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Jack Vitito has been creating wildlife art for 30 years Making blocks of wood come to life By Larry Myhre

When Jack Vitito began carving back in 1980, he didn’t dream this hobby would become a full-time job.

He had started his business, Jack’s Uniforms in 1972 in South Sioux City and sold the successful business to his son Dale in 1997 to pursue his artwork full time.

Since then he has concentrated his activities on painting and carving.

“I currently have carvings in 40 states,” Vitito says.

He has carved a lot more than decoys, as well.

“I’ve done butterflies, hummingbirds and what is currently very popular are songbirds, especially the cardinals, goldfinches and wrens,” he says.

His interest in art actually started back in junior high school when he began sketching. Read more »

What’s Hot At SHOT 2010 Part 2 By Gary Howey

For those of you who haven’t heard of the SHOT Show, it’s “HUGE” with everything from airguns to military weapons and body armor.

If you hoped to cover all of the displays and booths at the four day show, you’d need to run through the show, so these items listed below are just a few of the hundreds of new items that we saw at the show.

Beretta

Beretta unveiled its new semi-auto shotgun, the A400 Xplor Unico, an extremely fast, light and easy to shoot shotgun.

Their upgraded recoil reduction system will reduce recoil by as much as 70 percent.

It features a shortened receiver, 3 inches instead of 3 1/2-inches decreasing the overall gun length.
Their patented Kick Off recoil-reduction system that houses two hydraulic dampeners, reducing recoil by up to 60 percent—was upgraded to “Kick Off Cubed,” which uses a third shock absorber in the stock bolt to further reduce recoil and mechanical stress when shooting the gun.

It also features their new Micro Core butt pad making the gun more comfortable to shoot which also helps the hunter to properly shoulder the shotgun.

For more information on the Beretta A-400 check out www.beretta.com Read more »