Editorial Staff

Another “shooter-ism” type term to be heard and found often at the range and in shooter circles is that of EYE RELIEF. It sounds like a sort of spa your eyeball goes to so it can get some rest from a hectic day staring at a computer screen. Or maybe it’s something you put over your eye that … Read more

On my 9th birthday almost a quarter century ago my dad decided I had earned the right to have my first rifle. Being Missouri natives, we sort of worshipped at the Mecca that was Bass Pro Shops’ world headquarters in Springfield, MO on a regular basis throughout the year. I scoured their catalogs circling items … Read more

Lately in the shooting sports it seems like everywhere I go I hear, “3 gun this, 3 gun that, Ole’ MacDonald had a 3 gun, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.” I’ve enjoyed watching youtube clips and even glancing at competitions on the show occasionally, but only this past week did I decide to give it a go. … Read more

The best technique of how to breath while shooting can be a tough one. Are we talking about shooting rifles? Offhand or sitting? Single shot pattern? Breathing while handgun shooting? Different camps fall to different conclusions on this topic. So instead of choosing just one, let me offer up a couple I use the most … Read more

There are a lot of terms in the shooting world (and especially the gun review world) that can be considered “isms.” An ISM is basically a word that is unique to that particular field of expertise. When we get comfortable in a certain environment we start using ISMS that are well defined and understood to … Read more

Right now with the broken wrist, it’s been a pain to do my own hands-on videos. I’ve been wanting to do a “How to Disassemble” an AK-47 type video for the Building an AK-47 series for a while, and I’m tired of waiting to get this cast off. I can do a complete disassembly and … Read more

With several rimfire related reviews coming up in the near weeks, I thought I’d throw out a few thoughts about the fast dying art of “PLINKING.” The word “plinking” is often (or WAS often) used in shooting circles to describe a practice most often done with rimfire guns. When I was growing up with a .22 or … Read more

LOL (Lots of Laughs or Laugh Out Loud depending on your genre). I couldn’t even begin to count on two hands how many times I’ve read this line in online forums or stood a few steps away at a gun counter and listened to the clown behind the glass tell a man he needs to … Read more