This is the first of two articles on the haunting disappearance of two Wisconsin hunting/fishing buddies who vanished in February 1961.Ronald Wick, 19, and Carl Stolz, 21, vanished for over 45 years after they went joyriding across a frozen Wisconsin lake around 3 a.m. on Feb. 21, 1961.The baffling fate of the two hunting, fishing, and trapping buddies sparked decades of rumors, theories, and heartache for the men’s families and friends. A Capital Times newspaper article two years later in March 1963 described the search for Wick and Stolz as one of the most intensive efforts in the history of…

In 2017, Mossberg announced the release of its unique 590 Shockwave, a shortened, shotshell-firing “firearm,” per ATF, that did not require regulation under the National Firearms Act. The Shockwave was shorter than traditional shotguns and did not use a shoulder stock, but it still maintained the 590’s pump-action mechanism. In 2025, Mossberg added to the category with its 990 Aftershock, which uses a semi-automatic operating mechanism while still maintaining a compact form factor. Watch our “American Rifleman Television: Rifleman Review” segment above to see the details. “Again, it’s a firearm by ATF definition,” American Rifleman’s Brian Sheetz said. “It’s greater…

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00:00:00 Speaker 1: One hundred and fifty years ago, out on the prairie of the northern Great Plains, hunters sat on sagebrush covered hills, marveling seemingly endless herds of bison. For as long as Americans had known this land, these animals had existed in the tens of millions, and these hunters surely thought that this abundance would last just as long into the future. This wealth of wildlife was assumed to be infinite, here forever taken or granted. But it did end. By the late eighteen eighties, the Great American bison herd had plummeted from somewhere north of thirty million…

Orchid, a provider of FFL technology solutions, analyzed the ATF’s Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report for 2024 (the most recent data available) and compiled a list of the industry’s top 30 domestic firearms manufacturers. These 30 are estimated to collectively be responsible for 88 percent of the firearms made that year.Other interesting findings from Orchid’s analysis include:The top three manufacturers for total firearms were still Ruger, Smith & Wesson and SIG Sauer, but Smith & Wesson moved into second ahead of SIG. Ruger was first in total firearm production for the third year in a row.The top four pistol…

Within the suppressor market, one of the most popular segments, for good reason, is that of rimfire suppressors. Not only are rimfire guns popular and used for all manner of shooting sports, they also offer an inexpensive entry point into firearms, and the same holds true for rimfire suppressors. Generally speaking, rimfire suppressors tend to be less-expensive than their centerfire counterparts, providing an entry point in the world of suppressor use for many firearm enthusiasts. Below are five new rimfire suppressors on the market today. Angstadt Arms | Vanquish 22 for the Ruger Precision RimfireBringing baffle-free suppression technology to the…

Being a good angler means finding and catching fish in a variety of conditions. From high and murky to muddy and weedy to icy and freezing cold, we find pride in adapting and overcoming what the water throws at us. No matter how good of an angler you are, there’s nothing more challenging or frustrating than trying to catch a fish in clear, low water.Whether you’re targeting trout, panfish, bass, pike, muskie, or even catfish, when clear water gets low, every species out there becomes spookier than a rabbit in a vegetable garden. This doesn’t mean you can’t catch fish…

There’s accumulating guns—and then there’s collecting. The thing that distinguishes the latter from the former is that there’s generally a theme to a collection. It’s not that one’s better than the other, and there’s often a fair bit of overlap, but collectors generally have a running list in their head of desired acquisitions; the next “Grail gun” to add to the safe, if you will. This used to be more difficult in the olden times. However, along came the various web forums, whether brand-centric, themed around a certain type of shooting sport or hunting or specific to a state or…