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.
Accessories
Videos: Accessories Aim to Help Gun Owners with NY SAFE Act
Necessity continues to be the mother of invention and there has been a rash of it in a bid to help New York gun enthusiast hit by the NY SAFE Act. Check out the tweaks these Empire State residents have made to their modern sporting rifles to keep them legal.
Gun Digest TV
Video: Jerry Miculek Shoots his .30 Caliber Magazine Clip
Check out and see if Jerry Miculek can make his polymer rifle fire the way California State Senator Kevin De Leon claims it can, shooting a .30 caliber magazine clip in a half second.
Concealed Carry
CrossBreed Holsters Announces Glock 42 Options
With Lilliputian dimensions, the Glock 42 is inherently easy to stow on your person. But the newly released .380 automatic might have just become more concealable with CrossBreed Holsters announcing a line tailored to the handgun.
Gun Reviews
ArmaLite M-15TBN Rifle Hits the Market
The new ArmaLite M-15TBN is tuned for the most precise law enforcement work and shooting competitions. With a load of features, it's certain to knock the X out of the bull's eye -- again and again.
Ammunition
Video: Does G2 Research's R.I.P. Ammo Stack Up?
R.I.P. ammo has made a lot of noise recently, claiming it's “The Last Round You'll Ever Need”. But is that the fact of the matter? Take a look at these videos of ballistic tests to see if the 9mm round really lives up to its hype.
Optics
SHOT Show 2014: FLIR ThermoSight R-Series
The FLIR ThermoSight R-Series offers something the consumer market has been missing for some time now -- a top-of-the-line thermal scope that, price-wise, falls in line with night vision technology.
How To
Peter Lessler's experience training with Col. Cooper
The author of two Gun Digest books on marksmanship, Peter Lessler is a skillful firearms instructor in his own right. But here, he gives us a look of what it was like to train with the master -- Col. Jeff Cooper.
Gun Reviews
SHOT 2014: 3 Cool Guns
With the shear amount of merchandise at the SHOT Show, it is difficult to pick favorites. But I've dared to do so, listing three guns that caught my eye from the slew of other firearms hitting the market.