Herter’s Business: In 1937 George Leonard Herter (heir to the Herter’s outdoor goods business) took his father’s dry goods store and turned it into a mail order outdoor goods business, selling hunting and fishing items through a catalog. Herter over the next four decades built a mail-order sporting-goods juggernaut. He later opened retail outlet stores […]
Hunting Game Nutrition Value
American Wild Game Nutrient Content: Nutrient content of wild game meat vs domesticated meat. Note: *100 grams equals about 3 1/2 ounces. Note: ** Not trimmed of fat before analysis. All other samples of meat were trimmed of visible fat prior to analysis. Species Protein % Fat % Cholesterol (mg/100g*) Calories (Kcal/100g*) Antelope 22.5 .9 112 144 […]
Shooting and Hunting Hogs
Pigs, also called hogs or swine, are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. The nearest living relatives of the swine family are the peccaries and hippopotamuses. A pig has a snout for a nose, small eyes, and a small, curly tail. It has a thick body and […]
Shotgun Drop Factor
Shot shell Drop / Trajectory: Perhaps one of the things that will cross a shotgun hunter’s mind once in awhile is how much does shot drop over a given distance and does this trajectory matter. It goes without saying that the pellets are losing energy as they travel downrange to their intended target. The controversy […]
All About Rifle Reloading Bullets
Centerfire Rifle Cartridge Reloading Bullet Selection: Rifle bullets have to form a seal with the rifle’s bore. If a strong seal is not achieved, expanding gasses from the ignited powder charge leaks past the bullet, thereby reducing efficiency and accuracy. The bullet must also engage the rifling without excessively fouling the rifle’s bore, and without damaging the bullet, […]
Gun Dealer’s License
Zoning: The first step in applying for a federal firearms license is you should check your location to see if there are any zoning laws that apply to your new gun business. Federal Firearms License Type: The second step is you must determine the type of federal firearms license that will fit your gun business model or […]
Rifle Reloading Equipment Guide
The center fire rifle cartridge is a type of rifle ammunition that has a bullet as a projectile that is fired from a breech loading rifle. The interaction between rifle bullet and rifled bore are termed as internal ballistics. The action of the bullet once leaving the rifle barrel is usually refereed to as external […]
Lead Poisoning and Hunting Game
Lead Poisoning: All shotgun hunters need to be aware of making sure that all lead pellets are removed from game animals and or birds before consumption because lead is hazardous to your health. The biologic fate of inorganic lead in the human body is well known. Inorganic lead is not metabolized but is directly absorbed, […]
Gun Manufacturers Cross Reference Guide
Gun Manufacturers Cross Reference Chart: Below is a chart to cross reference retail brand name guns to their actual manufacturers and model numbers. Note: Sears group; J.C.Higgins, Ranger and Sears. Note: Montgomery Wards group; Hawthorn, Wards and Western Field. Note: Western Auto group; Revelation and Western Auto. Note: J.C. Penney group; Foremost and J.C.Penney. BRAND MODEL NO. MFGR. MFGR. MODEL Aldens 670 Springfield 67 Aldens 670 Savage 67 BRAND MODEL NO. […]
Hawken Muzzle Loaders
Traditional Side-Lock Muzzle-Loaded Hawken Rifles: The United States of America was settled and occupied traveling from east to west, as this expansion took place, the animals settlers and trailblazers encountered grew in size from common White-Tailed Deer and Black Bears of the east side of the Missouri river to Bison, Elk and Grizzly Bears on […]