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Guides to rifles, shotguns, handguns, ammunition, optics and archery, plus hunting know-how by species for the United States and Canada. Every page lists the sources behind it.
Glossary · Scopes and Optics
Kentucky windage means aiming off to one side, usually into the wind, instead of changing the sight or scope setting. In modern optics, it contrasts with dialing turret corrections or using known MOA or MIL reticle holds.
Guide · Bows and Archery
Paper tuning is a close range check that shows whether a fletched arrow is leaving a compound bow cleanly. A clean bullet hole is the goal, but persistent high, low, left or right tears can point to nocking point, rest position, clearance, spine, cam timing or cam lean issues.
Guide · Scopes and Optics
A red dot that looks like a starburst, smear, comet or cluster can be affected by how the shooter’s eye sees the aiming point. Brightness, simple comparison checks, corrective lenses and an eye exam are useful things to consider before replacing a sight.
Guide · Ammunition and Calibers
Bullets do not have one speed. Published examples range from slow .22 LR loads below many common handgun examples to a .30-06 Springfield rifle load listed at 2,910 feet per second at the muzzle.
Glossary · Bows and Archery
A bow peep sight is a small rear aperture mounted in the bowstring, often used on compound bows. The archer looks through it to center the front sight, pin, or scope, which gives the eye a repeatable rear reference.
Guide · Scopes and Optics
A rifle scope reticle is the aiming pattern you see in the scope. The best reticle choice depends on whether you want a simple hunting sight picture, measured hold marks, ballistic holdovers, wind references, illumination, or a reticle scale that stays constant through magnification changes.
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