SHOP TALK

I get a good number of customers who have some really pretty “Safe Queens” at home – beautiful guns that sit on their thrones in the gun safe, but are rarely used. Main reason: recoil. “Man, the recoil is pretty bad.” or “I would shoot it more if it did not kick so bad!” You know who you are … Well thank goodness the muzzle brake was invented!

“Hey Derrick, what’s the best long range shooting scope?” This may be one of the most popular questions I answer day in and day out. I honestly feel like it is the hardest possible questions to answer because I really do not feel that there is a good answer.

If you have been on Google or on any of the forums in the past 2 hours you know this is a hot and very touchy subject. There are no shortage of opinions – from the super-awesome-know-it-all shooter that says you must have the same caliber he shoots to Joe Hunter who swears he killed a MONSTER deer at a mile away with granddaddy’s old 270 a green and yellow box of ammunition. I am going to do my best to tread this subject and give you some advice you can use. So here it is the answer to all caliber debates …

While the 22 Creedmoor has been a popular topic of discussion in the predator hunting world for many years, it’s just now becoming more mainstream. At Horizon Firearms, we built our first 22 Creedmoor back in mid-2014. We’ve seen the interest in this wildcat caliber grow every year since. If you type “22 Creedmoor” into your search bar you’ll get a lot of links to predator hunting forums with pages and pages of opinions to sift through. You’ll also get photos of 22 Creeds that lead back to Horizon’s website. But truth be told, there’s not a ton of great information out there about the 22 Creedmoor, despite its growing popularity.