SHOOTING
SHOOTING

Wild Ear – Part II

In February I wrote about a new custom fitted, electronic hearing protection device called Wild Ear. The uniqueness of this device is that they are custom molded to your ear and offer hearing amplification. This is great on the range when under the control of a trainer or range officer but its also great when hunting. This is particularly true if you …

Varmint Blackout

I’ve been working on a neat project for the .300 Blackout. Varmint loads. This gave me an opportunity to put my new Hornady Iron Press to work too. Using a New Ultra Light Arms Model 20 Short, topped off with Leupold’s new VX-3i as a test platform, I dropped 19.30 grains of H 110 behind a 110 grain Hornady V-Max bullet, ahead of …

It’s Your Trigger, Stupid!

Some shooters just don’t get it, probably because they spend too much time shooting from the bench. From the standpoint of practical rifle shooting, the bench rest has no place. You can easily manage a bad trigger from the bench because 90 % of your concentration in on the trigger and only 10% on the sight picture. When you’re shooting off-hand the …