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DNT Hydra HS335R Review: Thermal Scope, Scanner and Clip-On

DNT Hydra HS335R: Five Thermal Jobs Under $1,800

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The DNT Hydra HS335R tries to pull off the night-hunting equivalent of a five-tool magic trick. It is a thermal scope, clip-on, scanner, laser rangefinder, and ballistic calculator packed into a 15-ounce unit selling for under $1,800.

Leupold Carbon Fiber Tripods

Best Shooting Tripods (2026): Leupold, RRS, Primos & More

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The best shooting tripods give you a rock solid rest anywhere, whether you are glassing a mountain basin, sitting over a food plot, or standing in tall grass where a bipod is useless. A good tripod turns an offhand prayer into a supported shot, and for hunters who shoot from sitting, kneeling, or standing, it [...]

Best Pistol Lights (2026): Micro and Compact WMLs

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Today we are going to look at modern micro weapon lights available for little pistols. Specifically the subcompacts, the Micro Compacts, and the single stack 9mms.

Marlin 336 lever action rifles with .30 30 cartridges and tube magazine

Best Lever-Action Ammo (2026): .30-30, .45-70 & .44 Mag Tested

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The best lever-action ammo is built around one problem that has followed lever guns since the 1860s: the tubular magazine. Cartridges sit nose to primer in the tube, so pointed bullets can set off the round in front of them under recoil. That is why traditional .30-30, .44 Magnum, and .45-70 loads use round-nose or [...]

Safe Lithium-Ion Battery Storage: Protecting Your Home From Fire

Lithium-Ion Battery Fires: The Risk Shooters Ignore

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Lithium-ion batteries power our lights, thermals, tools, cameras, and phones, but when they fail, they can fail violently. After one friend lost a house and my brother nearly lost his, I stopped treating battery storage like an afterthought.

Father’s Day Gear Guide: Dad Stuff That Works

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This Father’s Day gear guide skips the gimmicks and sticks to tested packs, tools, blades, lights, gloves, medical gear, and a dryfire training kit that actually work. If Dad shoots, travels, fixes things, or just likes being prepared, this list has teeth.

Vortex Veil 400 Review: Simple Thermal Built for Hunters

Best Thermal Monoculars (2026): Handheld Scanners Tested

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The best thermal monoculars of 2026 have changed night hunting more than any rifle or cartridge in the last decade. A handheld thermal lets you scan a pasture, find every hog and coyote by its heat signature, walk your hunting partners into position, and track a wounded animal after the shot, all without pointing a [...]

Federal 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak: A Faster Creedmoor Without a New Rifle

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Federal’s 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak is not another new cartridge begging you to buy another rifle. It is a high-pressure Peak Alloy load that pushed a 130-grain bullet past 3,100 fps and made the 6.5 PRC look over its shoulder.

Winchester Model 70 Featherweight Review: Still King?

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The Winchester Model 70 Featherweight brings wood, blued steel, controlled round feed, and old-school hunting rifle swagger into a world obsessed with carbon fiber and plastic. We tested this 6.5 Creedmoor classic to see if the Rifleman’s Rifle still deserves a spot in the deer stand.

This 5.6-Ounce 6.5 Can Humiliated Bigger Cans

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The Airlock Industries Zero Gravity 6.5mm is a five-inch titanium hunting suppressor that weighs almost nothing and somehow punches way above its size. In this Airlock Zero Gravity 6.5 review, the little Idaho-built can went head to head with bigger suppressors and made the scale, the rifle, and my ears agree.