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Sporting clays is quite possibly the ultimate shotgun sport, but also a discipline that a complete beginner can participate in and enjoy as much as the seasoned veteran. Although you can never master sporting clays, it is the pursuit and variation that come from one target to the next or one course to the next that keeps shotgunners hungry for more rounds that is never quite satiated.
Do you know the effects of hot and cold temperatures on gunpowder? You should, especially if you reload. Read a breakdown about temperature, how to determine whether your reloads are safe, how the ambient temperature during the reloading process can affect pressure next summer when shooting and more.
I have yet to be all I can be. I was never the boxer my father was, the shotgun shot my grandfather was, or the climber my other grandfather was, but I learned survival skills that served me well. There are lessons to be learned from the author’s training scars and those of others.
Billed as the shootout of the century, Taya Kyle will use TrackingPoint’s Precision-Guided Firearms to take on reigning NRA World Shooting Champion Bruce Piatt in the inaugural American Sniper Shootout.
ArmaLite introduced two new models of AR-15s at SHOT Show 2015. Now in full production, the M-15 3-Gun rifles are taking competition shooters to the winners circle. Find out how these two right-out-of-the-box straight shooters are winning championships in this post.
STI’s new DVC Limited and Open pistols are an entirely new design based off the 2011 platform and are built specifically for competitive shooting. The “DVC” acronym for the new series is derived from “Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas.” If your Latin is a little rusty, read the post to find out what that means.
A barrel-twist rate is expressed in a chain of numbers that reflects on how far down the barrel a bullet must travel to make one full rotation. To fully understand barrel twist, read this article.
They are light, sleek, accurate, customizable, reliable and powerful. I will never understand why some think the AR-15 platform is only good for military applications.
3GN is part of the Pursuit Channel’s “Freedom Fridays” presented by Cheaper than Dirt! It can also be seen on the Sportsman Channel Sundays at 3:00 p.m. EST.
Looking for something new? Feeling a little out of shape or perhaps wanting to prove your physical superiority. If you answered any of these questions with an affirmative and you like to shoot or bows, there is a sport tailor made for you.