The Henderson Police Department in Nevada (HPD) officially adopted the full-size Springfield Armory Echelon 4.5F and compact 4.0C 9 mm Luger-chambered pistols for its nearly 400 officers in late December. The news came only days before the St. Louis County police department (SLC) in Missouri selected the Echelon 4.5F for its uniformed officers. HPD’s comprehensive review of its weapons platforms revealed numerous deficiencies in issued sidearms, including an inability to provide an ideal fit for the wide variety of officer hand sizes. It was then decided to identify a new platform that adhered to the following design requirements: striker-fired, modular…

When Remington Arms Company aimed to produce an inexpensive, mass-market rifle chambered for the .22 Long Rifle cartridge, the company’s designers departed from traditional manufacturing materials. The resulting Remington Nylon 66 emerged as an incredibly innovative, durable design that went on to be produced in great numbers. Watch our “American Rifleman Television” I Have This Old Gun segment above to see the details of this unique design. “In the mid 1950s. The Remington Arms company realized they needed a competitive semi-automatic .22, and they wanted this gun to be as inexpensive as possible to manufacture,and so the way that they…

Ahead of SHOT Show 2026, Nighthawk Custom announced it would be releasing three new handguns, all built with the company’s “One Gun, One Gunsmith” approach. Each pistol is designed to fulfill a different role, ranging from the practical to the nostalgic, and because of the company’s custom approach, each pistol can have a number of custom options and upgrades applied during the build process. Alpha HawkThe Alpha Hawk is a purpose-built, compensated, compact carry 1911, engineered from the ground up to deliver reduced recoil and flatter shooting performance in a concealed-carry format. A Commander-length, chunk-ported barrel provides integrated compensation without…

On December 16, Brian Nesvik, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), posted an order to all internal department staff to perform a “comprehensive review” of the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) and National Fish Hatchery System (NFHS). The intent of this review is to identify “refuges or hatcheries established for a purpose that no longer aligns with the mission.” It also requests seeking “opportunities to achieve efficiencies in the areas of governance, oversight, and span of control,” among other factors.While many see this review as a first step in liquidating public lands, others approve of it. Congressional…

00:00:02 Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, Welcome to The Houndation’s podcast. I’m your host, Tony Peterson, and this episode is all about understanding how good our dogs noses really are and how they use them, and how we can make sure that once we understand that, we can be better trainers and just better dog owners. If you talk to I don’t know literally any dog owner anywhere, or at least bird dog owner, you’ll probably hear them talk about their dogs having a really good nose. I used to think that was a thing, like, you know, some dogs have…

00:00:05 Speaker 1: Ty Evans is one of the country’s top mule trainers and clinicians, and his journey with this misunderstood animal, the mule, has changed his life and through working with him, he’s learned what true leadership is. Yeah, through training a mule. I think we’re all going to learn something on this one. And hey, it’s twenty twenty six. I’m ready to be something different, to look at life in a new way, and to become the person I’ve always known I should be. I think you’re going to be surprised by this episode, and I really doubt…

00:00:07 Speaker 1: This podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your host, Spencer new Arthan. Today we’re joined by Jannis Brody, Randall, Corey Nate, and Logan Williamson. Logan, when you’re in town, that means there’s something happening with First Light? What is happening with First Light? 00:00:26 Speaker 3: We are just trying to get ready for the new year, specifically getting prep for Nashville and WTF. I believe a couple of you folks will be joining us down there, but be our second year down there at…

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(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) In a previous article I had described a possible need for having some form of radio communications receiver in a TEOTWAWKI situation. It is just good policy to have something you can hide, run on very low voltage, and in the case of this radio, a battery that you can recharge using a solar panel to generate a charge into a battery bank. This radio is an AM receiver set only. However, the chip set can work at much higher shortwave (SW) frequencies and I am researching the possibility of using it…

On January 14, 1799. American inventor Eli Whitney received a government contract for 10,000 muskets. While his competitors largely produced guns with hand-fitted parts, Whitney became famous as an innovator with his designs that featured interchangeable parts. — And on January 14, 1873: “Celluloid” was registered as a trademark by its inventor John Wesley Hyatt. — I just heard that cartoonist Scott Adams passed away. Rest in Peace. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three-Day Course Certificate.…