Author: Braxton Taylor
Nostalgia amongst firearm enthusiasts typically shows up in the form of collectible guns, well-worn “shooters” with personal or historical ties and reproduction (or retro) firearms. Collectibles are wisely appreciated by eye, but seasoned keepers and reproduction arms can still be enjoyed in-hand. Sometimes, these shootable rifles can also benefit from upgrades. With the possible exception of certain bolt-action rifles, making substantive, but discreet, improvements to older or period-correct rifles can be challenging. Lever-actions are particularly tough to upgrade when trying to maintain an original look. Adding a camo dip, hammer-spur extension, paracord-wrapped lever, skeletonized stock and forearm-mounted ammunition carrier to…
Ryan Callaghan heads to the iconic Snake River to learn more about its fish, its dams, and the people who call the region home. Cal sits down with members of the Nez Perce Tribe, Lewiston locals, and Trout Unlimited’s Eric Crawford to hear a range of perspectives on the highly controversial dam systems along the Snake River corridor. Presented by OnX Hunt Read the full article here
For a dedicated whitetail hunter, there is no off-season. There are food plots to plant, stands to hang, cameras to run, and new spots to scout. You want to enjoy every second spent outdoors in pursuit of your hunting goals. But in the summer, the outdoors like to fight back.You’re probably pretty familiar with the unholy trinity of summertime beasts–ticks, mosquitoes, and chiggers. But the plant kingdom can also be a formidable foe in the peak of the growing season. And there’s a lot more to look out for than everyone’s favorite leaf-of-three.One tree in particular is the bane of…
Some hunters want a dedicated rifle for every purpose. Others say they prefer a single gun that can do just about anything. Most of us land somewhere in the middle, but Remington was aiming for the one-gun crowd when it released the .22 Accelerator in 1977.The .22 Accelerator stuffed a 55-grain, .224-caliber soft-point bullet into a .30-06 Springfield cartridge. But it didn’t adjust the neck size of the aught-six. Instead, it fitted the bullet into a 7-grain, six-fingered, plastic sabot and then loaded that bullet and sabot into a standard .30-06 case.This design allowed the user to fire super-fast, .22-caliber…
In the wake of mounting pressure from both colleagues in Congress and hunters and anglers, Senator Mike Lee announced this evening that he has removed his public land sale provision from the “one, big, beautiful budget bill.””Over the past several weeks, I’ve spent a lot of time listening to members of the community, local leaders, and stakeholders across the country. While there has been a tremendous amount of misinformation—and in some cases, outright lies—about my bill, many people brought forward serious concerns,” Lee said on X.”Because of the strict constraints of the budget reconciliation process, I was unable to secure…
Primary Arms Optics continues to improve its top-of-the-line PLxC series of LPVO (low-power variable optic) scopes. Originally launched in 2023, the Japanese-made Primary Arms PLxC 30 mm 1-8X LPVOs represent the best that Primary Arms had to offer in a modern compact tactical riflescope. The original Primary Arms Optics PLxC 1-8 was so well received that the US DOE (Dept. of Energy) awarded Primary Arms a contract for the optic. Primary Arms Optics is now offering the new PLxC 1-8 RDB (Red Dot Bright) scope. The scope is the company’s most-recent PLxC variant, and like the original, the new Primary…
Senators have rejected an effort to rein in President Donald Trump’s war powers, voting down a resolution that would have blocked him from conducting future military strikes on Iran.Friday evening’s 47-53 vote against advancing the resolution in the Senate capped off days of debate about the effectiveness of last weekend’s U.S. military strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities and whether Iran can quickly reconstitute its nuclear program absent further U.S. military action.And it came hours after Trump told reporters he would “without question, absolutely” consider striking Iran again if U.S. intelligence concludes Tehran is still capable of enriching uranium to…
A few years ago, I was taking a top-level training class and one of my fellow students was struggling to keep up. The class covered “real world” concealed carry and gave us great insights, but this student was always a step behind due to a gear issue. He had brought his regular carry gun to the class, (a SIG Sauer P938, which is a perfectly serviceable defensive pistol) and was carrying it at the appendix position in a hybrid holster. The problem was, the holster he was using was designed to be carried on the right hip, not upfront on…
Morgan Adamski will hand the role of executive director of U.S. Cyber Command to the NSA’s Patrick Ware.“After 17 years of service at the National Security Agency, I’ve decided to turn the page to an exciting new chapter in my career. It has been an extraordinary journey contributing to the defense of our Nation and advancing the cybersecurity mission across the U.S. Government,” Adamski wrote in a LinkedIn post Friday.The No. 3 spot in the combatant command is typically held by a civilian on detail from the National Security Agency.Though Adamski did not say where she would be headed next, she spoke of…
The Pentagon wants to simplify its classified networks—so it’s testing out a secure, cloud-based network on a British aircraft carrier in the Indo-Pacific, a top defense tech official announced Thursday. The Defense Department has been working on a new initiative designed to sketch out possible ways to collapse or reduce the number of secure networks the military has to use to communicate with allies and partners, Leslie Beavers, the Pentagon’s principal deputy chief information officer, said during Defense One’s Tech Summit on Thursday. It’s called mission network-as-a-service. “If we actually get to the point where we tag the people, tag the data…