Author: Gunner Quinn

Known for its imported, affordable self-defense handguns, Bersa USA has begun manufacturing some of its products in the U.S. and expanded its catalog to include modern sporting rifles and pistols, 1911 pistols, 2011-style pistols and suppressors. New for 2026, the company is updating its suppressor offerings with the new B-Series lineup. According to Bersa USA, B-Series suppressors were “engineered from the ground up to deliver hard-use performance, broad caliber versatility and user-friendly design across pistol, rimfire and rifle platform”. They are user-serviceable, made of premium materials and given a high-temp Cerakote finish, and cover cartridges from .22 LR to .300…

One of the many opportunities offered to attendees at the National Sporting Clays Association’s National Championship is the Ladies Discover Sporting Clays Experience, a specially tailored clinic designed to help new female shooters become familiar with the basics of firearm safety, shotgun-handling and sporting-clays shooting. “Years ago, I noticed that there were a lot of ladies. They would come up to me, and they would tell me that they admired me being out on the grounds here shooting, and that they would love to do it, but they were too afraid,” said Anne Mauro, founder and lead instructor of Ladies…

Nineteen-year-old Ethan Owen, a wildlife and fisheries management student at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, rushed out of his general botany class at 12:50 on the opening day of Tennessee’s three-day velvet season. He had an hour-long drive between him and a big velvet buck he’d been watching all summer.He made it home to Watertown, scarfed down something to eat, grabbed his Mathews Traverse bow, and by 3:30 p.m. was settled into his treestand.Owen got the first glimpse of his target buck last summer, when it showed up on a trail camera overlooking a clover food plot. But the buck…

Two is always better than one. This is true whether you’re talking about scoops of ice cream and, especially, fishing bait. Where it’s legal, using two baits, lures, or flies at once can, theoretically, double your catch rate.Fishing two baits at two different water depths allows you to quickly figure out what the fish are biting. You just need to know how to rig them up and when to use different combinations.Tandem Bait RiggingFishing with two baits is an incredibly effective strategy for everything from stocked trout to muskie to catfish. Generally, you either soak both baits on the bottom…

00:00:10 Speaker 1: Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. There is a prize. Meat Eater will donate $ 500 to the conservation organization of the winner’s choosing. I’m your host, Spencer Newarth, and today we’re joined by Brody, Randall, Seth, Laura, Corey, Nate, and Logan. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from Meadeater’s four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. Meadeater Trivia is brought to you by one of my favorite beers, Bush Light. Bush Light, head for the mountains. All right, we are starting today’s episode with a…

The National Rifle Association of America today filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to strike down bans on commonly owned semiautomatic rifles, including AR-15s, in Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins. The cases challenge bans in Cook County, Illinois, and Connecticut. The Court is considering whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect the right to possess AR-platform and similar semiautomatic rifles that tens of millions of Americans already own for lawful purposes. “Tens of millions of law-abiding Americans own these rifles for self-defense, sport, and the same freedoms our Founders fought to…

Steiner Optics—a member of the Beretta Holding Group family of firms—has launched the Steiner Overwatch Program, a new individual-officer purchase initiative created to provide qualified military, law enforcement, first responders, corrections personnel and court officials with special pricing on select products. It is available exclusively through select, authorized brick-and-mortar Steiner dealers and applies to in-store purchases only. Participants must provide qualifying credentials to take advantage of the cash savings. Those who qualify include active and retired sworn law enforcement officers (federal, state, county and city) as well as active-duty military, reservists, National Guard members and retired military personnel. In addition,…

Editor’s Note: The following recipe for Survival Cookies is from fellow preparedness blogger Patrice Lewis. It was first published with many photos in her Rural Revolution blog. We highly recommend bookmarking her blog. – JWR When I put up the recent post on making strawberry preserves, a reader asked why I canned it up in quart jars instead of pints. Short answer: Just about the only thing we use strawberry preserves for is as a filling for so-called “survival cookies.” Back in our old home, these incredibly delicious filled oatmeal sandwich cookies made the rounds among our group of homeschooling…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired2Hunt Foundations Podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting. 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, Tony Peterson. 00:00:19 Speaker 2: Hey everyone, welcome to the Wired2Hunt Foundations Podcast, which is brought to you by First Light. I’m your host, Tony Peterson, and today is all about loss in life and in the deer woods. I know that last week I said I was going to write about early season buck sign this…

Introductory Disclaimer:  I am not an attorney, and the following is not legal advice. I am just a reasonably knowledgeable individual. Be sure to consult an attorney licensed in your state before making any changes to you gun collection! –  JWR A pair of consolidated court cases were recently appealed and a very strong and favorable Permanent Injunction was issued, nullifying a large portion of the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934, but only for the plaintiffs and for those in a “Protected Class” linking them to the plaintiffs. On August 5, 2026, a federal district court for the Northern…