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.
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Gun Digest the Magazine, December 2, 2013
Gun Digest Magazine helps you find the best Christmas gift for the firearms fanatic in your life in our new issue. We also talk with Pawn Stars gun expert Sean Rich and take a look at Kel-Tec's PMR-30 .22 mag.
Gun Articles
Video: Officer Loses Badge After Armed Altercation with Squirrel
This story is a bit nuts, but teaches a good lesson of why it's important not to be squirrely with firearms. Failing to do so cost one Tennessee police officer big. An unadvised armed altercation at a discount store turned out to be a career-ending incident for the long-time law enforcement professional.
Gun Articles
High School Senior Shoots Down NRA National Title
Amy Fister is relatively new to competitive shooting, having only picked up the sport in 2010. But the Pennsylvania teen has proven a prodigy with a rifle in her hand, gunning down the NRA’s High Woman Title at Ohio’s Camp Perry.
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Gun Digest the Magazine, November 18, 2013
The Nov. 18 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine takes deer season by the antlers with the top-10 deer guns, AR whitetail hunts and muzzleloaders vs. shotguns.
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Gun Digest the Magazine, November 4, 2013
Gun Digest the Magazine will knock your socks off in the November 4, 2013 issue as we delve into the world of custom guns. From the fancy to the functionally enhanced, these firearms will have your tongue hanging and your wish list growing.
Classic Guns
Henry Rifle Blasts Price Record at Auction
An iron frame Henry Rifle turned heads at the Rock Island Auction Company's September event, breaking the world-record for price of a 19th-century American rifle.
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Gun Digest the Magazine, October 21, 2013
The October 21, 2013 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine is the special handloading edition. We talk with some of the top names in ballistics to find out their favorite calibers to load for, their most important tools and their best reloading memories.
Gun Reviews
Gun Digest the Magazine, October 7, 2013
The October 7, 2013, edition of Gun Digest the Magazine gets on target with Remington's 2020 System. We also take a look at Mossberg’s 4X4 Rifle and the right gun, load for waterfowl.