Spring is good time to properly clean firearmsMADISON " Patience, proper equipment and an unloaded firearm are what a state hunting safety specialist says are key to safely cleaning firearms without turning them into unusable conversation pieces.Tim Lawhern, Department of Natural Resources conservation warden and hunter education program administrator, says he has heard from well...
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August 29, 2008
To shoot like an Olympian - think BRASS
MADISON - " Hunters who want the proficiency of the world's elite shooters seeking gold in August at Beijing's 2008 Summer Olympic Games should think BRASS, says Tim Lawhern, Department of Natural Resources hunter education administrator.
"Good shooters practice the fundamentals," Lawhern said. "The only difference between advanced shooters and basic shooters is the advanced shooters do the basics better."
The basics, he says, can be summed up in BRASS -- breath control, relax, aim, squeeze and the shot. And part of targeting
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You
can be left or right dominant, or neutral a.k.a central. Dominance
can shift during your life, or even during a round of Sporting Clays,
it can be affected by many things like fatigue, stress, even blood
sugar levels. ...
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Back in 1895, the Winchester repeating arms company made the first
edition of the 1895 lever action. In 1896 they made a few small
changes and released the second edition of the 1895. In 1880, Norwegian
immigrants Ole P. Quisla and his wife Anna had a son named Oscar. In
1900 Oscar Quisla Bought the 1895 rifle at a hardware store in Portage
County, WI in the town of Rosholt. The new rifle (se...
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So you want to buy a trap gun? Hmmm, when you look around and see so
many shooters buying and selling guns - often selling at a loss from
what they paid just to get rid of it - you become confused as to what
to buy. Join the club!
Let\'s demystify the process so you will buy the gun that is right
for you... the first time... and save yourself a measure of
disappointment, poor sho...
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THE SATISFACTION
of hitting a target at long range with a bullet is as pleasurable today
as when I was a barefoot boy and threw a well placed rock down by the
creek. But instead of just picking up another rock and letting it fly,
long range shooting requires close attention to handloads to produce
cons...
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Ladies and Gentlemen; There is light at the end of the tunnel and it is
not the headlight of a train coming at us. Clarence Thomas has been
begging for a Amendment Two case and he sees Amendment Two like John
Ashcroft did. Just as it was written and as Thomas Jefferson defined
it. With the new justices and if Ruth Bader Ginsburg retires, there
will be not enough justices on the United States ...
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Im a traditonal shooter myself being true to round ball and the
blackpowder. I typically shoot and favor my TC Hawken .50 for deer and
my TC Big Bore .58 for Elk. If Im just doing some plinking I will use
the Seneca .45. I have pretty much all the commen calibers of the
Thompsen Center brand minus a .32 Cherokee which I\'m still trying to
find at a decent price. I just bought a Austin & H...
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Originally the M 1 Carbine came with only a serial number on the rear
of the receiver. The later rear sights made the manufacture difficult
to see. But the serial number was visible enough. I have seen
several of the reimports with serial numbers on everything. Ahead of
the rear sight, one the barrel, stock, butt plate, ect. That could be
because some of these other militaries were prone ...
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As
out sport continues to expand, we should take a little time to consider
the origins of w...
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Here is what I came up with.
I appreciate the advice posted here in March and would appreciate any
comments or criticisms, especially from those who have shot game with
any of these bullets.CAUTION: These are my loads in my rifle using my chronograph. They may be dangerous in your...
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It is said that Archery is 10% Technique, and 90% Mental. This holds especially true when shooting instinctively. In his book Instinctive Archery Insights Dr. Jay Kidwell provides the reader with an in-depth look into the mental side of archery, offering a level of understanding that very few (if any,) outdoor writers are even qualified to speak upon. ...
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