Every hunter is only as good as their cold bore shot. First shots count in hunting–you may not get another–so you better hit first time, every time. Rifle zero is important, too. Whether you are a long-range hunter or, like…
Rifle scopes are better now than ever before in history. Everyday, manufacturers add more features, more complexity, and more cost. It’s easy for the average hunter to get confused when it comes time to select a new scope. There are…
The latest generation long-range hunting bullets are known as Very Low Drag (VLD) or Reduced Drag Factor (RDF) bullets. These super-slippery slugs have revolutionized hunting and shooting with improved aerodynamics. Like all engineering, there is no free lunch and so…
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…
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…
Accuracy. The gun world revolves around the word. Everyone wants an accurate gun, hunters in particular since an inaccurate one means no meat in the freezer. What is accuracy, though, and how much do you need in a hunting rifle?…
Even budget priced rifles are now more accurate than the average hunter needs, and today’s precision rifles are better as delivered from the factory than many custom built guns produced just a few decades ago. This is good news if…
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. …
Power. If you, the hunter, need or want it, look no further than the .338 caliber magnums. They offer not just raw violence (at both ends of the barrel) but also flatter trajectories than the big-bores and consummate accuracy. .338…
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…
