Competition

Colt Competition is the brand of Colt products designed specifically for the competition shooter. Until now they've only offered 5.56 AR-15 style rifles, but they've just introduced a rather nifty design in .308 ....

Picatinny rails are both a blessing and a curse on a rifle. You can put whatever you want wherever you want on your gun, but with rail space at a premium and weapon weight...

I love flying. I love it a lot more when I'm the pilot in command (hence why I'm dropping about $10k on a PPL) but I'll take it any way I can get it....

It's no secret that I'm not entirely fond of the fixed charging handle on the SCAR rifle series. So when I started using the SCAR 16S in competition shooting, I wanted to find a...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9xtuS6aDZY A good 3-gun match is all about making choices. Choices like whether to shoot a target with a handgun or a shotgun. Which side of a "V"-shaped couse to start on. And where to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51OI0VbF5Mw For the final day of the competition, we only had two stages left. My chances of a good finish had already flown out the window, so all I was concerned with was not making...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8J81V3Aju8 For the average 3-gun competitor, things run pretty seamlessly at matches. You show up, you run through the stages with the help of the range officers and then, at some point, you see the...

The key to running a handgun in shooting competitions is the ability to quickly get back on target after making your shot. Hitting the first target is easy, but it's all about how quickly...

The rise of the rugged, reliable zero-to-low power variable rifle scope in the last decade has been a fantastic development. Scopes like the Burris MTAC, Leupold VX-R Patrol and Bushnell SMRS can meet your...

At SHOT Show this year, I heard the craziest idea I’d ever heard in my life: someone was going to host a women’s only 3-gun match, and they fully expected to sell out the...

There are a lot of ammunition manufacturers out there that make some rather impressive claims about accuracy, but so far very few have been able to back those claims up with solid performance. We...

Over the last couple years, there has been no bigger influence on the firearms market than the emerging sport of 3-gun shooting. As the number of participants has skyrocketed, so too has the number...