In this article, I’ll explain why some subterfuge can be a good thing and some implications for present-day news reporting. Many of my friends and acquaintances are terrible liars. I don’t mean to imply that my friends tell a lot of lies. However, they often tell the same lie consistently, and quite frankly it is not a very good lie. So, they are just not very good at telling that one lie. A couple of reasons why I am lied to so often is because I live in a community with many military retirees and I worked for nearly 30…

On April 9, 1388, the Battle of Näfels was a major victory for the Swiss Confederation in the first century of its struggle for self-determination against the Habsburg overlordship of the Duchy of Austria. (The public domain photo of Näfels, Canton Glarus, Switzerland, was taken by Marco Zanoli.) Note that in January 2011, Näfels became part of the municipality of Glarus Nord. — April 9, 1869: Hudson’s Bay Company ceded its territory to Canada. — And on April 9, 1959 NASA named the first seven astronauts for Project Mercury. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round…

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Remington Ammunition announced that it is once again producing the versatile, user-friendly .22 Short. The .22 Short was the first American-made metallic cartridge. The Smith & Wesson Model 1, released in 1858, was the first defensive revolver chambered for it. The updated .22 Short line includes both a 27-grain hollowpoint and a 29-grain roundnose offering, tailored for plinking, pest control and training new shooters. The .22 Short has the same rim, case body and bullet diameter of the .22 Long, .22 Extra Long and .22 LR, so nearly any .22-chambered firearm can shoot it (though semi-automatics may not cycle as…

Given time, nearly every piece of technology eventually shrinks in size. We’ve seen this across dozens of shooting-product genres, with optics being no exception. As long guns become more condensed and peripheral gear becomes more prevalent, these compact riflescopes are a welcome addition to the landscape. One of the latest is EOTech’s Vudu 3-9×32 mm SFP, a variable-power scope so small, it rivals many fixed-power prismatic optics in compactness. The package is built with perhaps the archetypal hunting magnification range of 3-9X. Its 32 mm objective lens widens the field-of-view compared with most low-power variable optics (LPVO), and, at roughly…

During the inter-war years in Germany, domestic makers produced many well-regarded handgun designs, but one of the least-known is the Model 38H from Sauer & Son. Watch our “American Rifleman Television” I Have This Old Gun segment above to hear the details of this groundbreaking semi-automatic design, which was used extensively during World War II and came home in the duffel bag of many American GIs. “When most people think about World War II German double-actions, they think of either the the PPs or the PPKs or the Mauser HSc, but there was another one that was every bit as…

If you ever hunt overseas, you will undoubtedly encounter DIY shooting sticks. In places where there are few trees or rocks to brace a rifle on, like parts of Africa, a tripod shooting stick is standard issue. Simple, cheap, and effective, shooting sticks allow a foot-bound hunter to brace themselves for a shot just about anywhere. And while these tools have been eclipsed by more modern tripods in the U.S., I’d argue they are more versatile and easier to pack around.With practice, a rifle shooter can quickly pick off targets around 300 yards away with a set of sticks. When…

00:00:07 Speaker 1: This medi podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your host, Spencer Newhart and today we’re joined by Jannis, Randall, Brody, Nate Roman and Anthony. This is a ten round quiz show with questions from meat Eater’s for verticals which are hunting, fishing, conservation and cooking. There is a prize. Med Eater will donate five hundred dollars to the conservation organization of the winners choosing now for three stats of the week. This year, we reviewed player performance by category for twenty twenty five. As reminder,…

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00:00:02 Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, welcome to the Foundation’s podcast. I’m your host Tony Peterson, and today’s episode is all about how good dogs are for us, which might seem simple, but trust me, they might just be the best medicine out there. A lot of this podcast and a lot of the dog content out there, is about how we can get the best behavior out of our dogs. But the truth is that dogs are real good for us too, No dull, right, Well, did you know that? There’s a hell of a lot of science to back…