Known primarily for its holographic sights, EoTech jumped into the variable-powered riflescope market in 2017 with its Vudu lineup. The company has continued to add to the Vudu family, including last year’s super short Vudu 3-9×32 mm. New for 2026, the company is introducing another super short, variable-power scope with the Vudu 4-12×36 mm riflescope. The new Vudu 4-12x is a super short, variable-power optic with a first-focal plane reticle and high magnification. The biggest difference between the Vudu 3-9X and the new 4-12X is that the latter is a first-focal-plane (FFP) design. This means that the reticle changes in…

For some enthusiasts, the large-format pistol is a starting point for an NFA-regulated short-barreled rifle project, and for others, it’s simply a more compact defensive platform that’s easy to store and deploy when needed. Regardless of the aim, there’s been a huge surge in the large-format pistol category, and 2026 continues to showcase new models answering the wants and needs of today’s firearm owners. Here are five of the latest large-format pistols available today: Freedom Ordnance | FM-9D (Belt-fed)A belt-fed … pistol? The FM-9D can be operated with traditional Glock-style 9 mm magazines or via 100- and 150-round belts that…

The following recipe for Lemon Marinated Pork is from SurvivalBlog reader Mrs. Alaska, who writes: In a one-gallon zip-loc bag, combine the following: Zest of one large (or two small) lemons, juice of one  or both lemons, ½ cup olive or other oil, one tablespoon each of two herbs of choice, such as thyme and rosemary, 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper or cayenne, five cloves of garlic, chopped. To the marinade, add less than two pounds of pork chops or pork loin, cut into steaks.  I generally use 5 or 6 pieces of 1/2 inch meat for this…

Nosler Whitetail Country 140 Grain SBSP in 6.5 Creedmoor is an accurate load designed for hunting deer-sized game. It has a ballistic coefficient of 0.495 which helps it to maintain energy at longer ranges. The solid base soft point (SBSP) bullet is designed to expand reliably while maintaining structural integrity at a wide range of velocities. The ammo is made in the United States. A 20-round box cost $34.81 at nosler.com at the time of this writing. That is a quite fair price for a load with such a premium bullet. If you hunt deer with a rifle chambered in…

On May 11, 1910, Glacier National Park was established. — In the second week May of 1921 a solar storm began, dubbed The Great Geomagnetic Storm of May 1921. — Starting June 2nd, we will be switching to a weekly posting format for SurvivalBlog, with most posts on Tuesdays. — There are just 20 days left in THE FINAL ROUND of the SurvivalBlog Writing Contest. This is your last chance to get your entry in and win a prize.  After Round 124 ends, we will only be posting staff-written articles and guest articles from readers.   Read the full article here

Okay, I’m going to open with a bit of an explainer just in case you’re one of the five or six people in the USA who has not only never watched a modicum of any show or movie in the “Star Trek” franchise, but also has somehow dodged absorbing a bit of its in-universe mythos via cultural osmosis. Basically, in the “Star Trek” universe, the main cast goes gallivanting about the universe, boldly going and discovering strange new worlds but, because Kirk and Spock, et al., work for the Starfleet of the Universal Federation of Planets, they have certain rules…

The cool part about shooting with mounted red-dot sights on handguns is that, once shooters get used to them, they turn into major performance boosters. It boils down to the fact that using a single  “aiming reference” (the dot itself versus a front and rear sight), to shoot aids both with speed and precision in pistol shooting. And to properly leverage the power of the dot, shooters must use target-focus. Unfortunately, both new and experienced shooters alike are oftentimes prone to getting “lost looking through their dots” instead of focusing on their targets. This common phenomenon basically amounts to a…

A male hiker, whose identity has not yet been announced, has been found dead in Glacier National Park. According to a press release, “his injuries are consistent with those sustained by a bear encounter.”The victim had been missing for several days before he was found. He sent his last known message on Sunday evening and had not been heard of since then. A search and rescue team recovered his remains on Wednesday, May 6. The man’s body was just a couple miles up Mt. Brown Trail and 50 feet off the trail “in a densely wooded area with downed timber.”National…

While we cover a good amount of bear attacks here at MeatEater, a beaver attack isn’t something you hear about too often.On May 3, an eight-year-old boy was fishing on the shore of Lake Henry in Mahwah, New Jersey, when a beaver emerged out of the water, jaws-style, and headed straight for the kid who was just trying to catch a fish bite.The beaver shot out of the water and set its sights on the young angler. In his attempt to flee the raging rodent, he tripped on a root, which allowed the beaver to sink its iron-strong incisors into…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: Hey everybody, this is Clay Newcombe. Welcome to a special episode of Bear Grease where I am at the iHeartRadio Country Music Festival in Austin, Texas, and we’re gonna be talking with two different guys who have exemplified in their life. 00:00:15 Speaker 2: Hard work, grit, a pioneering spirit. 00:00:19 Speaker 1: These guys started from nothing and have had tremendous careers. We’re gonna get to talk to Dylan Scott and Russell Dickerson country music stars. 00:00:30 Speaker 3: Man. 00:00:30 Speaker 1: These guys, both of them have had multiple number one hits. And we’ve…