 Speaker 2: He’s nineteen years old. I really think it’s. 00:00:08 Speaker 3: Going to impact probably the rest of his life. 00:00:11 Speaker 1: There’s just some landscapes in the world that just seemed to just grab you. It’s hard to describe. 00:00:19 Speaker 3: This place is like exotic and wild and dangerous and beautiful and just has a whole different five. That’s what’s so incredible about Planet Earth is you go different places and you bring something home with. 00:00:34 Speaker 1: You that’s unique.…