Wayne Van Zwoll

Washington

Writer and Author at Freelance

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Articles

Big Guns, Bigger Game

2 weeks ago | shoot-on.com | Wayne Van Zwoll

by Wayne van ZwollIn 1873, Winchester announced its first centerfire cartridge, the .44 W.C.F. (.44-40) and a lever-action repeating rifle to fire it. The U.S. Army issued its first .45-70 rifles. And Samuel Colt trotted out his Single Action Army revolver. In Africa, explorer and missionary David Livingstone died at 32. Hunters were already killing buffalo for market on our western frontier, and elephants for their ivory in Africa. Elephants would outlast buffalo.
How Low Should You Go?

4 weeks ago | gunsmagazine.com | Wayne Van Zwoll

; . My first hunting scope, a 2-½x Bushnell that cost $39.50, proved a wondrous aid. While Williams open sights on my .303 SMLE had helped me shoot deer, the scope didn’t obscure half the target.
Hornady Backcountry Defense Review — Bear Defense Ammo - The Armory Life

2 months ago | thearmorylife.com | Wayne Van Zwoll

February 19th, 2025 8 minute read In today’s article, a review of Hornady Backcountry Defense 10mm Auto ammunition, Wayne van Zwoll examines the load from the perspective of a outdoorsman with a need for bear-stopping power. How well does it perform? The author goes hands-on with the ammo to find out.
The Rise of Night-Vision and Thermal Scopes: What Retailers Need to Know

Jan 19, 2025 | shotbusiness.com | Wayne Van Zwoll

By Wayne van ZwollThe role of revolvers in our Frontier West has much to do with their enduring appeal. Hollywood has spiced history with romance, forging new and memorable personalities for people on both sides of the law. Later, as hard-bitten cops upstaged cowboy heroes, double-action revolvers replaced single actions. Sales of Smith & Wesson’s Model 29 jumped after Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry used the big .44 to dispense justice.
The New Montana Rifle

Jan 15, 2025 | shoot-on.com | Wayne Van Zwoll

by Wayne van ZwollIt was a shorter shot than expected. In fact, if I’d had my druthers, it would have been longer. We’d been on the track a couple of hours. “We” was really “they.” Trailing a leopard is graduate-level work. I was a rookie compared to the Namibians. From the dead calf, the spoor wound through light bush toward thickets crowning rocky kopjes. The pair of small dogs seemed to lose interest as steel-wool wait-a-bit closed about them.
A Tale Of Two Sights

Jan 6, 2025 | gunsmagazine.com | Wayne Van Zwoll

; . “Stay the morning and shoot rocks,” said my pal. His concern for my mental health was touching. On steeps to 10,000 feet 30 roadless miles into Wyoming’s storied Thorofare drainage, I had worked six days to kill an elk.
I Just Wanna Shoot A Deer!

Dec 27, 2024 | shoot-on.com | Wayne Van Zwoll

by Wayne van ZwollYou don’t know its G7 ballistic coefficient, its ogive in calibers, or when it goes sub-sonic. What matters to you is that your bullet fits your rifle’s bore, flies to the sight, and has the moxy to kill deer. Like the bullet that tumbled a deer for me 50 years ago. Announced in 1961, Winchester’s Power-Point is still available. In fact, it appears in 45 factory loads, .223 (64 grains) to .338 Magnum (200 grains).
When the Law Failed, Citizens Turned to Colts for Frontier Justice

Nov 29, 2024 | athlonoutdoors.com | Wayne Van Zwoll

Minnesota lay many saddle hours away, so Frank and Jesse James, with the Younger boys and three others, traveled from Missouri by rail. They bought horses for the final leg – fine animals, new to Northfield on September 7, 1876. The men’s dusters may also have caught the eye of hardware owner Sam Allen. He followed a trio walking toward the bank. Then one shoved a revolver into his ribs. Allen dashed off.
Hunting Prairie Whitetail Deer — Right Under Your Nose - The Armory Life

Nov 25, 2024 | thearmorylife.com | Wayne Van Zwoll

November 25th, 2024 9 minute read It was the best spot. I approached it carefully. But the doe met me before dawn. She scooted off. The rack of the buck in her wake tore noisily through the shrub pines. In forest, I’d have had no salvation. But this was a tiny island of cover in a great sea of low, dun-colored grass.
Are You Using the Wrong Rifle Scope?

Nov 13, 2024 | thearmorylife.com | Wayne Van Zwoll

November 13th, 2024 8 minute read Elk sifted through the logging slash as a tide, its tentacles snaking up toward tall timber. Alas, the bull was mostly hidden in the belly of a draw on the herd’s far fringe. I could only climb to keep abreast. Then: a lane! I flopped prone on a rise, sling taut.