Author: Braxton Taylor
The much-derided Leviathan of Pentagon acquisitions is due for a revamp, the presumptive next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told lawmakers on Thursday, and he is ready to lead the way.The Joint Requirements Oversight Council is supposed to spend a maximum of 100 days validating proposed requirements for new procurement programs, but a 2021 Government Accountability Report found it can take as many as 800 to finalize approval—precious time lost when changing technology quickly renders requirements obsolete.With that in mind, Marine Gen. Christopher Mahoney, currently his service’s assistant commandant, said during his confirmation hearing before the Senate…
Janis Putelis returns to his Wisconsin property to hunt whitetails in early November. Between a summer of habitat conservation work and a ton of activity on trail cams leading up to this hunt, Janis has high hopes for a lot of rutting buck encounters. A methodical tree saddle placement presents a golden opportunity for Janis. Presented by Moultrie Read the full article here
Remington Ammunition is once again producing cartridges in the versatile and user-friendly .22 Short caliber. Now shipping to dealers nationwide, the updated .22 Short line includes both a 27-grain hollow point and a 29-grain round nose offering, tailored for plinking, pest control and training new shooters. “Big tasks sometimes call for short solutions—and our reintroduced .22 Short delivers just that,” said Dan Compton, Remington’s Rimfire Product Director. “It’s a perfect choice for varmint specialists and first-time shooters looking for a low-recoil, lower-noise round that still performs with confidence.” .22 Short is the first American-made metallic cartridge, with roots that go…
A manhunt is underway after 31-year-old American far-right “youth whisperer” Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while answering a question about gun violence during an outdoor speaking event at a Utah college campus Wednesday afternoon. The shooter appears to have fled the scene, which erupted in chaos moments after a shot rang out, striking Kirk in the neck in front of about 3,000 people at Utah Valley University, just north of Provo. “Officials believe Kirk was shot from a roof,” and at least two videos have been shared that seem to show a gunman, but it’s not yet clear, the BBC…
On Aug. 20, U.S. Special Operation Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, awarded LMT Defense with a 10-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity 10-year contract for 6.5 Creedmoor-chambered rifles. Value of the agreement has a ceiling of $92 million. The order includes medium-range gas gun-assault kits, spare parts, accessories, new equipment training and engineering change proposals. The rifles have 14.5-inch barrels and are based on LMT’s Modular, Ambidextrous, Rifle System. Production will be completed at Lewis Machine & Tool Defense’s factory in Eldridge, IA “It was certainly larger than we had anticipated, but like everything else, you don’t give back your Christmas presents either,”…
Rare, if not unique, the rotary engagement of the Beretta Px4’s barrel contributes to the gun’s soft shooting characteristics. When you invite a friend who has zero handgun experience to the range and offer them the chance to sample one of the blasters in your battery, it’s an almost certain bet that the first words they utter, as you put the handgun in their hand, are going to be “Does it kick?” The term “kick” is a loaded one, because it’s extremely subjective. If you want to know the actual free recoil inside the system of a handgun, all you…
Editor’s Note: This article was previously published stating that Patton died from his injuries, however, he is currently still alive. Apologies for the error.On September 3, 72-year-old Vernon Patton suffered serious injuries after being attacked by a black bear in Franklin County. According to CBS Channel 5 News, Patton had been spreading gravel at his property in Ozark when he was attacked without provocation by a 70-pound juvenile black bear. He was airlifted to nearby Fayetteville Hospital before being transferred to the University of Arkansas hospital in Little Rock.Arkansas Game and Fish wardens were able to track and euthanize the…
00:00:00 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, which is brought to you by First Light. I’m your guest host, Tony Peterson, and today I’m joined by my good buddy Clint Campbell, who is the host of the Truth from the Stand podcast, a Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner, badass guitarist, and all around good dude who kills big public Land bucks. Surprise, surprise, Mark Kenyon is off today. Now you might think he’s doing something cool with his time, like hunting public Land Bucks, but our little buddy is actually in recovery. He got hired to be the…
00:00:00 Speaker 1: We’re football. It’s there’s so many different aspects to it. It’s like, hey, if that scheme doesn’t work for you, that might not be your scheme, and like you might never get a shot. So it was the patience and the Okay, I’m gaining the weight, I’m doing the right thing, I’m doing the reps, I’m getting better at my technique, and I just got wait my opportunity. That’s why I tell kids we go around like we just did our first youth football camp back home. 00:00:19 Speaker 2: They look listen to your coaches, I.…
Two intelligence-coordination centers would shrink or be closed under a reorganization plan that some observers say will hinder the U.S. ability to counter spies and terrorists. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is considering either closing or greatly reducing the National Counterintelligence and Security Center and the National Counterterrorism Center, according to two current officials, several former senior intelligence officials, and others with direct knowledge. It’s the latest move in a broad restructuring of the U.S. intelligence community.Certain elements of that restructuring, which spans ODNI, CISA, the FBI, NSA, CIA, and other agencies, are already harming information sharing with partner…