Let’s talk about boondocking, also known as dispersed camping or dry camping. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s basically camping without all the usual amenities you get at traditional campgrounds. Think of it as setting up camp in the middle of nowhere, often in some pretty remote or undeveloped areas. Boondocking is an awesome way to experience the great ...

It’s that time of year in Las Vegas — the 2026 SHOT Show. If you live for firearms, hunting, or anything that keeps you outdoors, you already know—this is the one week you can’t miss. OFFGRID Survival will be on the ground all week covering SHOT Show 2026 — gear, people, trends, and the stuff that actually matters. This page ...

Steiner Optics just launched its latest laser aiming module, the new ATLAS (Advanced Tactical Laser Aiming System). The Steiner ATLAS combines both visible and infrared laser beams to assist with aiming and other night vision related duties. In addition to the laser devices, the Steiner ATLAS also includes a long distance and near infrared illuminator array. The ATLAS naturally provides ...

Accepting command of the Continental Army in 1775, General George Washington requested an inventory of gunpowder stores. The report of 90 barrels left him speechless. His mood brightened a bit in March of ‘76 when a Congressional Committee of Secret Correspondence shooed Connecticut merchant Silas Deane to France, with an appeal to American sympathizer Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, confidant to ...

GRITR has just unveiled a new product line of precision engineered red-dot sight optics mounting plates to fit several makes and models of popular striker fired carry and duty guns including the Walther PDP family, the Glock MOS, the slimline Glock MOS, the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield and the Springfield Armory Hellcat series.  GRITR’s plates are manufactured from resistant ...

ZeroTech Optics has just expanded its 3-12x, second-focal-plane riflescope product line, with new reticle options that include the following new reticles: ZeroTech R3 ZeroTech’s R3 reticle is built all around using MOA as its angular units. The R3 reticle provides a clean sight picture with precise references. There are 1-MOA subtensions, hash marks every 4 MOA, and a floating center ...

Being a Boomer, I grew up at a time when damn near every able-bodied dad in the neighborhood had served in World War II, and a lot of the younger ones had just come back from the Korean conflict. Souvenirs abounded. Japanese flags, German helmets, assorted edged weapons … and guns, guns, guns. Pfc. Nicholas Timmens (left) shows a U.S. ...

A study released on Dec. 8 by the Crime Prevention Research Center reports that close to half of all U.S. citizens live in the 29 states that now recognize constitutional carry. Louisiana was the last to join the growing group that allows permit-free carry. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that many there, and in other areas, have decided to ...

Having worked as a men’s clothier for the better part of 40 years, my father bemoaned a type of customer he termed “the designer.” This was the kind of guy that would run his hand over a jacket and announce he’d buy it, but only if it were a slightly different color, made of a totally different material, or if ...

I have had the privilege of listening to Presidents speak. I have seen famous actors strut their stuff on-stage. I have sat down to chat with war heroes, scientists and seriously wealthy men. However, the most compelling speaker I have ever heard was an unassuming little old British lady named Eve Gordon. During World War II, Eve Gordon was a ...