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Triggers By Les Voth P17 Remington: This was the first trigger I learned to handle really well. It was a two stage military trigger that came on a surplus 30-06 rifle built out of a junk box. I was desperate to buy another "something" and the local gunsmith dug out the parts. With the 20 inch...

Distance Bulls How to Hunt Elk from 5 Miles Away By Remi Warren, of Western Hunter and Elk Hunter Magazine The first elk tag I received in my home state of Nevada came well after I started elk hunting; ten years later to be exact. By that point, I had taken quite a few bulls in other states and...

Vortex Golden Eagle HD 15-60x52 Rifle Scope Review By James Mock If you were charged with building a scope for F-class or long range Benchrest, what features would you want? Vortex has been listening and they have a new Golden Eagle that has features that yours truly really appreciates. It has...

7mm Remington Magnum By Nathan Foster History When the Mauser brothers designed the 7x57 cartridge for use in their M93 military bolt action rifle, the excellent qualities inherent in the 7mm bore diameter soon became apparent to cartridge designers all over the world. Here was a cartridge...

Basic Brass Preparations By Jim See Your rifle brass is the foundation of your load. Take the time to ensure it is consistent and truly ready to load. Let’s start with Lapua brass, but the same can apply to Norma. It’s often stated that this brass is “ready to load straight from the box.” Well...

What is Parallax? By Earl Hines, Best of the West Master Gunsmith When we talk about the accuracy of a shooting system, there is one element that most people know little about, don't understand, don't know how to apply, or don't recognize. Many people have indicated that they understand it but...

Schmidt & Bender 5-25X56 PMII P4FL2-MOA Rifle Scope Review By Steve Davis, H D Custom Rifles and Ammunition, LLC and Hammer Bullets When the opportunity to review a Schmidt & Bender rifle scope presented itself, I had to jump. I had never had the opportunity to work with a scope of this...

Bartlein T-Rifled Barrels © 2017 by Glenn Burroughs Some months ago a nice custom rifle barrel chambered in 6mm BR Norma and threaded for a Remington 700 action came into my life. It originally belonged to a friend who shot it less than a hundred times, then decided he wanted a barrel with a...

Zeiss Victory SF 10x42 Binocular Review By Jose Gardner To say I was excited when finding out about the opportunity to review the Zeiss Victory SF 10x42 binos would be, quite frankly, an understatement. I had a northern Colorado Archery elk hunt coming up and couldn’t help but think these would...

Scorpyd Orion Extreme Crossbow Review By Matt Bastian In 2014 Wisconsin legalized the use of crossbows during archery season. It had been years since I had been able to hunt during bow season. Being an avid rifle shooter and a contractor I was left little time to refine my archery skills...

As a Matter of Fact, You Should Start Reloading By Jose Gardner So, you’re on the fence about reloading and not sure you want to take the plunge. Maybe you’re not sure you have the time? Maybe you’re not sure you want to make the initial investment? Maybe you’re not sure you’ll save enough ammo...

ATN X-Sight II HD 3-14 Day/Night Riflescope Review By TR Nelson The ATN X-Sight II HD 3-14 Day/Night Riflescope is the latest generation of software assisted digital optics. It is available as either a 5-20x or a 3-14x magnification, and is capable of doing a ton of neat, slick and even...

Zeiss Conquest Gavia 85 Spotting Scope Review By Jose Gardner Page 1 of 3 Like a kid at Christmas, I was incredibly anxious and impatient waiting for the Zeiss Conquest Gavia 85 spotter to come in for review. From the moment I opened the box, I was highly impressed. I did wonder, however, if...

June 2017 New Zealand Hunt By Dr. Bob Peterson Hunting red stag in New Zealand has always been on my bucket list. Recently I was looking at my emails and saw an auction hunt on the GSCO (Grand Slam Club Ovis) website. It was for a free-range Tahr hunt offered by Carla Lucas and New Zealand...

Beartooth Wireless Communicator Review By Mike Durocher How great would it be to be able to turn your smartphone into a 2-way walkie-talkie with text and GPS location messaging, even when you don’t have any cellular reception? The Beartooth wireless communicator allows you to do just that with...

Box2Bench Targets: Right Idea, Right Time By MeccaStreisand First things first: A lot of old school guys are probably going to ignore this and that’s a shame because it could really make your life easier. My coach hated it, right up until we found my best load was going to be built in a way he...

X-Ray's Stick By Les Voth Jesse's dad stuck with his 22-250 Remington for almost forty years for everything up to deer and antelope. These days a Tikka in 25-06 Remington does it for him. Monty Esquire is still using the sporterized Enfield in 30-06 Springfield he got 40+ years ago from his...

Barrel Life: A Screed of Old Standby & the Math of the Matter By Meccastreisand When you talk about “barrel life”, exactly what you are talking about is of paramount importance but isn’t clarified by the simple words “barrel life”. To some people it means the time when the gun is no longer safe...

Effective Game Killing - Part 2 By Nathan Foster Putting the information together The speed of incapacitation or what we call fast killing is one method for which the hunter is able to measure a cartridge’s effectiveness on game in comparison to other cartridges. It must be remembered however...

Tikka T3X CTR 6.5 Creedmoor + Swarovski Z8i = One Fine Hunting Rig By John Johnston Page 1 of 3 My day started off as I sat down at my shooting bench inside my reloading room. There beside me was a rifle rack with three scoped rifles ready to be test fired for groups. The target is 116 yards...