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In some ways, the 8x57 Mauser spurred development of infantry loads fo...
By Wayne van Zwoll
Paul Mauser's Model 1888 rifle was really a modified Mannlicher, not as stout as the Mauser that replaced it a decade later. But Mauser's name has long been attached
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Its not just having glass, its about having the right glass.
By Wayne van Zwoll
In 40 years afield, I've met many hunters with expensive rifles. Oddly enough, top-end binoculars have shown up less frequently. Because you must see game before
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Sporting rifle or tactical? Label it either. Label it accurate. Label ...
By Wayne van Zwoll
I confess: grim people peering at me through opaque glasses don't sell me many rifles. They must, however, have a following. In full tactical gear, they show
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Unquestionably one of the most versatile of big game rounds
By Wayne van Zwoll
Shooters had expected something else. The .300 Winchester Magnum wasn't a necked-down .338 (or a necked-up .264) Winchester Magnum. Instead of using the 2.50-inch
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If cartridge names seem confusing, you are not alone...
By Wayne van Zwoll
Centuries ago, no soldier lighting the wick on a matchlock could have imagined a self-contained metallic cartridge launching a tiny bullet at three times the
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Prepare ahead of time, and pack the right gear to make your wilderness...
By Wayne van Zwoll
An apron of scree lay poised on the basalt face. Three quick steps across its upper neck…. Speed mattered; too much dwell, and that scree would give way. The
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The .44 Magnum is a hunting cartridge, not a defense or law enforcemen...
By Wayne van Zwoll
Long ago I read a magazine article entitled, "Should He Shoot The Magnum?" The .44 Remington Magnum, then a short decade into production, had already inspired
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While pronghorns may be the "poor man's" western hunt, hunters come ba...
By Wayne van Zwoll
Mark Twain once quipped that the only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. If you feel the cruel
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Elk haven't really changed, but what we use for them sure has.
By Wayne van Zwoll
Before the advent of smokeless powder, hunters killed elk with cartridges now dismissed as unsuitable. The first small-bore, high-velocity rounds were in fact
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Arguably, the best-known rifle cartridge under the Winchester label, t...
By Wayne van Zwoll
Arguably, the best-known rifle cartridge under the Winchester label, the .30-30, made its debut in 1895. As was the custom then, it was named for its bullet diameter
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These tips will keep your dream hunt from turning into a nightmare.
By Wayne van Zwoll
The grass had iced before the snow. The slope tilted ever-more-steeply toward the charcoal ceiling trees. A tangerine strip widened over Saskatchewan, as the
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B&C bucks for $100 a day...?
By Wayne van Zwoll
Knock on screen doors in August, and you'll have places to hunt in October. Toss a few bales, and they'll tell you where the biggest deer live. You're either
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Clothes don't make the man. But clothes can make a man--or woman--a be...
By Wayne van Zwoll
If you're comfortable, you can forget about how you feel and concentrate on what you're doing. You'll stay focused longer and put in more hours, if your clothes
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It came late to Weatherby's line of belted magnum cartridges, but the ...
By Wayne van Zwoll
It came late to Weatherby's line of belted magnum cartridges, but the .240 Weatherby has many of the features that distinguished charter rounds in the early 1940s.
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For over 150 years the .22LR has enthralled generations of shooters.
By Wayne van Zwoll
The .22 rimfire is now more than 150 years old, older than a lot of thick oaks. It predates our Civil War and Winchester Repeating Arms, the Pony Express and
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