The Rifles

The Hunt Continues After Deer Season For many hunters around the United States, after fall deer season there is a lull between hunting seasons. Many just wait around the house and get bored and there shooting skills start to dull. They just wait until spring when waterfowl and turkey season starts. Most states have small game open, yet it’s not the same as long distance, precision shooting for deer and other large game animals. There is one season that is open during this lull and combines the…

down to three seemingly random words: Hearts, thoughts, and prayers. These words do not bring back the dead, nor do they prevent the psychological and physical damage done to the victims that survived. Meanwhile organizations such as the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence…

use the assault rifle AR-15. Therefore, people think the AR-15 is the problem on why there are so many shootings. The AR-15 Has been used in the past three mass shootings. (USA Today, Garrison) The AR-15 was chosen in multiple mass shootings, it has been used to break amendments and what people think of the weapon, and my argument on why it should not be banned. The AR-15 was created by Eugene Stoner, it is subsequent of the M-16. He built it to be a semi-automatic assault rifle to be used for…

On a cold winter day in December , I was hunting in a pasture 2 miles south of my house. My dad, me, and my brother went deer hunting. It turned out to be a successful day. I went to the deer stand and sat there for probably an hour and saw nothing. The next hour went by and all I saw was a squirrel. Then all I have for sound going through my ears were a big buck coming thru the brush. I take the shot and hit it. The reason that my shot actually hit is because my dad taught me how to hunt. I…

I never can forget the time i killed my first deer with a 243 in rifle season.When i was nine years old .I was hunting with my dad. Hunting is a skill and here is four reasons.Cleaning your gun,your ammo and you got to have your gun ready,clean your blind,gut your deer. In general,cleaning your gun is a hard and slow job.Because you got to get all of the powder out and cleaned.The better it is cleaned the better it will last and the longer it will last the more deer you can kill.You will…

development of weapons came very important weapons and warfare strategies. Somewhere in between 1611 and 1622 the guard of Charles the Fourth of Denmark were equipped with the first rifles. In more modern wars rifles have been the main weapon of use due to their increased accuracy. Rifling can be seen from tanks to sniper rifles to modern battleship guns. Riffling is expensive but effective; however, died…

If you want to be a good hunter, you must have the proper gear to do the job. The first and most important items are a firearm and ammunition. The type of gun you will need would be a rifle, shotgun, or a handgun, if you are hunting small game. Some of the best types of rifles are a savage model 99dl or a Winchester 94. A good shot gun would be either a Browning, Beretta, or a Winchester. The special features of these shotguns are that they are very good for hunting birds because they shoot…

and that these could not be shot in the rain. They also discovered that depending on how far the wick was burnt the gun may not fire right away leaving the soldiers unaware of if the gun would fire and when. (Supica) (Firearms history) The next rifle solved some of these problems it was called the wheellock. It took advantage of the fact that you could make a spark with metal and certain rocks and do away with the wick and replace it with a gear system to form a better trigger to get more…

hunting. They hunt for big game, small game, and even pursue target practice, just to have a good time. Sport Shooting for Women Women are gaining a newfound passion for sport shooting. They may use bow and arrows, they may enjoy holding their rifle on a target that is 100 yards away and know that they can make the shot, or they may do it for any number of other reasons. These ladies are as dedicated to the sport as the men who first invented it and most women are able to keep up with any man…

The times that I spent shooting with my dad are some of my fondest memories. From an early age, he taught me how to properly respect firearms, operate them with emphasis on safety, and how to hunt efficiently with them. He taught me these things by letting me shoot and hunt with two very diverse cartridges: the .22lr and the .30/06 Springfield. Although, these cartridges may be the some of the most popular rounds in the country, they differ distinctly in their hunting applications, long-range…