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Analyze Your Marksmanship Skills with the Baseline Drill
When practicing handgun shooting skills, it is important to know if you are getting better. Establishing a baseline can help show where you may need improvement. This drill will help you test your current skills and provide a guide for future practice.
Read MoreShotgun Slugs — What Are They and What Can You Do With Them?
The shotgun is a very versatile firearm, capable of filling many roles. From breaking clay birds to calling in spring turkeys, the camaraderie of the duck blind and even in the role of home-defense, the shotgun has wide applications.
Read MoreShooting Clays | How to Hit a Moving Target
Hunting and competing with shotguns can be a lot of fun, but it’s also a real challenge. For instance, in the three primary shotgun sports—trap, skeet and sporting clays—you’re firing at a small orange clay disk being hurled through the air.
Read MoreFirst Shots Shooter Profile: Vincent Hancock, Olympic Skeet Shooter
When asked the three things he’s into right now, Vincent Hancock’s reply could basically be boiled down into three distinct “F” words: faith, family and the future.
Read MoreHigh Power Rifle Competitions — Going the Distance
High Power Rifle competition is one of the most traditional and popular of the shooting sports. It is not merely challenging, it is a historical sport, harkening back to the very origins of civilian marksmanship training and the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Read MoreIt’s a Passion Thing
Luckily, today we live in a world where women and men can participate equally and easily in the shooting sports. Women, in particular, have better access, in part because there are many well respected in competition shooting and hunting who got their starts by learning to shoot with their fathers and grandfathers.
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know about Mounting a Scope
At the beginning of the 20th century, telescopic sights, or scopes were rarely seen on firearms. Today, scopes are commonly mounted on rifles and even shotguns and handguns. There are many advantages to having a scope on your gun.
Read MoreThe Savage Model 110
Among the American success stories in the firearms industry, Arthur Savage’s company ranks along with the best of them. The lever-action Model 99 is still synonymous with the Savage name, but the bolt-action Model 110 has probably been the Savage rifle that has been used by more shooters than any other model.
Read MoreShort-Barreled Pistols and New Shooters
Many shooters who obtain their pistol permit or concealed carry permit start shopping for a compact, short-barreled pistol as a first choice. While this type of firearm may ultimately be a good decision, as a training tool the short-barreled pistol may actually be doing new shooters a disservice.
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