Author: Gunner Quinn
It’s no secret Gunsite Academy is celebrating its Golden Anniversary this year. On August 3, it’s holding a 50th Anniversary Alumni Shoot to celebrate five decades of training excellence, tradition and community. Enthusiasts are encouraged register for the gathering, which will take place at the famed facility’s 3,200-acre site in Paulden, Ariz. Founded in 1976 by Jeff Cooper, Gunsite Academy has trained generations of responsible armed citizens, law enforcement professionals and military personnel in the principles of marksmanship, gun handling and mindset. The 50th Anniversary Alumni Shoot honors that legacy and looks ahead to the next era of training and…
Armed Citizen® Today On June 19 in Blue Springs, Mo., a homeowner called police to report that someone had broken into their home early in the morning. The homeowner shot the intruder, and when police arrived, they pronounced the suspect dead. (fox4kc.com; Kansas City, Mo.; 6/19/26) From the Armed Citizen® Archives – February 1987 Seventy-year-old Eric Christian stepped onto the porch of his Louisville, Ky., home to check a bird feeder when he was attacked by an armed masked man. His 72-year-old wife tried to lock the door, but the man caught her and dragged the elderly couple into the…
It’s important to take firearms seriously, in the sense that they can be dangerous and should always be treated with the respect and care due to an object of that nature. Some people, however, well—they take gun stuff a little too seriously, if you catch my meaning. They don’t allow guns and joy to exist in the same room, sometimes not even in the same ZIP code. Let me file all the identifying information off this story, just in case, and describe to you a customer I once encountered who definitely fit the latter category. Up front, I need to…
It isn’t news to the patriotic members of the National Rifle Association that July 4, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States of America. As we approach this auspicious milestone, Americans across this great nation should embrace a renewed interest in U.S. history and tradition and an even greater appreciation for the fundamental rights that have helped make this country a beacon of freedom for the world. American history and tradition are of particular importance to gun owners and not just because we value curios and relics and our cultural…
Since the 1980s, Benelli’s inertia-operated M1 and M2 shotguns have formed the backbone of the company’s semi-automatic shotgun catalog. Over the years, the models have gotten subtle updates that have made their reliability and usability even better. New for 2026, Benelli’s M2 Field models are getting added features for better comfort and control. At the heart of the new M2 Field is the company’s proven Inertia Driven action. At their core, the new M2 is just like the old M2. It uses the company’s Inertia Driven action, that results in a clean, reliable and adjustment-free shotgun. The bolt’s Easy Locking…
A quarter of a millennium ago this July 4, John Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. He wrote his name flamboyantly with big loops, underlined it, and placed his signature in the center of the parchment, knowing this act made it more likely he would be hanged by the British for treason. Hancock’s brave gesture gave us variations of the cheerful line “put your John Hancock here,” as Americans have always celebrated those willing to stand boldly for our freedom. Now we are 250 years into this experiment of individual liberty and America is still the…
In 2020, Springfield Armory introduced its first centerfire bolt-action rifle design with the aptly named Model 2020 Waypoint. While the initial Waypoint design was intended to be more of a precision platform, Springfield has since come out with several field-ready variants of the Model 2020, including the Boundary. Watch our “Gun of the Week” episode above to see the details of this bolt-action design. “Springfield Armory has come out with a few different iterations of this design, and the Boundary is really designed, in some ways, to be a little bit more of the traditionally sort of designed rifle,” American…
Growing up, I always wanted to be around my dad. My older sister and mom tell stories of me standing at the screen door in diapers, crying and screaming because I wasn’t on the tractor with him. Eventually, I got old enough to realize that if I wanted to hang with the old man, I better learn how to fish.Now, I don’t envy anyone attempting to teach a preteen girl how to cast a fly rod. Somehow, my dad managed to pull it off and instill a lifelong love of angling in me. He would hammer (what I now realize…
00:00:04 Speaker 1: Welcome to this country Life. I’m your host, Brent Reeves from coon hunting to trotlining and just general cuntry 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 stories to share. Landmarks remembered. I never know where I’m going with these things, and this one is no different.…
On Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025, Scott Lennox banked a 64.22-pound common carp from a lake in California, breaking the U.S. record.It was no accident. Lennox is one of the small, secretive band of individuals who target trophy carp—fish of 40 pounds and upwards—and they’re as obsessive and maniacal in their pursuit as any group of anglers in US fishing.Carp ComradesWhen Pennsylvania-based carp specialist Yuriy Nesterov identified a small overlooked park lake with high potential, he fished it constantly for a year without a single bite. He was eventually rewarded with the first documented catch of a 30-, 40-, and 50-pounder…