On today's episode of TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, I'm happy to welcome Earle Pope, founder and owner of Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing, a brand-new company out of Brevard, North Carolina, that made quite a splash at GunCon 2026. Chestnut Mountain caught a lot of attention at the...
Welcome back, folks! We have reached the end of the road on the Colt 1862 Police. Part I covered the history and Samuel Colt’s final years, Part II tackled variations and how to sort the Police from its near-twin the Pocket Navy, and Part III laid out specifications, dating, and the afterma...
A few years back when I was living in Alabama, I was scrolling through Expert Voice and stumbled across the Eberlestock Apprentice. The retail price on this bag was normaly $100, but it was on sale for under $50 so I pulled the trigger and figured that if I didn’t like the bag, it was only...
I like to actually use my guns, and I typically don’t try to “baby” them. While most of the time I don’t go out of my way to outright mistreat them, they’re tools after all; I am far from the type to have any safe queens, let alone firearms that don’t get rotat...
Benchmade knives are known for being among the best folding knives available, but their prices can put people off. The Redoubt is where Benchmade may be trying to solve this problem. It’s a more affordable, yet still very good, knife in the Benchmade range, and gives you excellent performance w...
There was a time when "Made in the USA" meant elegantly-styled field guns. These are our former shooting editor's top picks The post The Classic American Shotguns You Should Definitely Recognize appeared first on Outdoor Life.
The ideal plan in a crisis or disaster is to be able to shelter in place at home. That’s where most of your stuff is located, and it’s where you’ll likely be the most comfortable. However, there are situations where evacuation, or bugging out as we call in the prepper world, is going to be ...
As a tall guy, finding clothes that can look good, be comfortable, fit right, and be worn for a multitude of occasions is damn near impossible. In fact, sometimes an article of clothing that can do any of those two is hard. Recently, 5.11 Tactical was kind enough to send me one of their new [R...
A lot of people think PRS and other competitions aren’t relevant for hunting, but participating will be one of the most beneficial things you ever do The post What Hunters Get Wrong About PRS appeared first on Outdoor Life.
In a market dominated by striker-fired pistols, you are always hearing about Glock, Smith & Wesson, but rarely Beretta. At times it feels like the Beretta APX series doesn’t get the same limelight as other pistols in the same category, and I can't figure out why. When many American...