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 Articles
Ruger Re-introduces its Red Label Shotguns
After nearly 3 years off the market, many believed Red Label Shotguns were a thing of the past. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Ruger took the smoothbore back to the drawing board and recently the company unveiled the tweaks it made to the well known over-and-under.
Gun Digest TV
Video: Kirsten Joy Weiss Turns Heads with These 10 Trick Shots
As her college career and national titles attest, Kirsten Joy Weiss is downright deadly with a .22 rifle in her hands. But she is capable of doing more than scoring Xs off the firing line. Weiss' trick shot ability is certain to drop your jaw in these video clips.
Gun Articles
Check Out the World's First 3D Printed Metal Gun!
What does the future of firearms manufacturing look like? If this video clip is any indication, 3D printing has the potential to play a large role. A company recently produced what it claims is the first printed metal gun, a .45 ACP 1911 that shoots pretty dang well.
Gun Reviews
SureShell, Keeping the Hungry VERSA MAX Well Fed
Too much ammunition, it’s a problem most shooters wished they had. This especially goes for owners of the VERSA MAX Shotgun. Mesa Tactical has a solution to keep Remington's hungry smoothbore well fed, expanding its shell carrying system to be mounted on the semi-automatic.
Handguns
UZI PRO Pistol Hits the U.S. Market
Few firearm designs are as recognizable as UZI. The brand is synonymous with sub-machine guns and is one of the top choices for law enforcement agencies and military forces worldwide. The U.S. consumer market gets a crack at the brand's latest creation with the introduction of the UZI PRO Pistol.
Gun Digest TV
Video: Miculek Demonstrates the Capability of the Barrett .50 Caliber
Curious what a rifle firing slugs weighing upwards of 647 grains can do? Jerry Miculek gives you a taste in this video clip. The renown speed shooter gets behind the business end of a Barrett .50 caliber and busts up steel plates, concrete blocks and watermelons.
Gun Reviews
Still Time to Vote in Ruger's 10/22 Design Contest
Few guns reach the iconic status of the Ruger 10/22. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ubiquitous .22-caliber rifle the company has asked fans to submit their custom designs of the gun. Check out who made the cut to be one of the 10 finalist.
Gun Digest TV
Happy Halloween! 10 Smashing Pumpkin Shooting Videos!
Halloween is finally here and outside of costumes and candy there is only one way to celebrate, shooting pumpkins! Enjoy these 10 videos of people blasting these seasonal gourds with every conceivable caliber and gauge.