☕️ Good morning. It’s officially that time of year when two great American traditions collide: filing your taxes and immediately spending the refund on guns, ammo, and gear you swear is “an investment.” Turkey season is kicking off across the country, which means shotguns are getting patterned, camo is coming out of storage, and thousands of hunters are explaining to their accountant why a choke tube technically counts as a business expense. Before the refund disappears completely, here’s the gear, deals, and turkey content worth your time.
- The Hook & Barrel Family
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GUNS ON SALE
The internet’s best deals
Let’s be honest. The IRS doesn’t send that refund so you could “save it.” They send it so you could buy a new rifle, stock up on ammo, and convince yourself it was a smart financial decision. We hunted down the best firearm and gear deals across the web so you don’t have to.
HUNTING
TSS, worth the spend?
For decades, turkey loads followed the same basic playbook. Then tungsten showed up and flipped the script. TSS loads hit harder, pattern tighter, and extend ethical range in ways that have veteran turkey hunters doing double takes at the pattern board.
LONG RANGE AMMO
Dropping deer further next season
Modern deer hunters are stretching distances and demanding more from their ammo. Winchester answered with Supreme Long Range, built around precision bullets and serious ballistic performance for hunters who expect their gear to keep up.
AMMO
A Rimfire Legend Turns 75
For decades, CCI has been one of the most trusted names in rimfire ammo, from plinking afternoons to serious small-game hunts. Now the company is marking 75 years of innovation, reliability, and billions of rounds sent downrange.
🗓️ UP NEXT: It’s Foxhole Friday. Hear from our CEO, John J. Radzwilla, and get insight into his thoughts this week.
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Load Up on H&B Gear
You don’t need to explain yourself. A clean hat says enough. The Hook & Barrel Major League Snapback was built for range days, long drives to the lease, and the occasional bar where someone asks, “Where’d you get that?”
Get the Steve Harvey issue!
Purchase the Steve Harvey issue, and get a FREE Hook & Barrel sticker! (*This week only). Why is there a skeleton, you ask? Well, the artist behind the sticker viewed the outdoor lifestyle as something we take to the grave with us - the guns, the rods, the music, and the good times. If that’s you, grab Steve’s issue and get the sticker for your tumbler, Nalgene, or cooler! Cheers to that!
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