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Sunday Gunday: 3 Things That Will Keep Your Shot True in the Offseason

Now that the main hunting seasons are closed… There’s no more turkey hunting until fall, and deer season is months and months away. How do you keep in practice over the summer months? These three tips will keep your shot abilities sharp, even in the offseason. 1. Bust some clay Check your local areas for gun

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GAMO – The Swarm Maxxim .177 caliber air rifle. Spring Special!

Buy a Gamo Swarm Maxxim .177 caliber and get a Competition Target worth $50 FREE! The Swarm Maxxim is the world’s first 10-shot break barrel air rifle. Ideal for hunting and pest control, our patent-pending […]

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how far a .22 long rifle cartridge still accurate

Just how far can you fire .22 LR cartridge from and still hit the target? YouTubers 22plinkster and IV8888 decided to team up and find out. Watch the video below to see for yourself: Have you ever shot long-range with a .22-caliber rifle? Many variables can affect your chances of actually making accurate shots way

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Do you hate those wood-boring carpenter bees that destroy everything? Well, if you’re this good of a shot, you can just shoot them. Watch the video below to see 22plinkster shoot them out of the sky with his revolver: It’s that time of the year when carpenter bees burrow themselves into anything wood. Ruined barns,

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Here’s yet another ammo experiment we’re happy to leave to TAOFLEDERMAUS. Our Wide Open Spaces video contributor TAOFLEDERMAUS has a good one for you; he’s testing some shotgun slugs made out of Silly Putty and wrapped in thin glass. Watch what happens when they get shot at various targets at, oh, 800 mph. Why? “For

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How Poorly Reasoned Government Procurement of Cavalry Long Guns Led to Defeat at Little Bighorn

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Cavalry Long Guns

Of all the disadvantages that contributed to the annihilation of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer’s five-troop battalion at the Battle of the Little Bighorn –among them superior numbers of enemy forces (a 5:1 ratio seems a safe bet), criminal disobedience of direct orders by junior officers in command of support battalions, and terrain so inimical to cavalry maneuvering as to negate every advantage commonly enjoyed by mounted troops in generically similar situations – none was more devastating than the inferiority of the Seventh Cavalry’s government-issued single shot carbines.

How’s this one gonna end? These three guys stumbled upon an old propane tank while waiting for their Thanksgiving Day meal. They did what anyone zwith a large pond, a .270 rifle, and some time on their hands would do. They blew the propane tank sky high, redneck style. That was pretty cool! I would

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How well will a giant rock hold up against shots from a .50-caliber rifle? Shooting .50-caliber ammunition is no joke. But, when you stand up against Mother Nature, rarely do you win. Edwin takes on a giant rock with some .50-caliber bullets, as well as some other calibers, to see what how much this boulder

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Firearms are amazing machines useful for many different tasks, but can you split logs with them? Can you split wood with bullets? It may not be super effective, but I can guarantee it would be a whole lot of fun. I mean who needs an axe or log splitter when you have heavy artillery and

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With muzzleloader permit applications rolling, let’s break down CVA’s awesome hunting package. I hate to wish life away, but once summer comes into full swing, hunting seasons begin to creep more into my mind. Not that they ever left—ask my wife—they just become more prevalent, especially when it comes time to apply for fall tags.

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