Protection Against Nature’s Slithering Serpents: Snake Protection for the Trail

The phrase “watch where you step” has never been more applicable than when snakes are in your area. These discreet reptiles, at the very least, can unexpectedly scare you. At their worst, they can transmit deadly toxins through their fangs and into your bloodstream. Snakes are present...

By Michael D'Angona

Tactical Patience

When it comes time to shoot, will you be prepared to deliver the shot you have to? Will you have the skills needed to face down that moment, through all the stress and pressure? Have you invested the time needed to develop these skills so that they click in immediately and without a second though...

By Steve Tarani

Winter Gear Success: What Really Worked!

Although it seems to be the winter that started early and never ended, there were many bounties! My winter gear success was in the cold-weather department. Fire starters, gloves, various hats, and socks were paramount.  Winter Headwear Your head dumps heat fast, so winter travel starts with soli...

By Reuben Bolieu

Golden Rules of Rifle Safety for Hunters

Fall is the time of year when many firearm owners will head out into fields and forests to fill their freezers with harvested game. This includes everything from small game such as rabbits and squirrels to much larger animals such as whitetail deer and elk. Whether it is for the sport, sustenance...

By Adam Scepaniak

The Viral “Scooby Doo Gun”. Let’s Talk About It.

At SHOT Show 2026 I was at the Gideon Optics booth, and a custom “Scooby Doo Gun” 1911 caught my eye. Not because of performance. Not because of innovation. Because…

By Mitch Goerdt

Curtiss P-36 Hawk: Hero Plane of Pearl Harbor?

At the National Museum of the United States Air Force, many visitors will see an unfamiliar aircraft at the entrance to the WWII gallery. The museum’s display of the gleaming silver fighter coded “86” on the fuselage, features a pilot boarding the plane in his pajamas, with an M1911 pistol ...

By Tom Laemlein

End a Home Invasion Before It Starts

You hear a bump in the night. Your thoughts are racing and you are groggy. What’s going on? Is it a family member? An intruder? Where is your gun and did you forget to lock the door? Are you prepared to fight? These are the last things we want to be thinking about in this scenario, un...

By Jeremy Tremp

The Davy Crockett Tactical Nuke

The M28 and M29 Davy Crockett Weapon System emerged during one of the most volatile phases of the Cold War, a period when the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a global contest of ideology, influence, and military capability. In the early 1950s, as tensions escalated in Europe, th...

By Eugene Nielsen
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