Charred lodgepoles scratching a gunmetal sky reflected my mood. This morning the elk had won. No plan in mind, I climbed beyond where they’d scattered. Probing the slope’s crest from the sit with my binocular, I saw it. Among ranks of black boles with low-arcing limbs, a branch curved up...
Do you have a drill that tests your marksmanship and gun handling skills? The War HOGG Self Eval is a perfect drill to test numerous different marksmanship and gun handling skills while capturing 12 pieces of critical shooting performance data for The Firearms Training Notebook. This data will as...
After two years of hard use across hunts and shooting competitions, the Two Vets Recon V2 Inverted remains my go-to tripod for stability and speed. The post Two Vets Tripods Recon V2 Inverted: One Tripod to Rule Them All appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Positional shooting is typically associated with competition and tactical shooting. In fact, in my experience most hunters don’t think much about positional shooting or practice it regularly. Many hunters do little more than pull their rifle out of the safe and shoot five to 10 rounds from a be...
PROOF Research is announcing something that does not come along often in barrel technology: a fundamental redesign of how a bullet engages rifling. The new PROOF Exponential Twist system, or PXT, is a progressive twist rifling profile that replaces the conventional constant-twist approach that ha...
The SIG Sauer ZULU6 HDX stabilized binoculars deliver tripod-like clarity at 16x magnification in a lightweight handheld package. The post Sig Sauer ZULU6 HDX Review: The 16x42mm Stabilized Binocular That Does It All appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
I always wanted a good set of binoculars with an integrated camera to share my experiences. It seems Steiner Optics listened, as they just introduced the eDiscovery 10x42, which is built around a fully integrated 4K camera and the company's Steiner Connect 2.0 smartphone app. The combination...
ZEISS has announced the Conquest Apia 20-50x65, a compact angled spotting scope aimed at hunters and shooters who prioritize portability without giving up optical performance. The scope weighs 47.6 ounces and measures 11.7 inches in length, with a retail price of $1,499.99.
Savage is pushing out an updated version of their 212/220 Harvester slug guns with the new AccuFit V2 stock system. Both the standard Harvester and the Harvester Woodland are getting the upgrade, and both are available now through authorized dealers with MSRP running $829 to $1,069 depending on g...
I conducted a good old-fashioned shootout to see how the 25 Creedmoor and 25 Weatherby RPM stack up against quarter-bore classics like the .25/06 Remington, .257 Roberts, and .257 Weatherby Magnum The post The Ultimate .25-Caliber Shootout: Newcomers vs The Classics appeared first on Outdoor Life.