All Outdoor

Well that sounds easy enough. Walk up to the gun cleaning supply shelf at your favorite shooting supply store and pick one. How many times have you done that and not been completely satisfied with your choice? Or do you really know or care just how effective that gun cleaning solvent and oil is?

A recent article at The New American calls trap shooting the “fastest-growing high school sport.” I like that.

Ruger recently announced the return of their Compact Rubber Grips with Rosewood Insert for their popular line of Ruger Super Redhawk and GP100 .357 Magnum revolvers. These grips, which had not been available for several years, are now being sold as an accessory for $44.95.

Today is the last day to comment on the proposed changes to the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR) rules that threaten to shut down gun blogs, firearms web forums, and firearms related YouTube channels.

If you’re a serious hiker, you need to choose a dog that will be comfortable on any path you decide to take. The Clymb wrote a great article on the top 7 dog breeds for hiking.

Below is the list of top 7 hiking dogs. You can read more on each dog at TheClymb.com.

1. Bernese Mountain Dog
2. Rhodesian Ridgeback
3. Australian Shepherd
4. Alaskan Malamute
5. Vizsla
6. Labrador Retriever
7. Portuguese Water Dog

It’s hard to believe I’m about to dip my toe into the toaster-filled bathtub of stories related to “Cecil the lion,” but here goes.

Cue the dramatic music. But only for a couple seconds… then cue some weird techno stuff.

Well, I do for one. I bought my first .357 Magnum, a Colt Python, in 1981 and since have owned quite a few, shot many, and hunted with several. I still use one, a Smith Model 13 with a 3-inch barrel for concealed carry and in my vehicles when I travel. This aged wheel gun revolver chambering still commands respect and delivers the goods. Don’t count it out just yet.

Soon after attending the NRA Annual Meeting and show in Nashville this past spring, I had the opportunity to handle the new Glock 43. This is the new single stack magazine, 9mm pistol that has been long awaited. We were told at the show that shipments were to begin immediately after the NRA Show was over.

The two young Florida anglers who have been lost at sea ventured offshore out of one of the Atlantic Coast’s most dangerous inlets. Nearby is another harrowing pass to the ocean called St. Lucie Inlet.

Debates on what constitutes a good knife, what’s the best knife steel, and how to best sharpen a knife can go on forever. I can’t give much insight into Rockwell hardness or knife design histories. But I do know what I like in filleting blades. What I prefer may not be what other anglers desire, but here are my thoughts anyway.

If you own one firearms, the choice of what to carry and what to keep for home defense is simple. Once you have more than one, several strategies come to mind. One approach is illustrated above: a little bit of everything, depending on the mood, the weather and the current favorites. Not shown is the HK USP45 Compact that replaced the Para 6.45LDA after it self-destructed. The smaller guns were backups. Home defense was whatever was carried that day, supplemented with 12ga autoloading shotgun.

Holy cow, this is a killer deal. If you buy an eligible LWRC gun, the company will throw in an Ampoint Micro T-1 ($750 list) for free. That is awesome.

This is either a lot safer than normal chainsaw use, or a lot un-safer. Which is it? I’m thinking the latter. What if the chainsaw blade catches on a knot and the whole thing jumps?

Bob Owens over at Bearing Arms has a doozy, with this story of a gun control group’s call anyone and everyone to dial 911 and report an “active shooter” if they spot a gun — openly carried or concealed — in public.

A lot of populists like the bag on the electoral college, and indeed it is a fundamentally undemocratic institution in its original aim. But I think that very few EC haters really want to live in a world with that institution doesn’t exist, unless of course those haters live in one of the 144 counties clustered mostly around LA, Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco that hold half the country’s population.

The Marine Corps Times has reported that the United States Marine Corp has “made the momentous recommendation to ditch the iconic M16 in favor of the M4 carbine as the new universal weapon for infantrymen.”

Every gun owner I know eventually learns to tinker on their guns. It is an essential skill for preppers and all survivalists. I mean there are so many things a gun owner can learn to do on their own guns that some gunsmithing skills just seem to come naturally. Working on guns certainly requires some mechanical aptitude.

I hope I never have to draw a firearm on another person in self-defense. But I also hope I am ready to do so if need be. I have passed the first step toward this process by successfully passing my state permit for the Enhanced Carry Permit.

I remember many years ago reading about some of the first Kahr Arms Double Action Only (DAO) pistols. At the time, they were only made in 9mm, and came with an aluminum frame.