The term “personal defense weapon” (PDW) means the same thing in both civilian and military circles. It is a firearm that is compact and easy to carry, yet has more capability than a standard handgun. In civilian circles, the PDW moniker is often applied to “large-format pistols,” as many are legally classified as handguns while offering owners the opportunity to upgrade the platform to an NFA-regulated short-barreled rifle with the appropriate paperwork and the addition of a stock. Taurus now is joining the growing PDW/large-format pistol market with the RPC.   The Taurus RPC is a large-format, roller-delayed blowback semi-automatic…

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, and today’s topic is the relentless march of time and what it means to us as deer hunters. Look, this is a topic that’s been on my…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the news show. On today’s show, we’re covering the ins and outs of buck Fest, which is the National Big Buck Hunter Championship. We’re gonna talk about how South Dakota is going all in on suppressors at sea, like the place where you buy stuff is the devil Incarnate. Pennsylvania tweaks their catfish regulations in an interesting way. Spencer Newhart reports on bigfoots as though there’s anything to say other than that’s dumb. But first and more, But first, Randall on Buckfest. 00:00:41 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, last fall, as radio Live listeners might know,…

(Continued from Part 2.) Give Up the Fantasy A daughter may need to move, bend, compromise, and pivot. Those are all signs of maturity and embracing reality. A successful farmer looks at changing conditions across soil health, larger economic forces, and continues to refine their decisions onwhat crops are planted, and when. Young women and their families need to give up on fantasies and embrace reality. Fantasies are very dangerous delusions that often leading to negative long term consequences. When preppers think their food supply is adequate, but it would not feed a 19th Century waif for a fortnight, it…

On April 14, 1849, Hungary declared itself independent of Austria, with Lajos (Louis) Kossuth as its leader. — On this day in 1865, just after the effective end of the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a production at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and died the next morning. — April 14, 1881: The famed Four Dead in Five Seconds gunfight in El Paso, Texas. — Today’s feature article is a guest post from a long-time SurvivalBlog reader. Because it is partly self-promotional, it is not part of the writing contest…

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Armed Citizen® Today A man attempted to rob another man in Rocky Mount, N.C., early in the morning on April 7, but the intended victim was able to draw his firearm and fend off the attacker. Police stopped a vehicle spotted leaving the area after the attack and arrested two men—one of whom was suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound—in the vehicle. The two are facing one felony charge each of conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon and one felony count each of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. (cbs17.com, Raleigh, N.C., 4/8/26) From the Armed Citizen® Archives…

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Aaron Voigt is a gun designer who began making waves in the shooting-sports marketplace in 2017 with the release of the cellphone-size series of Trailblazer Lifecard folding single-shot rimfire pistols. Later, in 2024, Trailblazer would take home a coveted Golden Bullseye Award for his uncommon and innovative Pivot pistol-caliber carbine. By 2025, his latest manufacturing venture, Dark Mountain Arms, was in full swing producing yet another proprietary platform called the Stowaway, which is available in several chamberings, including the 5.7×28 mm version I tested. The Stowaway is a single-shot, takedown, bolt-action carbine designed to be as lightweight as possible while…