How to Choose a Rifle

How to Choose a Rifle

Walk into any sporting goods store, and you’ll likely see someone holding up a rifle and zeroing in on an overhead light. We all do it to justify our decision and purchase. But there’s a lot that goes into choosing a rifle—how you hunt, what you hunt, how much you practice, body size and shape, and much more are all factors worth considering. Check out the video above as Janis Putelis walks through what he looks for in a hunting rig and get your...

How to Choose a Hunting Rifle Scope

The one thing to remember when considering the price and quality of a rifle scope, yes, there is a direct correlation, is this. Better scopes buy you time in the field. That is, a high-quality scope will function better in low-light conditions than a cheaply built scope, allowing you to shoot effectively earlier in the morning and later in the evening. Staring through scopes inside of your favorite big box sporting goods store will rarely show...

How to Choose the Correct Rifle Scope

I killed my first Pennsylvania buck with a well-used .30-06, topped with a cheap fixed 4x scope. With only a few minutes of daylight remaining, I made a fairly long shot during a blinding, lake effect snowstorm. Between the small antlers and my limited visibility, it’s doubtful I would have even recognized the buck as a legal deer, let alone made the shot, without a scoped rifle. Compared to the iron sights I’d previously used, the magnification...