Kaylub Giamanco and the Bend School Shooting: What an Armed Dad’s Story Teaches the Rest of Us
Kaylub Giamanco stopped the Silver Rail Elementary shooter in Bend, Oregon. Watch his interview and the hard lessons armed citizens should take from it.
Posts about "brains"
Best Headlamps for Night Fishing: 6 Field-Tested Picks
Night fishing rewards patience, and it punishes fumbling in the dark. When brown trout and striped bass are most active at dusk and dawn, and steelhead anglers routinely make pre-dawn treks to reach the first-light bite, a good headlamp earns its place in the tackle bag fast. The reason is simple...
“Knockdown Power” Is the Biggest Myth in Big Game Hunting
The myth goes something like this: Use enough gun and you'll knock down game in its tracks. Here's why that's a total myth The post “Knockdown Power” Is the Biggest Myth in Big Game Hunting appeared first on Outdoor Life.
“More Balls Than Brains: Volume 1 : Leadership” by Terry Baldwin
SSD Founder Eric Graves here. I am pleased to announce that my friend and SSD contributor LTC Terry Baldwin (USA, Ret) has pulled his first book. It collects several of the Baldwin Files seen here on SSD into a single volume. This is not a tell-all memoir or a collection of war stories for their ...
Jack O’Connor on America’s No. 1 Sporting Rifle — the Winchester 94 in .30-30
To the great bulk of America's hunters, the terms "deer rifle" and ".30/30" are practically synonymous The post Jack O’Connor on America’s No. 1 Sporting Rifle — the Winchester 94 in .30-30 appeared first on Outdoor Life.
The Golden Age of Big-Game Hunting in America
Between 1870 and 1900, railroads and repeating rifles opened the West to ordinary hunters — and pushed its game to the brink The post The Golden Age of Big-Game Hunting in America appeared first on Outdoor Life.
TFB Review: Q Honey Badger 5.56 - 1 Year Later
When I visited Q in Dover New Hampshire, over a year ago, I walked out of there with one quote in my mind that I can still remember. "Nobody really minds what you're up to, as long as you're enjoying yourself," explained Nick Schaefer, an engineer who has played a key role in ...
TFB Behind the Gun #231: Derrick Ratliff of Horizon Firearms
I met our guest today, Derrick Ratliff, at this year's Leupold Relentless Rifleman , the NRL Hunter match I wrote about here ; he was working the same brutal high-desert terrain I was, and it turns out talking to the guy who made the rifle you’re competing with is some of th...
Herrera’s Opponent Invokes ‘Brain Development’ to Restrict Gun Rights for Adults Under 21
Brandon Herrera’s Democratic opponent, Katy Padilla Stout, says legal adults under 21 should be barred from purchasing commonly owned semiautomatic rifles because their brains are not sufficiently developed.
James Talarico’s Gun-Control Past Resurfaces in Texas Senate Race
Ana Lucia Lopez went from leading an obscene anti-campus-carry protest to helping draft three gun-control bills for James Talarico. All three failed, but the record matters now that Talarico wants a U.S. Senate seat.