Scope Mounting: 3 Spring Hunting Steps Spring Hunting Season can catch people off-guard. Before your first hunt, you can take the necessary steps to best prepare for success. This could include creating an inventory, cleaning and prepping your weapons, practicing your marksmanship, even the final schedule of hunting dates. One discipline that many hunters forget…
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How To Prepare Your Hunting Firearms The Spring hunting season is finally getting closer—to make sure you make the most of this Spring, it is important to prevent any blindsides. Preparation and practice are two keys to your success in the coming months; they allow you to sharpen your skills and end up saving time…
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A History of Hunting with Firearms While the history buffs are cracking their knuckles excitedly and getting ready to refute my every word, everyone else is remembering the puddles of drool they left on their desks while their history teachers droned on in class. But before you prepare yourself to feel a drowsiness that rivals…
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Safety Enforcement for Gunsmiths: The 4 Cardinal Rules Safety’s first, right? When it comes to best practices, gunsmiths have to go the extra mile compared to everyone else. Not only do they handle firearms daily, but the guns in their hands are often defective, modified from stock, or otherwise irregular. That calls for extra vigilance…
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4 Reasons Why It’s Never Too Late to Get an Education Education is an important resource that provides stability and security in your life. Being well-educated and holding a degree helps increase your chances for better career opportunities and opens up new doors. Higher-paying jobs, a diverse skill set, and self-dependency are all direct results…
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How to Prevent Negligent Firearm Use as a Gunsmith Owning, building, and using firearms is a fun-filled and fulfilling hobby, but safety is always the first priority whenever a firearm is handled. It is very easy for an accident to happen when people do not regard safety as their number one concern. Many people die…
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SHOT Show 2023 and MGS Trade School Every year in Las Vegas, NV, over 100,000 people converge into the Venetian Expo (formerly, The Sands Expo) and Caesars Forum for the largest firearms and outdoor convention…S.H.O.T. Show! SHOT Show, or the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show, is an industry- and media-only event put on by the…
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Gun Jams – The Challenge for Every Gunsmith Gun safety teaches the mindset and habits necessary to prevent unintentional injury, illness or death. A common method for practicing safe firearm handling is routine gun maintenance. Maintenance helps combat gun jams, a frequent issue for many firearm enthusiasts. It is for this reason that this month’s…
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What are the 4 Cardinal Rules of Firearm Safety? There’s something inside of all of us that rolls its eyes at the title above. ‘Listen,’ it says. ‘I’m an adult. I’m not about to do anything careless.’ But overlooking safety standards is the very definition of carelessness. We’ve invested our precious time learning what armorer’s…
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5 Points Why Accreditation Is Important G.I. Jobs Magazine author, Shane Christopher writes, “Don’t waste your time and money. If that degree isn’t from an accredited school, potential employers won’t care that you have it,” and this information couldn’t be any more true. Accreditation matters because it is designed to help educational institutions boost their…
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