All Outdoor

I am not going to hide my bias–I am a huge fan of Enrique Muyshondt’s flashlights. I loved the Aeon and the Aeon Mk. II. Both are among the best EDC lights available, regardless of price. I recently had the chance to review another of his lights, a AAA Mako Mk.II and it was also a great light.

Running the 7.62×39 in the AR-15 platform has gotten somewhat of a bad rap. Read through forums and you would think people are a little bi-polar, with one post saying they could never get it to work and the next post noting they bought one off the shelf or built one and never had an issue. Kinda like people who love or hate the 300 Blackout.

The old CZ Skorpion 61 was a submachinegun chambered for the dinky 32 ACP (7.65mm Browning). As time went by, a 9mm version came into being. When a modern version was developed, about the only thing it shared with the original was the name – and the spelling of that had been anglicized to Scorpion with a “c.”

Traditionally, throwing a gun in your pocket has been viewed with disfavor. The practice is seldom safe and usually requires a lot of time to get the pistol out because the pocket openings are too narrow for the grip combined with the firing grip around it. The defender then has to flatten the hand to get it and the gun out of the pocket, then re-grip the gun for firing.There’s got to be a better way!

Over the years Spyderco has done very well in the middle of the market.  The Delica and Endura are annual best sellers, and rightfully so.  In the past two years, however, the company has made a distinct move towards the upper end of the price range for production knives.  This is, no doubt, in response to a market increasingly willing to spend lots of money on a knife.  For years the Sebenza was the final outpost on the road to price insanity, and now it looks like a bargain compared to something like the Lionsteel TiDust with its $1600 price tag (depending on the conversion rate).  It would be silly for them not to move into this higher-end price range.  After all, most of the increase in price comes from an increase in the profit margin.

Black Friday has become something of a holiday in and of itself, a holiday from the normal rational thinking that comes with spending money. Its a day where people trample each other for an $11 George Foreman Grill or a $187 garbage flat screen TV. And like the Christmas season, it’s getting stretched out. I am sure all of you have been getting emails about “special black Friday deals” more than a week in advance. It’s Black Friday but on a Tuesday!

Logan County, Ohio – Sometimes, my hope for the human race is bolstered when I see proof that some people in control have a little common sense. And that’s what I’m seeing here, where a county school board is reasonably discussing placing guns in schools in order to combat possible attacks using guns.

The Civilian Marksmanship Program’s M1 Garand Advanced Maintenance Class allows students to learn more about the M1 Garand rifle and even build their own under the watchful eyes of expert CMP Custom Shop gunsmiths.

I’ve loved flashlights since I was a kid. My collection has grown since then to the point where my wife jokes that I have a “Flashlight museum and visitor center.”

Watch as this guy shoots a massive warthog from less than 50 yards away.

Key Largo, FL – Back in 1957, it became illegal to hunt game animals using a silencer, a.k.a. suppressor, in Florida. This was probably aimed at poachers, but we all know that lawbreakers don’t obey laws (duh).

The Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act is a far-reaching New York law that outlaws various common types of rifles and magazines. Well, one NY state inventor says he’s dreamed up a solution to part of the problem.

Passed purportedly to prevent lawbreakers from getting guns, a law recently approved by Washington state voters requires background checks on all purchases or transfers of firearms.

Well-known comedian and former TV host Jay Leno was slated to emcee the annual State of the Industry Dinner this January at the SHOT Show. After some light pressure from anti-gunners, Leno bowed out.

Lakewood, WA – Three men forced their way into a home, beat the husband and wife who lived there, and tied them up. The man was beaten with a handgun and the woman suffered a cut on her hand before they were trussed up, according to a local article.

Georgia Hunters for the Hungry (HFH) was founded in 1993 to help bridge a gap between hunters and needy folks.

Gun sales have reportedly grown to a very large extent in the area of Ferguson, MO – which has been the site of civil unrest and brutal attacks by police since a police officer shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9, 2014.

Few things are more American than competition in the marketplace, and right now, the traditional cutlery leaders–the USA, Italy, Germany, and Japan–face new competition from Chinese companies. Many of these companies work as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for big names like Gerber and KAI. Some also have their own brands, like San Ren Mu. But until very recently Chinese knives weren’t competitive with the top end of the production market.

The old guard of deer hunters never wanted to kill antlerless deer. The thinking was that hunters would be diminishing the breeding stock of doe deer that would provide future generations of deer on a property. Such thinking has long been proven contrary to sound white-tailed deer management practices in the modern game management age.

The Ruger 10/22 is an amazing rifle, but if there’s one part on the Ruger 10/22 that needs improving, it’s the sights.  If you want to be kind, we can say the factory sights are of a poor design.  If we want to be honest, the factory sights are terrible.