As the introduction of the SIG M250 potentially opens a new chapter in the U.S. Army's squad automatic weapon story, or more accurately, the GPMG role, it is worth looking back at the excitement around the M249 when it was adopted. The U.S. Army type-classified the M249 on February 1, 1982, ...
Editor’s Note: This piece was crafting as a special retro-style “mini-magazine” within the Winter 2026 print issue of The Armory Life. We styled it to look as though it had been published back when the author was a young teenager poring over his collection of Springfield Armory catalogs. Yo...
The trees that feel best to sit in are rarely the ones that put a mature buck in front of you. Hunters gravitate toward straight, comfortable, easy-to-reach trees with open sightlines because those spots feel safe and pleasant. Deer, and especially older bucks, do not live where you feel most at ...
Pocket space is finite. Most EDC flashlights are tube-shaped, which means they roll around, print through fabric, and fight with your phone for the same real estate. NEBO built the SLIM MINI 500 flat instead, roughly the thickness of a smartphone, and put 500 lumens behind three LEDs. The body is...
Editor’s Note: In today’s article, Ramon Ramirez wades into the striker-fired vs. hammer-fired pistol debate. In the article, he uses two pistols to demonstrate the different systems: the Springfield Armory Echelon and the Springfield Armory 1911 DS Prodigy. Both guns were provided on loa...
I just got back from my morning weighted walk and figured it was time to do something I haven’t done in a few years: dump out my everyday carry bag and go through it piece by piece. Before the links start: some of them are affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying [R...
One top loading pack to rule them all, from EDC to light overnighters Devised in HPG’s retail store, the new Junction Grande Pack is a large, shoulder-only top loader that with the addition of a belt is will accommodate a multi-day load. Designed to be two packs in one, it compresses down p...
When I plucked the September-October issue of Smithsonian magazine out of my P.O. Box, the first article I turned to was “The Secret Life of Cormac McCarthy” by Richard Grant. As I skimmed it, a pull-quote leaped out at me: “He never left the house without a book. He never left the house wi...
Carrying a pistol with a weapon light attached is one of those things that sounds simple until you go shopping for a holster. Add a light to your carry gun, and your holster options collapse from hundreds down to a handful, or none in some cases, and half of those that do fit your gun only suppor...
As hunting seasons get underway, if you joined one of the new cartridge bandwagons like 7mm PRC or 300 PRC, you might be finding it difficult to locate ammo at your local gun shop. There is good news though that Federal is producing more offerings of PRC (Precision Rifle Cartridge) rounds everyda...