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Why doesn’t anyone make a youth model 28 gauge?
While I was knocking around at a local gun shop, I found something as rare as a purple unicorn. It was a CZ-USA youth and ladies’ model 28 gauge. Better yet, it was a used […]
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Stocking stuffers for shooters on your list
I usually come up with a few ideas for Christmas gifts for everyone on my shopping list, but I always struggle to find stocking stuffers. If the people you’re trying to find stuff for are […]
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Shooting sticks make for a much steadier rest
I have a set of Vanguard shooting sticks I picked up several years ago. I’ve used them at the shooting range when I’ve practiced with my hunting rifles, but about a week ago, I got […]
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Protect your hearing while you’re at the shooting range
There are a lot of electronic earmuffs and earplugs on the market, and most of ‘em are worth every penny you’ll spend on ‘em. The best ones are generally more expensive, but you don’t have […]
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Take the family out for a great day of shooting
I finally got a chance to take my wife and our youngest son out shooting last weekend. The warm weather got Amy thinking about the spring chores we need to get done around the house, […]
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Swab-Its make gun cleaning less objectionable
I will admit, I don’t clean my guns nearly as often as I should. After a day at the range, I might have four or five guns that are in serious need of a good […]
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Wind adds an extra challenge to trap shooting
I know I’m out of practice with my shotgun, but it usually doesn’t take me too long to get back in the swing of things. With that in mind, I hauled the shotgun out to […]
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Those Denver prairie dogs are killing me
I took the family down to Denver a while back, and the prairie dogs were out in force. It looked in some places like the little varmints were preparing to launch a major offensive against […]
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The only drawback to shooting a lot is cleaning the guns
We’re pretty lucky here in Wyoming to have a climate that isn’t absolutely ruthless to blued steel. In some parts of the country, if you so much as expose a gun to the air, you […]
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Reactive targets are the best bet for shooting with kids
My boys and I took the .22 out to the backyard shooting range on Sunday, but we’d planned to get out there long before we finally did. Part of what kept us from getting out […]