I got an e-mail that reads: “I recently obtained a new barrel on my ——- rifle, so I’m following the barrel break-in protocols. I’ve done this before and it does seem to facilitate future cleaning. I ...

Early in my career, I asked Warren Page if he’d hunt with a 26-inch-barreled rifle. “I gave up pole vaulting in high school,” he snarled, and since that was the same as the Word of God, whenever I got ...

I suspected it for years, and evidence strongly suggests that the need to break in a new rifle barrel is a myth. A rifle's accuracy depends solely on the quality of the barrel. If it's a high-quality ...

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These reader questions and answers from OL’s former shooting editor appeared in the January 1976 issue of Outdoor Life. Many of these myths persist today, such as using the crook of your elbow to ...

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