Category: Gear & Stuff
Alaskan Bear Rifles by PHIL MASSARO
When in brown bear country, you need an utterly dependable rifle. I am recently home from a wonderful hunt in coastal Alaska for both black and brown bears; if you’ve never had the opportunity to hunt the Forty-Ninth state, I highly recommend it. I was hunting with my buddy Bob Jewett of Top Gun Treks … Continue reading “Alaskan Bear Rifles by PHIL MASSARO”
America’s Top 10 Big Game Cartridges
Sorry but a couple of these rounds are some that I never heard of before! (6.5-284 Norma or the .280 Ackley Improved?) But he does have a few good ideas there. Grumpy America’s Top 10 Big Game Cartridges by Joseph von Benedikt | September 19th, 20160 I hate to begin an article by apologizing. So I won’t. If … Continue reading “America’s Top 10 Big Game Cartridges”
Over Yonder: The Ins and Outs of Laser Rangefinders by IAN KENNEY
When I first dipped my toes into precision rifle competition the very first match that I attended did not allow competitors to use laser rangefinders to get distances to the target. This was familiar territory for me since I’d been trained in range estimation using the reticle in the Leupold M3A and Steiner binos. Getting … Continue reading “Over Yonder: The Ins and Outs of Laser Rangefinders by IAN KENNEY”
Tripods – Take Your Rifle Shooting To Another Level by IAN KENNEY
Selecting a tripod for precision rifle shooting Military and Law Enforcement snipers have relied on tripods for years to provide support in positions other than the prone to make critical shots. The techniques born from those early tripod setups have evolved into the purpose-built products that we have today. Years ago, I was at a … Continue reading “Tripods – Take Your Rifle Shooting To Another Level by IAN KENNEY”
Ridiculous Army / Cavalry Helmet
I could not imagine staying on a horse during a charge. Let alone fighting with this thing on my noggin! Plus this is the enlisted model. The officers model must of been even worse. Pickelhaube From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bavarian military Pickelhaube Prussian police leather Pickelhaube The Pickelhaube (plural Pickelhauben; from the German Pickel, “point” or “pickaxe”, and Haube, “bonnet”, a … Continue reading “Ridiculous Army / Cavalry Helmet”
Fella could have a real good time with these!
Especially in some of the more “special” places in the world.
Top 10 Exotic Hunts That Should Be on Your Bucket List
Come on Lottery! Grumpy by PHIL MASSARO on OCTOBER 12, 2017 Related Tags: Bolt-Action Rifles, Buzz, Feature Articles, Hunting A kudu bull taken in South Africa; for many hunters the Greater kudu is the Holy Grail of African Plains Game. Traveling to hunt is something I feel everyone should do at least once; it represents an adventure that can quickly make … Continue reading “Top 10 Exotic Hunts That Should Be on Your Bucket List”
Finding a Good Gunsmith
This has always been a problem for me in here the People’s Republic of California. This in spite of the fact that California has a very large Gun Owner population. Here is what my general experience has been like for the past forty plus years. In that there are very few real gun shops … Continue reading “Finding a Good Gunsmith”
Why I do not reload ammo!
I have been told that the best thing that one can do for themselves is to know one self. Now I know that one thing for sure is that I suffer from impatience and lack of attention most of the times now a days. So here are some more really good reasons why I … Continue reading “Why I do not reload ammo!”