Author: Braxton Taylor

00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Cow’s Week in Review with Ryan cow Calahan. Here’s cap. A four year old boy in Washington State was attacked by a mountain lion last month and saved by the quick actions of his father. The young boy and his parents were hiking a popular trail in Olympic National Park when the attack occurred. Officials haven’t released many details, so we don’t know whether the attack was unprompted or if the animal had been approached, but witnesses who spoke to local media say that the big…

Modular Driven Technologies, better known as MDT, has just unveiled the ACC Premier GEN2 rifle chassis designed to fit rimfire Ruger 10/22 pattern rifles, including those made by Volqsuartsen. As the second-generation version of MDT’s award-winning Premier rifle chassis, this ACC Premier GEN2 is a major refresh of one of Modular Driven Technologies’ winningest competition precision shooting rifle chassis.  MDT ACC Premier GEN2 Upgrades:  A taller integrated barricade stop A thicker and more rigid fore-end Drilled holes along the top of the fore-end to take advantage of MDT’s night vision and Control Bridge system. Because high level rimfire precision competition…

Boeing’s fighter-jet workforce just went on strike in St. Louis. The strike affects more than 3,000 machinists across St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri, as well as Mascoutah, Illinois, after they rejected a new four-year contract proposal on Sunday. The New York Times calls the stoppage “the first in nearly three decades for the local chapter of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, IAM District 837.” At stake: “Boeing’s smaller military business supplies advanced jet fighters such as the F-15 and F/A-18, as well as key parts of the munitions supply chain. The company last week reported a second…

00:00:08 Speaker 1: This is the me Eater podcast coming at you shirtless, severely, bug bitten, and in my case, underwear. Listening past, you can’t predict anything brought to you by first Light. When I’m hunting, I need gear that won’t quit. First Light builds, no compromise, gear that keeps me in the field longer, no shortcuts, just gear that works. Check it out at first light dot com. That’s f I R S T L I t E dot com. A lot of talk these days about the death of late night television. Oh yeah, you probably don’t know…

Sometimes, we have to get back to the basics. When we compartmentalize and scrutinize every aspect of our defensive gear, sometimes we lose sight of the big picture. Here are some tips to help you re-focus your shotgun-shooting skills. The best shotgun on paper isn’t always the best in your palm. It’s easy to find shotguns that have superior specs beyond your old Mossberg 500—on paper at least. These new-age scatterguns often feel good and imbue a sense of superiority when you shoulder them. However, because of the shotgun’s tremendous recoil and inherent difficulties with feeding large, square-end shells, many…

Exceeding $50 billion and arriving amid a unique federal budget cycle, this year’s unfunded priority lists from uniformed military leaders offer a lot to consider.Let us summarize the environment in which they were submitted. In a historic first, Congress failed to pass an appropriations bill for the Defense Department for the current fiscal year. Lawmakers then passed a reconciliation bill, which gives DOD more than $150 billion in FY 2025 funding, spendable over several years. (Interestingly, the White House Office of Management and Budget characterizes most of the reconciliation funding as part of the President’s budget request for FY 2026.)…

SDS Arms has just launched the new Tisas PX-9 2.0 Comp 9mm pistol. Originally known as the Zigana and now on its third generation, the PX-9 series is Tisas’ 9mm workhorse. Current models are built around polymer frames, and in the case of the latest PX-9 2.0 Duty Comp model, include an integrated ported and compensated barrel. Like all other PX-9 variants the new PX-9 Duty 2.0 Comp feeds from SIG Sauer P226-pattern double-stack 9mm magazines. The new Tisas PX-9 Duty 2.0 Comp is a performance-oriented handgun. Besides its factory-default, ported, match-grade barrel, this pistol also includes an optics-ready slide…

Mission First Tactical’s series of Guardian holsters have one of the most distinctive methods of handgun-holster retention. Whereas most holsters grip the gun’s frame, trigger guard or even the attached tactical light (if applicable) via friction, the Mission First Tactical Guardian series uses the force of rare-earth neodymium magnets to secure a pistol. Also called “neo magnets”, neodymium magnets are the amongst the strongest commercially available permanent magnets. They’re used in various technical and industrial capacities, but when it comes to firearms, neo magnets have a very high affinity for the steel in a handgun barrel or slide.  Mission First…

Nextorch North America is introducing the new TA30C Tactical Flashlight Green Edition. This updated signed for tactical professionals and personal defense users alike, this updated model delivers instant strobe activation and rugged reliability, with a new finish. In high-pressure situations, speed and simplicity can save lives, so the TA30C features Nextorch’s patented one-step strobe activation. This is a dedicated tail-cap switch that instantly engages variable-frequency strobe with a single press, helping disorient threats when every second counts. A half-press activates a 1600-lumen beam for rapid threat identification or area search, while a full press unleashes the disorienting strobe. With a…

As a young police officer, I adhered to the policy of being armed all the time. I don’t recall that our department required it, but they certainly encouraged it. The only trouble was, in our warm climate, I was generally dressed in Wranglers, a western shirt, and boots; finding a way to conceal an off-duty gun was challenging. Finally, I came upon the idea of rigging an in-the-pants holster so that it would fit into the top of one of my boots, under my starched Wranglers. My Smith & Wesson Model 60, with the bobbed hammer spur, hid away quite…