Author: Gunner Quinn

This year, we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of our country, not only as a world bastion of freedom, but as a nation of riflemen. But unlike the flintlock, percussion rifle and many other firearm actions we inherited and then improved upon, the lever-action is a distinctly American innovation. The motivating force behind its creation was the need for more firepower, or more specifically, the need for more reliable firepower, superseding earlier multiple-barrel and swivel-breech attempts. An inkling of what was to come began in 1848, when New York innovator Walter Hunt (who also created the fountain pen and the…

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00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News Headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Col’s Week in Review with Ryan col Klai. Here’s cal we hear it, cals we can review. Know that it’s easier to pay attention to the segments about assaults on public land and federal spending bills when there’s an outlaw squirrel story in between. If you laugh at this comic relief, new research is showing that you are part of a grand tradition. Hominids have been laughing at each other for a very very long time. English anthropologists recently compared the vocalizations of all the great…

00:00:04 Speaker 1: Welcome to Backwoods University, a place where we focus on wildlife, wild places and the people who dedicate their lives to conserving both. Big shout out to aex Hunt for their support of this podcast. I’m your host, Lake Pickle, and today, well fire up the boiler, cut up some onions, garlic and sausage, because it’s time for a crawfish boil. Well not, actually, I wish it was, but it is time for all of us to learn a little bit more about the most popular crustacean that has ever graced the North American fresh waters. And…

Since the company’s relocation from California to Wyoming in 2019, Weatherby has updated its line-up with the rebirth of classic models and the introduction of brand-new firearms, like the M700-compatible Model 307. The company’s latest firearm is not only a new model, but it marks the company’s entry into the muzzleloading category. The Model 307 MZY promises to “deliver a new standard of accuracy, reliability, and consistency for black powder hunters,” according to Weatherby. The Model 307 MZY is Weatherby’s first foray into the world of muzzleloaders. The Model 307 MZY brings the features that hunters expect from a Weatherby…

Shortly before the Declaration of Independence was signed, a small but pivotal battle took place near the port city of Wilmington, N.C. The February 27, 1776, Battle of Moores Creek Bridge was the first Revolutionary War battle to be fought in the Old North State. I don’t know if the popular warning against bringing a knife to a gunfight existed then, but even before the smoke had cleared that day, the Scottish Highlanders fighting for the British certainly could have vouched for the cliché’s veracity. In late 1775, several thousand Loyalists under Brig. Gen. (of militia) Donald MacDonald assembled at…

When the bottle rockets go up, remember that the Star-Spangled Banner began as notes—“the land of the free and home of the brave”—on the back of a letter in Francis Scott Key’s hands as he stood on the deck of the British ship the Minden and beheld the temerity of an armed nation of free people standing up to a then more powerful aggressor all during an overnight bombardment of Baltimore’s Fort McHenry in 1814. So, light up the sky on this 250th Fourth of July as bright and fiery as what Key witnessed knowing that the colorful explosions are…

“I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.” – John Adams, in a letter to his wife Abigail, 1776 Read the full article here

Armed Citizen® Today In Tulsa, Okla., on June 18, two people reportedly attempted to rob a man outside a convenience store. One of them was armed with a knife and one with a gun, but their intended victim was also armed. He was able to draw and fire one shot, striking one of the alleged assailants in the head. That suspect ran across the street before collapsing; he was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The other suspect fled and was still being sought at the time of reporting. (newson6.com; Tulsa, Okla.; 6/18/26) From the Armed Citizen® Archives –…

A lot of poaching investigations seem to end with wrist slaps, but that’s hardly the case for former corrections officer, Christopher Matson (48) of Umatilla, Oregon. After pleading guilty to numerous wildlife and firearm-related felonies, Matson was sentenced to 24 months probation, a lifetime hunting ban, 300 hours of community service, forfeiture of firearms and property seized, and is forced to pay more than $114,000 in fines.Because the violations spanned multiple areas, Matson was charged in both Grant and Umatilla counties and therefore faced two separate court cases. The charges in Grant County included four counts of unlawful take of…