Shooting Times

Every issue of Shooting Times brings you exciting, authoritative coverage of guns, ammunition, reloading, and the shooting sports. Written for the experienced and novice gun enthusiast by focusing on new product developments and activities in the shooting industry.

SHOOTING TIMES

Hall-of-Fame Handgunner

XS Sights Rear Sight Pushers

Trigger Pull Gauges?

Ithaca Model 37 Featherlight 20 Gauge • This simple, elegant, and reliable slide-action shotgun was fundamentally designed by John M. Browning.

Intriguing Ballistic Questions • Two readers posed separate and provocative ballistic questions within a short span of time. Here are our ballistician’s answers.

A Love-Hate Relationship • The .38-40 is a wonderful, historical cartridge that’s fun to shoot and accurate in vintage and modern guns, but it’s also a source of nagging frustration.

A GRAND MELDING • WHEN THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL OF THE 20TH CENTURY IS BLENDED WITH THE MOST UNDERRATED SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THE RESULT IS DAN WESSON’S DWX.

.338 WBY RPM • THE NEW .338 WBY RPM CARTRIDGE IS A PRECISION SLEDGEHAMMER FOR THOSE WHO HUNT HARD, REMOTE COUNTRY, FOR THE TOUGH, GNARLY GAME THAT INHABIT IT.

.357 MAGNUM BALLISTICS OVER TIME • IF YOU THINK THE PERFORMANCE OF .357 MAGNUM FACTORY AMMO HAS DIMINISHED OVER TIME, THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION SHOULD INTEREST YOU.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE .220 SWIFT? • THE CREATION OF SMALL-CALIBER, HIGH-VELOCITY CENTERFIRE ROUNDS REALLY GOT GOING IN THE MID-1930S. THE THOROUGHBRED .220 SWIFT WAS ONE OF THEM, AND ITS DEVELOPMENT WAS A BIT CONVOLUTED.

OPTIMIZED FOR 9MM • ED BROWN’S NEW EVO E9-LW IS THE FIRST PISTOL IN THE EVO LINE EQUIPPED WITH A RED-DOT OPTIC. IT ALSO HAS A SHORTENED AND THINNED SLIDE AND AN ALUMINUM FRAME.

TriStar American Classic .38 Super

Federal .357 Magnum 154-Gr. HST

Ballistol: For What Ails You • This 120-year-old gun-cleaning product has almost magical properties and is worth your consideration.

The Gunsmiths of Shooting Times • Over its 63-year lifespan, Shooting Times has had three writers dedicated to penning a monthly gunsmithing column.