Do you have a story like this to contribute to Western Shooting Journal? Each issue we run a Guns of our Fathers story in the print magazine. Submit your story to ralexander@media-inc.com. By Cecil Beal The Winchester self-loading rifles came...
On 9/11/2001 I did not wake up to this when terrorists flew jet liners into the twin towers. My day had already begun at 0500 hour while serving in the USAF undergoing advanced SRT training at Ft. Leonardwood. By 0615 hour,...
Our featured Guns of our Fathers story from the September issue of Western Shooting Journal. Some of our readers think this is the best part of the magazine! Share your story with us of how you inherited your gun. Email the...
Note: Guns of our Fathers is a regular monthly feature in the print edition of Western Shooting Journal. If you have a story you’d like to share about a gun you inherited, please email it to ralexander@media-inc.com. By Brian Lull I...
From our July issue The Cannon That Grant County Built Community Teams up to Make One Man’s Dream of Owning a Civil War-Era Mountain Howitzer This story could really be titled, “The folly of saying ‘I think it would be fun...
The Summary I’ve heard more than one rifleman say that its possible for a rifle to be more accurate at long range than it is at short range. On first hearing this, I assumed they were talking about MOA, rather than...
The Sovereign Sportsman and Camp Patriot, a non-profit organization, got together and helped a blind veteran shoot an elk, Matt Slaton, an Air Force EOD technician who was injured while deployed to Iraq. In this video, Micah Clark with Camp Patriot...
Recoil isn’t a big deal, until it is. During the 2013 Shot Show I began seeing a lot of “junk” floating in my left eye. An ophthalmologist found two horseshoe-shaped tears in the retina. Emergency and follow-up laser treatment isolated the tears, greatly...
Today, we honor the countless heroes who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to answer our country’s call to arms. Please take a few minutes to watch our Memorial Day Tribute featuring Norman St. Germain – Seaman First Class, USS Gambier Bay...
The wooden and steel parts I need to build my untraceable AK-47 ?t within a slender, 15-by-12-inch cardboard box. I first lay eyes on them one Saturday morning in the garage of an eggshell-white industrial complex near Los Angeles. Foldout tables...
