I was recently making a list of gear to take with me on upcoming deer hunts this November, first to Texas and then to northwestern Ontario. For both hunts, I debated between at least a couple of…
In Part I, The Dreaded Flinch we discussed what flinching is, what causes it, and how to avoid it. Now let’s deal with how to detect it and, more importantly, how to get rid of it.
Have you ever…
Regardless of your abilities, there are always some basic things that will help you hit your mark whether it’s busting clays, upland game hunting or waterfowl hunting.
First of all, practice…
My first rifle was a no-nonsense bolt action .30/06 straight "off the rack" when I was 18 years old. Over time, my gun collection has grown, along with my sophistication, to the point now that I own…
We all know that shooting from the offhand position is very unstable, and that we should try to avoid it. Some of us have actually gotten pretty good at getting in the habit of trying to get down…
The evolution of my gun collecting has gone something like this: As a child, my first gun was a BB gun, but I soon graduated to a pellet rifle. As an adolescent, my grandfather bought me a brand new…
As whitetail deer populations continue to soar in many parts of the North, East and South, often near populated areas, more and more jurisdictions are adding primitive-weapons-only seasons. Out West…
So you've decided to make the leap into the extreme sport of paintball. You need a paintball gun, or "marker" as the industry has labeled them, but aren't sure what to look for. It's easy to imagine…
Sighting-in a rifle is fairly simple if you follow a few basic steps outlined in a previous how-to article, How to Sight-In a Rifle. But there are also some tricks I've picked up over the years to…
Dry firing is the act of picking up and cocking an unloaded firearm and going through the motions of a shot, including pulling the trigger. It's really as simple as that.
But it's also far more…
Paintball! The hottest "extreme" sport around can be a little intimidating to get into, but it doesn't have to be that way. Through some simple instruction and explanation, we'll help you make the…
Many new and even not-so new hunters and shooters believe that sighting in a rifle is difficult or complicated, but it really isn't. Whether you've purchased a new rifle, you're putting a new rifle…
