Michael Bane
Michael Bane defies stereotypes. He has leveraged a career as a journalist, author, professional adventurer and acknowledged expert on firearms into some of the most innovative — and successful — shooting sports programming in the world.
Inside SHOT Media Day!
Every Media Day we take a list of what people have asked to see, and do our best to shoot all those guns, in spite of the desert’s sandblasting wind! Here’s a look at some of the home runs.
SHOT 2025: What We Saw…and Liked!
SHOT 2025 is in the books, and —so far — no Dreaded SHOT Crud! This week, Michael takes a looks at the macro trends shaping the industry. We also take our first look at some of the products that stood out.
SHOT Here We Come!
This week a quick preview of what the 2025 SHOT SHOW is shaping up to be. After last year’s Year of the Lever Gun, what will 2025 be the “Year Of?”
The Queen of the .44 Magnum Lever Actions
Lever guns are intrinsically beautiful and surprisingly nimble in the field. Michael has aways been a fan of the .44 Magnum in a lever gun, but the Taylor’s & Co. 1873 .44 Magnum brings it to a new level!
Getting Ready for SHOT 2025!
Michael frantically gets ready for the big show in Vegas, but first has to deliver a mea culpa on the Federal 7mm Backcountry. Plus, restoring an old Siamese Mauser 45-70.
RXM: Ruger’s New Difference Engine
Ruger surprised the pre-SHOT crowd with an all-new line of semiauto pistols, the first being the 9mm 15-shot RXM, a collaboration between Ruger and industry giant MagPul. The result, a Ruger that is 80-90% compatible with Gen 3 Glock parts, maybe be the runaway hit of 2025 SHOT.
The Podcast Turns 21!
With our opening episode of 2025, the podcast turns 21 years old and can now legally buy liquor…joke! Two critical points this week — we MUST elect an NRA BoD committed to change, and here’s how we do it. Secondly, yes, politics has changed, but the world hasn’t.
World Class Revolver Training!
Last year’s Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Round-Up at GUNSITE brought together the best revolver trainers in the world, and you can only see it here at TRIGGERED! Here’s our first report!
A Special Christmas Thank You, Part 2!
Every year we like to thank our sponsors who, in fact, make everything we do possible. And what better gifts that than the high-quality guns and products you see on TRIGGERED?
Things Are Better, But the Threat Remains!
Michael has some end-of-the-year thoughts on this last podcast of 2024…preparedness continues to be an important element of our new — and hopefully improving — self-defense landscape. An in-between that big dinner and rocking around the Christmas tree, try to get in a little shooting!