Gear We Like

Honestly, I don’t really enjoy writing “gear reviews,” and I think I’m basically alone when it comes to this. There is little artistic merit involved in these things. A lot…

While I no doubt appreciate the highest end of the optics bell curve, I, like most people, also look for the perfect intersection of quality and value — the ideal…

I had been skeptical of the scalpel-bladed hunting knives since, approximately, I first heard about them. I’m a skeptical guy in general — leery of marketing verbiage, and usually of…

As one matures and takes the science of shooting more seriously, one’s attention inevitably turns to the tools of that particular trade; the things that make these exploits both more…

I suspect an entire generation of firearms aficionados and enthusiasts around my age grew up in front of a computer monitor, listening to a personable old codger from Tennessee smoke…

Five years ago, I was setting up a new-to-me Model 70 chambered in 7mm Remington Magnum, and needed a new set of scope rings. I stumbled upon the DNZ Game…

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you are going to die one day. Even worse than that, I’m going to die, too. Ideally, this will not…

Like most here, I spend almost the entirety of the months of September through February puttering around the wilds with guns clattering around in the back of my truck. So…

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…

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…