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Given the way things are going, I'm trying to make sure I have ammo on hand for the future, especially in useful calibers. I like .240 Ruger for pest control and maybe small game. I have a choice between 32 and 40-grain Vmax. Both shoot well out of this gun. The 32 is considerably faster...

I have an AR-15 with a shell deflector wart on the lower. Do people do anything to protect the finish on these things, or do they just let the casings gradually destroy it?

I took a long-range shooting course. I thought I was clever, showing up with a Stanley rolling toolbox. Then they told us to climb stairs over and over. What's a good, sturdy backpack for this kind of work? Needs to hold ammo, snacks, water, some tools, and so on. Let's say 200 rounds of .308...

Having had some training, I am in the process of getting rid of junk that doesn't work and buying new junk that does work. Case in point: my AR-15 scope. I want to be able to shoot well at long distances, but the AR won't be my primary long distance rifle, so I'm getting an inexpensive MIL_dot...

I learned how to use a Kestrel this weekend, and now I need to buy one, but I'm not sure which model to get. Kestrel has a $500 model that looks good, but it only lets you store three guns. I can already think of 4 I want to store. I could get by with 3 and keep switching them, I guess. The...

I'm full of questions today. I'm spending my life savings getting geared up to shoot 6.5 Creedmoor at long distances. The current topic: ammo. I would like to get some decent match-grade factory ammo for a Ruger RPR, but it doesn't have to be something made by NASA and priced accordingly. I...

I took a precision rifle shooting course this weekend and realized an LR-308 was not the way to go. I am getting a Ruger Precision Rifle and a Vortex Viper PST Gen II scope. Can somebody suggest a good way to mount the scope? I see that Vortex sells mounts and rings. The rifle and scope are...

Since picking up my AR-15, I've bought a lot of ammo. I started out with highly dubious 55-grain Norma FMJ tactical just because I wanted something to shoot. Then I got ballistic-tipped rounds in 40-, 50-, and 55-grain weights. Here is my question: what am I buying this stuff for? What I mean...

I decided to work up a 10mm load using BE-86, which is flash-suppressed, and 180-grain Gold Dots. Today I got up to 1190 fps from a short Glock barrel. I was aiming at 1200. Maybe I can get 1200 if I run toward my assailant while shooting. I stopped at roughly 1200 because I also have a Glock...

Today, I saw a coon in my yard, and to my everlasting shame, I didn't shoot him. He was wandering around outside my bedroom, and he appeared to be oblivious to the fact that I was a few feet away standing behind a sliding glass door. It got me thinking. What am I supposed to do with dead...

Marcus Lemonis keeps making it hard to hate him. Right now, Gander Outdoors is selling NRA memberships. You get a $10 discount on a yearly membership, plus a $10 gift card for Gander Outdoors.

Yesterday I was trying to get an ATN X-Sight II working with a .204 Ruger at 100 yards, and I had technical problems, so I got out the .17 HMR and used the short time I had left to fire a few rounds. I used one target to get the rifle sighted in, and then I managed to shoot two 5-round groups at...

I am planning to try to kill coyotes and coons on my farm, using an electronic call. I have a TC Venture in .204 Ruger I plan to use for this purpose. When I bought it, I decided to try an ATN X-Sight II 5-20X. This is a night scope with a lot of toys on it, such as video recording. I'm not...

I still haven't gotten around to hunting coyotes on my farm, because I don't know how to do it. A neighbor told me I should try an electronic caller. Do these things actually work? They're legal where I live.

I've seen a couple of posts about "free" target stands, i.e. election signs. Personally, I would not feel at ease jumping out of a car, running onto someone else's property (or the adjoining right-of-way) and grabbing a sign that does not belong to me. Not to save the cost of breakfast for two...

The press is obsessed with the notion that guns are tools of white male supremacy. They don't like to write about the very real needs of women and minorities. Today I saw a rare and inspiring story about a black woman who shot a white male home invader. I wonder if the press will bury it. The...

Time for a question out of left field. I ordered Corrosion-X from Amazon. I let it sit around for a long time before i tried to use it. When I did, the spray bottle didn't work. Amazon had a little "Return" button that wasn't dead yet, so I gave it a shot. The seller surprised me by giving me a...

I was shooting a .22 pistol today, and after the second magazine, I realized I was focusing on the target, not the front sight. I started focusing on the front sight. The next two magazines opened up considerably. Now I'm wondering...is focusing on the front sight just for speed? I was shooting...

I was out in the pasture shooting just now, and I ended up shooting at a cheap little set of three hanging metal targets. Everyone has seen these. They swing up when you hit them. I got to wondering...are there better .22 targets out there? I mean targets you can shoot over and over, not paper.

I don't have any rifles that are well-suited to deer and other large animals. My .308 is heavy, my K31 is an oddball, my Romak III is a bizarre range toy, etc. I was thinking I would fill the void with either 6.5 Creedmoor or 6.5 Swedish. Bolt action, just to be clear. I really like accurate...