Winchester engineers knew the idea was a winner when they conceived it; and the marketing team knew they had a product that could practically sell itself. As for the millions of deer hunters across North America who dropped a deer using it in the field, they were convinced. Now it’s been confirmed by one of […]
Monthly Archives: April 2022
Don’t mistake “enthusiasm for training” for “Motivation to Train”. Training can be fun. Many people attend training classes as a hobby. Some even consider a course a year with their buddies an annual vacation. Don’t be a hobbyist in the area of defensive skill development. It is great if you gain pleasure from knowing that […]
Many centerfire rifle cartridges are effective on elk. The 338 Winchester Magnum is arguably the best. Ever since the advent of the first metallic cartridge (the 22 BB Cap in 1845,) hunters have demanded rifles, cartridges and bullets capable of terminating everything from ground squirrels to elephants. This is why the world has seen the […]
Christmas break was the best of winter when I was a kid. Uncle Alvin would give me my smallest Christmas gift of the year, a box of 50 Winchester Super X 22 Long Rifle hollow-points. Those, in turn, gave me days of hunting adventure you can’t tie a bow around or put under a tree. […]
You can usually tell if people who take credit for recipes have actually prepared the recipes themselves. It’s also fairly obvious if a wild game recipe was written by a non-hunter. Not that you have to be a hunter to know how to prepare wild game. I’ve never killed a cow, but I can cook […]
In recent years the 6.5 Creedmoor is a caliber that everyone is raving about. It is the go-to cartridge for long-range shooters due to its reputation of shooting precision groups at 500 yards…and beyond. It is also becoming more popular among hunters. This means that it is an easy to find factory load with more […]
Over the past year, I’ve been lucky enough to start using suppressors on my rifles. I absolutely love it. The one thing that came unexpected were the comments I received from fellow hunters questioning why on earth I would ever need or want a suppressor on a hunting rifle. I understand that everyone seems to […]