Given time, nearly every piece of technology eventually shrinks in size. We’ve seen this across dozens of shooting-product genres, with optics being no exception. As long guns become more condensed and peripheral gear becomes more prevalent, these compact riflescopes are a welcome addition to the landscape. One of the latest is EOTech’s Vudu 3-9×32 mm SFP, a variable-power scope so small, it rivals many fixed-power prismatic optics in compactness. The package is built with perhaps the archetypal hunting magnification range of 3-9X. Its 32 mm objective lens widens the field-of-view compared with most low-power variable optics (LPVO), and, at roughly…

During the inter-war years in Germany, domestic makers produced many well-regarded handgun designs, but one of the least-known is the Model 38H from Sauer & Son. Watch our “American Rifleman Television” I Have This Old Gun segment above to hear the details of this groundbreaking semi-automatic design, which was used extensively during World War II and came home in the duffel bag of many American GIs. “When most people think about World War II German double-actions, they think of either the the PPs or the PPKs or the Mauser HSc, but there was another one that was every bit as…

If you ever hunt overseas, you will undoubtedly encounter DIY shooting sticks. In places where there are few trees or rocks to brace a rifle on, like parts of Africa, a tripod shooting stick is standard issue. Simple, cheap, and effective, shooting sticks allow a foot-bound hunter to brace themselves for a shot just about anywhere. And while these tools have been eclipsed by more modern tripods in the U.S., I’d argue they are more versatile and easier to pack around.With practice, a rifle shooter can quickly pick off targets around 300 yards away with a set of sticks. When…

00:00:07 Speaker 1: This medi podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your host, Spencer Newhart and today we’re joined by Jannis, Randall, Brody, Nate Roman and Anthony. This is a ten round quiz show with questions from meat Eater’s for verticals which are hunting, fishing, conservation and cooking. There is a prize. Med Eater will donate five hundred dollars to the conservation organization of the winners choosing now for three stats of the week. This year, we reviewed player performance by category for twenty twenty five. As reminder,…

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00:00:02 Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, welcome to the Foundation’s podcast. I’m your host Tony Peterson, and today’s episode is all about how good dogs are for us, which might seem simple, but trust me, they might just be the best medicine out there. A lot of this podcast and a lot of the dog content out there, is about how we can get the best behavior out of our dogs. But the truth is that dogs are real good for us too, No dull, right, Well, did you know that? There’s a hell of a lot of science to back…

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00:00:01 Speaker 1: That bird was right there, twenty yards from me up that hill. It was just one of those moments where I just paused and went, man, what are the odds? Thank you Lord, what an amazing story. 00:00:15 Speaker 2: This episode of Turkey Stories is full of surprises. Probably a good title for this one would have been April Fools. But some surprises are good, some are bad. We’ve got stories from Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, and Texas, with some new voices and some old ones, but they’re chock full of goblins strutting, laughing, some fear, some…

I’ll make my list of the first nine survival items that you should buy really simple for you. The first two big-dollar items that you should buy are the Self Reliance Outfitters Canteen set and heavy duty space blanker/tarp. These two items are really must-have items. Dave Canterbury of Self Reliance Outfitters had these items custom-made. They are industrial strength and designed just like I would have done so myself. The canteen. It is similar to the old metal army canteen setup. But it is bigger and has a bigger mouth. It is nested in a canteen cup with a…

On April 8, 1796, the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss proved the quadratic reciprocity law (the ability to determine the solvability of any quadratic equation in modular arithmetic.) — Today’s feature piece is a guest post that was too short to qualify as an entry for the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $984,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running the contest.  Round 124 ends on May 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage…