A Page From History: The Savage Model 1919
In the U.S., smallbore rifle as a sport really gained steam after the Great War, when companies such as Savage introduced smallbore bolt-action match grade rifles like the Model 1919 NRA
How Bore Cleaning Affects Accuracy
A Page from History looks back at when American Rifleman magazine tested whether cleaning the bore of a smallbore rifle is important for keeping tight groups
Volunteers Make The Difference At National Matches
Volunteers that toiled through the 1968 & 1969 National Matches possessed two common denominators: NRA membership and a desire to help out
A Page From History: The 1923 Palma
The Palma Rifle match was reborn in 1923, and anticipation mounted as to match conditions and the international teams that would be attending the storied contest
Barrel Length Vs. Accuracy
A Page from History: Answering reader questions about barrel length versus accuracy, and Remington 720 & 721 mainspring interchangeability
Effects of Cant
Understanding rifle cant includes understanding physics, but the most errors come from not holding the rifle bore axis and scope axis on a vertical plane
Addressing Bullet Drift From Springfield Rifling
Scopes of M1903A4 sniper variant Springfields required manual drift compensation. The motion of a bullet to the right when fired from a barrel of right-hand twist, or to the left when fired from a left-hand twist is drift
A Page From History: BB’s And Air Guns
Page from History features classic articles on competitive shooting from the NRA archives
A Page From History: Maintaining Revolver Accuracy
In the 1940s, the invention of a new cleaning rod was a key innovation in the art of keeping wheelguns accurate
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