Big Deer TV: How To Clean Your Rifle
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04, 2022
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04, 2022
Do You Need A Background Check To Buy Ammunition?
The Sportsmen’s Alliance reports that “the hits keep coming in Rhode Island when it comes to hunting and firearms.” The Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee is considering legislation requiring a state or federal background check to purchase ammunition or reloading components. While the National Instant Criminal Background Check System has “instant” in its name, it can take up to three days to complete. As a result of House Bill 6616, online or mail orders for ammunition would not be possible. “This proposal would even ban a friend or family member from borrowing ammunition during a hunting trip, unless the recipient passed a background check,” said Dillon Barto, manager of state services at the Sportsmen’s Alliance. “This is more bad policy [...]
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02, 2022
The Best Handguns For Deer Hunting
Having already shot his buck earlier in the season, my buddy Neil decided to try his hand at handgun hunting to fill a management doe tag. Here’s how the hunt went down, in Neil’s words: I could only hunt for a few hours that Saturday because I had to baby sit later that day. I had to draw blood early or not at all, which seemed like a foolhardy and insurmountable feat since I had never hunted with a pistol before, much yet killed anything with it. Half-hour after first light 2 does came in, broadside at about 40 yards. I raised my .41 Magnum and fired at the bigger of the two deer, the lead doe. Boom! She didn't [...]
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01, 2022
First Look: CZ 600 Alpha Rifle
In 2022, CZ-USA introduces 4 models in the new 600 series of bolt-action rifles: Lux, Range, Trail and Alpha. I recently got my hands on an Alpha, which has several unique and innovative features that you have never seen on a deer rifle before. I like what I saw and, I believe, you will too. Take your pick, the Alpha is chambered for .223, .308, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 PRC, .30-06. and 300 Win. Mag. The rifle has a lightweight aluminum receiver with an integral 2-piece Picatinny rail for easy and efficient scope mounting. The receiver perfectly balances a semi-heavy, cold hammer-forged barrel, which comes threaded and suppressor-ready (told you this rifle had innovations). Receiver and barrel are housed in a [...]
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12, 2021
Chart: Wind Drift Of Hunting Bullets
Caliber Bullet wt. (grains) Bullet Drift 10mph Crosswind (inches) 100 yds. 200 yds. 300 yds. .243 100 .5 2.5 6 .25-06 117 .7 2.8 6.5 .270 130 .7 2.8 6.5 7mm-08 140 .8 3.1 7.3 .280 140 1.2 5 11.8 7mm Rem. Mag. 150 .5 2.2 5 .308 150 .6 2.8 6.5 .30-06 165 .7 2.8 6.5 Note how as the range to a deer increases, so does wind drift. And remember, wind drift is even more magnified in a 15 to 30 mph crosswind. Out to 200 yards in a 10 mph crosswind, you really don’t need to compensate, but when shooting at a target or an animal that is 250 to 300 yards [...]