Survival

A humorous story relates the time someone noticed that a Texas Ranger carried a .45 pistol. When asked why he carried a .45, the Ranger replied, “Because they don’t make …

With spring underway, gardeners of all stripes are looking forward to getting outside and starting their gardens. Many of us who grow our own food understand the importance of quality …

Is there a cartridge in the US as hated and ignored as the 6.5mm Carcano? On the one hand, it’s understandable that the Carcano has a bad reputation. First and …

You’ve probably read numerous stories of people who go out for a short hike and get lost. Very often they’re found, albeit cold and hungry, but sometimes their outcomes aren’t …

With so many handgunners looking to increase the performance of their pistols, it’s only natural that there’s a fair amount of experimentation with new calibers. One of the ways that’s …

If you’re serious about being prepared, there are a number of items that you need to stock up on. Food and water generally come at the top of the list, …

With the popularity of the AR-15 platform, and the growing popularity of the AR-10/AR-308 platform, numerous gunsmiths, wildcatters, and tinkerers have developed new cartridges in an attempt to adapt these …

The first rule of surviving a gunfight is not to get into a gunfight in the first place. If you can do that, you’re golden, and you don’t need to …

Few cartridges from the blackpowder era have survived to the present day, and many that have were those that were originally designed with smokeless powder in mind. One of those …

While the .45-70 Government has risen from the depths of obsolescence to regain popularity as a hunting and target cartridge, the same cannot be said for its predecessor, the .50-70 …