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From the Benelli M4 to the Mossberg 590A1, here are the six best home defense shotguns of 2026, ranked across pump and semi-auto for reliability, capacity, and handling.
Read More →Are you a woman buying your first gun solo? Congratulations! Women who are considering buying their first gun for self-defense face a dizzying array of choices, most of which would more or less serve their purposes. Unfortunately, they’re also faced with a dizzying array of other people’s opinions, much of it foolishness. If you’re a…
There’s actually no good reason why liberals shouldn’t support hunting—or do it themselves. It’s unfortunate that many folks on the left side of the political spectrum have a reflexively negative opinion of hunting, because (much like the broader issues surrounding the Second Amendment), it’s a freedom and a birthright that they possess in the same…
What do you need most in a big-game gun? Steyr recently introduced a brand-new big-game gun, the Carbon CL II rifle, and they clearly designed it around the needs of big-game hunters who aren’t afraid to go way, way off the beaten path in pursuit of the toughest-to-reach game animals. We’re not necessarily saying the…
It’s easy to forget in this era of purse pups, but… The story of the relationship between Man and Dog is a tale that predates agriculture. Nobody knows exactly when it happened, because it happened before written language, but at some point Homo sapiens sapiens made common cause with the precursors to today’s modern dog…
Three Prize Packages Up For Grabs, With a Winner Chosen Every 10 Days in September. “Buck down!” Is there anything more thrilling than those two little syllables? Up until now, the answer has been “no”…but Steyr’s about to change all of that with the Buck Down! giveaway. Well, giveaways, plural—because there are three of them,…
Three of my secrets for getting right on the best wall-hanger you ever saw, right here! Whitetail season is coming as fast as an anti-gun movie producer faced with a hot, sexy ficus plant. This year, I’ve decided to finally put all my observations of whitetail deer into practice, in hopes of finally getting the…
You don’t know how it happened, but it’s happened: You’re lost in the woods. The bad news is that you’ve already made a couple of mistakes. The good news is that you are going to be all right. So you’re lost in the woods. What now? Although Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is…
Who put all this Nature in my Nature?!? Ask any native Coloradan, and they’ll tell you: The Californians have arrived…and they’re in for a big shock. It’s a trend that’s been going on for some time now: The blue-state Millennials—many of whom are entering their late 20s and early 30s—are realizing that their urban Utopias…
From the Special Forces playbook right to your shooting diary. Larry Vickers of Vickers Tactical gets a lot of questions, which is only natural: As a retired US Army 1st SFOD- Delta combat veteran, combat marksmanship instructor, and industry consultant, Vickers offers the kind of battle-tested intel that can be tough for those among us…
Open Carry (OC) is like concealed carry (CCW)’s redneck cousin. Much of the talk surrounding the “and Bear Arms” part of the Second Amendment centers around concealed carry, but there’s another option that some people exercise—open carry. But why do people carry their self-defense handguns openly? That’s the question at the heart of one of…
You got your permit, your gun, and your training…now what? You’ve purchased your concealed-carry (CCW) gun and learned how to use it, but your journey as an armed citizen is just beginning—now you need to work on your strategy to keep your handgun concealed from everyday view. There are a couple of reasons why that’s…
Does a real straight shooter let it out or hold it in? My favorite argument to read online right now is whether a shooter should breathe while they’re squeezing their trigger, because it generates more hot air than my crew after a giant-ass pot of my old lady’s famous beanie-wienies. Some peeps think you oughta…
