General

A Simple Way to Protect Your Home From Criminals

This only takes about two minutes to protect your privacy and keeps prying eyes from knowing what’s in front of your house or in your garage. In other words, it’s one less tool people can use to stalk you or that criminals can use to case a neighborhood.

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General

Personal Defense With Limits — Caliber Selection

When outside factors limit the shooters’ ability to control a heavier caliber, determination and marksmanship might carry the day. Self defense demands all the power the shooter can handle. However, that does not mean you have to be over-gunned.

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Firearms

Ode to the AK — Because Some Things are Worth Revisiting

Today, on what would have been Mikhail Kalashnikov’s 96th birthday, the Shooter’s Log honors the man and his rifle—the AK-47—with highlights from the best of the best articles about the most recognizable and widespread weapon in the world.

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Safety and Training

The Rifle for Home Defense

When considering a firearm for home defense there are three choices, the handgun, rifle, and shotgun. Many arguments can be made for each and the choice must fit your lifestyle, but the AR-15 is hard to beat, so get the AR-15 rifle out of the closet and into a first tier role in your home defense. After all, this is the most effective and useful firearm in the battery.

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Gear, Parts and Accessories

Setting Up Your AR-15 for Defense

Today’s market offers a multitude of options for personal defense. The plethora of aftermarket parts can be overwhelming to even the most gun-savvy individuals and picking the right components can be crucial to your success in building a gun that gives you the performance you are looking for.

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Ammunition

Shoot Cleaner With American Eagle’s Syntech Range Ammunition

Forget whatever you previously thought about range ammunition, Federal Ammunition wants to revolutionize range ammo with the introduction of its new American Eagle Syntech. American Eagle Syntech shoots cleaner than traditional ammunition, because the bullet is encapsulated in a polymer. Without the metal to metal contact, copper and lead fouling is eliminated. This not only means more shooting and less cleaning, it leads to longer barrel life too!

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News

Iowa Becomes 42nd State to Pass Hearing Protection Legislation

This week, on Thursday, March 31, Governor Terry Branstad (R) signed House File 2279, the Hearing Protection Act, into law. HF 2279 passed the House of Representatives with a 74-24 vote and the Senate with an overwhelming, bipartisan 46-4 vote. HF 2279 will go into effect immediately.

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Firearms

FN Announces Spring Consumer Promotion

FN America, LLC announces the launch of a spring consumer promotion to offer free accessories for qualifying purchases of FN 15 modern sporting rifles, FNS and FNX pistols. The spring Free Gear promotion starts on April 1, 2016 and is valid through June 30, 2016.

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Gear, Parts and Accessories

Choosing the Right Turkey Call

Many different styles of turkey calls exist, but the box call, friction/pot call, and the diaphragm/mouth call are most popular. Experienced hunters may use all three styles on a daily basis and, occasionally, two at the same time. In addition, they’ll probably carry multiple versions of each style—some loud and some soft. Read the full story for tips about picking the right call.

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