When I think of the word “magnum” three things come to mind. The first are big cartridges, next would be high velocity and the last, if you must ask, would be Weatherby rifles. The company and I go back a long time with my first Mark V ordered in July of 1973
The American bison – the buffalo – kept mountain men alive and fed while they trapped beaver to make rich aristocrats’ top hats. The big cud-chewers were the easiest meat for mountain men to collect, and they ate a lot of it. A mature cow buffalo or a two-year-old bull would provide
Over the years, I had the chance to spend a lot of time living in remote parts of northern Canada. Without exception, the only source of heat and cooking was a woodstove. Most of these stoves were of a heating-only design with cooking on the stove top, but a few were models
When the Springfield Armory Model 2020 Boundary in 7mm PRC arrived last summer I got busy with gathering DOPE for the rifle with Remington’s CuT ammo on my home range. The rifle easily maintained the company’s ¾-MOA accuracy guarantee and did it with five-shot groups instead of just three-shot clusters. Stretching the
A hearty, pioneering lot of settlers first tamed the North Carolina coast in the 1700s. Settling in crude little frontier towns like Bath, founded in 1705, they fought with Native Americans, the ravages of disease and all the other problems associated with establishing a frontier settlement in the great wilderness. Despite the
Every year, numerous different new makes and models of shotguns hit the shelves at gun shops. They claim to be the latest and greatest, at the forefront of shotgun innovation. And yet, the old adage, “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” is something you’ll hear quite frequently on both sides
