The average gunner is still sold on the ancient myth — the longer the barrel the “harder” a gun shoots The post Jack O’Connor Explains Why Bird Hunters Got Shotgun Selection and Barrel Length All Wrong appeared first on Outdoor Life.
America’s quest for greater firepower isn’t a new phenomenon. In fact, the desire for increased firepower can be traced to the earliest days of the United States and the repeating flintlock designs of Joseph G. Chambers. Multi-shot weapons were not unheard of in the late 18th century, but the...
In 1969 the .22/250 Remington was just about the hottest thing in the field of varmint cartridges. OL's legendary shooting editor explains why The post Jack O’Connor Explains the Rise of the .22-250 Remington and the Fall of the .220 Swift appeared first on Outdoor Life.
If there was ever a company with street cred in the concealed carry game, it is Charter Arms. Their Bulldog revolver of the late 1970s, chambered in .44 Special, was a hard-hitting, no-nonsense hideaway piece that had the lines of a classic European hand cannon of the late 1800s (think: Webley&rs...
A pack of roughly 20 wolves twice chased Glenn Villeneuve toward his Arctic Alaska cabin. On their third approach, he was waiting with a .30-06 and extra ammunition.
Who was the most horrible person in all of human history? Some might claim their mother-in-law. I’m personally crazy about mine. However, I’d like to dig a bit deeper than that today. Tragically, the competition for that particularly dark superlative is fierce. I would say that human beings a...
These mighty magnums find themselves in similar theaters for a reason. The post .300 Winchester Magnum vs. .338 Lapua Magnum: Which Long-Range Cartridge Is Right for You? appeared first on Outdoor Life.
I killed a big grizzly bear with a 22 ARC. Here’s what it means, what it doesn’t, and why modern bullets have made cartridge size irrelevant for many hunting applications The post I Shot a Grizzly with a 22 ARC — and the Results Were Not Surprising appeared first on Outdoor Life.
The psychological weapon of the Americans was the hunter's rifle, but victory came from smoothbore muskets The post The Guns That Won the American Revolution appeared first on Outdoor Life.
A federal judge has allowed most of Maer Malinowski’s lawsuit to move forward after ATF agents killed her husband, Bryan Malinowski, during a predawn raid over alleged unlicensed firearm sales.