SIG Sauer XRAY9-CUAS Computes The Lead On Incoming Drones

Hitting a drone with gunfire is hard for an unglamorous reason: by the time the bullet arrives, the drone has moved. SIG Sauer's answer is the XRAY9-CUAS, a counter-unmanned aircraft systems electro-optic unveiled at AUSA, and the idea behind it is to let a soldier point and shoot while the ...

By Eric B •

WOOX Brings Italian Walnut & Micarta to the 1911

There is something faintly amusing about an Italian company making grips for the pistol that the U.S. military replaced with an Italian pistol, yet here we are. WOOX  has added 1911 grip panels to a catalogue that until now has been rifle stocks, axes and knives. They are handcrafted in Ital...

By Eric B •

6 Motion Decoy Tactics That Actually Finish Ducks

Motion in a decoy spread works because live birds are never still, and ducks are naturally wired to pick out certain kinds of movement. Water that sits dead still will push birds beyond shotgun range, while a spread with ripples, swimmers, and spinning wings reads as a feeding, resting flock. The...

By James Chen •

Inside NRA 2.0: A Conversation with Finance Chairman Jonathan Goldstein

In an exclusive AmmoLand interview, NRA Finance Committee Chairman Jonathan Goldstein discusses the NRA 2.0 reform movement, years of questionable legal spending, the organization's financial recovery, its dispute with the former NRA Foundation, and why he believes it is time for gun owners to co...

By Dean Weingarten •

Why Pennsylvania’s Deer Culture Runs Deeper Than Antler Score

Pennsylvania deer hunters are different, and if you have grown up inside it you know why. In this state the whitetail is more than a game animal. It is a state symbol, an economic engine, a cultural touchstone, and in some corners a nuisance. The traditions built around it run deeper than almost ...

By James Chen •

POTD: FN EVOLYS - Simplify, Then Add Lightness

Colin Chapman built Lotus around one stubborn rule: simplify, then add lightness. Somewhere in Herstal, Belgium, the engineers behind the FN EVOLYS clearly got the memo - just some 70 years later. Belt-fed firepower has always come with a bill, paid in kilograms and sore shoulders. The EVOLYS was...

By Eric B •

U.S. Navy’s WWII Radar-Guided Bat Glide Bomb

Striking enemy ships with airborne munitions became a priority after World War I. While the challenges were monumental at the time, the rewards for success were too great to pass up. However, bombs and torpedoes dropped by early naval strike aircraft stood little chance against armored warships b...

By Tom Laemlein •
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