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Offhand Quick!
Tackdriving rifles are nice, but what happens when the shot comes too fast for methodical precision?
The Canadian guide hit the rangefinder button again. "Three hun'erd an' five." He grinned. "Long shot." The hunter grinned. Long shots are, by common measure, difficult shots. Do something difficult; applause follows. And it did. After the shot was made and the animal downed, I noticed the wound lay several inches behind the foreleg. Magnum horsepower is a wonderful thing. These days, shooting animals far away with bullets that hit like logging trucks is no longer ...
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Offhand Quick! The Canadian guide hit the rangefinder button again. "Three hun'erd an' five." He grinned. "Long ... Read More
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Seven Steps To Accuracy Hunting season is weeks away in most areas, but this is the time when we should be heading to the range, working ... Read More
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Stopping The Charge You've been following good blood spoor for quite a while. You were scared and fully alert at first, but it's very ... Read More
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Double or Magazine The question seems to come from a bygone era, the halcyon days of the British Empire when men were men, and you ... Read More
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