Long-range target shooting is heady sport. Thousands of shooters would love to indulge… if only they could afford one of those big scopes.
Well, maybe you can. I’m not going to promise every “cheap” scope is perfect, adequate, or junk, but I will give you some tips on shaving the price you pay for your long-range wonder scope.
Seven ways to save some cash on your long-range scope setup Read More »
The .308 Winchester rifle cartridge was unleashed on the public in 1952. Just three years later it morphed into the .243 Winchester. And the race was on.
As most know, the .308 Winchester emerged from military trials as they searched for a more efficient battle rifle/cartridge than the M1 Garand and .30-06. Winchester was in on the search and figured, even if the military did not adopt the shortened .30-06 they’d created, hunters and target shooters might. Good move.
The evolution of the amazing .308 family of hunting rounds Read More »
We all know what to do. Identify legal game, aim, squeeze, tag, drag, skin, eat.
Yet we also know that things often fall apart after the “Identify legal game” part. We shake, we fumble, we can’t find the safety, we aim too high or low, we jerk the trigger. (Sometimes we even forget our tag!) I can’t help you with your tag, but as an old veteran of some 58 hunting seasons, I can offer some advice on four shooting mistakes to avoid.
Avoid these four common mistakes to become a better shooter in the moment of truth Read More »
Off-season for hunting doesn’t mean off-season for shooting. Great riflemen and women get, and stay, that way by shooting regularly.
Ah, but ammo is expensive. Yeah, but so is coffee and beer. Fortunately, in shooting, unlike coffee and beer drinking, there are some great substitutes. The first is dry firing, which sounds lame, but actually works. I saw it work just yesterday when my son-in-law was missing a milk jug at 10 yards with a handgun. I asked him to dry fire and watch where his sights were when the trigger broke.
Develop an off-season plan now for your rimfire and centerfire target practice Read More »
Elk, moose, and sheep have long driven the dreams of the adventuring hunter, but wild pigs are fast overtaking the old guard. Partly because they’re accessible.
Let’s face it, hunting much of our Western big game is expensive – if you can even get a tag. But feral pigs? Not only are licenses and tags inexpensive, in many places they’re free. And after you’ve shot one pig, you might not need to stop. No limits.
Southern states and feral pigs offer a winter opportunity for hunters Read More »
The easy answer to the perennial question “why would you hunt with an AR rifle?” is the same as the answer to “why would you hunt with a lever action rifle?”
“Because I want to!”
If it’s legal in the jurisdiction where you hunt and for the game you hunt, go ahead. Handicap yourself with an AR-style rifle. Wait. What? Handicap? Yes. An AR makes hunting more difficult than it has to be. In my opinion.
Why hunt with an AR? There’s a cartridge for every centerfire situation Read More »
Don’t break the bank when buying a .22 rimfire scope, but don’t make the mistake of going “cheap” either. Traditionally .22 scopes have been seen as inexpensive sights. Many caused more shooting problems than they solved. One of the biggest was poor accuracy.
How can a magnified sight picture lead to poorer accuracy? Poor image quality, excessive flare, and parallax.
Need a new scope for your .22? Here’s what to consider to obtain better accuracy Read More »
Grandpa and great grandpa loved their brush busting, lever-action .30-30s, .35 Remingtons, and .32 Winchester Specials, but should you?
Yes. But not for the brush busting.
Because the bullets aren’t all that good at busting brush. But the rifles are. So-called brush rifles and the cartridges they shoot evolved alongside the metallic cartridge and repeating rifle.
Brush-busting deer guns: Still useful, increasingly popular Read More »
Hey all you hunting and shooting grandpas (even you grandpas-to-be) take it from this grandpa – laser rangefinders aren’t new fangled, high-tech, or unethical. The first successful consumer model came out in 1999.
You don’t have to use a rangefinder to set up for ridiculously long shots you have no business taking. Used correctly, one of these “cheaters” could prevent you from crippling and losing a deer. Wouldn’t you rather know you can hit it than hope you might hit it?
Laser rangefinders — the trusty tool helping hunters make better shots for 25 years Read More »
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