The USS Hornet (CV-12) stands as one of the most storied aircraft carriers in United States naval history, playing a decisive role in World War II as part of the Essex-class fleet. From its origins as a replacement for the lost USS Hornet (CV-8) to its participa...
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.
No one on board the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) knew anything about the cargo they were carrying. What they did know was that the veteran cruiser (launched in 1931) made the trip from San Francisco to the island of Tinian in the Marianas in just ten days. The crew was proud of the “Indy”, and fo...
These days, the gun world is obsessed with all things tactical and self-defense oriented, but it wasn’t always that way. In the days before and after World War II, gun mags were oriented more towards the Fudd market, and people cared about hunting and outdoors living in general. And in that...
FALCO Holsters turned a few heads on April 1, 2026, with the official launch of its CarryArt series featuring the CX14 Pineapple and CX15 Strawberry leather OWB holsters. The company is quick to point out these are not April Fools’ jokes, but just FALCO Holsters expressing their inner artists t...
Welcome to our recurring series of Bank Fishing Blueprint. Here, we will share experiences and lessons learned from years of fishing ponds, canals, and small lakes from the bank. My name is Keith Lusher, and like many anglers, I grew up fishing wherever I could find water. Whether it was a small ...
At first glance, this announcement from FALCO Holsters looked like a naturally timed April Fools’ post - but it wasn’t. The Slovakian leather holster maker just dropped its new CarryArt series , kicking things off with two eye-catching leather OWB holsters that look like they’d ...
From its earliest experimental roots to today’s cutting-edge stealth bombers, the flying wing has remained one of aviation’s most radical and enduring ideas. Stripped of traditional fuselage and tail structures, this design prioritizes aerodynamic efficiency above all else. The design reduces...
During the Second World War, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato was feared due to its immense size and power. She was the most heavily armed battleship ever built, with nine 18.1-inch (460mm) main guns, the largest ever mounted on a warship. Each shell weighed nearly 1.5 tons and had a range i...
No matter what my day demands of me, something that is at the forefront of my mind in recent years is my hydration. So much of what we eat and consume dehydrates us – coffee, energy drinks, beef jerky, salty fast food/convenience food, etc – that we need to be mindful that we are hydr...