Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More In the world of pellet grills, Traeger is one of the heaviest hitters in the game. The brand offers numerous styles and sizes of high-tech wood-pellet-burning grills, priced from $900 up to $4,000. They’re app-controlled, multi-function (for grilling, smoking, and even baking), and are built with high-quality materials to last you years of BBQing. The brand’s latest launch offers all that at a lower price. The Westwood ($700) and Westwood XL ($800) represent Traeger’s newest family of wood-fired grills. They hit the shelves and…
The New Hampshire House of Representatives has already approved a bill that would allow for the lawful carrying of firearms on college and university campuses across the state, and on Tuesday the measure received its first hearing on the Senate side of the state capitol building. There were plenty of folks eager to testify about the legislation, but it seems most of those in the committee room were there to oppose the bill and to keep students and staff disarmed on campus. The bill would block any college or university that accepts taxpayer funding of…
I haven’t worn a watch consistently since I was a teenager, despite the cultural shift to hop on the smartwatch bandwagon. However, in the last few years, I’ve done trial runs with other wearables. I experimented with Apple Watch (wasn’t a fan), tried non-screen wearables like the Polar Loop (needs improvement), and even reviewed some purpose-built sports watches by the industry titan, Garmin. Even the Coros Pace 4, which I highly enjoyed, didn’t quite become a permanent fixture in my life. Admittedly, all the options were impressive in some way, but I inevitably gravitated back to bare wrists. However, that all…
A couple of years ago, if you’d asked me what my favorite cities here in Georgia were, Savannah would have been at or near the top of the list. It’s our oldest city, for one thing, and it’s absolutely gorgeous any time of year. It’s where so much of our state’s history was made, from the time James Oglethorpe landed through the Civil War to today. It’s a city so beautiful that even Gen. Sherman wanted to spare it the torch, at least according to legend. But I don’t like some of what they’re doing…
I had the opportunity to visit New York City for the first time last weekend, and to be honest, I felt naked without my carry pistol. However, with the various laws and “sensitive places” restrictions, it’s nearly impossible to even take a handgun into the city legally, much less carry it for self-defense. Fortunately, on the morning of April 12, I was in the security line at LaGuardia Airport, “admiring” the signs threatening me with a multi-thousand-dollar fine if I happened to have a firearm in my carry-on bag. Meanwhile, at the nearby 42nd Street-Grand Central subway station, 44-year-old Anthony…
United States President Donald Trump claimed that the war between the U.S. and Iran is “very close to being over.” Peace talks are expected to resume in the aftermath of the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump called for a naval blockade of the vital waterway on Monday, which led to a new intensification of the war. But he claims that the war is close to being over, as the ceasefire seems to be holding in spite of Iran saying the U.S. and Israel have violated it. Iran Accused Israel and The U.S. Of Violating The Ceasefire “I…
The Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is threatening to sue the state of Virginia if anti-gun Gov. Abigail Spanberger signs the measure recently passed by the state legislature that would ban common semi-automatic firearms owned for a number of lawful purposes. In an April 10 letter sent to Gov. Spanberger, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, said SB 749, the measure banning manufacturing, selling or purchasing many common models of semi-auto rifles, is unconstitutional. “This letter provides formal notice that the Civil Rights Division will commence litigation in the event the Commonwealth of…
With gas prices and the economy being the way they are, I find myself sorting from lowest to highest a lot more often. In doing so, I recently discovered the Century Arms Centurion Survivor. As a fan of alliteration, the gun name caught my attention; as a fan of low prices, that did too. In fact, I can keep listing things I am a fan of that made this gun appeal to me: It is a shotgun It is a survival gun It is ugly It is weird It folds A micro-sized .410? Sure, why not! Those are all things…
Patrick “Tate” Adamiak is sitting in prison for multiple weapons charges, only for all the evidence to look like it was manufactured by an ATF agent looking to make a name for himself. At least, that’s my take on it, based on what Lee Williams has shown us through his work covering this absolute travesty.As it was, we knew things were bad. This man, who was a respected member of the United States Navy and was set to go to Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, is sitting in prison looking at a 20-year sentence, and will…
On January 27, 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists updated the Doomsday clock, setting it to 85 seconds to midnight. This is the closest to midnight it has ever been, which means these scientists believe we’re closer to doomsday than ever before. They cite several reasons, but the main one is the war in Ukraine, and they have a point. This is probably the closest NATO and Russia have ever come to a direct confrontation, and it keeps getting more tense. Despite struggles on the battlefield, Russia refuses to surrender, and they probably never will because if they do,…
Back in the heart of the minimal shoe craze of the early 2010s, Boulder-based Lems made some waves in the market with really comfortable, foot-friendly minimal boots. I tested a pair, which my wife promptly stole and loved into oblivion over a few years. A decade later, a very modernized Lems Trail Blazer shoe hugged my foot as I scampered over trails in the Rocky Mountain foothills near Denver. I hadn’t seen a pair of Lems in years, but when the brand approached me about testing one of its bestselling hiking shoes, I was stoked. The Trail Blazer has a…
The Duke Center for Firearms Law still has a veneer of academic respectability, but under the leadership of Hayley Lawrence the Center has gone from a somewhat stealthy embrace of the positions of gun control advocates to a more out-and-proud opposition to treating the Second Amendment as the fundamental right that it is. Lawrence has worked with groups like Brady United, Giffords, and Everytown for Gun Safety, so it’s no surprise that Duke Center for Firearms Law has been a more vocal proponent of gun control under her watch. The latest example comes from Lawrence’s…
The Ridge Merino Inversion Heavyweight Crew Base Layer Shirt and Leggings are built for truly cold days. The base layers use a heavy-duty, 100% merino wool that prioritizes warmth and odor resistance (And trust me, I really tested the latter!) This is a true heavyweight set designed for cold-weather pursuits where staying warm matters more than shaving grams. I tested the Inversion set over 3 weeks and roughly 10 days of use while downhill skiing at Aspen Highlands and Snowmass, uphill skiing, cross-country skiing near Ashcroft and Spring Gulch, and trail running in the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado. During…
There are too many members of Congress for anyone to really know all of them. However, you don’t need to know them all to recognize a bad-faith attack on one who happens to support the Second Amendment. Now, what happens on a publication’s opinion page is going to be opinion. While bias is everywhere these days, you can’t really get upset when bias shows up on the page explicitly meant for bias.But the Fayetteville Observer’s opinion page included an attack on Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina, explicitly for being pro-gun, and the writer, Jack…
Here’s something the mainstream media won’t tell you about the mainstream media: its anti-gun bias isn’t just ideological. It’s structural. And it was built by Silicon Valley’s ad machine, not by a shadowy cabal of editorial writers sitting around plotting your disarmament. The Numbers Don’t Lie In 2000, newspapers accounted for roughly 53 percent of U.S. ad spending. By 2020, that number had collapsed to about 5 percent, according to the Congressional Research Service. The revenue didn’t disappear — it moved to Google, Meta, Amazon, and TikTok. The fallout was immediate and severe. More than a third of U.S. newspapers…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: US Says ‘No Ships Made It Past Blockade’ As Iran Mulls Hormuz Shipping Pause To Preserve Talks, Which Trump Says Could Happen In Two Days Summary CENTCOM: “During the first 24 hours, no ships made it past the U.S. blockade & 6 merchant vessels complied with direction from US forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman,” it said. Diplomacy is not yet dead, as Bloomberg reports Iran is mulling a short-term pause to shipments through the Hormuz Strait. Trump tells NYP talks could happen again in…
Living a stone’s throw from the Connecticut River, sandwiched between a raptor sanctuary and a state forest, I see a lot of different birds and animals. It’s gotten to the point where I spend a lot of time on iNaturalist and Merlin Bird ID, figuring out just what I’m looking at. However, there’s no mistaking what a bald eagle looks like. There’s just the struggle to get a clear and prolonged view of them, as they are highly aware of anything in their surroundings. That said, I do know where my local Baldies live. And they’re most active in the…
This will serve as an initial thoughts and impressions rather than a proper review. At the time of writing this example of the gun only has 150 rounds logged so shooting impressions will be limited. What is the 10-8 Master Class? The Lipsey’s exclusive 10-8 Performance Master Class is the brainchild of legendary 1911 builder and parts manufacturer Hilton Yam of 10-8 Performance. Through a partnership with Lipsey’s and Springfield Armory, the 10-8 Master Class is packed with features made famous on some of Hilton’s iconic Alpha Series custom builds. With some of his full custom builds fetching just short…
