The year 2026 might end up as “The Year of the Suppressor.” More and more firearms owners are learning the benefits of using suppressors for target shooting and hunting and making their first suppressor purchases, encouraged by the fact that the NFA suppressor tax has ended. Over the years, many firearm manufacturers have gotten into the suppressor business, and that process seems to have accelerated this year. Bergara joins that crowd by introducing its first suppressor, the BTi30. Bergara is introducing its first suppressor with the U.S.-designed and U.S.-manufactured BTi30. Designed and manufactured in the U.S., the BTi30 is a…

Summer 2025 signaled the launch of CZ’s P10C Ported, a CZ P10C variant that sports an integrated “Carry Comp” port ahead of the front sight and right behind the muzzle. Although “Carry Comp” is terminology specific to Smith & Wesson, it best describes this particular style of a single, integrated pistol port. While the trend is taking off now, it was Smith & Wesson’s 3-inch-barreled Performance Center Model 19 that started it back in 2018. It wasn’t until the early 2020s that the “Carry Comp” style really took off. This came right behind the wider trend of adding external compensators…

(Continued from Part 1.  This concludes the article.) To give a vivid image of what it is still like here, the next smaller village over where my girl grew up still has a single electrical wire held up by bamboo poles with a 3W LED bulb dangling off every 100m (330 ft) or so for street lights, and house wiring running off that same single wire. But the sand roads were concreted over a few years ago, so there is improvement happening. As you can imagine in the tropics solar power works great, in dry season we have full batteries…

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On January 24, 1616, Dutch mariners Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten were the first Europeans to discover Le Maire Strait, Tierra del Fuego, and then go on and round Cape Horn. — January 24, 1890: The world’s oldest wooden sculpture, the Shigir Idol, was discovered in a peat bog near Kaltay, Middle Urals. It was later radiocarbon dated to 12,500 years old. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three-Day Course Certificate. This can be used for…

Three active duty soldiers were just convicted of multiple misdemeanor wildlife charges after poaching five mule deer on Fort Carson, also known as “The Mountain Post,” and one on the surrounding state land. While it is legal to hunt on military bases, you still have to abide by local and federal wildlife laws.According to a CPW press release, this case started back in November ‘24, when a hunter reported a poached mule deer buck to Fort Carson Conservation Law Enforcement Officers (CLEOs). The CLEOs then called in for Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) backup. Wildlife Officer Deme Wright arrived on…

If you’ve watched MeatEater Roasts and thought to yourself, “I can outcook those yahoos!” Well, buddy, it’s your time to shine. We’re calling for contestants to star in the cooking show where conservation wins.Anyone can enter, but you do have to be willing to drive yourself to Bozeman for filming. Here’s what you have to do to throw your name in the hat:If you’re chosen, we’ll reach out to you and sort out the details from there. We can’t wait to see your videos! Read the full article here

Hunters drool over fresh rubs and scrapes. They’re thrilling to see during a scouting session or hunt, but deer are drawn to them for other reasons. Research from the University of Georgia shows that fresh rubs and scrapes actually glow for deer like “neon lights.”This first-of-its-kind study highlights the photoluminescence observed in signposts (i.e., rubs and scrapes) used by deer and indicates that a combination of secretions from peeled tree bark and a deer’s forehead glands might contribute to this phenomenon.Daniel DeRose-Broeckert, a graduate assistant at the UGA Deer Lab, spearheaded the experiment. To observe the photoluminescence of rubs and…

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Armed Citizen® Today A man in the Bronx woke up during the early morning hours of Jan. 20 to get a drink of water but then heard glass breaking downstairs. Worried for the safety of his sleeping wife and three children, he went to investigate—bringing his gun along “because who knows,” as he later told reporters—and discovered an intruder in his home. The homeowner took aim and told the intruder not to move. Seeing the gun, however, the home invader jumped back out of the window and fled. Security video later revealed that the intruder and two other suspects had…