All Outdoor

I wanted to take a close look at the debate that surrounds the utility of big, hard-use fixed blades–so called chopper knives. Unfortunately, I am not a mountain man, and my work with these knives is basically limited to chopping and splitting wood for my fire. I haven’t done any expedition work with a chopper and frankly, my skills compared to a lot of folks are quite limited. But I also think there are a lot of people in my position trying to figure out what to spend their hard earn money on, and the sources on the internet are so wildly divergent that they don’t provide a lot of guidance. Every once in a while someone will chime in on the debate and mention an axe or a hatchet as the superior choice. So I decided to get a good version of both and see what I liked better.

Welaka, FL – A burglar learned the dangers of his chosen trade when he was fired upon by a 79-year-old resident.

The first major change to rifle scope optics technology in more than a century may very well be one of the most important things to hit the shooting world in ages.

Photo credits: imgur user sirkeyboardcommando

A recent post at Breitbart notes that, even using FBI data (some of which has been called into question), “Americans are roughly 159 times more likely to be struck by a car and killed than shot and killed in a mass shooting.”

The Bundy Ranch in Nevada is once again under attack by the Federal government, according to a post on their Facebook page.

A young fellow recently posted to an online airsoft community page that his school had suspended and harassed him and his girlfriend over a photo that had nothing whatsoever to do with the school.

Have we, the people, become the enemy?

California – where “land of the free” apparently applies only to welfare recipients.

I know a lot of folks come here for hunting equipment and the like.  There are awesome videos of hawks tormenting deer.  So I get that it seems out of place to write a preview of a product as un-outdoorsy as a fountain pen.  But few things are a handy to have as part of your EDC as a durable pen, and few pens are as nice to write with as a fountain pen.

“Don’t confuse me with being anything else other than proud. Proud to be a hunter. It’s time we stop apologizing for how we get our protein. This is who we are. Unless you’re a small time rancher, small time farmer, a hunter or fishermen… you really have no idea where your food comes from. Most people don’t even think about it. Well, we think about it. ” – Donnie Vincent.

If you’re like me and hunting is part of who you are, share this video and hopefully we can get some people thinking differently about how they acquire their food and maybe, just maybe… we’ll change their opinion about hunting

If you own and use an AR rifle platform then you need an AR magazine strategy. Have you ever seen so many options for ways to feed a rifle than with the vast varieties of AR magazine configurations?

I ran across this on reddit this afternoon. It shows a simple way to use common hardware to make a sturdy frame from which you can hang targets.

Philadelphia, PA – Hey, it’s just common sense, right? Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight.

St. Louis, MO – In a peaceful demonstration on Saturday, gun owners took a walk through the city – with their guns in plain sight.

As a rule, I’m opposed to any kind of “smart gun” technology. Guns need to be kept dumb – because in the world of firearms mechanics, dumb is reliable, and smart is not.

Wow… there’s not much more I can say about this beautiful photograph. I stumbled across it on reddit, and immediately knew I needed to share it.

This magnificent shot shows black swirls in the sky and a backdrop of evergreen trees with a peek at some mountains beyond. In the foreground, a shooter lies prone, aiming a bipod-equipped AR rifle at a distant target.

‘Merica.

Berlin, PA – Most of us have been advised that a can of wasp & hornet spray can be useful for deterring bad guys… it shoots a strong stream of chemical that will certainly aggravate and deter anyone it hits. When confronted by a would-be robber, store clerk Annabelle Miller didn’t hesitate to grab a nearby can of spray to stop the robbery.

Hey, we’re all patriots here. Well, most of us anyhow. And we generally show it in our own individual way.

Marysville, WA – Megan Silberberger is a first-year social studies teacher at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, which was recently the site of murder and assault committed by a student on other students. And she was very likely the reason why the misguided youth didn’t hurt more people.