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One-Hit Wonders
One-Hit Wonders

"Dad, I know you want me to hunt with a single shot, but I really need a lever-action or a bolt-action gun. I wanna be a real deer hunter!"   "Son, it's the first shot that's the most important," my father replied, "no matter how many backup rounds you have. Hit the target with your first shot, and you won't need a second one," he said, and that was that...More>>

Choose the Right Slug
We live in a world of information overload, with seemingly pertinent data assailing us from all angles, thanks to packaging design, the media and the Internet. In man...More>>

Born to Hunt
One of the most closely guarded secrets in the shooting industry during the mid-1950s was the development of the .44 Magnum cartridge. Remington and Smith & Wesson ...More>>

Weatherby's Versatile SAS
It was a glorious September morning. The mountain air was crisp, the sky was washed blue and I was following a brace of incredibly well-trained German shorthairs through prime...More>>

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 Loaded Questions
QuestionAt a gun show recently, I saw a rifle with a stock extending almost the full length of the barrel. The seller explained that it was a Mannlicher-type stock. What are the pluses, if any, of having one of these? Seems to me that it would just add unnecessary weight to a gun. - M.V. / Houston, Texas

AnswerFull-stocked rifles originated in the military, where the extra wood protected a soldier's hands from barrels heated by fast firing...More>>
 On the Range

Snapshots of the Mind:
It was a scene straight from a Leanin' Tree Christmas card. The 5x5 bull elk was moving uphill on a well-traveled path through lodgepole pine while snowflakes as large as dollars and wetter than kisses pasted his sides. He was so close...More>>
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