The Chiappa Rhino has been in production for 16 years now, introduced to the American market at the 2010 SHOT Show. The Italian-designed-and-manufactured revolver was groundbreaking then and remains unique today; it’s the only current revolver with the barrel mounted at the bottom of the frame, firing from the chamber at the 6-o’clock position of the cylinder. Initially offered only as a 2-inch-barreled .357 Mag., barrel-length options now include 3, 4, 5 and 6 inches. Chamberings have also expanded to include 9 mm, .40 S&W and a dedicated PPC-style gun in .38 Spl., resulting in the Rhino now being available…

On his birthday in 1971, Wisconsin game warden Neil LaFave went out to post “No Hunting” signs.The next morning, searchers found his body buried in a shallow grave. The brutality stunned investigators: multiple gunshots, and a horrifying attempt to conceal the crime.Suspicion quickly centered on a young poacher with a history of conflict with LaFave. But proving it would take something new: one of the first wiretaps ever used in a Wisconsin murder case.What followed was a breakthrough that changed the investigation, and revealed just how far someone was willing to go to avoid getting caught.Got a tip about this…

Even in a marketplace filled with semi-automatic designs of every imaginable flavor, the tried-and-true bolt-action still holds a secure place among today’s firearm enthusiasts. From cutting-edge precision rifles designed for competition or hunting to traditionally styled, wood-stocked rifles that emulate designs from yesteryear, 2026 saw the introduction of an incredible array of bolt-action rifles. Barrett | MRAD CovertThis compact, highly mobile iteration of the famed MRAD sports a folding stock and quick disassembly to enable the rifle to pack into a bag or backpack for rapid transport. Also chambered in .308 Win., it promises five-shot, sub-.85-MOA accuracy and is fully…

This time of year might not seem relevant for deer hunting, but if you want to find consistent success like some of the best big buck hunters, you might want to change your offseason approach.But don’t just take it from me. I spoke with MeatEater’s Mark Kenyon, who knows a thing or two about chasing mature bucks. Mark has also interviewed the best deer hunters across the country, so he’s a bit of an encyclopedia when it comes to whitetail knowledge. Whether you hunt private or public lands, here are a few things he and the other experts do in…

If the gun-control Left is to be believed, then the murder rate in the U.S. should be going up, up, up; after all, gun sales and ownership rates have been rising for the last few decades and the anti-gun groups claim that gun ownership is the cause of violent crime. This, of course, is nonsense. No metric shows that more guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens increases crime. But, as crime is a complex topic, for answers we reached out to John Lott for this episode of The Armed Citizen Podcast. Lott, of course, is the author of the…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Where the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains, the Colorado Plateau, and the southwestern deserts converged to create New Mexico. There is more ecological variety than in any interior Western state. 00:00:15 Speaker 2: I’m Dan Flores, and this is the American. 00:00:18 Speaker 1: West, understanding nature in a southwestern state. In the first fifteen years of the two thousands, I spent part of my time in Montana, part in New Mexico. That experience drove home a fact of modern Western life I’d never considered, namely, how little inhabitants of any part of the West often know…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the news show. On this week, we talked to a former smoke jumper who wants your vote. Spencer Catches, I mean reports on a forty four thousand dollars Iowa walleye. Some weird old people are being weird about swans and other waterfowl in North Carolina. We’ve got a few grizzly tags here in Montana going down, including a fatality. Spear fishermen are coming for your walllwyse in Michigan and I’m joining them. And Doctor Randall reports on public lands transfers in Alaska, plus a whole lot more. Welcome, But first is always our news. 00:00:39…

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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 wire to Hunt Foundations podcast, which is brought to you by first Light. I’m your host, Tony Peterson, and today’s episode is all about the not so secret cheat code to life. It also happens to help us become much better hunters, which is curiosity.…

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