Avoid these common five hunting rifle buying mistakes and you'll improve your chances for bringing home the bacon -- and venison and antlers and hides and... You can bring home the venison and antlers if you avoid our five hunting rifle buying mistakes and get the right rifle … [Read more...] about Five Hunting Rifle Buying Mistakes
Ballistics
Ballistics is the science or study of projectiles in flight. This might seem arcane and boring, but it's at the heart of how we hit or miss game. Internal ballistics refers to what goes on within the gun. External ballistics covers the projectile's flight, and terminal ballistics is all about what happens when that projectile lands. If you truly wish to become a better shot, study ballistics. Yeah, it's physics and a bit of rocket science, but we'll make it as plain, simple and useful as we can. Hey, if an old country bumpkin like Spomer can grasp this stuff, you can. Shooters who routinely put bullets on target at 300 yards and beyond know their ballistics.
Hornady 6mm ARC Joins Race to the Bottom
The release of the new Hornady 6mm ARC (Advanced Rifle Cartridge) supports the perception that gun and ammo makers are engaged in a race to the bottom. Fast is better but slow means mo? Well, maybe... The Hornady 6mm ARC takes the 24-caliber into record territory — the … [Read more...] about Hornady 6mm ARC Joins Race to the Bottom
Riding the Backs of Wolves
Riding wolves? It’s time to howl about the National Wildlife Federation’s riding the backs of wolves while pandering to passion in order to extract dollars. Many decades ago the National Wildlife Federation sprang from an association of local and state wildlife clubs to … [Read more...] about Riding the Backs of Wolves
The Diminutive 204 Ruger
It being spring and “rodent control season” on farms across the land, this seems an appropriate time to investigate the hot little pipsqueak 204 Ruger. In case you’ve forgotten, this modification of the 222 Remington Magnum case was presented to an adoring (some would say bored, … [Read more...] about The Diminutive 204 Ruger
Hunting and Shooting Shakespeare
Many a high school student would love to be hunting and shooting Shakespeare instead of reading him. But their attitudes change when they discover that eloquent old William wrote about shooting and hunting. Often. Please allow me to repeat that: Shakespeare wrote about … [Read more...] about Hunting and Shooting Shakespeare
Complicating Hunting
We are complicating hunting in the U.S.A. Perhaps more than necessary. It used to be you bought a license, then a tag, and went hunting. When you filled your tag or the season ended, you were done hunting. Not anymore. We weren't complicating hunting too much 40 years … [Read more...] about Complicating Hunting
221 Fireball Stuck in the Middle (With You?)
The poorly understood 221 Fireball is stuck in the middle, shaded by family members exponentially more popular. Short and sweet. The 221 Fireball may be the most efficient of our 22-caliber cartridges throwing .224" bullets. If you don’t know the 221 Fireball, don’t feel … [Read more...] about 221 Fireball Stuck in the Middle (With You?)
Who Killed the 222 Remington?
Pity the poor 222 Remington centerfire rifle cartridge. Yesterday’s super star. Today’s forgotten star. Killed off by a heartless upstart of it's own lineage. Seeing triple triple. Three 222 Remington cartridges triplicate the Two Two Two Triple Deuce, once the darling of 22 … [Read more...] about Who Killed the 222 Remington?
