The Upland Soul

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…

View Post

Gear

Colt Anaconda Sight Upgrades

Matthew Shane Brown
January 30, 2025

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…

View Post

Gear

Random Things We Liked at the 2025 SHOT Show

Matthew Shane Brown
January 25, 2025

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…

View Post

Gear

Leatherman Signal Multitool

Matthew Shane Brown
January 24, 2025

I was never a multitool guy until we got a little bird dog, Elko Baby. Mr. Elko Baby loves to run around in the cactus fields of southern Nevada, but…

View Post