Will You Shoot the Wrong Threat?

Editor’s Note: Be aware of your local and state as well as federal laws and how they apply to carrying firearms and self-defense. This article does not represent training advice/guidance. Please seek training from a professional firearms trainer for your self-defense needs. One of the more...

By Mike Boyle

First Look: Echelon Alpha 4.0C

Admittedly, the Echelon had a steep hill to climb. At its launch in mid-2023, the then-new Echelon faced a packed market of duty-style, polymer-framed, striker-fired 9mm pistols. To say there was a plethora of choices would be a remarkable understatement. As a result, the Echelon had to bring som...

By Scott Conditt

POTD: Steel is Real - CZ Shadow 2 Running The Competition World

Everyone “knows” this gun, but it probably still needs a proper introduction. The CZ Shadow 2 is an all-steel, high-capacity SA/DA pistol engineered for peak performance in dynamic shooting sports, and the top choice of many elite competitors at the world's most prestigious IPSC ...

By Eric B

Review: Radian Raptor-LT Ambi Charging Handle

You might be wondering why Springfield Armory chose to equip the latest generation of SAINT Victor AR-15 rifles and pistols with Radian Raptor-LT charging handles. While it won’t help you to shoot tiny groups, it excels is all that necessary procedural stuff that’s done to ready the rifle to ...

By Robert A. Sadowski

Lockheed D-21: Cold War Spy Drone

In October 1962, the C.I.A. and the U.S.A.F. requested that Lockheed study a high-speed, high-altitude drone concept for reconnaissance flights over particularly hostile territories to avoid endangering aircrews. Created during the height of the Cold War and following the shootdown of a U-2 spy p...

By Friedrich Seiltgen

The Ultimate .25-Caliber Shootout: Newcomers vs The Classics

I conducted a good old-fashioned shootout to see how the 25 Creedmoor and 25 Weatherby RPM stack up against quarter-bore classics like the .25/06 Remington, .257 Roberts, and .257 Weatherby Magnum The post The Ultimate .25-Caliber Shootout: Newcomers vs The Classics appeared first on Outdoor Life.

By John B. Snow

Mikoyan MiG-29: The Reactive Fulcrum?

Military aircraft design of the Cold War era could be described as akin to physics, or, more specifically, to Newton’s Third Law of motion, which states, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” From lessons learned in the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force determi...

By Peter Suciu
« Newer Posts Older Posts »