Tag: wayne vanzwoll

Six of the Best Shots of All Time

January 1, 2018

 Would you rather make one eye-popping shot or never miss? Can you do either? In the autumn of 1908 in what is now lower Tanzania, elephant hunter James Sutherlin fired the right-hand barrel of his .577 into the chest of a bull. Heart intact, the elephant charged. The second shot also missed its mark. The […]

Deer Cartridges – A Trio at the Top

April 26, 2017

by Wayne Vanzwoll Name three fine deer cartridges? Easy! Name only three? Oh. That’s really, really hard! The deer was loping through Michigan poplars when a bullet from my $30 SMLE broke its neck. My first whitetail. The .303 British, now 130 years old, still works fine for deer. It has surely killed more Canadian […]