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.
Shotguns
SHOT Show 2014: Benelli's Ethos Shotgun
The next generation of Benelli's inertia-drive shotguns is a masterful blend of art and technology. The guns smooth lines are only matched by its equally polished action.
How To
SHOT Show 2014: OpenfireHD Takes Target Shooting Digital
Tired of punching holes in paper? One innovative new product promises to bring your trip to the shooting range to a new level.
Gun Reviews
SHOT Show 2014: New Low-Power Optics
From iron sights to high-powered scopes, anyone paying attention knows optics abound in the firearms world. Here are three new low-powered options unveiled at the 2014 SHOT Show that may be worth scoping in on.
Ammunition
Ammo Retailer Lists Top-10 Sellers of 2013
Ever wondered what was the top handgun load? What about the most popular rifle ammo? Online ammunition retailer LuckyGunner.com gives a glimpse of what drove its sales in 2013.
Gun Articles
SHOT Show Infographic puts Event in Perspective
The SHOT Show is the world's largest firearms trade show. But exactly what does that mean? Event organizer National Shooting Sports Foundation puts the four-day event held in Las Vegas in perspective with this infograph on size and scope of SHOT.
Gun Digest TV
Video: Sneak Peek at the Glock 41 and 42
Given its wide fan base, nothing gets the gun community chattering like Glock. The Austrian-based manufacturer has tongues wagging presently over two new pistols set to be showcased at the SHOT Show.
Gun Reviews
Magpul Relocating Operations to Texas, Wyoming
Magpul Industries is moving its corporate headquarters to Texas and manufacturing facility to Wyoming from Colorado, where the state's legislature last year approved gun-control measures that were met with outcry from residents and outdoors industry companies.
Gun Reviews
3D Printed Metal Gun Hitting the Market
Your shot to own a piece of firearms future is here. The company that produced the first 3D printed metal gun is now putting its take of the 1911 on the market in limited editions.