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Barren Ground Caribou Hunt By Shawn Carlock On August 27th 2008, my hunting partner JR and I flew into the Nome, Alaska airport. We met some friends of mine to go on a long range barren ground caribou hunt near the Arctic Circle. Tony met us at the airport and took us to meet Chuck and Jack at...

Building An Accurate AR-15 By Steve Adelmann ©Copyright, Precision Shooting Magazine Like most married men, I’ve learned that combining my passion for something with the joy of giving doesn’t always end well. Giving power tools to my wife is a good example; camouflage clothing is another...

Caldwell "Fire Control" Full Length Rest Review By Don Bigelow ©Copyright, The Varmint Hunters Association, Inc. Introduction Whether you are a bench rest competitor or a hunter, as I am, the goal is universal: to obtain the highest level of accuracy possible while shooting from the bench...

Remington XR100 In .204 Ruger By Shane Green This is the best rabbit cartridge on the market. The one caveat would be that one isn’t shooting for meat! I have been shooting rabbits for 25+ years and have used a variety of calibres and firearms with great satisfaction from muzzle distance off...

Trigger Time In Texas By Ian McMurchy In March I made an interesting trip south to test new guns and ammo – and to escape Saskatchewan’s rotten winter. I flew into San Antonio to meet Kevin Howard from Howard Communications in Missouri. Kevin arranges “writer-hunts” for several companies and he...

When Gadgets Fail - Range Finding Reticles By Darrell Holland It’s great living in a technological society. The shooting world has been blessed with its share of techno-gadgets in recent years. Wind meters, laser range finders and sophisticated ballistic programs have taken the guess work out...

Horses As I See Them By Ian McMurchy (1944-2008) This column is for readers who have never ridden horses, particularly readers who might be considering a hunt involving horses. I am going to expose some ugly facts about horse hunts that horse lovers might have problems with. Sometimes the...

The Ultimate Shooting Challenges - Long Shots and Movers Part One - Long Range Hunting By Ian McMurchy Far off across the open prairie a whitetail doe sneaks out of the end of a coulee. She tip-toes towards a small dugout for a drink before heading to nearby fields to forage. Moments after she...

Long Range Targets By Ian McMurchy Far across the huge valley a tiny vertical white object looked out of place in the green vegetation. Although our target frame was over fifteen feet tall and four feet wide at seven hundred yards it was small – very small. Invisible to the naked eye are two...

My 2005 Brooks Range, Alaska Dall Sheep Hunt by Jim Speaks This hunt had been a dream of mine for many years. The allure of Alaska was something I couldn’t get out of my mind. After years of saving, I booked a hunt with an outfitter from Anchorage. The hunt was to take place in mid-August...

Things I Learned Shooting Crop Damage Deer By Dave King When I was first approached to shoot crop damage deer I was elated, I initially thought this was an opportunity to hunt whitetail deer year-round but a bit later I discover it was a double edged sword. At first I began the task by the only...

Top 10 Excuses Allowing You to Hunt Longer By Loop-Hole Louie (AKA Darrell Holland) For many hunters the time allotted for hunting is just too short. With busy work schedules and domestic duties at the home front, we find ourselves severely short changed in pursuit of our favorite hobby...

Getting it in the Can By Richard Mellon In many ways, capturing a successful hunt on video, especially video fit for broadcast or a commercial DVD, is almost as satisfying as being the happy hunter. It can be far more difficult being the videographer as compared to being the hunter, that is...

How To Clean Your Rifle Scope By Gary Garnett They don’t often get much thought, but Rifle Scopes are really highly sophisticated pieces of equipment. Using high definition multi-coated lenses modern Rifle Scopes can deliver extraordinary sharpness and detail. However, peak performance is...

A Camp Perry Primer By Dan Arnold ©Copyright, Precision Shooting Magazine "I got my vacation approved, so I can go with you guys to Perry this year? What should I take?” asked a new shooter at one of our mid-July practice sessions. It was appropriate that such a loaded question be directed my...

Savage Tactical Rifle Project By Jerry Teo Based on the overwhelming response to my previous article, Long Range Rifle On A Budget, Len and I discussed creating an article to walk you through a rifle build using a Savage rifle. The goal was to show you what could be done simply and...

Berger Bullets' Move To The G7 Standard BC By Bryan Litz, Chief Ballistician For Berger Bullets A Better Ballistic Coefficient For centuries now, science has been helping us gain a more accurate understanding of our world. The branch of science we care about as shooters is known as...

Barnes’ Tests Prove Why Berger Hunting VLDs Are So Successful By Eric Stecker Other important and potentially dangerous facts revealed in Barnes’ tests that every game hunting reloader needs to know. Barnes recently published test results on their website at the following url...

DPMS Panther LR-260 AR-15 Review By Jacob Gottfredson ©Copyright 2009, Precision Shooting Magazine I recently evaluated an DPMS LR .260 AR. The rifle was well built, functioned flawlessly, and was superbly accurate, taking my bolt action sniper rifles to task. The rifle is relatively heavy...

The Why Of The AR-15 Semiautomatic By Jerry Stordahl ©Copyright, Precision Shooting Magazine Bolt action rifles in general will overlap into other uses, and the semiautomatic AR-15 shares the same useful trait. The AR-15 has endured a rocky trail from its inception, but in today’s shooting...