Specialty baits deserve specialty storage, and Evolution Outdoor leaned into that at ICAST earlier this month with the Evolution Fishing Creature Keeper Case. It is purpose-built for Urchin-style baits, the kind that get crushed and tangled in a standard tackle tray, and it debuted at Booth #4020...
The G11 represents a peculiar Cold War tragedy: a rifle so technically advanced that it arrived exactly at the moment its creator could no longer afford it. Developed across two decades by a West German consortium and completed in 1990, this caseless-ammunition assault rifle was supposed to defin...
Last year, Huckberry sent me out a pair of their, at the time, new Proof Rover EDC Shorts. I make it a point to find gear that is as durable and well-organized as it is comfortable, given how much time I put in outdoors, be it for a hike, some work around the property or the […] The post A...
Roka built its name in triathlon and endurance sports, which is not exactly where you’d expect a firearms and outdoor writer to go looking for eyewear. But the company has quietly been building out a real tactical and protective catalog alongside its running and cycling lineup, and I’...
Amtac Blades owner Bill Rapier has trimmed down one of his most popular EDC fixed blades. The new Minuteman II Slim carries the same 4-inch full flat ground blade and MagnaCut steel as the standard-width Minuteman II, but the spine drops from 3/16 inch to 0.15 inch, and blade weight comes down fr...
Magazine couplers aren't new, but the geometry matters. HERA's CF Coupler in a three-way star configuration challenges the standard linear setup by arranging three ten-round magazines in a radial pattern around a central hub. The logic is immediate: faster transitions between mags. This...
I was recently able to pick up a handful of sleeves of this often overlooked 36-grain offering from Remington. Their 22 Viper 36-grain Copper Plated Truncated Cone load is primarily intended as a small game load, but according to Remington also serves you just as well on the target board. T...
Unfortunately, like many people today, I am tethered to my device more and more. This is not something that I’m proud of, but that’s just how things work in 2026 when you are running a personal business and responding to emails all day. I’m also using and aging iPhone 12, and a...