Craig Boddington

Craig Boddington was the senior contributing editor of our modern gun and ammunition caliber dictionary. Craig was involved in the development and testing of many of these and writes from first hand experience. This dictionary was written exclusively for Wholesale Hunter with unique information found nowhere else.

WHICH 7MM FOR YOU?

For a generation, the default position for a fast, flat-shooting, hard-hitting cartridge has been 7mm, .284-inch. In the 1950s, while…

3 weeks ago

ARE IRON SIGHTS OBSOLETE?

Magnifying riflescopes aren’t new. Limited use in the American Civil War, and a few bison hunters used scopes in the…

4 months ago

PRAIRIE DOGS AND PLAINS GAME

these days, long-range shooting is “in,” with many shooters working hard to expand their range envelopes. There’s a lot to…

7 months ago

SHOT AND CHOKE

I often claim that I’m the world’s worst turkey hunter. Possibly not true, but when I tell you what I…

8 months ago

THE AMAZING .45-70

The .45-70 Government was adopted by the US military in 1873. Amazing that it’s still with us today, more amazing…

9 months ago

BELTED OR UNBELTED?

A cartridge “belt” is a narrow ridge of case material around the cartridge base, quickly stepping down to the actual…

10 months ago

COMMON SENSE RIFLESCOPES

Use enough scope…but not too much! By Craig Boddington When I was young, the fixed 4X scope was the standard…

11 months ago

THE UNLOVED .25s

By Craig Boddington Yes, that title will upset some folks. Funny thing about the .25-caliber cartridges, bullet diameter .257-inch: Those…

1 year ago

.338: AMERICA’S BIG MEDIUM BORE

By Craig Boddington In America, above .30-caliber, cartridge popularity drops like a thrown rock. This is as it should be.…

1 year ago

WHY HANDLOAD?

By Craig Boddington Like most kids, my first shooting was with a single-shot .22, but, absent a modern Kansas deer…

1 year ago

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