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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Hunter Field Course
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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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