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On May 10, 1775, the Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga, New York. The Green Mountain Boys were led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold. They surprised and captured the fort’s small British garrison. The cannons and other armaments captured at Fort Ticonderoga were later transported to Boston by Colonel Henry Knox and used to fortify Dorchester Heights and break the standoff at the siege of Boston. — May 10, 1837: New York City banks failed and unemployment reached record levels. (Panic of 1837.) — And on May 10, 1971 US special delivery rates were increased from 45 cents…
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…
On May 9, 1754, the first newspaper cartoon was published in America. It depicted divided snake with the words “Join or Die” by Benjamin Franklin. It was published in The Pennsylvania Gazette. — May 9, 1916: A wind-blown fire in Ellendale, North Dakota destroyed three blocks of businesses, a church, and 21 homes. — Today’s feature article is a guest post from our friend Brandon Smith, the editor of the Alt-Market.us blog, which we highly recommend bookmarking. – JWR — We still need entries for Round 124 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $984,000 worth of prizes have…
Armed Citizen® Today Around 10 p.m. on May 2, a man was watching TV in his bedroom in Nashville, Tenn., when another man, wearing a surgical mask, allegedly entered and demanded money. The homeowner grabbed the gun he had next to him, but the intruder also attempted to get it. The two struggled and the armed citizen prevailed, striking the suspect in the chest. The intruder was transported to the hospital and, upon release, faces charges of aggravated burglary and unlawful gun possession by a convicted felon. (wsmv.com; Nashville, Tenn.; 5/3/26) From the Armed Citizen® Archives – January 1990 Dudley…
Long a popular option for concealed-carry use, revolvers have seen something of a comeback in recent years, and one of the brands that has capitalized on the resurgence of the carry revolver is Diamondback Firearms. For our latest “I Carry” episode above, we paired the six-round Diamondback SDR DA/SA snubnose revolver with a simple leather holster from Galco, along with one of the latest EDC flashlights from Streamlight. “Diamondback launched its SDR line of revolvers a few years back,” American Rifleman Executive Editor Jay Grazio said. “They started off with your very traditional .38 Special/.357 Magnum and branched out into…
00:00:04 Speaker 1: Welcome to This Country Life. I’m your host, Brent Reeves from coon hunting to trotlining and just general country living. I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences in life lessons. This Country Life is presented by Case Knives from the store More Studio on Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast that airways have to offer. All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. I’ve got some stores to share. The Missouri Turkey turnaround. This one was quicker than a hiccup. I’m off to Missouri on my…
Smith & Wesson has expanded into several different areas over the last several years, from its M&P 12 shotgun to its Model 1854 lever-action, the company hasn’t been afraid to explore new territory, and with its FPC, the Folding Pistol-caliber Carbine, Smith & Wesson entered the PCC market in a big way. Watch our “American Rifleman: Rifleman Review” segment above to see the FPC in action and hear the details of the design. “Within the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of pistol caliber carbines emerging onto the market, and for good reason. They’re easy to shoot. The ammo…
The Glock design is to semi-auto handguns what the AR-15 design is to semi-auto rifles. TriStar Arms, an importer of rifles, shotguns and handguns, introduced its APOC pistols, a striker-fired, semi-automatic pistol that shared compatibility with the Gen3 Glock, last year. New for 2026, the company is taking the APOC in its own direction with the APOC Pro. The APOC Pro takes the APOC pistol introduced last year and makes it optics- and suppressor-ready. Like the original, the APOC Pro is a striker-fired, polymer-frame, semi-automatic pistol chambered in 9 mm Luger that approximates the size of the Glock 19. Magazines…
It doesn’t take long for two duck hunters to fill a limit when the conditions are right. Seven birds per person can come together quick, especially on a good morning in Montana.John Carullo of Simms and Matthew Krekelberg of Bozeman didn’t stop at a daily limit, or even a possession limit. The two are now facing felony charges for allegedly killing and stockpiling 223 ducks on the Sun River in January, according to court documents first reported by the Billings Gazette. That’s roughly ten times the legal possession limit.Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks game warden Per Wolfisberg was granted permission…
Henry Repeating Arms founder and CEO Anthony Imperato has been named Law Enforcement Supporter of the Year by New York State Fraternal Order of Police Memorial Lodge 100. The honor was presented at the Lodge’s 22nd Annual Awards Dinner, held in Howard Beach, N.Y. The award recognizes his decades-long commitment to supporting the men and women of law enforcement, their families, departments and the charitable organizations that support them. “I stand here to reaffirm something I have believed in my entire life—my support for law enforcement is unwavering, unconditional and grounded in deep respect,” Imperato said while receiving his award.…
