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.
Gun Digest TV
Video: Extreme Accuracy and Precision of Rail Guns
Extreme accuracy and precision are the name of the game at rail gun competitions. These unique firearms are built with one goal in mind; place every shot through the same hole.
Classic Guns
Photo Gallery: 10 Incredible Guns of Elmer Keith
Elmer Keith's gun collection is up for auction and boy howdy is it something. Here are 10 of the old cuss' rifles, shotguns and handguns that really caught our eye.
Concealed Carry
Video: Going Big with the Glock 20
Glock captured a lot of headlines with the G40 this year at the SHOT Show, but that wasn't the company's first foray into 10mm handguns. As this video review shows, the company has a long and successful history with the heavy-hitting caliber.
Gun Reviews
POF's Revolt Rifle, Legal in All 13 Colonies
POF's Revolt Rifle reworks the AR platform with a straight-pull action, making for an extremely precise firearm that has the benefit of being legal from sea to shining sea.
Classic Guns
Beretta APX – Going Full-Sized in Striker-Fired
With company's first foray into the full-sized striker-fired pistol market, Beretta is shooting at more than the consumer market. The gun maker looks to score a bull's eye as the U.S. Army's sidearm.
Gun Digest TV
Video: Army Primer on Ballistics
Ballistics can be complex, involving a multitude of variables. This old U.S. Army training film, however, does a solid job of breaking down the subject to its simplest terms.
Ammunition
Black Hills Ammunition's New Cartridges
Whether it's a match bullet you're after or something for long-distance hunting, Black Hills Ammunition's new 2015 cartridges could have the answer with four new precision loads looking to be right on target.
Classic Guns
Canadian Rangers Bidding Farewell to the Lee-Enfield
After around 100 years of service with the Canadian Military, the Lee-Enfield is being sidelined. However, the venerable and battle-tested rifle looks being replaced with another bolt-action.