It isn’t true, as Colonel Townsend Whelen famously wrote, that “only accurate rifles are interesting.” However, a rifle that can shoot a dime at 100 yards is always more interesting than one that can’t, which is why I’m excited to tell you more about the new Heatseeker rifle from Springfield Armory.The Illinois gunmaker has been quickly expanding the Model 2020 line over the last few years, and the latest iteration hit the shelves in the latter half of 2025. The Heatseeker uses the popular Model 2020 action but marries it to a Sharps Bros. Heatseeker Chassis. The combination promises the…

Ruger quietly relocated its corporate headquarters from Southport, Conn., to Mayodan, N.C., in January 2026. The company maintains some operations in Connecticut, but the change increases management personnel at the firm’s largest production facility. “Our largest footprint, employee base and production capacity is in Mayodan,” Rob Werkmeister, a Ruger spokesperson wrote in a statement to Connecticut Insider magazine. “Additionally, we were using less than 20% of the total footprint of the Southport facility over recent years.”  None of the roughly 20 employees based in the state lost their jobs or were forced to relocate due to the move. Some of…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the News show, ladies and gentlemen. This week, we’ve got the State of Georgia playing hardball with some big ass lizards that they don’t want run a wild. The Interior Department opens up a metric shit ton of hunting and fishing opportunities around the country, But what exactly is an opportunity. Colorado outdoorsman might have a chance to take the offensive against anti hunting efforts in the Johnny Denver State. A Minnesota guide keeps beating his own lake trout records, and what’s up with that? But first I’ll tell you it’s versus Bill Tong. You…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Despite its role as the central region of the frontier story in the West, the Great Planes in the twenty first century is requiring novel conservation approaches to recapture its former magic. I’m Dan Flores, and this is the American West, loving the planes, hating the planes, rewilding the planes. 00:00:44 Speaker 2: I know almost nothing useful about W. H. 00:00:48 Speaker 1: Auden, the twentieth century British writer critic, except that he once wrote these lines, which I committed to memory. I cannot see a plane without a shutter. Oh God, please, please don’t ever…

The 4 Patriots 72-Hour Survival Food Kit is misnamed. In terms of caloric requirements and nutritional value, it does not quite qualify as a 48-hour food kit. In terms of packaging, it would be best suited as a 24-hour food kit. The food is packaged conveniently for things like camping trips. But it is important to realize that the number of servings listed on each package is hopelessly optimistic. Double each serving size, and it will be just about right. Also make sure to take other foods to supplement the packaged courses. At the time of this writing, the kit…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host Tony Peterson. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Hey everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation’s podcast, which is brought to you by first Light. I’m your host, Tony Peterson. In today’s episode is all about all of those bucks out there that are just starting to grow their new sets of antlers and how amazing that…

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(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) Considerations for Projectile Selection There are many different bullets and powders to choose from.  Given the very long throats of their chambers, we are mostly limited to heavier and flat based bullets.   Choosing the best projectiles for the antique Mausers will help us get the best all around results, quickly. For the purposes of hunting, I would like it to shoot no larger groups than 2 MOA with iron sights and that would limit my shoots to 250 yards if I had 20-20 or better vision and had the rifle on…

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On June 9, 1628: The first deportation from what is now the United States: Thomas Morton was deported from Massachusetts. For the local Puritans, Morton’s behavior was just too much. He was a drunken womanizer who constructed a May Pole, organized orgies, and sold guns to Indians. — And on June 9, 1772: The first naval attack of Revolutionary War took place in Providence, Rhode Island. — A reminder: SurvivalBlog is now a weekly web blog, delivered Fresh Every Tuesday. — Today’s feature article is the conclusion of a guest piece by long-time SurvivalBlog reader “Tunnel Rabbit”, who makes his…