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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...

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...

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

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

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

Rifles — And Friendship — Stand The Test Of Time

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

If you’re even a halfway-serious rifle enthusiast, you need to save up your lunch money and buy this Wheeler Tools Scope Mounting Kit.

As buffalo landed just below lion on Jack’s list, he’d secured a suitable rifle in .450 Watts. Winchester had yet to unveil its .458, so this was a...

In the history of firearms, the French Mle.1886 rifle — unofficially and universally nicknamed the “Lebel” — looms large as the weapon making all...

For me, one of the joys of having a large collection of military surplus rifles is shooting cast bullets through them. Loaded to 1,500 to 1,800 fps, cast...

Friends and relatives sometimes ask for advice on cartridge choice for big game hunting and they seem surprised I don’t have any particular favorites.

The .300 Blackout cartridge is still a controversial one. If you put it in a bolt-action, some heads might explode. That's exactly what Mossberg did with...

The U.S. Army has held onto the basic AR platform since adopting the M16 in 1964. Model 1903 Springfields were standard issue for over 30 years and M1...

Ethiopian Emperor Melenik II is credited with fighting back European colonial incursions at the turn of the 19th century and preserving Ethiopian independence.

We have quite a choice of bolt-action rifles with detachable magazines holding 10 or so cartridges.

The revolutionary SIG SAUER MCX Rattler PCB, there are some remarkably practical 21st century real-world applications for this most radical of black guns.

Some rifles are so obscure and so out of reach, they haunt you for a lifetime — the Jacob has haunted me for a lifetime. Lyman’s 1958 release of their...

The Savage model 1920 rifle was introduced over a century ago. Commercially it was not a big success with only about 12,000 made and production ending...

The Mauser name has graced many rifles and been used to sell others. Oddly enough, the Model of 1898, which brought Peter Paul Mauser acclaim, didn’t...

There doesn’t seem to be agreement on what the term “truck gun” means. I guess there can’t be a consensus since people live different lifestyles and...

The Ruger .416 Hawkeye African shares the same elegant homage to express rifle conventions with a black ebony forend tip, twin stock crossbolts, single-leaf...

Used primarily by Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria, the M95 rifle proved itself one of the finest battle rifles of the First World War.

The 8mm Mauser will forever be known to the world in general as Germany’s infantry rifle and machine gun caliber for both world wars.

When a young fellow was visiting — a distant relative by marriage — he asked a question that caused me great thought.

Most of us have come of age with the AR and with modern carbine doctrine teaching the use of the rifle in place of a pistol since it provides a higher hit...

How Ruger’s engineers designed a basic entry-level-priced rifle capable of shooting as good, if not better, than rifles costing five times the price of...

Throughout the first half of the 20th Century, it seems virtually every American gunmaker offered at least one “boy’s rifle.”

If you travel much, it’s no big secret flying with guns and ammo is no longer fun.

Most noteworthy is K98k Mausers coded bcd4 were intended from the very start of manufacture to become sniper rifles.

The bolt-action is by far the most popular action type for most sporting purposes.

For many hunters Africa has been a “one of these days” destination. The current pandemic with its restrictions on travel mean we don’t — at least I...

Inside is a .17 HMR Ruger American stainless steel, black synthetic bolt-rifle, with target knob. The barrel is 18″ and threaded, should I want to...

As the United States service rifle, the Norwegian-designed Krag-Jorgensen was produced at the Springfield Armory from 1894 to 1904.

A .303 Savage would be far down my list for dangerous game, but Caldwell made it work for two reasons.

With those 10 simple words in 1977, an obscure 33-year-old filmmaker named George Lucas legitimately changed the world.

Sneaking around to the other side of my horse, I pulled the Tikka out of the scabbard as we readied for the hunt.

As this is written, the United States is perhaps experiencing the worst ammunition and reloading component shortage since World War II.

Firearms made in the Czech Republic enjoy a reputation for excellent design and high quality construction.

The jaws immediately drop. “You shoot 1,000 yards? With iron sights?” It’s amazing how many people think it’s impossible.

The canteen likely does more to sustain a soldier’s life in combat but a soldier’s individual weapon is his most cherished possession.

Few things stir my imagination and motivate me to adventure more than a fine hunting rifle.