00:00:11 Speaker 1: Welcome back to another episode of Cutting the Distance. Today, we are at Loophold did a little factory tour. We’re here with Bruce the CEO of Loophold, Tim Lester, the VP of product in Marketing, my good buddy Dirk Durham, and we’re gonna talk about some new product launches, what’s in the future for Loophold, kind of what your guys’ focus is, and some stuff for everybody to get excited about to hit the market. So, yeah, I got to hunt with Bruce this year, a little trip to Utah. Good buddy, Luke Combs and Bruce and…

Blaser’s take on the straight-pull, bolt-action rifle showcases a new, ergonomically optimized vertical pistol grip for increased comfort and improved control when shooting. The R8 Professional 2.0’s ambidextrous palm swell is designed to fit both right- and left-handed shooters. Additional enhancements include new, molded-polymer grip inserts manufactured using 2K technology, which have an improved surface texture for better grip in all environmental conditions. The Diamond-Like Carbon A+ (DLC A+) coating of the barrel surface provides excellent protection against corrosion and scratches. Now standard is a height-adjustable comb which assists in achieving exact alignment in the proper shooting position at the…

While some of Heckler & Koch’s earliest handgun designs, like the VP70 and P7, were striker-fired, many of the company’s most popular modern pistols were hammer-fired, like the USP and P30. In 2014, the company introduced its updated, striker-fired, polymer-framed handgun, the VP9. New for 2026, H&K is expanding its VP9 line-up with the VP9A1 X and VP9A1 Tactical models.  The VP9A1 X is a “crossover” model that combines a compact slide/barrel length with a full-size grip frame. All new models are based on the VP9A1 variant that H&K released last year, with updated features including improved ergonomics and trigger pull,…

It all had to start somewhere, and for handheld firearms in Europe, Genesis is what we call the “handgonne” or hand cannon, a simple metal tube lashed to a wooden tiller. Watch our “American Rifleman Television” I Have This Old Gun segment above to see the hand cannon in action and hear how this developed as one of the most important steps in firearm evolution.  ”There was development in China, but really, we focus on the European-made hand cannons, and the first time they really can be documented is about 1326 to about 1332,” NRA Media Editorial Director Mark Keefe…

00:00:08 Speaker 1: Podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your host, Spencer new Art and today we’re joined by Steve Giannis, Randall, Brodie Seth and Cory. This is episode one of the fourth annual Meet Eater Trivia Championship. The competition will span three episodes. Whoever has the most points after thirty questions will be declared the newest Meat Eater Trivia Champion. 00:00:34 Speaker 3: But first, before my. 00:00:35 Speaker 4: Own question, Okay, when Phil had that little tissy, listeners won’t be able. 00:00:40 Speaker 2: To…

00:00:02 Speaker 1: We still cut trees down by hand. We still handcut. It’s still work. 00:00:06 Speaker 2: But I mean what we do now it ain’t nothing like what it used to be. 00:00:13 Speaker 3: If you think about the industries that made America, it would be hard to argue that the login industry wasn’t among the most influential in making this country. Wood built this place. This episode is a fresh look at some modern loggers friends of mine, as a matter of fact, good friends. This is a story about the inherent danger in the…

00:00:02 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, Welcome to The Houndation’s podcast. I’m your host, Tony Peterson, and today’s episode is all about training during the off season and the tools we can all use to encourage better progress with our dogs, no matter how old they are. It’s pretty easy to let a good dog loaf around in the winter after a long hunting season, but a better approach is to just keep training while bird contacts and real world hunting experience can round a dog out in a way that no training ever will. There’s no denying that the time…

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In late 1929, when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began, the population of the United States was around 121.7 million people. All through the Great Depression, it was unheard of to leave roadkill on the side of the road left to rot. With high unemployment,  the hunting pressure was heavy. Small game, like rabbits and squirrels, nearly went extinct in large parts of the United States from being over-hunted, to feed desperate families. Today, in 2026, the estimated population of the US is 348.3 million. If animals were being hunted to near extinction when the population was…

On February 11th, 1812, Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a redistricting bill. This was the origin of the word “Gerrymander”. — February 11, 2016: Confirmation of gravitational wave theory (through the observed collision of two black holes) announced by physicists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 123 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 any of their one, two, or three-day course (a $1,095 value), American Gunsmithing Institute (AGI) is…