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4 Best Rangefinders for Gun Hunters
These are your best bet for long-range accuracy. As you wade through the options in search of the best hunting rangefinder, look for one that’s water-resistant, provides ergonomic handling, offers an extended warranty, boasts a long CR2 battery life, and accurately reports true ballistic range. With this criteria in mind, here are some of our […]
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Pros and Cons: Airbow for Hunting in the US
Is the American hunting population ready to use the airbow for hunting in the US? We as hunters, sometimes, are hard to allow the arrival of innovation. Innovation can exist within camouflage like Sitka’s Optifade Elevated II pattern, or in the use of rangefinders like Nikon’s Arrow ID 3000. But innovation sometimes doesn’t bother people until you […]
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Shotgun Slugs: The Different Types and Practical Uses of Each
The right slugs can turn a 12 gauge shotgun into a .72-caliber rifle. Shotgun shells can hold a variety of projectile types. If you can fit it in a 12 gauge hull, someone has tried to fire it out of a smoothbore. A 12 gauge shotgun can reliably fire birdshot, buckshot, and large single projectiles […]
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5 of the Most Memorable Movie Guns From Cinematic History
These guns are as famous as the characters who used them. Hollywood uses a lot of guns in movies of every kind. Over the years, some have stood the test of time, becoming as iconic as the characters who wielded them. These are some of the most memorable movie guns in cinematic history, at least as […]
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10 of the Best .243 Winchester Rifles for Deer and Varmint Hunting
The .243 Winchester is a great multi-purpose hunting round. Ask any hunter to name five popular deer hunting centerfire rifle calibers and odds are the .243 Winchester will be among the ones they name. Introduced back in 1955, countless hunters have used this round to put game on the table season after season. This round […]
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The Best Gun Bluing Kits
If you want to restore an old firearm or touch up wear spots on your favorite gun, these home bluing kits are the way to go. You may have read that a gun has a blued finish, and heard people talking about “bluing” but have never really known exactly what it is. Put simply, bluing […]
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.45-70 Govt: 6 Great Hunting Rifles Chambered for the Classic Big Bore Round
The .45-70 Government may be the perfect hunting round. The world of firearms is one of the few areas of modern society where old ideas never seem to go out of style if they work effectively. That is the case of the iconic round .45-70 Government. First developed back in the late 1800s at the equally […]
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How to Accessorize a Shotgun
It’s true you can go too far, but the right add-ons can greatly increase a scattergun’s capabilities. You can put as much crap on your shotgun as you want. It’s a free country. Some people go overboard, hooking things to every free Picatinny rail spot they can find. While there are a ton of aftermarket […]
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7 Great Hunting Rifle Choices Chambered for .350 Legend
These are some top choices for rifles chambered in .350 Legend. Straight-wall cartridge rifles have really taken off for whitetail deer hunting in the Midwest United States the last few years. Suddenly hunters who have always been regulated to shotguns and muzzleloaders can use guns chambered for centerfire rifle hunting cartridges to extend their range […]
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Leupold VX-6HD Riflescope Boasts Versatility and Ultimate Performance
The new Leupold VX-6HD Riflescope is scoring high marks in versatility, durability, and reliability. The recently-released VX-6HD riflescope is further proving Leupold’s commitment to first-shot success when it matters most. The VX-6HD’s edge-to- edge clarity is said to provide outstanding brightness, color consistency, and resolution. That means the first moments and last of each day, […]
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