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It is a purely American notion that Depression Era ballistician Karl Foster's rifled slug--essentially a 20th century version of the Civil War Minie ball--was the first true advancement over the [...]

If, after a shot, a hunter finds scurried tracks and a few drops of blood where he expected to see a pile of whitetail, he invariably decries the lack of [...]

As human and whitetail populations began to prosper and compete for elbow room in the post-war aspect of the 20th Century, a significant number of municipalities across the country opted [...]

The sight picture was good; the trigger broke just right. You are sure the buck is down. What is your first thought when you find scurried tracks and a few [...]

The counter clerk slyly assessed the fiscal potential and vulnerability of the jug-eared country kid perusing the rack of used long guns. When the kid asked to see the 'bolt-action [...]

Shivering against the frigid November wind, I pulled the Woolrich's long collar tight around my neck and flattened my scrawny teen-age form tighter against the lee side of a big [...]

I thought I saw antlers silhouetted against the snow, h and looking through my 8X binoculars confirmed them. A tall-racked, thick-necked 9-point buck was trotting through the far corner of [...]

At last count there are eight states that do not allow rifles for deer hunting and at least 20 others that restrict a significant percentage of their hunters from using [...]

Ask anyone which has more knockdown power--a round that produces 1,000 foot-pounds of energy or one that produces 3,000 foot-pounds --and they'll unanimously side with the bigger load. I like [...]

At last count, eight states do not allow rifles for deer hunting, and at least 20 others restrict a significant percentage of their hunters from using rifles. That means, according [...]

IF YOU WANT TO HUNT SOME PLACES NOWADAYS, DISCRETION IS REQUIRED. ENTER METRO BARREL INNOVATIONS. There is an old, rickety ladder stand in a slender woodlot adjacent to my boyhood [...]

If a shotgun or a rifle is a tool, the stock is its handle--the part with which the shooter makes the most tenuous and intimate contact. That handle must be [...]

IS LEAD DEAD? NOT YET. BUT OTHER OPTIONS EXCEL. All-copper bullets are all the rage today, so much so that the uninitiated might assume they are a new innovation. Not [...]

It's one of the oldest rivalries in ballistics--the venerable .30-06 Sprg. versus the oh-so-popular .308 Win. Which is better for deer hunting? Quite honestly, it's the same argument as Coke [...]

It is no secret that every gun prefers certain ammunition. This is particularly evident when dealing with shotguns and muzzleloaders. But how do you determine your gun's predilection? Shooting every [...]