RIFLES

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Why So Few .22...

Why complain, if contemporary rifles function well and shoot accurately? Well, to enthusiasts, a .22 isn’t a tool. It doesn’t belong with brooms or...
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THE HK33

Six years after the HK33 hit the streets, HK launched the dedicated semiautomatic HK43 rifle intended for the civilian market. Once equipped with a 16"...
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Handloading For...

For many reasons some handgunners like having a rifle/carbine of the same caliber as their pistol. I’m one of those people.
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Ruger Rifle...

Telling my Ruger American rifles apart by merely glancing at them would be a bonus. I was accumulating Ruger Americans faster than a crazy cat lady. Did I...
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Lee Speed Sporter

Two just-commissioned second lieutenants were celebrating their graduation from Sandhurst, 1910, with a pint at the local pub. They were speculating on...
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A “Russkie”...

Being introduced to all kinds of cool products, part of the event — and my favorite — included using the Scrambler and Military Crest shooting trails...
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Semi-Auto

Why So Few .22...

Why complain, if contemporary rifles function well and shoot accurately? Well, to enthusiasts, a .22 isn’t a tool. It doesn’t belong with brooms or...
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THE HK33

Six years after the HK33 hit the streets, HK launched the dedicated semiautomatic HK43 rifle intended for the civilian market. Once equipped with a 16"...
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Archangel Nomad...

The Archangel Nomad conversion stock transforms your humble Ruger 10/22 plinking gun into the spitting image of a state-of-the art HK G36 assault rifle.The...
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DIY Custom Ruger...

I’ve always admired the remarkable Ruger success story of the 10/22 rifle. When I bought my first 10/22 in about 1973, I realized it was “pretty good”...
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GroveTec G-Stop...

I love the GroveTec G-Stop Hand Stop — it is minimalism defined.
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Evolution: ...

Big game rifles have evolved continuously with the introduction of new models, new cartridges, new manufacturing methods, changing hunting conditions and...
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Bolt-Action

Why So Few .22...

Why complain, if contemporary rifles function well and shoot accurately? Well, to enthusiasts, a .22 isn’t a tool. It doesn’t belong with brooms or...
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Ruger Rifle...

Telling my Ruger American rifles apart by merely glancing at them would be a bonus. I was accumulating Ruger Americans faster than a crazy cat lady. Did I...
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Lee Speed Sporter

Two just-commissioned second lieutenants were celebrating their graduation from Sandhurst, 1910, with a pint at the local pub. They were speculating on...
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The Finnish M28...

The Russians, under the leadership of a power-mad dictator, attacked a vastly smaller and weaker neighbor with what looked like overwhelming military force....
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Augmentation

Steyr’s extraordinary reputation for producing superlative military and hunting arms is well deserved.
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The Four 22s

Rifles — And Friendship — Stand The Test Of Time
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Lever-Action

Handloading For...

For many reasons some handgunners like having a rifle/carbine of the same caliber as their pistol. I’m one of those people.
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Northern...

Bill Noody of Northern Precision has been thinking big these days, caliber-wise. He’s had requests for 0.500"-sized bullets and Bill delivered.
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Marlin Lever Guns

Ask most shooters when the first .45-70 lever-action rifle appeared and they will say the 1886. Winchester had begun with the 1860 Henry .44 Rimfire then...
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Winchester Model 64

A whole lot of lovers of leverguns consider Winchester’s graceful Model 64 to be the best-looking rifle ever put together — and they’ll certainly get...
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The Immortal .30-30

New cartridges come and go. Occasionally — not often — they come and stay. Sometimes a new cartridge is so sensational, so far ahead of its time, it...
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Evolution: ...

Big game rifles have evolved continuously with the introduction of new models, new cartridges, new manufacturing methods, changing hunting conditions and...
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Rimfire

Why So Few .22...

Why complain, if contemporary rifles function well and shoot accurately? Well, to enthusiasts, a .22 isn’t a tool. It doesn’t belong with brooms or...
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DIY Custom Ruger...

I’ve always admired the remarkable Ruger success story of the 10/22 rifle. When I bought my first 10/22 in about 1973, I realized it was “pretty good”...
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The Four 22s

Rifles — And Friendship — Stand The Test Of Time
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Ruger American Rimfire .22 rifle
Review: The...

Digging through his personal safe, Nic breaks out the Ruger American Rimfire for a review for GUNS Magazine. Biased? Yes. Fun? Also yes.
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rock island armory tm22 rifle
A Quick Look At...

The TM22 is the latest from Rock Island Armory. It features an aluminum construction, the choice of an 18" or 20" barrel, and one of the best triggers that...
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Back To The Future

The last time-travel event was in June 2022. I had just picked up another Ruger 10/22, this one a carbine with plastic stock and stainless steel barrel.
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Airgun

The Bug-A-Salt...

The Bug-A-Salt looks like a toy, but it is so much more. For starters, the thing is fairly heavy, much heavier than the kiddy toys it apes. These guns are...
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Air To-Go

Think about it. By using a microphone as a primer or sorts, or bait if you will, we could lure an infinitely long line of politicians within range of some...
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Cape Buffalo...

OK — it wouldn't be smart to hunt Cape Buffalo with a BB gun but some folks have done it — successfully — with an air rifle. In today's episode, we...
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New Products...

Davidson’s now offers two variants of the 1873 Western Revolver. The new Davidson’s Pietta Exclusives are convertible models — each has two cylinders.
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Umarex Origin...

Pre-charged Pneumatic (PCP) rifles are the Ferarri Enzo of the air rifle world. What’s not to love?
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Shooting Umarex Origin .22 air rifle
Start Your...

A leader in everything airguns, Umarex is the go-to brand for your first, or next, air-powered firearm and their Origin .22, including a 4,500 PSI hand...
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MISC. RIFLES

Handloading For...

For many reasons some handgunners like having a rifle/carbine of the same caliber as their pistol. I’m one of those people.
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Saddle Ring Carbines

Growing up back east, two things caught my imagination early on — guns and horses, both of which were not plentiful there. So, as soon as I was able, the...
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The Bug-A-Salt...

The Bug-A-Salt looks like a toy, but it is so much more. For starters, the thing is fairly heavy, much heavier than the kiddy toys it apes. These guns are...
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A Good And...

The great days of cheap surplus ammo were the 1950s and ’60s. I thought corrosive primers were in the past, but not so. Large quantities of such...
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Black Powder...

During my writing career, I obsessed over a genre of firearm to the point my editors became frustrated. It was because I studied those rifles so deeply,...
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A Modern Day...

Always fascinated by the buffalo hunters of the 19th century, I read as much about them as possible as a kid. Their rifles of choice were big bore,...
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