American Shooting Journal // June 2021

CONTENTS

VOLUME 10 • ISSUE 9

65

(SCOTT HAUGEN)

ROADHUNTER: SUMMER SONG DOGS

With coyotes venturing further from their spring dens, now’s the time to get after these Western predators. Scott Haugen knows a thing or two about hunting them and he shares tips from an expert guide for bagging a few. MORE FEATURES

24 GUNNING FOR MORE GROWTH

After a year of remarkable growth, Precision Rifle Series director Shannon Kay has set his sights on taking the local, regional and national long-range shooting competitions even further.

35 LAW ENFORCEMENT SPOTLIGHT: PROTECTING ALL, REGARDLESS

Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Cameron Kinsey was monitoring a Black Lives Matter march when his help was desperately needed – by a protester whose baby was choking. Nick Perna shares the officer’s heroic story and thoughts on policing in America today.

39 SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING: MY TWO CENTS ON REVOLVERS AND GUNFIGHTING (PART TWO)

Paul Pawela has a shelf full of books on lawmen he looks to for advice on gunfighting and in a follow-up to his April column on the subject he parses the words of famed marshal and OK Corral gunfighter Wyatt Earp.

44 HANDGUN OPTICS: THE PROS AND CONS OF RED DOT SIGHTS

A well-trained shooter with a red dot sight is generally going to be able to get off quicker, more accurate shots, but there are also drawbacks to the devices. Nick Perna weighs the positives and the negatives.

53 BULLET BULLETIN: HYBRID HUNTING BULLETS – BLENDED DESIGNS AND UNIQUE PROJECTILES

Some bullets aren’t easily pigeon-holed; they offer a blend of attributes beyond just cup-and-core, bonded core or lead-free monometal. So it goes with some of Phil Massaro’s favorites for hunting.

74 A LOOK AT CZ’S HAMMERLESS BOBWHITE, HAMMER CLASSIC SIDE-BY-SIDES

If you’re in the market for a basic but solid doublebarrel with “high-end-of-the-budget” trappings, these two shotguns imported from Turkey by CZ-USA just might fill the bill. Jim Dickson has the details.

83 BLACK POWDER: ADD ‘SPICE’ TO YOUR SHOOTING MATCHES

How black powder cartridge shooters keep their competitions interesting “is just as easy as it is rewarding.” Mike Nesbitt shares the “after-aggregate matches” enjoyed by he and fellow members of Washington state’s Capitol City Rifle & Pistol Club.

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