Author: Gunner Quinn
These days, handgun slides come with pre-cut slides that are optics-ready. They’ll easily accept adapter plates and/or a micro red-dot optic directly with the aid of a few screws. The red-dot trend is so pervasive that consumers can choose to buy from bargain brands all the way to the fully-featured top-tier units. Along with this energetic market segment, nationally renowned firearms training instructors and organizations have been offering red-dot specific training curricula. Aaron Cowan even authored a white-paper on the role of slide-mounted red-dot optics. If you’re into guns and shooting, you’re probably aware of these reflex sights’ existence. But,…
Authorities in California have disrupted an overseas wildlife poaching operation after seizing hundreds of illegal animal parts.According to a press release, in the early weeks of 2026, an investigation began after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intercepted a falsely labeled package en route from Thailand to Fresno, California. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) confirmed that the shipment contained hundreds of products obtained from poached animals. Some named products include elephant trunks, bear gallbladders, saiga antelope, turtle shells, and ivory products, including walrus tusks and rhino horns.Many of these species are protected by the Convention on International…
00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your guide to the whitetail woods, presented by First Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host, Mark Kenyon. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. This week on the show, I’m joined by Kip Adams, the Chief Conservation Officer for the National Deer Association, and we are discussing the state of white tails in America in twenty twenty six. We’re to cover many of the most pressing and concerning issues facing deer,…
00:00:00 Speaker 1: Protein powder and water bottles are platoon chief at the time. You would take plastic water bottles and five point fifty quarter to the outside of the outside of his kid and sill and you know, hey, he might see this one day, so like he’s a he’s a great man. He is a great man. But we would all make fun of him because on nots you could you could always see where he was because they would just be they were just bouncing on his kids. But it was like it was like for ease…
(Continued from Part 1.) The following are the basic tools I use to harvest and butcher fowl: Large stainless steel bowl. I put several quarts of water in the pot (the amount of water varies on how many birds I am harvesting) to keep the meat from drying out and to help keep flies away if they are present. I also butcher where running water is easily accessible to wash my hands when necessary. Sharp knife. My preferred knife for cleaning and butchering is a medium-sized, antique, high-carbon steel butcher knife with a very thin blade. This knife is from…
February 12, 1935: The 785-foot long rigid airship USS Macon (pictured above, at Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, California) was downed in a storm off Point Sur, California, with the loss of two lives, and 64 people rescued. — On February 12, 1873 US Congress passed the Coinage Act of 1873, abolishing bimetallism and placing the country on the gold standard — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three-Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one,…
00:00:11 Speaker 1: Welcome back to another episode of Cutting the Distance. Today, we are at Loophold did a little factory tour. We’re here with Bruce the CEO of Loophold, Tim Lester, the VP of product in Marketing, my good buddy Dirk Durham, and we’re gonna talk about some new product launches, what’s in the future for Loophold, kind of what your guys’ focus is, and some stuff for everybody to get excited about to hit the market. So, yeah, I got to hunt with Bruce this year, a little trip to Utah. Good buddy, Luke Combs and Bruce and…
Blaser’s take on the straight-pull, bolt-action rifle showcases a new, ergonomically optimized vertical pistol grip for increased comfort and improved control when shooting. The R8 Professional 2.0’s ambidextrous palm swell is designed to fit both right- and left-handed shooters. Additional enhancements include new, molded-polymer grip inserts manufactured using 2K technology, which have an improved surface texture for better grip in all environmental conditions. The Diamond-Like Carbon A+ (DLC A+) coating of the barrel surface provides excellent protection against corrosion and scratches. Now standard is a height-adjustable comb which assists in achieving exact alignment in the proper shooting position at the…
While some of Heckler & Koch’s earliest handgun designs, like the VP70 and P7, were striker-fired, many of the company’s most popular modern pistols were hammer-fired, like the USP and P30. In 2014, the company introduced its updated, striker-fired, polymer-framed handgun, the VP9. New for 2026, H&K is expanding its VP9 line-up with the VP9A1 X and VP9A1 Tactical models. The VP9A1 X is a “crossover” model that combines a compact slide/barrel length with a full-size grip frame. All new models are based on the VP9A1 variant that H&K released last year, with updated features including improved ergonomics and trigger pull,…
It all had to start somewhere, and for handheld firearms in Europe, Genesis is what we call the “handgonne” or hand cannon, a simple metal tube lashed to a wooden tiller. Watch our “American Rifleman Television” I Have This Old Gun segment above to see the hand cannon in action and hear how this developed as one of the most important steps in firearm evolution. ”There was development in China, but really, we focus on the European-made hand cannons, and the first time they really can be documented is about 1326 to about 1332,” NRA Media Editorial Director Mark Keefe…