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Prep Your Hunting Rifle for Off-Season – NRA Women.com Don’t pack away your rifle for the off-season before completing these five steps. It’s that time of year again … hunting seasons are ending. This is when you put away your hunting gear, accessories, decoys and calls. The last items hunters usually put away are their…
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Rimfire Roster: Smallest Calibers, By the Numbers – NRA Women.com What’s the difference between all those kinds of .22 ammo? Some critical facts … and some history you didn’t know! When most people think of rimfire ammunition, they think of the most common cartridge in the world–the .22 LR. There are two types of cartridges:…
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Maybe You Can’t Hit Your Target Because—You Just Cant! – NRA Women.com It’s possible that you’re canting the firearm, or holding it at an angle. When teaching a new shooter, I often see inconsistent shot placement. At first glance, everything looks right. The shooter is following all the fundamentals but he or she cannot hit where they are…
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To Steel or Not To Steel – NRA Women.com Steel shot is a highly debated topic, but here are the rules and safety concerns you should know. To steel or not to steel? That is the question. I am referring to steel shot. In 1991 the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) required the use of non-toxic…
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The Lost Art of Gun Cleaning – NRA Women.com Avoid misinformation and risky shortcuts! Here are our step-by-step instructions. The first step to maintaining a properly functioning firearm is proper cleaning of the gun. The word “proper” is the key here! As an NRA Firearms Training Counselor, I’ve heard some misinformation about the importance of and…
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Electronic Sight Systems: What Are They and How Do They Work? – NRA Women.com An optic is just as important and individual of a choice to a shooter as the firearm he or she chooses. Electronic sight systems produce an illuminated sight picture that helps the shooter achieve the intended point of impact. This type…
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Sight Alignment and Sight Picture Means Hitting Your Target – NRA Women.com By correcting your sight alignment and sight picture, you can place your bullet where you intend! You head to the gun range for a day of shooting. You have your handgun. You have your targets. What else could you want? How about putting your…
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Iron Lady: Learn Iron Sights to Master Marksmanship – NRA Women.com Riflescopes and electro-optics are great, but iron sights are fundamental. I remember growing up reading the adventures of Elmer Keith, Jack O’Conner and Earnest Hemingway. I remember reading about the exotic African hunts of W.D. Bell, Fredrick Selous and Robert Ruark hunting alongside Harry…
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The 5 Fundamentals of Rifle and Pistol Shooting – NRA Women.com When you can recognize why your bullet did not hit where you intended, and then identify what you did wrong, you are on your way to becoming a proficient shooter. I conduct a lot of NRA Firearms Training courses. Many of my students are not avid…
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Ammo Basics: Common Bullet Types – NRA Women.com Different bullet types accomplish different goals. Make sure you’re using the right ammo! Firearms have their own language. To a non-shooter, it can be as foreign as trying to learn a new language. This terminology also includes ammunition. Ammunition terms are often not fully understood by shooters.…
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