The finest outdoor equipment in the world is of no value if you don’t know how to use it properly. Knowledge of key outdoor skills and when to pull them out of the bag trumps the best gear every time. 10 Outdoor Survival Skills You Can Use Here are 10 indispensable
Precision shooting is a sport of revelation because you can easily find yourself regularly getting whipped by a youngster. We’re specifically talking about Lara Spanic, an 18-year-old competitive shooter from Milwaukee, Wis. Lara currently competes in a variety of precision rifle shooting disciplines, including PRS/NRL type and Olympic-style competition, which
RISE Armament first came onto my radar back in 2018 at the Athlon Outdoors Rendezvous in God’s Country: Montana. I was drawn to the colorful rifle that had a folded flag painted on it. Come to find out, RISE Armament was heavily involved in supporting Folds of Honor, a charity
People always want to know what the “best” item in a certain category is. We often focus on firearms, like the best Glock or the best shotgun. However, today we’re focusing on a different segment of the outdoor space: Best cooler. This isn’t so much a comparison as it is
The Umarex Hammer is an American-built .50 caliber air rifle with innovative design that should appeal to hunters and shooting enthusiasts alike. The .50 caliber Hammer doesn’t alter the laws of physics, but instead takes advantage of them. The Hammer’s primary objective is to launch a big slug from its
A few years ago, Genesis Arms started the first 12-gauge AR conversion by mating an upper of its own design to the popular DPMS Gen I AR-10 receiver. Now, in 2020, Genesis continues to advance with new offerings and configurations. If you’re not familiar with the Genesis Arms Gen-12, it’s a 12-gauge
Extremely short, compact PDWs and “truck guns” have seemed to really gain a whole lot of popularity in 2020. Probably one of the most anticipated of these little beasts is the Springfield SAINT Edge PDW. From the second I saw the PDW at SHOT Show 2020, all I wanted to
I came of age in the ’80s. Ruby Ridge and Waco defined my worldview. Regardless of who started it or who was at fault, the country I served and loved had no business letting that happen. I distrusted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) as a result.
The article below on the Savage Renegauge shotgun is from the Oct/Nov 2020 issue of Ballistic Magazine. The print article features an error in the DEK that refers to the Renegauge as “inertia-driven”; however, it is a gas-driven shotgun. It was 2004 and I had just received one of my
