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Bill Wilson goes hunting with the .300 AAC BLK
Got our first Wilson Combat 300 AAC BLACKOUTs together last Friday. Spent most of Sat and Sun on the range doing load development and accuracy testing. Shot over 700rds thru 4 uppers. Settled on the …Continue Reading →
New TAC-XPD self-defense and duty handgun ammunition by Barnes
Barnes, esteemed ammunition and component manufacturer, will be rolling out a new line of duty and self-defense ammunition for 2013 called the TAC-XPD. This premium ammo is designed to get people out of life-threatening situations …Continue Reading →
Savage Model 93 FV .22 WMR
“May you live in interesting times.” – Chinese curse. “Only accurate rifles are interesting.” – Col. Townsend Whelan. Well, out of the box, the Savage Model 93 FV certainly looks interesting in that good, Whelenian …Continue Reading →
What’s the deal with this Zombie craze?
Zombie pub crawls! Zombie preparedness! Zombie apocalypse! Zombie attacks! Zombie movies! Zombie games! Zombie cocktails! Zombie burgers! Zombie songs! And now, Zombie shooting? What gives? Unless your name is Rip Van Winkle and you’ve been …Continue Reading →
The Key to a Successful Hunt: Practice Shooting Positions
One cause for a hunter or huntress to not succeed in harvesting their animal is lack of practice. In hunters’ education, they teach us the four basic shooting positions, but it seems when we go …Continue Reading →
Interview With Smith & Wesson’s Doug Koenig – 2012 NRA World Action Pistol Champion
Smith & Wesson Corp. today announced that Champion Shooter Doug Koenig won his fifth NRA World Action Pistol Championship held September 12-16 in Philipsburg, Germany. Koenig’s score of 1,916 points left him in a three-way …Continue Reading →
A Cautionary Tale
This past weekend, at my shooting club, I helped run an event we call the Running Deer, in which a more or less life-sized deer silhouette travels 30 yards at 12 miles an hour, and …Continue Reading →
Sneak Peek: Wby X
Weatherby has for generations been associated with certain iconic words and actions: hunting the world’s largest and greatest game with the company’s venerable Mark V bolt-action rifle, the admiration of the rifle by Hollywood stars …Continue Reading →
M1A ACCURACY ISSUES: THE GAS SYSTEM
When an M14 type rifle is optimized for accuracy the stock fit will be adjusted (possibly bedded) for consistent downward tension on the front band and the handguard will not touch the stock. This barrel …Continue Reading →
Gun Review: Montana Rifle Company Dangerous Game Rifle
A dangerous-game rifle has two missions, the first of which is pretty simple: never fail. Plenty of rifles seem to live up to this standard. You might even have one or two tucked away in …Continue Reading →
Employee acted in self defense, says Don’s Guns dealer
Indianapolis gun dealer Don Davis reiterated today that one of his employees was acting in self defense during an exchange of gunfire that left the employee wounded and a 26-year-old man dead at his Westside …Continue Reading →
American Rifleman’s Editor-in-Chief Mark Keefe: My Disaster Gun
I saw the scenes of despair, the aftermath of natural disaster followed by the human lawlessness. The looting, lawlessness, the depravity and the mishandling of the public trust by those tasked to protect the citizens …Continue Reading →
Is Shooting Cheap Ammo Holding you Back?
If anyone shoots, odds are pretty good they’ve shot crap ammo. It’s an economical decision and there’s nothing wrong with that. I’d rather shoot crap ammo than not shoot at all. What has me curious …Continue Reading →
Smith & Wesson Posts Insane Earnings, Revenue Skyrockets
The past couple of years have been alright for famed gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson but 2012 has been exceptionally kind. “Gross profit for the first quarter was $51.3 million, or 37.7% of net sales, …Continue Reading →
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