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State-of-the-Art in Slug Shooting

Ask today's shotgun deer hunters which slug is best, and you're apt to get 4.1 million answers. According to research by the Hastings Barrel Co., that's how many of the nation's approximately 10 million whitetail hunters go afield each season with shotguns. Each, it seems, has a different opinion on the subject. Long-range accuracy is the ultimate quest ...More>>

Paint Your Riflestock
Many hunters take great pride in how their rifle performs and looks. I can live with an ugly rifle as long as it shoots well. Many riflestocks, after several years...More>>

Understanding Open Sights
There was a time when no glass came between a shooter's eye and his quarry. As optical sights became more affordable and reliable, they were so embraced by hunters...More>>

Italian Stallion
Any shotgun used on the whitewing dove fields at Rancho Caracol, Mexico, has to be tough. Offering some of the best dove shooting in the world, the lodge keeps an ...More>>

Loaded Questions

I'm going hunting in Illinois for the first time, and am searching for a good slug gun. I already have a Ruger Red Label O/U. Will this work? I read an article awhile back about a shotgun that shoots out to 200 yards. Is this possible? I think the name of the shotgun was Tar something. Have you ever heard of it? Please point me in the right direction.

No, I'm afraid that a Ruger Red Label will not work as a slug gun. The barrels of double guns shoot to different points of aim. Your reference to a 200-yard slug gun would be the Tar-Hunt RSG-12. They start at $2,000, but a novice shooter wouldn't be able to shoot one more accurately than any other slug gun. Most slug guns are effective at 125-150 yards with the right ammo. Probably the...More>>

On The Range

Wolf at the Door:
It began early the day before Thanksgiving. I was feeding horses in the dark when I heard a strange sound to the north where the gray, blue and black gumbos are a jumbled maze. The noise was the distressed chatter of coyotes. I heard their gossip for only a moment, and then the morning became silent. An hour later...More>>

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