A nonverbal 5-year-old died after finding a gun during his mom’s Henrico beauty appointment. The gun’s owner is charged with improper storage. Read the original story: Nonverbal 5-Year-Old Fatally Shoots Himself With Henrico Man’s Gun During Mom’s Lash Appointment; Man Charged With Improp...
You may have a half a dozen backpacks, so why get another? The answer is simple. Odds are you don’t have one like the Werks Traveler 2.0 Deluxe Backpack. This hands-free carrier is the perfect crosstown or business meeting pack. It offers highly diverse interior storage space and surprisingly t...
The Scout LT2 Starter Kit is the simplest way to go from “I want to try this” to landing shots in the backyard. It’s built around the Scout LT2, SimpleShot’s most popular slingshot, and packed with everything that gets you shooting: ammo, bands, reactive targets, a carry bag, ...
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is K9 patrol equipment: the gear that keeps both the handler and the dog alive and working across a career, not a demo. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going ever...
A legally armed citizen fought back against an armed criminal at a Baltimore youth football game. The accused attacker had been released from prison just eight days earlier, and a new indictment reveals how the lawful gun owner defended himself as a 12-year-old girl was killed.
A little while back, Vortex Optics sent over their AMG UH-1 Gen II holographic sight, and it spent its time with me riding on a MAC IX and a Rossi R95 Triple Black lever action. Somewhere between those two guns, a question got stuck in my head. Holographic sights are built for larpers, close-quar...
A lot of hunters use the now almost retro AR-15 or AR-10 with an optic or light that depends on CR123 or AA batteries. The spares usually end up loose in a pack or a truck console. Magpul’s new DT-S Carbine Stock gives them a spot on the rifle. The stock has two parallel storage […] The p...
Editor’s Note: In this article, Dr. Will Dabbs evaluates the Speed-Tac AR Bolt Carrier in his Springfield Armory SAINT rifle. Designed for .223/5.56 and 300 BLK chambered AR-15 rifles, this bolt carrier is specially designed to improve the seating of a full magazine on a closed bolt. The bo...
Springfield Armory's $899 Echelon Pro Comp promises better control and faster follow-up shots. After 550 rounds and a side-by-side comparison with a standard Echelon, we found out what the upgrades actually deliver.
A long horseback trip into the Alberta backcountry started as a rodeo of half-broke horses and unfamiliar stock. Then it opened into grizzly, moose, and a mess of mountain goats for two couples who had driven a long way to get there. What follows is the story of how that trip went wrong at the [&...