August Firearm Checks Top 1.1 Million as NFA Checks Triple
Adjusted firearm-related NICS checks reached 1.115 million in August 2026, up 2.2% from last year, while NFA checks more than tripled.
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EDC’ing the Master Class 10-8 Performance 1911
Editor’s Note: Springfield Armory provided the Master Class 10-8 Performance 1911 pistol used by the author in this review. The opinions and evaluations expressed here are the author’s own. I must admit something: I’m a Fudd at heart. I love carrying a full-size 1911 .45 ACP in a leathe...
Minnesota Angler Tops His Own Bowfin Record
Ben Erb of Bemidji, Minnesota, already held his state’s catch-and-release record for bowfin. On July 3, he beat it with a fish caught just a half inch longer than the one he landed the summer before. A Backwater He Knew Well Erb, a 31-year-old graduate fisheries biologist researcher at Bemi...
M1A for Hog Hunting
Feral hogs are a year-round problem across much of the U.S. where they tear up pastures, destroy crops and multiplying faster than most landowners can keep up with. When I had my own land to protect, I needed a rifle that could handle them at close range in thick cover, day or night. I settled Re...
Sd.Kfz. 2 Kettenkrad: Germany’s Halftrack Motorcycle
The argument can be made that the Germans make the world’s best engineers. By way of evidence I would submit the StG44 assault rifle, the Me 262 jet fighter, and the Panther tank. While, in each case, the exigencies of around-the-clock bombing certainly took a toll on these revolutionary weapon...
Fudd Friday: Some Thoughts On Suppressed Hunting Options
We’re still waiting to see how all the fallout lands after the Supreme Court ended the National Firearms Act’s registration and approval requirements for short-barreled rifles and suppressors. However, some hunters are going to be very keen to take advantage of what appears to be a ma...
27 States Tell Supreme Court AR-15 Bans Violate the Second Amendment
Twenty-seven states are urging the Supreme Court to strike down Illinois’ and Connecticut’s AR-15 bans, arguing that commonly owned rifles cannot be prohibited under the Second Amendment.
TENET’s New Absurdly Light VESPER Suppressor
TENET has been making noise, pun intended, in the suppressor world since the Limited series dropped, and now the company is going after hunters specifically with something called the VESPER. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because TENET has spent the last few months quietly letting a prot...
Need More Power? Meet the Old Town Watercraft ePDL+ RetroFit Kit
Do you already have an Old Town PDL kayak and feel like you want some more power on the water? Well, Old Town Watercraft has the thing for you with the three new ePDL+ RetroFit Kits, compatible with specific models of Old Town PDL kayaks. Building upon the success and feedback from the first-of-i...
Backfire Turret Tags
I have always appreciated gear that solves a real problem without unnecessarily complicating things. In the world of long-range shooting and hunting, there is already enough information for shooters to manage between environmental conditions, ammunition selection, ballistic data, wind calls and r...