Tactical Atlas Firearm Blog

Bagging a Tom: Tips for a Successful Turkey Hunt

Here are a few tips from Guns.com to help with bagging that beard-dragging boss gobbler -- from gun and ammo selection to closing the distance on those wily birds, as well as what to do once the trigger has been pulled.

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How to handload reduced length 12 gauge shotshells (and why)

Besides satisfying a curiosity about how these rounds will pattern, there are essentially three practical reasons for loading reduced length shells.

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Armed 11-year-old boy saves fishing party from charging bear

The boy’s uncle was also armed but before he could get his rifle off his shoulder, the bear already charged through two men with the boy next in line.

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Gun Review: Henry Pump Action Octagon .22 Mag rifle

In a loaded 22 rifle market, Henry Repeating Arms seems to think there is still a place for a pump action with their Pump Action Octagon Rifle in .22 Magnum.

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In praise of the pump action Remington 7600

For more than fifty years Remington has dominated the pump-action rifle market with their fast firing Model 7600 without any signs of slowing down.

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Kirsten Joy Weiss: Is the UTS-15 the ultimate tactical shotgun? (VIDEO)

It's a shotgun that's popular in games like Call of Duty: Ghosts and television shows like "The Walking Dead," but how does the UTS-15 measure up as a real-life defensive shotgun? Kirsten Joy Weiss takes a look.

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