The deer was small in the 4X Redfield. But the October air was still, and I trusted the .300 tugging the sling taut. Crosswire quivering a half-body-depth over the buck’s withers, I pressed the trigger. Recoil jarred the image. It cleared to show the buck wilt. A faint “thwuck”

World War II is the most analyzed conflict in modern times. Despite all the excellent works available, pop culture has in some cases surpassed the historical records and have become established as fact in movies, TV and YouTube. Read more:

Back in 1977, the world was introduced to the Death Star, an armored spacefaring battle station with the capacity to destroy entire planets with a single blast. It was the embodiment of overwhelming power projection in the Star Wars universe. The Death Star simply had a presence.

When Springfield Armory released the Echelon 4.0C, I was an early adopter. The original Echelon 4.5F had impressed me, and I was wanting a more compact version with all the same features. The 4.0C was all of that and more. Read more:

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Being a business major in college eventually paid off. After countless hours of work with Excel spreadsheets, I was actually able to determine that I could afford to shoot competitively or hunt, but not both. The money just wasn’t there. The United States Practical Shooting

The last year of the Third Reich produced some of the most advanced weapon concepts of the war. At the same time, those final desperate months of the “Thousand Year Reich” also yielded some of the crudest designs ever produced for modern warfare. Check it out:

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The Springfield 1911 Operator AOS Threaded is a no-nonsense tactical tool with a clear mission to deliver straight-forward, consistent, and repeatable performance at every level. Read more:

It could be argued that the late General Omar Nelson Bradley deserved more than to have the M2 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) bear his name. Though it performed well in the 1991 Gulf War, where it was even credited with destroying more Iraqi tanks than the M1 Abrams main battle

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When the warm summer weather hits, do you find yourself adjusting how you carry for self-defense? In the winter when coats and hoodies are commonplace, it’s easy to conceal a pistol in most situations. Then the golden ball in the sky forces us to shed those jackets in favor of

When I held it for the first time, I immediately understood that the Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro was created with real-world defense needs in mind. The Hellcat Pro unites the benefits of concealed carry with full-size pistol performance by having a thin design, yet still

We often hear on the gun-related Internet something like, “Don’t take defensive shooting training! It will make you look in court like a psycho obsessed with killing people!”. Read more: .

You would think something like using cover would be easy, and self-explanatory. Just get behind it and avoid getting shot — simple, right? Well, yes, but let’s look at the process of using cover and talk about how to use cover to its maximum potential. Read more:

In September 2024 when I was covering the United States Practical Shooting Association National Collegiate Championships that were held at the Hillsdale College John A. Halter Shooting Center for the very first time, I learned from the Hillsdale Action Pistol Head Coach Adam

The latest Springfield Armory SAINT Victor 9mm pistol is a big-boned AR handgun with a 8.5” barrel, compared to its earlier-released sibling with an ultra-short 5.5” tube. While that example is about as compact as you could reasonably make a pistol configured like this, this new

Despite the 9mm Luger cartridge being currently much more popular than the .45 ACP, the debate as to which is the best self-defense round continues. It is pretty much conceded that the 9mm pistol can hold more rounds in the same-size package, and it’s undeniable that in

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