As I get older I like to have tighter and tighter groups for my rifles — I like an accurate rifle. Fifty years ago, 1- to 1 1/2-inch groups with a factory rifle and factory ammo were unheard of, but ...

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You’d think cleaning a rifle would bring peace of mind. A fresh bore, well-oiled bolt, clean chamber—it should help, not hurt. But there’s a short list of rifles that somehow shoot worse the moment ...

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Some time ago, I was asked how to clean a rifle. There are as many different ways to do this as there are to summon Beelzebub, and there is no single “correct” method. Whatever works, works. Below, ...

The sighting in of the hunting rifle, or zeroing as we call it in the gun business, isn't rocket science, but it is a bit of a science. In modern firearms, virtually all of the issues shooters ...

Think of cleaning as a two-stage process. First, you get out the powder fouling, then you get out the copper. For powder fouling, I use Shooters Choice solvent and phosphor-bronze brushes. When you’re ...