Since Ruger resurrected the Marlin brand in 2020, the company has brought back many classic Marlin lever guns, including the 1895, 336 and 1894. Marlin’s latest lever-action rifle, a collaboration with Mad Pigs Customs that is a far cry from traditional, delivers “modern, factory‑installed features previously found only on custom builds,” according to the company. Marlin’s new 1894 was designed in collaboration with lever-gun experts Mad Pig Customs. Mad Pig Customs, a lever-action specialty company whose tagline is “dragging lever guns into the modern age,” does just that with the Marlin 1894. Collaborating with Marlin on the design, starting with…

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00:00:07 Speaker 1: It’s 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 Arth, and today we’re joined by Randall Brody, Seth, Laura Reva, and Cade. This is a ten round quiz show with questions from meat eaters four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. There is a prize. Meat Eater will donate five hundred dollars to the conservation organization of the winner’s choosing. We’re starting today’s show with a mailbag question. You can send your mailbag questions to Trivia at the meadeater dot com…

00:00:03 Speaker 1: People still talk about it like it happened last week, and they talk about it in ways that are are deeply personal. So whether it’s somebody you know who maybe has ancestors who were part of the Union or ancestors who were part of the Confederacy, they don’t talk about it in terms of they went here, or they went there, or they did this or they did that. They say, we. 00:00:33 Speaker 2: In this series about the American Civil War will try to understand why it happened, who the players were, in their motivations,…

A lot of mundane people have workshops, and a lot of preparedness-minded people have workshops, but not all of those preppers have a workshop that is properly prepared for many of the scenarios that they are concerned about. Perhaps this is because they do not see the role a workshop plays in preparedness. What distinguishes the prepared workshop from others is that the owner has: Learned key skills Acquired apropos tools, and has, Stocked hardware on a “just in case” footing. This approach differs from the ordinary workshop that is inadequately prepared and hopefully will never going to be needed…

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On May  20, 1875 the International Bureau of Weights & Measures was formed by the signing of the Metre Convention treaty by 17 nations, in Paris. The prototypes of the meter and the kilogram were selected. — May 20, 1916: Codell, Kansas was hit by a tornado. (Quite oddly, it was hit again on the same day in 1917 and then again in 1918.) — May 20th is also the birthday of my lifelong friend Brad C.  I wish him a happy 65th birthday! – JWR — Today we are starting a big sale on all of our blackpowder rifles,…

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has proposed an amendment to statewide hunting regulations that would require all harvested mountain lions to be reported in Texas.Currently, mountain lions are classified as non-game animals in Texas alongside species such as coyotes, bobcats, bullfrogs, and rabbits. Under current TPWD regulations, there are no closed seasons or bag limits for non-game species, and hunters with a valid license may take them year round by lawful means on private property.State officials began taking a closer look at mountain lion management back in 2022, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission organized a stakeholder…

Setting a healthy column of gunpowder behind a .22-caliber bullet is nothing new in the world of cartridge design. The .220 Swift has been around for nearly 100 years, and the .22-250 Remington existed as a wildcat cartridge long before Big Green standardized it in 1965. Double-deuce bullets are cheap and widely available, so it makes sense to neck down a bigger case, load a .22 projectile, and let ‘er rip.But as you’ve no doubt heard by now, maximizing velocity is no longer the Holy Grail of hunting cartridges: enter the 22 ARC and the 22 Creedmoor. Neither can compete…

For years, short-barreled rifles (SBRs) were a niche item within the NFA, as many firearm enthusiasts avoided the onerous regulations imposed by the ATF on their ownership, which included the payment of a $200 tax stamp, special serialization and approval requirements to transport the guns across state lines. In 2026, though, the landscape of NFA guns has changed dramatically. In January 2026, the price of an NFA tax stamp on SBRs dropped to $0, and in April 2026, the ATF announced a series of reforms, including the removal of the “maker’s mark” requirement for Form 1 SBRs, as well as…