I have to agree. I served from '03 to '07, and deployed with the M4. I've had relatively few issues. Overall, I would consider them to be exceptionally reliable. Most issues were due to the individual

.22 Rifle, preferably a short Ruger 10-22. If not, a bolt action or single shot... for reliability. 12 gauge shotgun, with a single shot, pump or bolt action .243, bolt action (Savage or Remington) Luckily,

HA!

Well, good point. As the rest of Americans tend to do, I didn't put much in to an attempt at understanding. That point you made about assuming labels mean the same thing to everyone is very tangible. Thank

Sweet! Thanks for the feedback.

FYI - I am going to try to upload this from Dtube, and maybe it will work better.

Thanks for the heads up. Ill have to check it out.

It plays on mine. Anyone else having issues? Thanks @hebrewhousewife , for letting me know.

This is very well written! Fear and knee-jerk reactions, relative to firearms, has caused a lot of division among Americans... for really no good reason, in my opinion.

Thank you. We did pretty good this year. I may post some other pictures of the season.

Thanks. Yes, I keep the hides, but also... pretty much the whole critter. The meat is good for human consumption (my wife really likes it), as well as trapping bait. The furs, while not worth much, do

Yup. Thanks for reading.

True... and .22lr ammo.

Without trying to steal @dennyducet thunder, I would invite you to read my article (I won't plug it, but you can look for it on my blog if you want). I feel like these things don't get the credit they

AGREED! I've done the same thing. I've searched "hunting", "trapping", "guns", "shooting", "firearms", "reloading",and so-on. I've found few

Love it!

I bought an ATV last year... or earlier this year, I don't remember. Anyway, I looked far and wide for a Honda Fourtrax. I found a '95 4x4 Fourtrax, one state over. I paid what many would consider an

You might be surprised to know just how often deer and other critters are harvested due to convenience and/or circumstance. Living in rural America for the majority of my life, I and most of the folks

Thanks, Yeah, an AR-15 in the hand(s) of a combatant/soldier is an assault rifle. In the hands of a policeman, it is a weapon, used only to defend himself or herself (or the public), not to assault any

Great little write-up. I like that you used the .243 Win in several examples. I think that nowadays, sometimes we forget the tried-and-true cartridges, because the limelight isn't shining on them anymore.