Viridian Venta 4-12×40 Scope: The Best $99 Scope I’ve Seen

The Viridian Venta 4-12x40 delivers a BDC reticle, coated glass and basic hunting-scope features for just $99. Here’s what that price gets you. The post Viridian Venta 4-12×40 Scope: The Best $99 Scope I’ve Seen  appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

By Mike Hardesty •

Forest Service Moves to End Roadless Rule, Citing Wildfire Risk

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to eliminate a 25-year-old rule that limits road construction across millions of acres of national forest, saying the change would give land managers more access to reduce wildfire hazards. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Aug. 18 that it has filed...

By Keith Lusher •

Viridian Expands Rifle Optics Lineup with New VENTA Scopes

Viridian Weapon Technologies today announced the availability of its VENTA™ riflescope lineup, bringing versatile hunting optics to dealers nationwide in a consumer-ready presentation. Designed for hunters and recreational shooters, the VENTA series delivers dependable optical performance in li...

By Eric G •

PKM Headspace And Keeping It In The Fight

For maintainers, particularly those supporting partner forces, the PK series offers a notable advantage over many Western and other Soviet-designed systems with its adjustable headspace. This feature significantly simplifies sustainment and repair in austere environments, with the ability to mism...

By Lynndon Schooler •

Ichord Report: What If Congress Had Let the M16 Die?

“Practically every one of our dead was found with his rifle torn down next to him where he had been trying to fix it.” – Excerpt from a letter written by Marine in 1966 to his family after a firefight in Vietnam. Parts of this Marine’s letter was read by Rep. James J. Howard (...

By Robert A. Sadowski •

Folding Knife Maintenance Tips

To me, there’s nothing quite as sad as a well-made machine not being used in the role for which it was created. Life’s too short for Corvettes that only sit in climate-controlled garages, beautiful timepieces that won’t ever be strapped to a wrist, or “safe queen” 1911’s that never se...

By Clayton Walker •

SAINT Gear Pac: What Do You Get?

My very first handgun was a Springfield Armory XD in 9mm. It was around 2007, I was shopping for a home-defense solution and I’d read positive reviews about the XD line in American Rifleman and Guns & Ammo magazines. At decision time, it wasn’t much of a competiti...

By Joe Kurtenbach •
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