HUNTING – 24HOURCAMPFIRE

Whittaker Guns is a large enough enterprise to order “special runs” of new guns, like this Ruger American .22-250 with a 1-8 twist.

GUN SHOPS

A fascination with firearms appears to be innate in some people, though it may also be enhanced by …

This free-range New Zealand red deer was not only killed with the boring old .30-06, but with a “target” bullet. Shot across a canyon while bedded down, the stag never moved from its bed.

THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION

One of the many defining characteristics of the subspecies of the humans often called “rifle loonies” is the constant pursuit of perfection. This is …

Best-quality J. regia walnut, as on this Miller/Dakota rifle, is now very costly, and becoming scarcer.

THE WALNUT YOU NEVER KNEW

Once as common on rifles as black on Model Ts, walnut is going the way of hickory wheels. Here’s why.

A flat trajectory often matters more on varmints, because they're smaller targets.

THE REALITIES OF BALLISTIC COEFFICIENT

Before compact, affordable laser rangefinders became available to in the late 1990’s, the primary …

Many dialing scopes have an exposed elevation turret, but some designed specifically for hunting, like this Nightforce SHV, have a capped turret.

RIFLE SCOPE RETICLES

This will date me some, but when I started hunting the basic choices in scope reticles were plain crosshairs, post and …

Re-chambered to .30 Gibbs, this Springfield 03A3 can deliver the ballistic muscle of the .300 H&H.

ROCKY GIBBS AND HIS WILDCATS

Hot-rodding the .30-06, this Idaho wildcatter claimed speeds that sent handloaders to their presses and challenged P.O. Ackley’s Improved dynasty!