Entries Tagged Wayne van Zwoll

Here’s how to protect your rifle and ensure accuracy when installing Tip-Off scope rings.

A look at screws by the numbers.

How you treat people affects how they’ll treat you. So it is with screws.

A dot is the simplest of punctuations and reticles. In either case, it signals the end of all that matters.

Close coyotes and treed cats have tumbled to .22 rimfires — and to a host of centerfire loads from the .25-20 WCF to the magnums of elk hunters meeting predators by chance. Short months ago, a black-backed jackal flipped by a .300 WSM brought to mind my first red fox, taken with buckshot.

Long wedded to .30-cals, riflemen have had recent affairs with 7mms and 6.5s. Now, another fling with the .270 is in the air.

Small animals call for bullet paths that stay near sight-line at mid-range, not arcs that cross it far away.

Slanted rails — a popular accessory for long-range rifles.

To get the most from a rifle, don’t fix what’s right and don’t tolerate what’s wrong.

All rifles are headspaced and test-fired at the factory. But headspace is easy to check. Here’s what it is and why it matters.

Beyond black battle rifles, if you crave quick follow-ups and big-game punch from little cases listen up.

The AR-15 has sparked development of cartridges to fit its short action skinny bolt. The most logical are based on the 5.56x45mm for which the rifle was originally chambered.

Bullets fly straight when spun by a barrel’s rifling to spiral downrange like a well-thrown football.