Author: Gunner Quinn
Franchi USA isn’t generally the first company one thinks of when it comes to bolt-action utility rifles, but over the last few years, the company has introduced several new models to the market that offer a great feature set for those looking to have a do-it-all platform. Its latest model is the Momentum Utility Lite Elite, or MULE, rifle. Watch our “Gun of the Week” video above to see the rifle in action on the range. “We often talk about the scout rifle concept. You know, that’s that famous Jeff Cooper do-it-all rifle, and, you know, for decades now, people…
00:00:05 Speaker 1: Welcome to This Country Life. 00:00:06 Speaker 2: I’m your host, Brent Reeves. 00:00:09 Speaker 1: From coon hunting to trot lining and just general country living, I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences and 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 podcasts that airways have to offer. All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. I’ve got some stories to share. First fish and the latest baby. The first of anything…
Friday, September 11th marks the 25th anniversary of the brutal 9/11 terror attacks. Never forget, America, the magnitude of the losses. See the 2:10 mark, and beyond. – JWR. Today is also the anniversary of the Benghazi Embassy attacks, in 2012. (Those events were recounted in the Hollywood film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.) Please remember the sacrifice of J. Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, and CIA (former Navy SEAL) agents Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. Between them, Woods and Doherty reportedly dropped at least 60 of the attackers, before their position was overwhelmed. Please also remember the spineless…
An investment group comprised of family members passionate about firearms and the outdoor sports has purchased Aero Precision, Ballistic Advantage, Stag Arms and VG6. The transaction ends more than two years of financial challenges faced by the firms. “To the customers, dealers, distributors, vendors, and industry partners who continued to believe in our brands and stand beside us: thank you,” the firm said in the announcement. “Now, we get to move forward. We’re coming back.” White Wolf Capital, a private equity firm that began operation in 2011, was the previous owner. It “recapitalized” Aero Precision in September 2013. A series…
For folks who enjoy shooting sports, it will probably not come as much of a surprise to learn that the .22 LR is the most popular cartridge in the United States. On average, about 1.5 billion rounds are manufactured and sold annually, or roughly 19 percent of all the ammunition produced domestically. Plenty of enthusiasts shoot it from a variety of pistols, revolvers and long guns for pursuits that include small game hunting, formal target shooting competitions and casual plinking. Due to its ubiquitous availability, and its other positive shooting characteristics, it’s only natural that .22 LR would find its…
00:00:00 Speaker 1: From mediator and author Brian Burrow, this is Gunfighters, a gripping descent into the shocking true history of the American frontier. 00:00:09 Speaker 2: What’s long been considered the very first gunfight of the old western frontier happened in the scraggly village of Springfield, Missouri, just before 6 o’clock at the beginning of a warm Friday evening. As everyone watched, two men stepped out into the open. They had argued over a pocket watch one of them seized from the other to satisfy a poker debt. The man who took the watch was a tough character named…
It’s the first collaboration between MeatEater and Bryan Burrough, an award-winning journalist at The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, and Texas Monthly. Bryan is also the author of eight books, four of them New York Times best-sellers. This new podcast is based on his 2025 book, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild, published by Penguin Press.In the podcast, Bryan tells the narrative history of what he calls The Gunfighter Era, from 1865 to 1901, the thirty-six years between the first post-Civil War gunfight to receive national acclaims and the moment the frontier’s last two outlaws of note, Butch…
00:00:04 Speaker 1: Welcome to the news show, everybody. This week, we’ve got a market report on halibut prices and what those prices mean for dudes who fish. Former smokejumper and public lands advocate Sam Forstag is here to give us an update on his U.S. House of Representatives race. Helicopter hunting in Wyoming goes all wrong for an outdoor life editor. Etsy becomes the devil incarnate. That’s hyperbolic. And more. Not really, though. But first, on to our news. 00:00:38 Speaker 2: Our news. 00:00:40 Speaker 1: Okay, I’ll tell you about our news. Quick. Quickly. I was trying…
00:00:00 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired2Hunt podcast. 00:00:03 Speaker 2: This week on the show, I’m joined by Dan Ninefingers-Johnson to discuss our goals, hopes, and hit lists for the 2026 hunting season. All right, welcome back to the Wired2Hunt podcast brought to you by Moultrie. This week in the show, I am joined by my longtime friend and one-time co-host, Dan Johnson, from the Nine Finger Chronicles these days. Previously, if you are a longtime listener, of course, you know Dan from the early days of Wired2Hunt. And we are back again today to preview our upcoming deer…
00:00:01 Speaker 1: Hey everybody, this is Clay Newcomb. We’re going to be doing things just a little bit different the next couple of episodes of Bear Grease. Sometimes we move so fast that some of our best stuff gets kind of forgotten, kind of left in the past. And I want to go back to April 19th, 2023, to one of my favorite series of that time period. And it’s our series called Con Man. And it’s about a man named Asa Carter. who in 1976 published a book called The Education of Little Tree. He wrote the book…