Armed Citizen® Today Three men in Tucson, Ariz., allegedly tried to rob a fourth man at gunpoint on the evening of April 20. The intended victim, however, drew his own gun and fired, striking two of the three alleged assailants and causing the third to flee. One of the suspects died of his wounds; the second suspect’s injuries were non-life-threatening; the third suspect remained at large at the time of reporting. (kold.com, Tucson, Ariz., 4/21/26)   From the Armed Citizen® Archives – October 1991 Describing her attacker as a man who had once been “one of the family,” Juliette Blackmon, 81, of…

Making the Brine To prepare this recipe, you need a kitchen scale. Digital kitchen scales are cheap and well worth it to make a fantastic ham (especially when you figure all the time and effort you put into harvesting the meat).Curing Time The beauty of the equilibrium cure is that it’s almost impossible to mess this up assuming you did the math right above. The curing time is a function of the meat thickness, as it will take longer for the salt to penetrate a thick cut than a thin one.Too short curing time? You’ll end up with smoked meat,…

Browning’s Citori 825 Field is best described as a luxurious workhorse, sort of like a pick-up truck with leather seats and Bluetooth windshield wipers. Of the “8XX” series, it is designed for hunting or intensive clay shooting and is a well-rounded rendition. At its core is a redesigned receiver that starts out as a forging before the breechface is cut with a broach, and the rest is finished with precise CNC machining. If you’re up on your Citoris, you’ll notice that this receiver is cut to a noticeably lower profile than the preceding series. This brings the bore axis closer…

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The AR-15/M16 vs. AK-47 debate is often framed in a Cold War West vs. East. The reality is that AR-15-type firearms are now made around the world, while plenty of AKs are made in the U.S. An example of the latter is the Stenzel American Kalashnikov – 2021 or SAK-21. More than an American-made AK, Stenzel Industries calls the SAK-21 “a modular, purpose-built firearm, developed to meet the demands of special operations forces and professional shooters.”  The SAK-21 is an American-made updated version of the Kalashnikov that includes such features as a free-floating barrel, tunable short-stroke gas operating system, and…

00:00:02 Speaker 1: Welcome to Backwoods University, a place where we focus on wildlife, wild places and the people who dedicate their lives to conserving both dig shout out to onex Hunt for their support of this podcast. I’m your host, Lake Pickle, And on today’s episode, we’re gonna hear from a turkey hunter who’s been around since some of the original turkey conservation works started. We’re gonna go on a turkey hunt, and then we’re gonna sit down in the magical spring Woods with one of the individuals who championed the new Mississippi Turkey stamp. This episode has action…

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00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Cow’s Week in Review with Ryan cow Calahan. Here’s cal longtime listeners know that I am no fan of wild pigs. They destroy habitat, out compete native species, spread like wildfire raid nests. The list goes on. So I was interested in a video that went viral last week of a humanoid robot chasing a pack of pigs through a parking lot in Poland. The sleek white robot jogs along after the pigs, who scurry through the parking lot, crossover grass lane dividers, and finally disappear…

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Spartan Blades makes some really nice knives. Unfortunately, most of them are a little pricey for plebeians like me. But beginning in 2019, Spartan Blades was purchased by KA-BAR and expanded their product line to include the more affordable Field Grade models. Spartan Elite and Pro models are manufactured in the USA, but their Field Grade line is made in Taiwan. The intent is “to provide a dependable knife or tool for anyone regardless of budget.” The Talos Folding Knife is a good example of the Field Grade line. It has a 3.12 inch long, 0.12 inch thick, straight back…