Editor's Note

In observance of the Easter holiday, we will not be publishing any wires on Friday, April 3. If your news needs to be distributed before Monday, April 6, 2026, please get it to us no later than 4:30pm Eastern Time today, April 1. News arriving later will not make Thursday's final editions for the week.

In observance of the Easter holiday, we will not be publishing any wires on Friday, April 3. If your news needs to be distributed before Monday, April 6, 2026, please get it to us no later than 4:30pm Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 1. News arriving later will not make Thursday's final editions for the week.

The Outdoor Wire Digital Network will not publish editions on Monday, November 12th as we celebrate Veteran's Day with the rest of the nation. Announcements and releases received on Friday, November 9 will not publish until the first regular edition date after the holiday.

There will be no wires distributed on Friday, November 10 in observance of the Veteran's Day holiday. Releases received after 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday will run Monday, November 13 when we resume our usual distribution schedule.

Ruger's giving Outdoor Wire Digital Network readers the opportunity to win some great prizes in their "Tricked Out 10/22 Contest". In addition to the chance to win prizes from Ruger, we have some prizes as well. So…you have until October 25 to shoot a video showing off your "tricked out" Ruger 10/22. Explain what you did- and why- in that short video. Post it on Facebook, YouTube or Vimeo, then send the publicly viewable link to us at editor@theoutdoorwire.com and https://ruger.com/dataProcess/promo/1022video.php and you'll be entered in their overall contest -and our little side match.

In observance of Good Friday we will not be publishing wires this Friday, March 25. Time-sensitive weekend material should be submitted to the appropriate wires no later than 4:30p.m. Wednesday, March 23 to assure their placement in Thursday's wires. Our regular distribution schedule resumes on Monday, March 28.

Friday, December 18 begins our annual holiday hiatus. If you have material to distribute in the Friday editions, it must reach us prior to 4 p.m. Eastern, on Thursday, December 17. Material received after that time will not be included in Friday's final 2015 editions. We will resume our normal publishing schedules on Monday, January 4, 2016.

In the Friday, September 4, 2015, edition, we omitted a key fact in Todd Jarrett's tips about handling small guns. Before Todd manipulates those small guns, he always "adjusts his body position so the muzzle remains downrange. Thanks to longtime reader David Giurintano for calling us out on the fact we'd made one of the best pros in the country appear to ignore a basic safety rule. Todd Jarrett is never careless when it comes to safety. It was an accidental omission, and has been clarified in our online and archival editions. Good catch, David.

OWDN Editor/Publisher Jim Shepherd is on vacation. Unless there's breaking news (or something noteworthy), Jim will be be absent from the features this week. If you've been sending your news and information directly to him, you should make note of that and send all news to releases@theoutdoorwire.com.

In observance of the Memorial Day weekend, there will be no wires published on Monday, May 25. Our normal schedule resumes on Tuesday, May 26.

Yesterday, we told you about the controversy started by an exchange of emails between Gun Talk Radio host Tom Gresham and Wounded Warrior Project PR Director Leslie Coleman. After the WWP passed on an invitation to appear on his, Coleman amplified the exchange by telling Gresham the organization did not do interviews or appear at events related to guns. Gresham posted the lengthy exchange on Facebook, igniting a firestorm that spread across the internet- and the shooting industry. In response to a query for clarification from the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA), the Wounded Warrior Project issued a hastily-prepared message characterizing the whole deal a "misunderstanding" due to some "unclear language" on their website and offering up a Wounded Warrior to appear on Gresham's show to talk about the WWP's work. Gresham passed, telling them that the story was now WWP's stance on guns, not their unquestioned efforts on behalf of wounded military personnel. Late yesterday afternoon, Gresham called to tell us that WWP CEO Steven Nardizzi, will be a guest on this Sunday's show. "I'm really glad that the Wounded Warrior Project is coming on the show to clarify their position on this," said Gresham. "It has been really confusing to see them taking donations from firearms manufacturers as well as hunting groups, and then to be told that they won't appear in public with us. The latest communication from WWP is that this is all a big mistake and that they want to clear it up with me this Sunday. " If you're in one of the 137 markets that carry Gun Talk, you can listen to Nardizzi. If you're an XM radio subscriber, it's available on Channel 165. The rest of us will have to be content with downloading and listening to the podcast at http://www.guntalk.libsyn.com.

The outdoor industry is uniquely characterized by personal friendships and widespread camaraderie. Today, the firearms and shooting portions of the industry mourn two losses suffered over the weekend. First, we received word that Captain Dave Arnold had died following an auto accident. Arnold was involved in USPSA, the National and International Range Officers Institutes from their inception and was a close friend of many in the shooting world. We were further stunned upon learning that Smith & Wesson Marketing Director Paul Pluff had been injured and his wife, Marsha, killed in a second crash. Marsha was a longtime Smith & Wesson Employee and we're told that S&W has been "shaken" with the news, as are all of us who consider Paul both a close friend and a colleague. Sometimes, there are no words that can ease the tremendous losses suffered by family and friends, or adequately express our own feelings. Our hearts and prayers are with both families. We are diminished by the losses. Today, we're all hurting. --Jim Shepherd

A press release telling about a highly-customized rifle to be raffled at the upcoming Ranger Roundup at Fort Benning, Georgia didn't exactly contain all the details. The builder of the highly-customized rifle wasn't obvious, and several of our readers wanted to know. That build was done by 2 Vets Arms Company, LLC of Newalla, Oklahoma (www.2vetsarms.com).

The Outdoor Wire Digital Network is partnering in a new website designed to aid and assist recent gun buyers or someone about to make that first gun buying decision. My First gun will contain easy to digest articles, photographs and educational videos to help the first time gun buyer or potential gun buyers build a solid knowledge foundation, free of bias or hype. My First Gun will go live beginning Monday, June 11, and can be accessed at www.myfirstgun.net or www.firsttimegunbuyer.net

After running Monday's release inviting Bianchi Cup competitors to send a couple of sentences and a photo explaining why Original S.W.A.T. would want to equip them for the upcoming Cup, we discovered the release didn't give you any information on where to send those entries. We'll get that information to you in Friday's editions of the Outdoor and Shooting Wires. In the meantime, we'll make certain those entries sent to us get to the right folks ASAP.

Friday's editions of the Outdoor and Shooting Wires will feature special coverage of the NRA Annual Meetings from St. Louis. Time critical releases should reach us no later than 3 p.m. Thursday, April 12. On Monday, April 16, our editions will also feature special coverage from St. Louis.

Later this morning, Ruger will announce a new firearm to the marketplace. We've shot the new gun-extensively-and have a review prepared for wire readers. Due to the release timing of today's announcement, it does not appear in this morning's editions. We will have the product review and information in tomorrow's editions.

Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum had to relocate a rally originally planned for Oklahoma City's H&H Shooting Sports Complex, but the former Pennsylvania Senator did tour the facility, speak with shooters and make a strong pro-Second Amendment statement.

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, we will not be publishing any wire editions on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, November 24, or Friday, November 25. We will resume our regular publishing schedule with all Monday editions, November 28. To get your material in our final edition next week (Wednesday, November 23), your material must be received by 5:30 p.m. EASTERN on Tuesday, November 22.

Our eagle-eyed readers were quick to point out an error in a photograph included in Friday's edition. The cutline identified the USMC shooter as GySGT Carlos Hathcock, USMC. It wasn't Hathcock, it was Lance Corporal Dalton Gunderson of the 5th Marines. Also a remarkable marksman, just not Gunnery Sergeant Hathcock. Good catch, everyone.