The 1911 Is Still Alive And Well
It is the year 2025. I am not a math wiz, but that means it’s been at least 114 years since the inception of what many would say is John…
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Matthew Shane Brown
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Nevadan by choice , he spends most of the year aimlessly driving the West in search of elk, birds, and trout.
Pearson’s No-Drill Picatinny Rails For the Winchester 94
There is no better depiction of the duality of man than the two paths that a lever gun can take in the modern year of 2025. The yin and the…
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Gunfighters, Inc Kenai Chest Holster
There are a few maxims that have served as the foundation of my worldview over the years: “No amount of planning will ever replace dumb luck.” “Always look on the…
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Add Iron Sights To Your CVA Paramount Pro
Back in ’23, I had the good fortune to draw a muzzleloader bull elk tag in a very desirable unit, in a very desirable state. I did not own a…
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Gear Dump: This Season’s Bird Stuff
Another upland game season has come and (mostly) gone in the West, and my gear list is approaching its final form after years of evolution, addition, and subtraction. Sounds too…
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The AH Fox Sterlingworth – America’s Scattergun
The Ford V-8. The Dust Bowl. Hiroshima and the atom bomb. The birth of rock and roll and the death of The King. Vietnam. Watergate. Punk rock. Desert storm.The dot-com…
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Golden Years in the Chukar Hills
It’s common knowledge among avid upland hunters that game birds follow boom-or-bust cycles that are largely dependent on the habitat and climatic conditions in their home range. You can add…
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Colt Anaconda Sight Upgrades
I own two guns that are completely irreplaceable to me for sentimental reasons. One of those is a new-production Colt Anaconda. Sentiments aside, this is also my favorite handgun to…
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If I Have To Explain It…
When I let slip to the uninitiated that the hunt I look forward to the most each year is rifle javelina in February, they usually look at me with a…
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Random Things We Liked at the 2025 SHOT Show
I had a relatively demure SHOT 2025 experience, compared to some of you who I know are determined to recreate Fear and Loathing each January at the Venetian. I spent…
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