Fall’s Better With a New Gun

Fall’s Better With a New Gun

A long time ago, when I was a younger man, anticipation seemed to be the better part of everything. Everything, it seemed, was better, sweeter, more perfect in the planning stage than in the eventual reality. The “other hand” is that with the passing of considerable...
Weatherby Model 307 Alpine CT

Weatherby Model 307 Alpine CT

Adam Weatherby is a lot like his grandfather Roy. He’s willing to take a risk, to challenge the status quo, to make a bold statement in the rifleman’s world. And he’s made it with the Weatherby Model 307.  While Roy went 20th century wild with extravagant speed and...
“No-Bake” Exploding Clays for Off-Season Fun

“No-Bake” Exploding Clays for Off-Season Fun

Crafting your own exploding sporting clays makes for a fun and simple way for you and your family to make shooting season last all year long. When our clay target exploded in a puff of orange smoke my oldest son turned to me and said, “Hey, wait a minute, what was...
Time To Streamline TSA Rules Around Flying With Firearms

Time To Streamline TSA Rules Around Flying With Firearms

The Trump Administration recently announced a review of TSA policies designed to simplify travel ahead of major US events like the FIFA World Cup, Olympics and America250 anniversary celebrations. America’s 83 million gun owners are hoping that review will include a...
Aiming At Night

Aiming At Night

Still in the dark about night vision and thermal sights and gobbledegook thereof? To enlighten… The feral pig appeared with the first stars. I was already hiking to the car. A quick sit steadied the rifle; but the reticle vanished in night’s shadows and the boar...
Voodoo Sheriff’s Colt

Voodoo Sheriff’s Colt

We had a voodoo sheriff when I was coming up. He and Pappy were best friends. Ed McTeer turned to the black arts to extract confessions and make himself bullet-proof. It served him well one night when a desperado cut loose in some dim-lit island juke joint, five shots...