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First Time At The Gun Range

July 22, 2024
by Anne Conrad If you're new to the shooting range, it can feel overwhelming at first. Remembering some key tips can help make your experience more comfortable for you and others. If you are new to shooting, consider getting help from an experienced friend, hiring an instructor, or taking a class to build your confidence and skills. ...

Hit the Woods: Handgun Hunting for Women

Outdoors
by Kat Ainsworth Stevens Handgun hunting is on the rise, and that doesn’t only apply to the guys that choose to swap out their rifles for pistols. For years now women h...

Getting The Most out of your self-defense training

Training
by Mark Luell In a world where time and money are scarce, finding ample resources for self-defense skill development seems like a luxury. This challenge necessitates a ...

Lernts!

Journal
Lessons learned are not always pleasant nor “easy”. In a reasonably long career of hunting I have my share of some of those “lernts”! One of my first happened when I was a m...

The 5 Best Accessories For Your Pistol in 2024

Gear
by Brady Kirkpatrick Accessorizing your pistol is one of the most exciting parts of buying a new one. It’s a clean slate—a blank canvas. And you get to decide if...

Summer

Outdoors
“Seeing many fawns on your lease out west?” Questioned David Cotton. “Here in Northeast Texas we’ve thankfully seen a lot of them. And, we’re starting to see what looks like th...

Taurus 856 T.O.R.O. Review

Outdoors
By Tamara Keel Optically-sighted revolvers, in and of themselves, are not new things. You’ve been able to buy scope-mounting kits for medium- and large-frame revolvers ...

Advantages of A Revolver: They Still Make Sense

Outdoors
By Kevin McPherson Semi-automatic handguns with polymer frames and double-digit magazine capacities are certainly the “most carried” of contemporary handguns. That said...

The Right Levers

Journal
By Larry Weishuhn “Daddy…can I borrow your .30-30…if you’re not hunting this afternoon?” I had practiced that line no less than thirty or forty times before I finally ...

Heritage Roscoe Review

Outdoors
Heritage Manufacturing has been producing economical .22 single action (SA) revolvers for many years; now they are breaking into the concealed carry revolver market with a short...

How to Summer Vacation in the US with your Carry Gun

Outdoors
As the Summer travel season inches closer, Americans are more likely than at any other time of year to take to the road, sky, or water as part of their plans. Often this means c...

The Most Effective Martial Art for Self Defense

Training
Martial Arts vs Combat Sports Finding the perfect martial art for self-defense can feel like an impossible task. Many people turn to disciplines like Krav Maga, Brazilian Jiu...

Effective Self Defense

Training
By Andy Grossman Self-defense is not for the weak because the weak become victims. The most important thing to remember in life is you can and must fight back. Even i...

The Low Ready Position

Training
Written by Chris Cypert Any set of gun handling rules worth abiding by include these two constants: Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, and always keep yo...

How to Defend Yourself Against a Bigger Attacker

Journal
Written by Mark Luell A common line of questions in the personal-protection space revolve around defending yourself from a larger and stronger attacker. This is a valid...

Becoming A Hog Pistoleero!

Journal
Looking for a bit of a challenge? Might I suggest hunting wild hogs with a handgun and more specifically doing so with a Taurus Raging Hunter revolver! Why a pistol ...

How to Pick the Perfect Self-Defense Handgun

Gear
I often ponder how many actual models of pistols there are on the market? The number must be insane when you think of all these different manufacturers and how in today’s market...

Hitting the 500 Yard Target

Outdoors
My friend and hunt host, David Cotton, had just gotten his Mossberg Patriot Predator chambered in 6.5 PRC which he topped with a Trijicon 3-18x50 AccuPoint scope. That accomplis...

The Aging Outdoorsman Or Outdoorswoman

Journal
Recently while scanning some “social media”, which I only do very occasionally, I found a photo of an older hunter with a really nice whitetail buck. The caption read, “Gra...

Jessie Harrison Secures Victory at USPSA National Championships

Competition
Jessie Harrison Secures Victory at USPSA National Championships, Claiming Ladies Open National Championship Title Bainbridge, GA – Renowned competitive shooter Jessie H...

Meanwhile Back in West Texas

Outdoors
I was glassing thirteen bucks gathered around the “deer feeder”. A buck with extremely darkly stained hocks from his tarsal glands to his ankles, indicating maturity, had a...

Bang for your Buck: Small Frame Revolvers

Gear
What’s better than getting more ammo and also saving money? Basically nothing, which is why the Taurus Small Frame Revolvers like the 856 and 605 have the most bang for your buc...

Taurus Today - The 856

Gear
The Taurus 856 is a compact, lightweight, and reliable revolver designed for self-defense and concealed carry purposes. Its history dates back to the early 20th century when Tau...

From a Sow's Ear

Outdoors
From A Sow’s Ear Larry Weishuhn “Making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.” I have heard that old saw for many years when someone referred to making something out of bas...

Tools of the Trade: Visible Lasers

Gear
For personal protection, a tool like a visible laser can have huge advantage. Let’s take a look at the benefits of a visible laser in these bullet points: Enhanced Target Acq...