The sixth birthday of my daughter Monica was approaching and like any good father, I thought it was time to introduce her to shooting. Shortly after her birthday, Monica was delighted to receive a be

Here we are in Afghanistan, I'm the leader of our company's "Designated Marksmen" unit, 2nd 503rd 173rd Abn. Inf. based with my brothers in Vicenza, Italy. I upgraded my M-14 (my pop sent me the st

Chris, My name is Jimmy Jeansonne. My son (Jeffrey - 15 years old) and I took a recent Safari (July 1-10, 2005) to Namibia in the Steinhausen area with Boet Nel Safaris where we used the following

Me and Li'l Bunny Foo Foo (my M-14) at our make shift desert range somewhere outside of FOB Bernstein during OIF II. During our train-up phase, I purchased a Super Sniper 16X with Butler Creek Caps t

"Another day in Iraq, another successful patrol, and one happy SWFA customer." The aimpoint pictured on this M4 is not issued. The teams got all we had, and the battalion guys made do with whateve

This 180 pound Central California Boar was taken with a 7mm Mag at 200 yards with my 4-12x40mm Leupold VX-II(Wide Duplex)topping it. It was a one shot kill with a hunt that I will never forget. Four

I was hunting Mulies on John Howell's cattle ranch in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. The ranch also had 3,500 acres of high fences for elk and bison. This bull along with a younger one got out and were

My first Elk. This is me on the day that I had my very first big game success. After 9 years of trying, many years I just went out during the season without any preparation or knowledge, but the las

I had been trying for two years to get my girlfriend to partake in the sport, but she was a little shy about firearms. A business student at Ohio State, she suddenly announced one day that "if" she m

On a recent hunt at a friends ranch. I shot this beautiful central California 200 pound boar using my newly purchased 270 WSM. My shots are usually 200 yds and are one shot kills! So I require qualit