Benchmade updates the Mini Bugout with functional design changes
Benchmade could’ve left the Mini Bugout alone and still sold piles of them. It’s already one of the default…
Pistols that run filthy for a reason (and why some “clean” guns don’t)
Some pistols are built to live in a duty holster, get dragged through dust and sweat, and still go…
Calibers that are great on paper and disappointing on animals
Ballistics charts are full of flat lines and big velocity numbers that look fantastic until you have to put…
Old-school hunting rounds that still win because they don’t do anything weird
There’s a reason some cartridges never leave store shelves, even when the internet won’t shut up about the newest…
Rifle calibers that stay accurate even when your rifle heats up fast
When you’re hammering steel, chasing a herd, or burning through a long zero session, your barrel heats up way…
Handgun calibers that give you the best odds when the distance is close
At close distance, you’re not shooting groups—you’re trying to stop a problem that’s already too close. The gun might…
States where tag demand has outgrown opportunity
When guys complain that “you can’t draw anything anymore,” they’re mostly talking about a handful of states where tags…
The states losing resident hunters every season
Resident hunter numbers don’t fall off a cliff in one year. They drift. A couple percent here, a few…
15 pistols that keep running when you shoot them fast
Some pistols feel fine at one round every few seconds and fall apart the minute you push splits under…
16 pistols that run best with the cheap stuff
Some pistols are princesses about ammo—finicky with low-powered 115-grain ball, weird with steel case, or picky about flat-nose profiles….