Prvi Partizan is a Serbian munitions maker established in 1928. Sold in the United States under the PPU brand, their ammunition is among the lowest priced available. With its no frills packaging and understated marketing, many American shooters believe it…
The year is 1962. American shooters and hunters are gripped by a mighty force—Magnum Fever. This syndrome, characterized by a never satisfied desire for greater and greater bullet velocity, stalked the land since 1956 when Winchester introduced the .458 Winchester…
The 6.5mm cartridges are the hot ticket, right now. With all the hyperbole about the 6.5 Creedmoor, and others, it’s high time the 6.5 family’s great scion got some attention. I refer to none other than the wonderful, 6.5x55mm Swedish.…
Look Ma, no batteries! Yes, yes, laser range finders are, for the most part, affordable and available just about anywhere. Ask yourself a question, though. You’re on an important hunt, perhaps a bucket list, once in a lifetime opportunity, or…
Here at the LocaCarnivore, we are bonkers for pronghorn. They are the tastiest beast you’ll find anywhere and few hunts will challenge you as much as a speed goat hunt. If you’ve never hunted pronghorn, or hunted in the western…
The .270 Winchester is perhaps the most storied big game hunting cartridge. While the .30-06 Springfield enjoys praise for both the contribution it made to the United States’ military efforts and as a hunting cartridge, the .270, on the other…
Your rifle used to drive tacks. Now, it won’t hit the proverbial barn. New rifle time, right? Wrong. When a good rifle goes bad, too many shooters go off the rails and assume something serious is wrong with the gun. …
The U.S. Marines have a saying, “If you can see it, you can hit it. If you can hit it, you can kill it.” Let’s look at the “seeing” part. If you’re in a tree stand or ground blind, chances…
These days, seems everybody wants to get into the long-range hunting game. It’s imperative you get your long-range rifle set up and zeroed right. If you mess it up, you’ll go home empty handed next season, or worse yet, leave…
Let’s get one thing straight, most game animals are taken at two hundred yards or less. Shooting—and hitting—at longer ranges is the exception, not the rule. So why is long-range hunting now all the rage? Two major factors influenced this…
