HUNTING – Page 2 – 24HOURCAMPFIRE

I like to go hunting with friends like my buddy Pete Jackson. We met on a Canadian caribou hunt in 1993, and Pete eventually came to Montana to supposedly hunt mule deer, but could not pass up this whitetail!

LESSONS LEARNED FROM GUN WRITING

Like many gun writers I got into the profession during mid-life, after establishing a freelance career writing about other stuff from fly-fishing to Western history. It wasn’t until …

Short, slab-sided lever-actions with straight grips make ideal saddle rifles. This 94 has seen hard use.

DEER RIFLES THAT ENDURE

It’s uniquely American, and common even among casual hunters. The best of its type are timeless.

Deer don’t always stand with their ribs to you. A-Frame and Scirocco bullets drive deep to the vitals.

SWIFT, WITH AMMUNITION

When, 30 years ago, a small Kansas shop came up with a new bullet, no one could have predicted this!

Even for experienced handloaders, considerable improvements in factory ammunition in recent years is a boon.

FACTORY RIFLE AMMO

During a recent conversation about a hunt, somebody asked what handload was used. When I told him it was a factory load, he frowned and said …

What can the .30-30 do? Well, in its early days many hunters considered it a fine all-around North American cartridge, so killed elk, moose and grizzlies without many problems.

THE .30-30 WINCHESTER

My final “big” game animal of 2014 was an eating-sized South Texas pig, taken on December 14th with the .30-30 Winchester, the same cartridge used on …

There are two basic kinds of powder charges for reduced loads: small charges of fast-burning handgun/shotgun powders, and larger charges of rifle or specialty powders.

REDUCED RIFLE LOADS

Many shooters like to use reduced loads in their rifles, whether for hunting or cheap practice. Reduced loads also tend to …