Many hunters think of the iconic boxlock shotgun as an American field gun, but although the design was popularized on American hunting fields, it was initially developed 150 years ago for a renowned gunmaker in Great Britain. In July 1875, two men, William Anson and John Deeley, employees of Westley Richards, filed for a patent on their innovative “hammerless gun.” While it wasn’t the first so-called “hammerless” firearm ever made, the Anson & Deeley action has remained as the most popular version of the design universally known today as the “boxlock.” Variants of the boxlock remain in production today, with…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: What is going on? Welcome back to Retfresh. I’m Jake Hoefer and we have some updates. It’s December, it’s not November anymore, so you still have a tag, you’re still listen to this. It’s time fundy rally caps, time to hear what’s going on. Here’s some quick strategies on what folks are looking to do for the following seven days. We have Michael Perry from Alabama. We have Reeg Johnson from Kentucky and Alice Comstock from Minnesota to give their updates. As you know, retfresh is brought to you by land dot com, the leading online real…

Walther Arms took its polymer-frame Performance Duty Pistol design and crafted it entirely from steel to create its PDP Match Steel Frame, which is a true heavyweight designed just for the pure joy of shooting. Watch our “American Rifleman Television” Rifleman Review segment above to hear the details and design intent behind this full-size pistol. “This is a true race gun. This gun is built for range use. It’s built for competition use,” American Rifleman Executive Editor Evan Brune said. “And when you’re shooting competition, what you want is a gun that shoots really flat, is quick to the reset.…

00:00:05 Speaker 1: This is the story of the unusual death of Oklahoma game Warden Melvin Bucky Garrison, who drowned in two and a half feet of water in the Tiger Mountain area in the Deep Fork arm of Lake Ufalla in December nineteen seventy one. I’m pretty much just gonna let this story tell itself. I really doubt that you’re going to want to miss this one. 00:00:30 Speaker 2: His shotgun was missing. It’s never been found to this day, so most of the people involved immediately started thinking, you know that he probably didn’t drown in two…

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 the decisions we make that we might not even really think about that make us bad dog owners. You know, sometimes inspiration for these shows is tougher to locate, you know, tougher than of finding a down rooster in the cattails after you’ve just tickled in with your second shot. But other times it runs right up and bites you in the ass. You’ll hear about what exactly lit the fire for this show soon enough. But honestly, a…

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(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) 5. Self Defense This segment references reading, training and situational awareness that will be difficult for some people. Use what you can. Learn how to profile people and your surroundings. It happens in many forms, constantly. There are predators who don’t care about how nice you are. (Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”) They will take advantage of the graces and courtesies that we usually employ to soften or de-escalate a problem. Learn what and how those predators think. Trust me, you…

On December 3, 1568, Sir Thomas Herriot introduced potatoes to England from Colombia. — December 3, 1944: The Greek Civil War broke out in a newly-liberated Greece, between communists and royalists. —       The post Preparedness Notes for Wednesday — December 3, 2025 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com. Read the full article here

A member of Moms Demand Action, Doris Koloski, addresses recent accusations claiming the group advocates for severe gun control measures that infringe on self-defense rights. She asserts that the organization supports responsible gun ownership through common-sense regulations such as background checks, safe storage practices, and red flag laws. Koloski, a licensed gun owner herself, emphasizes the importance of gun safety training, recounting her own experience with lessons at a local shooting range. She argues that promoting safe practices decreases accidental shootings, particularly among children, and supports the notion that those apprehensive about background checks may not be fit to own…

The U.S. Department of Justice unveils proposed regulations aimed at curbing the rise of homemade ‘ghost guns,’ which are firearms that lack serial numbers and are difficult for law enforcement to trace. This initiative comes as part of a broader effort to mitigate gun violence and close existing loopholes that have facilitated the rapid spread of these unregulated weapons. Recent reports indicate that ghost guns have surged in popularity, with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives noting that their use in crimes has sharply increased. By implementing stricter regulations, the DOJ aims to rein in this trend and…