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In this episode, I break down one of the most popular sniper MILSIM games on the market — through the eyes of someone who’s … Watch full video on YouTube
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By Tom Beckstrand A quick glance at the Savage 110 Ultralite Elite, and it’s easy to think it’s a more expensive chassis rifle made in a boutique gun shop. If it had a Remington 700 footprint, I’d also be inclined to think that it’s just like the others. However, the combination of a Savage action with a Proof Research barrel and MDT HNT26 chassis results in a different approach to producing a lightweight package with exceptional performance. In fact, the Savage receiver has more action screw engagement than any Model 700, meaning fewer unexplained flyers when shooting groups.…
What do you have going on the weekend of February 21st next year?If the answer is, “Not a thing,” or some variation thereof, I hope you’ll consider making your way to Summerfield, Florida, for one of the fastest-growing Second Amendment annual events in the country, 2A Freedom Fest. You might be wondering why that name sounds familiar. If so, it’s because I mentioned it earlier this year, just a few weeks before the event. However, that didn’t really let a lot of people plan their trips in time, so we’re bringing it up a bit…
The name of the game for many businesses in 2025, not least of all knife manufacturers, has been adaptation to stay operational. An uncertain landscape of tariffs and the costs of raw materials left a looming specter of higher manufacturing costs. One tactic to combat raising prices, at least to the degree posed by the very highest tariff rates, is to produce goods domestically. In the knife world, plenty of brands manufacture in the U.S. Big dogs like Benchmade, Leatherman, Gerber, and Kershaw have been waving that flag for years. However, for smaller cottage brands, going domestic can be a…
Consider this a bookend to my last post about pro-Second Amendment immigrants, especially those coming from countries where the right to keep and bear arms doesn’t exist. Nigeria is one of those countries, though there’s been a push in recent months to change that and allow Nigerians subject to attack by Islamist terror groups like Boko Haram and its offshoots. One Nigerian official, though, is pouring cold water on that idea and claiming the country isn’t “mature” enough to allow citizens to keep and bear arms in self-defense. The Interim Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of…
The Caribbean is turning into a pressure zone as U.S. forces push closer to Venezuela.In late November U.S. Southern Command expanded a joint task force operating near Venezuela, framing the mission as a multi-agency effort to disrupt narcotics networks, strengthen partner defenses, and block illicit actors in the Caribbean. Venezuelan leaders in the diaspora warn the growing posture could go far beyond drug enforcement, sparking displacement, retaliation and broader instability across the hemisphere.The joint task force’s mission is focused on disrupting the flow of illegal narcotics before they reach the United States and partner nations, according to U.S. Southern Command.…
Arguably, time itself is a matter of form and function, but when it comes to reading time during outdoor ventures, the form of a proper field watch is the way to go. For more specialized use, there are tactical and dive builds, but we still lump them in with the general term “field watches.” To withstand years of use, whether for work or recreation, a watch needs a rugged case, bold numbers you can read in the dark, and an overall aesthetic you’ll be happy to have on your wrist every day. For us, several Vaer watches check all those…
It’s easy to take our freedoms for granted, especially if that’s all we’ve known. I don’t think that’s as much of an issue for Second Amendment advocates, given that we’re actively working to secure and strengthen those freedoms, but there are a lot of folks out there who don’t think much, if at all, about how unique the United States is when it comes to individual rights and liberties. I’d argue that some of the biggest champions of those freedoms are pro-Second Amendment immigrants, including those who’ve fled more repressive regimes and have actively embraced…
A new report finds that the Department of Defense needs to find more productive ways to address and mitigate risks associated with publicly available digital data of military personnel that could potentially harm service members and their families.The report was publicly released Nov. 17 by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and stems from prior testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services’ Subcommittee focused on risks of publicly available data about DOD personnel and operations, and DOD’s own approach to address security-related risks.Broader recommendations for more stringent guardrails to protect personnel and their families, in addition to national security as a whole,…
In his youth, Randy Ark enjoyed an idyllic childhood growing up in the rural parts of Clark County, Ohio. That feeling of innocence was shattered when Ark became a medic in Vietnam, getting an up close and personal look at the atrocities of war. Ark, 77, recently wrote two memoirs about his experiences, “Everyone Has a Story: A Combat Medic’s Tale,” and “The Autobiography of Randall W. Ark,” which reflects upon a youth spent in west-central Ohio in the 1950s and ‘60s. Ark said his experience in Vietnam molded him into the man he became. As he grew older, Ark, a retired…
Small improvements to the gear you use day in and day out mean big improvements in functionality and protection, and this holiday week welcomed gear releases that did just that. A new phone case aims to give your expensive smartphone the protection of an airbag. Wildly popular blade maker Montana Knife Company releases multiple new models. And some high-end, high-tech SUPs (with jet motors!) have us dreaming of summer — or maybe a trip south of the equator. All that and a bunch more! Ultra-Comfy Ski Boot (Photo/Scarpa) Scarpa’s main goal with its new 4-Quattro GT ski boot ($670) was simple…
Gunfire is still echoing across parts of Sudan despite a newly declared humanitarian truce, as the country’s army chief flatly rejects a U.S.-backed ceasefire and pushes peace efforts further out of reach.Sudan’s two warring factions remain locked in conflict across Khartoum and Darfur after the Sudanese Armed Forces, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, rejected a U.S.-led ceasefire proposal while the Rapid Support Forces announced a unilateral pause in fighting—a split that threatens to derail mediation efforts and leave millions of civilians at risk. United Nations officials have described the war as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with about 30…
On Nov. 29, 2005, Army veteran Ryan Kules’ life changed in an instant. Deployed to Taji, Iraq, as a member of the 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, he was riding in a Humvee with two other soldiers, sergeants Jerry Mills and Donald Hasse, while completing an early-morning patrol. The vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED). The blast sliced the Humvee in half, killing both Hasse and Mills. “My vehicle drove over some artillery shells that were buried in the road,” Kules told DC News Now. Kules survived – after spending two weeks in a coma at Walter Reed Army Medical Center– but…
As TTAG readers are well aware, the push for so-called “universal” background checks is actually just a call to ban private sales of firearms—a longstanding American tradition since before our country was founded. Of course, background checks will never be “universal,” since criminals will steal their guns, buy them on the street or barter with other gang members for them. The result is background checks that are only “universal” for law-abiding Americans, not the criminals who are really behind America’s violence problem. Despite all that, Democrats in the U.S. Senate have again introduced a measure calling for “universal” background checks.…
The Afghani national accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard memvers in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday afternoon lives in a state with universal background checks, a 10-day waiting period on gun transfers, and bans on so-called assault weapons and large capacity magazines; none of which stopped him from obtaining a .357 revolver and driving 3,000 miles to commit a brazen act of political terror in our nation’s capitol. So what’s an anti-gunner like Kris Brown supposed to do with a set of inconvenient facts like that? Blame President Trump for the shooting, of course. I…
The yelling, the sweat, the thousand-yard stares — these movies either nailed the chaos or missed it.Every service member has a story about navigating boot camp — the sand, the blisters, the broken sleep, the recruit who couldn’t stop laughing during inspection. Hollywood’s chased that chaos of bootcamp training for decades, but only a few films get close to what real drill instructors see every cycle. We weighed the most iconic training sequences through the lens of actual cadre — Marine DIs, Army drill sergeants, Navy instructors, and the veterans who, thanks to drill, still flinch at a whistle. We…
A secretive Fort Bragg operation that specializes in influencing people’s thoughts has released a hypnotic recruitment video that is laced with hidden meanings and strange images.Known as the 4th Psychological Operations-Airborne, or 4th PSYOP, the group specializes in “using the power of the mind to persuade opinion and discourse” among the nation’s enemies.The 1:17-second clip, posted Nov. 19 on social media, is a string of baffling clips, including old cartoons, masked figures hiding in plain sight and a group of people staring blankly at the viewer over the phrase: “We are everywhere.”“There is another force applied in combat that we…
This article was originally published by Michael Snuder at The End of the American Dream. When Marjorie Taylor Greene announced that she would be resigning from Congress, it shocked everyone. When I initially heard the news for the first time, I didn’t believe it at first. But now that I look back, I have to admit that I shouldn’t have been surprised. If you go to Washington, D.C. and try to be a rebel, you won’t last long. Both parties want members of Congress who won’t cause controversy and who will quietly do what they are told. Meanwhile, our nation…
