Author: Gunner Quinn

European American Armory (EAA) is known for importing both classic firearm designs as well as unique and innovative products at an affordable price. This year, the company expanded its catalog with a new hunting rifle line, the Balikli BLK bolt-action, a rifle with high-end features for its price, as well as compatibility with broad aftermarket.   The Balikli BLK series is an M700-pattern bolt action hunting rifle at an affordable price.   Made by Turkish manufacturer Balikli, BLK bolt-action rifles are based around an M700-pattern action, meaning it is compatible with aftermarket parts designed for the Remington Model 700. It…

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In 2023, Smith & Wesson announced it would be moving its headquarters from its longtime location in Massachusetts to a new manufacturing facility in Maryville, Tenn. One of the latest expansions at S&W’s new Maryville facility is the addition of an entirely new training ground, the new home of the legendary Smith & Wesson Academy. Watch our “American Rifleman Television” feature segment above to see the details of this new training school. “The Smith & Wesson Academy has just been a staple, you know, for decades. You know, in Springfield, Mass., you know, back in the days when, you know,…

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A well-known hunter is in hot water over a controversial video showing him stab a wounded coyote with a knife. The graphic video, which was originally leaked to Cowboy State Daily by a private investigator, depicts Aaron Snyder approach a wounded coyote, pull it from a bush, kick it to the ground, and stab it in the chest. Snyder then taps the coyote on the head with his knife.Snyder is a prominent figure in the hunting community. He is the former president and CEO of Kifaru and has a large social media following. Prior to the release of this video,…

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00:00:07 Speaker 1: It’s a mediat podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I am not Spencer Newhearth. Instead, I’m your guest host, Doctor Randall Williams. Today we’re joined by Brody Seth, Nate, Max, Alyssa and Sarah. Now, as you know, this is a ten round quiz show with questions from met Eats for verticals which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking, and there is a prize. Meat Eater will donate five hundred dollars to the conservation organization of the winners choosing. Now, my stat of the week this week…

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00:00:01 Speaker 1: People typically look at the Native Americans who were relocated out to present day Oklahoma, and they say, Okay, federal government is the oppressor, the five civilized tribes are the oppressed. And then we’ll also look and say, okay, slave owner is oppressor. Slave is the oppressed. Well, what do you do when you have an oppressed people who are oppressing people? You know what category do they fall into? And I don’t know if they fall into any category except for complex human being. 00:00:38 Speaker 2: One of the most interesting components of the Civil…

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Frequently Asked Questions Are factory magazines always more reliable than aftermarket magazines? Not necessarily. Factory magazines have the advantage of being designed and tested specifically for the firearm they’re intended to run in, which is why many shooters trust them for concealed carry. That said, several aftermarket manufacturers have built strong reputations over the years and consistently produce magazines that perform extremely well. Can I carry an aftermarket magazine for self-defense? You can, but it’s recommended to do so after thoroughly testing it in your firearm. Run your preferred defensive ammunition through it, verify that it feeds reliably, and make…

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Rock River Arms, the Colona, Ill.-based firearm manufacturer, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The company’s story really began in 1994, when brothers Mark and Chuck Larson launched a small operation called Tolerance Plus from a two-story garage along the Rock River in Cleveland, Ill. It originally produced high-quality custom 1911 components, but when the company incorporated as Rock River Arms in 1996, it expanded into AR-platform manufacturing. From the first custom 1911 sold in 1997, to the launch of the company’s first complete LAR-15 rifles, Rock River Arms built its momentum and garnered a reputation for high standards…

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00:00:01 Speaker 1: Repeat photography done one hundred years apart, is giving us a sense of a West that once looked and functioned very differently than the modern landscapes we now live in or visit. I’m Dan Flores, and this is the American West, time and time again, the fascinating evidence from Western repeat photography. In episode thirteen of this podcast, I said a few things about the West’s great nineteenth century landscape photographers. For almost four decades, from the eighteen sixties through the eighteen nineties, photographers like Edward Mybridge, William Henry Jackson, Timothy O’Sullivan and their assistants lugged hundreds…

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Shotshell ammunition is a bit more complex than centerfire rifle, pistol or revolver ammunition. With shotguns and shotshells, you need to know the gauge of the shotgun and the length of its chamber, but you must also consider shot and payload size and velocity. The total understanding of shotshell ballistics seems more like a soft than hard science, and ironically, when it comes to shotgun shooting, the practice seems to have more feel to it than the absolute of shooting rifles and handguns. To help you better understand shotshells, here’s a look at the basics of shotshell cartridges, shotshell pressures…

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00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the news show. This week, we’ve got the NRA in continued legal trouble. We’ve got does it really help to make fish drink pop? What is beach access? And why do some wealthy folks hate it so damn bad. Spencer reports on an outbreak of mushroom poisonings and deaths in California and me Steve is troubled by the word outbreak in that context, but we will see. We’ve got Despite what you’ve read, there is in fact no evidence of jaguar pups living right now in Arizona. And it happened a hunter in Alaska killed…

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