The first week of October, a gaggle of gun writers and editors gathered in the Teton Valley just west of the Grand Tetons for their annual Athlon Outdoors Rendezvous. More than just a meeting, the Rendezvous’ purpose is to review the latest and ...
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The Navy is Testing its Unmanned Saildrone Explorer for the First Time
Drones are often thought of as highly advanced machines with cutting-edge technology. While this is true of the programming and artificial intelligence used to create and operate unmanned vehicles, they can also be combined with old tech. One example ...
How ‘The Chili Queens of San Antonio’ Popularized The Signature Food of Texas
Since 1977, Texans have considered chili con carne the official dish of the Lone Star state. While the chili's status has only been official in the Lone Star state for about 45 years, the iconic staple of Tex-Mex cuisine gained popularity in the ...
Teddy Roosevelt Ran a Suppressor on Three of His Hunting Rifles
The 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, liked guns, and he liked to shoot. He famously quipped: “I don’t know how to shoot well, but I know how to shoot often.” The architect of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation ...
House Votes to Adopt Expansive Federal Assault Weapons Ban
In a surprising about-face, the House held an evening vote today on HR 1808, the current iteration of the federal Assault Weapons Ban that was originally introduced last year and recently resurrected. The legislation, which would ban large swaths of ...
Reloading Bench Setup: 10 Must-Have Items
So, you’ve finally had enough with the shortages and decided that you want to start reloading. Perhaps you just picked up your first manual or just watched the first season of The Reloading Zone, and you are contemplating what gear to get for your ...
Duck Camp Drops New Zip Waders for Waterfowlers
Duck Camp Zip Waders • Easily adjustable suspension system• Quiet, durable outer material• Asymmetrical zipper allows for passthrough chest pocket• Chest panel and side daisy chains feature MOLLE webbing• Integrated, removable knee and shin pads• ...
House Vote on Bill to Ban Assault Weapons ‘Postponed’
UPDATE July 28: According to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Democrats have postponed further action on HR 1808 – the new assault weapons ban legislation – until next month, after returning from summer recess. “As those discussions [about HR ...
Survive a Plane Crash: Extreme Real-Life Stories, Wilderness Survival Tips
Your odds of dying in a plane crash are minuscule; let's just get that established up front. A Harvard University study found the odds of being in a plane crash are 1 in 1.2 million, and the odds of dying in a plane crash are just 1 in 11 million — ...
Veteran-Inspired Watchmaker Revives Iconic A-11 Watch Issued in WWII
Timing can be critical when conducting a military operation. During World War II, it wasn’t just the men in combat who depended on accurate timing; the rest of the millions of Allied service members and potentially the entire free world relied on ...
Top 10 Pistol Caliber Carbines: Finding the Best PCC
There’s no question that pistol caliber carbines are more popular than ever. Ruger, Colt, Sig Sauer, and CZ are some of the biggest names making them, and there are countless AR-pattern PCCs made by dozens of companies, big and small. Let’s take a ...
Illuminating Survival: Learn From Light Sources Used by Medieval Troops
Artificial light sources used by humans didn't change much at all from pre-history right up to and into the 19th century. Until the invention of the lightbuld, people relied, in one way or another, on the light of a flame burning some kind of fuel to ...
Rifles 101: How To Adjust and Zero Iron Sights
Although optics are all the rage now, many still like the simplicity and dependability of good old iron sights. They make a great backup as well. However, if the front and rear sights are not properly aligned your shot placement and overall ...
Sick Teen Rescued From Island Where Kodiak Bear Mauled Navy SEAL
The sun doesn’t set here until about an hour before midnight, so the US Coast Guard rescuers knew they could pull off the mission in daylight. “Now put the ready 60 on the line! Put the ready 60 on the line!” the pager blared shortly after 9 p.m. ...
‘The Terminal List’: All The Guns and Gear from the New Hit Series
You wanna cosplay as James Reece from the hit new Amazon Prime series The Terminal List based on the Jack Carr novel of the same name? Here are all the guns and gear you'll need to do it — guns first. There were a lot of firearms in the eight ...
A Deep Dive Into the Redesigned Sitka Jetstream Jacket and Vest
Sitka’s Jetstream collection has been on the top of the company’s sales charts since it was introduced 14 years ago. The jacket and vest are hailed as one of Stika’s most versatile pieces of gear, and for good reason: They're warm, durable, block the ...
The True Story Behind ‘Jeremiah Johnson’: What We Know (and Don’t)
Back in the frontier days, it was not uncommon for the lives and deeds of famous gunfighters and personalities of the Wild West to be greatly exaggerated in newspaper stories and dime novels, until an entire alternate, bloviated life history attached ...
How To Survive An Earthquake: Inside or Outside Every Second Counts
It is another day at work. You are sitting at your desk and without any warning, you are spilled out of your chair and end up sprawled out on the floor. The entire building is shaking and swaying violently. Items are falling off shelves ...
That Time Mike Rowe Almost Died in a Shark Suit
Mike Rowe, the longtime host of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel, did some nasty and risky shit on camera while performing often brutal, gross, and dangerous tasks people do every day to earn a paycheck. At times, it also seemed like the show just ...
Pump Shotguns Banned in New York
You may not have noticed, but a few days ago, a new law went into effect in New York state that, as far as anyone can tell, bans the sale and possession of any non-NFA short barrel shotgun, like the Mossberg 590 Shockwave, and any firearm classified ...
Survival Tactics: Life and Death Lessons From Our National Parks
Search and rescue efforts in our national parks and wilderness areas are climbing in direct proportion to the explosion of visitor numbers over the last few years. Even with the surge in people getting lost or injured, though, the basic survival ...
What Was the Best Sniper Rifle of World War II?
World War II sniper rifles were often updated World War I models made better with new telescopic sights and upgrades to make them more easily employed in combat. These relatively minor improvements to the weapons made snipers much more dangerous in ...
Alaska Plane Crash: Helicopter Rescues 2 From Island Ruled by Bears
It’s one thing to rush to rescue a downed plane. It’s another when the rescue subjects were downed in an Alaska plane crash onto an island ruled by big bears. “We know of Montague Island as a spot where they bring like some of the more troubled ...
This MACV-SOG Commando Carried a 55-Pound Trad Bow Into Battle
During the Vietnam War, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group, better known as MACV-SOG, conducted cross-border operations in denied areas in Laos and Cambodia to strike North Vietnamese Army targets ...
9 Solid Ways to Recycle Used Coffee Grounds
Every time we finish a pot of coffee, an existential problem arises. No, it’s not whether we make another pot — that’s a given. The bigger question is what do we do with the coffee grounds? In the United States, 64% of adults currently consume ...
Swamp Bucks: Plan to Bowhunt Deer in Florida This Summer
When the sun started to peek over the horizon and rays of light teased the land to life, I found myself sitting in a treestand anchored to a palm tree. The heat mixed with over 90% humidity was already too much, and as I wiped the sweat away from my ...
How Good Is The New Redington Trailblazer Travel Fishing Rod?
Since COVID hit and social distancing became the new norm for Americans coast-to-coast, the call to get outside has been an increasingly attractive alternative to suffering in separate personal bubbles. One outdoor activity that has seen ...
Insane Smoky Mountain Largemouth Bass Action
The second episode of "Fishing the American Dream" rolls into the Great Smoky Mountains, where Oliver Ngy and Austin Neary go big-show with big bait for big largemouth bass. Ngy has heard stories about trophy bass that haunt lakes in the Smokies ...
Pro Tips: Why Everyday Carry Is About More Than Your EDC Pistol
If you truly embrace the idea of everyday carry, you realize your kit will often change depending on where you’re going and what you’ll be doing when you get there. Sometimes, you’re limited to what you can hide beneath a suit. Other times, ...
Hawaiian Cast ‘N’ Blast, Part 2: Hunting Hogs and Spearing Giant Trevally
The second chapter of our cast 'n’ blast adventure (check out Part 1 here) follows Free Range American editor Mike Shea through Hawaii as he does a little bacon harvesting followed by some epic spearfishing in some truly heavenly blue ...
