POTD: Gallager Saddle Ring Carbine – Cavalry’s Forgotten Breechloader

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Richardson & Overman Gallager breech-loading percussion saddle ring carbine from the early 1860s. Union cavalry was desperate for breechloading carbines during the Civil War. Loading a muzzleloader from horseback in a fight is a miserabl...

By Sam.S

Safariland HOLLE Solves the Duty Belt's Oldest Frustrations

Duty belts have changed very little in decades. Threading pouches on in the right order, fighting keepers that fall off mid-shift, and liner belts that lose their grip after months of hook-and-loop abuse. It's a long list of small frustrations that add up fast for the officers who wear them ...

By Eric B

How a Mercenary Movie Invented a New Type of Weapon

It is hard to overestimate just how much movies shape modern gun culture. Like many, I attribute my fascination with firearms to Hollywood movies. But I am only aware of one instance when a movie gun accidentally created a new type of armament.

By Vladimir Onokoy

The Attacker Fired First at a Daytona Beach Park. His Intended Victim Fired Last.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL. — A man is alive today because he was carrying a firearm when a stranger pulled a gun on him and the woman he was with at a city park. The Daytona Beach Police Department says the encounter happened in the early morning hours of May 31 at Derbyshire Park, near Mason […]...

By Luke McCoy

Back to Basics – Why Balsa Wood Crankbaits Are Worth the Price

If you have spent any time bass fishing in the South, you have almost certainly thrown a crankbait. Especially when there’s baitfish around. Crankbaits mimic the erratic movement of baitfish perfectly. Their diving and wobbling motion are hard to beat when it comes to action. But not all cr...

By Keith Lusher

History of the Trapdoor Rifle

My passion has been collecting and acquiring representative United States Service rifles. That includes items like the 1898 Krag-Jorgensen, 1903 Springfield (and its variants), the M1 Garand and the M1 Carbine. However, one of my favorites in that collection is the Spring...

By Cory Ross

Huk Brings New Grip-X Traction to Its First Flip Flop

Huk just launched its first flip flop line, called the Rogue Island, and it is built around the same Grip-X outsole technology that powers their Rogue Wave deck boots, a shoe that has sold to over one million anglers. The idea is straightforward: take traction that already works on slick boat dec...

By Keith Lusher
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