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Long Rifles and Round Balls
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Long Rifles and Round Balls

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December 11, 2020
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If you’re a student of the rifle or a muzzleloading enthusiast this is a time machine you must ride. The journey spans over 200 years covering five generations, but unlike histories that examine most rifles, those you’ll discover here are,…

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HARDCAST
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HARDCAST

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September 20, 2020
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In this modern era, lead bullets are often looked upon as antiquated projectiles unsuited for anything other than target practice. Even then, some shooters feel that only grandpa or an old grumpy gun writer would shoot a lead bullet. After…

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Hunter Field Course
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Hunter Field Course

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June 30, 2020
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How are you preparing for the upcoming hunting season? Are you watching hunting television, complaining about how stupid it is? Are you shooting at least once per week from actual field positions? While wearing a Corona mask? No, my guess…

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Cooper’s Load
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Cooper’s Load

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June 14, 2020
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In his book, To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth, Cooper stated, “All scouts up to now have been in caliber .308, and the chronograph insists that the proper loading can start a 150-grain bullet from a 19 inch…

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Take-Down Survival Rifles
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Take-Down Survival Rifles

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May 6, 2020
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I like take-down rifles. I probably like them more than their actual worth, but that’s probably true with a lot of things I like. Most often, take-down rifles are considered to be survival rifles, but they don’t have to be….

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Stuff I’ve Learned
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Stuff I’ve Learned

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February 20, 2020
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During that 55 years, while hunting all over the world and shooting all kinds of guns, and being a soldier and a cop, I learned some stuff. Stuff a lot of you probably already know and maybe some stuff you…

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Ruger Hawkeye Long Range Hunter
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Ruger Hawkeye Long Range Hunter

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February 17, 2020
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I really enjoyed shooting this rifle and it delivered excellent precision; the smallest group fired was just shy of a half-inch and the target slightly more than an inch. This is realistically about what you should expect from a $1200.00…

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Wilson Combat’s NEW EDC X9S
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Wilson Combat’s NEW EDC X9S

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February 9, 2020
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Once in hand, the EDC X9S is damned hard to let go of. It is an ideal personal-protection firearm, and it may be the best justification for a credit card I’ve ever seen.

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Should you replace your rifle stock?
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Should you replace your rifle stock?

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January 20, 2020
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The aftermarket stock business is BIG business. Most shooters think the advantage in an aftermarket stock is an increase in precision. That can happen, especially with proper bedding, but the most important things a new stock can bring to the…

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Federal’s Terminal Ascent Ammunition
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Federal’s Terminal Ascent Ammunition

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January 1, 2020
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For the last several years the demand for rifle bullets that will fly flat, hit hard at distance, and still deliver desirable terminal performance has increased. We’ve seen several offerings attempting to fill this need. That’s not a hard bullet…

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About Empty Cases

Empty Cases is the on-line portal to the works of Richard Mann.

Born and raised in West Virginia, Richard has hunted from the Montana mountains to the green hills of Africa. He has a military, law enforcement, firearms instructing, and competitive shooting background, and is the author of Rifle Bullets for the Hunter, Handgun Training for Personal Protection, Shooter’s Guide to the AR, 13th Edition of Cartridges of the World, Under Orion, and The Scout Rifle Study.

Richard is a Field Editor for Field & Stream magazine, and currently contributes to a variety of other gun and hunting periodicals. In 2019 Richard worked as the Executive Producer and host of the Amazon Prime reality hunting drama, WILDCraft: South Africa.

A hillbilly at heart, Richard lives on Shadowland – his shooting range in West Virginia – with the most understanding wife in the world, their three kids, and a very protective Rhodesian Ridgeback.

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