XS Sights has just released new lineup extensions of their optics plates and minimalist night sights compatible with two very popular self-defense-oriented handguns: the Walther PDP and the Diamondback SDR. These products are designed for shooters who are looking for an upgrade over the factory fiber optic sights offered on either the SDS or the PDP—whether for concealed carry, law enforcement duty use, or competition—and are now available for direct purchase on the XS Sights website. For the Diamondback SDR revolver, XS Sights is now offering compatibility with their Minimalist Night Sights. These sights utilize a serrated, blacked-out rear with…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “The Trophy Trap,” was originally published in the November 2006 issue of Outdoor Life. It was almost 40 years ago that the first whitetail came into my life. I dropped him on a granite ridge in New York’s Hudson River Valley, where, on a clear day, you could see the Empire State Building 40 miles away. The buck was only a forkhorn, but I was beside myself with excitement.  Finally, I had entered the cadre of hunters who had taken…

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by Lee Williams Michael L. Nance, MD, is a very busy man.  He is chief of the Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery, and director of the Pediatric Trauma Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, which is known as “CHOP.”  Nance has also been called both an associate and an investigator for CHOP’s Center for Violence Prevention, which is almost violently anti-gun.  The Center for Violence Prevention publicly supports wild anti-gun policies such as mandatory child-access laws, universal background checks, strict limits on “assault-style weaponry,” court-ordered firearm storage laws and, of course, more funding for firearm-related research,…

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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Three years ago, Luke Beaty was driving a rural road in southwest Missouri’s Lawrence County when he spotted a buck that took his breath away. “He was huge, and he was on private land, so I started knocking on doors asking permission to hunt him,” Beaty tells Outdoor Life. “I got permission to hunt a 140-acre piece of private land in an area the buck was living in.” Beaty spent time learning and walking the area and setting up trail cameras.…

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Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. I’ve been shooting and hunting with the Nemo Electus a lot this fall and am pleased to report that we are getting along swimmingly. This doesn’t come as a surprise, given the rifle’s origin story. It is the brainchild of Jeff Sipe, president of Nemo Arms, who set out to develop the best possible bolt-action for technical Western hunters — something that is compact and light enough to haul around the mountains all day, can shrug off hard use and still perform at a…

The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, the only American military cemetery in the Netherlands, has quietly removed panels displaying the contributions of Black American soldiers during WWII, sparking outrage from Dutch and American citizens.One of the two displays featured an overall history of Black American military personnel fighting a double V campaign — victory at home and abroad — while the other told the story of George H. Pruitt, a Black soldier in the 43rd Signal Construction Battalion who drowned a month after the war’s end while attempting to save a comrade’s life in a German river.The two…

Military families have some decisions to make about their health care before Tricare open season ends Dec. 9. Tricare officials released information about increases in health plan costs for 2026, so families can compare their options with Tricare Prime and Tricare Select. There’s also a new health care choice for families living in the metro areas of Atlanta, Georgia, and Tampa, Florida.Tricare open season applies to those enrolled in or eligible for Tricare Prime or Tricare Select. During this period, enrolled beneficiaries can make changes to their health coverage — such as switching from Tricare Prime to Tricare Select, or…

We have a new contender in the 4-inch-barrel, 17+1 9mm market. It’s called the KOR FX-9 RP.  Why, you may ask, do we need (yet another) 9mm that imitates the Glock 45? To answer that in two words, they sell. This is the current hot combination: a shorter barrel (less than 5 inches) coupled with a capacity of at least 17 rounds. They sell. Before us, we have one of the newer versions, the KOR FX-9 RP. Again, I can almost hear a collective “Huh? KOR?” coming from Readerland. I said the same thing when my son, who is always…

Last month, three drones rigged with explosives detonated outside a prosecutor’s office in Tijuana, Mexico, besieging six cars parked outside with a blast of nails, BBs and metal fragments. The attack was orchestrated by a cartel, Mexican government officials confirmed, and targeted an anti-kidnapping unit of the Baja state attorney general’s office. It is the latest high-profile example of first-person view drones being used by cartels to replicate military tactics being used in Ukraine. Defense News previously reported that members of Latin American drug cartels had joined Ukraine’s foreign fighter volunteer units to gain FPV drone training. Earlier this year,…

An Iraq War veteran was killed Wednesday morning while attempting to intervene in an alleged domestic dispute involving an active-duty airman assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base.Just after 7 a.m., local dispatch authorities received multiple calls reporting a domestic disturbance in a Warrensburg, Missouri, neighborhood about 10 miles west of the air base. Once on scene, responding police located an armed suspect fleeing on foot. The suspect, who an Air Force spokesperson has since identified as Senior Airman Glyzua Ingram, proceeded to fire multiple rounds in the direction of the arriving officers. Army veteran Tony Barron, who previously deployed to…