Elwood Shelton
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Elwood Shelton is the Digital Editor for Gun Digest. He lives in Colorado and has provided coverage on a vast spectrum of topics for GD for more than a decade. Before that, he was an award-winning sports and outdoors reporter for a number of newspapers across the Rocky Mountains. His experience has consisted of covering the spread of chronic wasting disease into the Western Slope of Colorado to the state’s ranching for wildlife programs. His passion for shooting began at a young age, fostered on pheasant hunts with his father. Since then, he has become an accomplished handloader, long-range shooter and avid hunter—particularly mule deer and any low-down, dirty varmint that comes into his crosshairs. He is a regular contributor to Gun Digest Magazine and has contributed to various books on guns and shooting, most recently Lever-Actions: A Tribute to the All-American Rifle.
Concealed Carry
Top Affordable .38 Special Revolver Options To Protect Your Six
Go small and reliable with these excellent snub-nose .38 Special Revolver options.
Ammunition
Mosin-Nagant Ammo: Best 7.62x54R Options
No reason to crutch on mil-surp, here are seven top Mosin-Nagant ammo options for hunting and target work.
Concealed Carry
Medium-Bore Match-Up: .38 Special vs 9mm
Offering many of the same advantages, the .38 Special and 9mm nevertheless shine for much different shooters.
AR-15
AR-10 vs AR-15: How Stoner's Rifles Stack Up
When it comes to AR-10 vs. AR-15 the right choice is a matter of application.
Gun Articles
McMillan TAC-50: A True AMR/Anti-Personnel Sniper Rifle
Few shoulder-fired .50-calibers have proven more adept at long-range precision than the McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle.
Shotguns
M&P 12: Smith & Wesson Goes Bullpup
Smith & Wesson makes a marked break from tradition with its first bullpup shotgun, the M&P 12.
Gun Articles
Marlin Model 336: Hunting-Season Classic And Beyond
For more than half a century, the Marlin Model 336 has stood as a model of what a modern lever-action hunting rifle should be.
Gun Articles
Heckler & Koch Reboots The SL8 Rifle
Civilian variant of Heckler & Koch's G36, the SL8, is making a comeback after a more than 10-year absence from the American market.