Here we are on the eve of the 143rd Annual Meetings of the National Rifle Association. Those in attendance will be prowling the show floor looking for anything related to zombies, the modern sporting rifle (MSR) or that has tactical as an adjective. While products and gear that fall into these categories can be useful, to many their perceived practicality is diminished …
There was a time when hunting was not all about the latest high tech camo clothing, ballistic reticles and trail cameras. The smell of woodsmoke, wet wool and gun grease would fill your nostrils and a plaid shirt and OD green field pants seems to hide you from whitetails just fine. It wasn’t all that long ago that the rifle you carried …
One of the longest running rifle debates is the control-round-feed (CRF) vs. push-feed (PF) argument, which is primarily focused on rifles for dangerous game. Conventional wisdom dictates when a fellow is confronted with a critter that might stomp him into a blood puddle, rifle reliability is paramount. Some believe this reliability is best achieved with a CRF action, others declare a …
