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American Shooting Journal // December 2022
CONTENTS
VOLUME 12 • ISSUE 3
COVER STORY
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ALEISHA’S FIRST ELK HUNT
A proud husband shares the story of the monster seven-point bull his wife harvested the first time she put in for a New Mexico draw tag.
ROY DON BABITZKE FEATURES
34 HEROES HEAD OUT HUNTING
Thanks to Outdoors For Our Heroes and Got Your 6 Fishing, dozens of veterans had a chance to chase deer, elk and more this fall. Kelli Schueler shares a few of their success stories from around the West.
42 THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET WESTERN
The hard-hitting and flat-shooting 6.8 Western has entered the chat when it comes to the future of big game cartridges. Jason Brooks shares the history and capabilities of this newer bullet.
53 BULLET BULLETIN: PREMIUM MONOMETAL BULLET GETS A FACELIFT
With its improved ballistic coefficient and Heat Shield Tip, Hornady’s new expanding copper CX softpoint is an upgrade on the old GMX. Our professor of projectiles Phil Massaro has an appreciation for this bullet.
67 ROAD HUNTER: TOP HOLIDAY GEAR PICKS
From waders, boots and outdoor clothes to luggage to quality food and training dummies, Scott Haugen has proven holiday gift ideas for everyone in your hunting family, including gun dogs!
76 SCATTERGUN ALLEY: 10 SHOTGUN CHOICES FOR YOU
It’s about time to get a new shotgun, and our Larry Case has a few models that may fill the bill for waterfowl, upland game and turkey hunters as well as target shooters.
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