Mens-Interest
Rifle
MAKING SIMPLE TANG SIGHTS PART I
LIGHT GUNSMITHING
6 min |
November - December 2020
Rifle
FORM, FUNCTION AND (PERFECT) FORM
WALNUT HILL
5 min |
November - December 2020
Rifle
150 Years of Marlin
150 Years of Marlin
10 min |
November - December 2020
Rifle
RUGER PC9 CARBINE
DOWN RANGE
4 min |
November - December 2020
Rifle
EssentIal CleanIng
LOCK, STOCK & BARREL
5 min |
November - December 2020
Rifle
BUSHNELL ENGAGE 2.5-10X 44MM
A RIFLEMAN’S OPTICS
6 min |
November - December 2020
Rifle
AN ORDINARY INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION
MOSTLY LONG GUNS
6 min |
November - December 2020
Rifle
6mm Remington Loads for Most Big Game
The 6mm Remington (left) is shown with the .243 Winchester (center) and the 6mm Creedmoor (right). The superior 6mm Remington lost the popularity contest to the .243 Winchester, with the 6mm Creedmoor positioned to overtake the .243.
8 min |
November - December 2020
Rifle
RUGER 10/22, OLD AND NEW
William Batterman Ruger is rightfully given credit, throughout the country and across the world, for introducing many recognizable firearm designs. A few contemporary gunwriters have even referred to him as a “genius,” probably because someone else did in the mid-1900s when the Ruger Standard .22 Long Rifle pistol was introduced. Genius? I do not know, but the man certainly had his finger on the postwar pulse of what U.S. shooters wanted and launched one of the most successful firearms manufacturing companies ever known by building a foundry and casting gun parts. This kept manufacturing costs down, accelerated production and allowed making affordable, durable rifles, pistols, revolvers and eventually shotguns.
7 min |
Special Edition Fall 2020
Rifle
.22 LR WINCHESTER MODEL 62A
I was taught rifle marksmanship at a young age by my father and clearly remember being nervous to shoot in front of him, as he was, and still is, one of the best shots I know. I was started on his Ruger 10/22 Bicentennial, which he had scoped with a Tasco 3-9x, and once in a while we’d let a full magazine loose as quickly as possible, just for fun.
8 min |
Special Edition Fall 2020
Rifle
RIMFIRE TERMINAL PERFORMANCE
Discussions concerning the terminal performance of big-game ammunition are popular at gun shops, around campfires and in the sporting press. As far as rimfire ammunition goes, not a lot is said about it. Everyone seems to have their favorite load, but do they really know how it performs inside the target? Detailed information on the terminal performance of rimfire ammunition is nearly non-existent, so a test was conducted.
7 min |
Special Edition Fall 2020
Rifle
SAVAGE .17 WINCHESTER SUPER MAGNUM
Hunters get excited when something new comes along – a rifle, new ammunition or even a scope. As a serious rimfire shooter since adolescence, the thought of a new rimfire round that pushes a 20-grain bullet out the muzzle at 3,000 fps is indeed news. Faster than the .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire (HMR) by around 26 percent, the Winchester Super Magnum cartridge was destined to be the velocity leader when it comes to present-day rimfire ammunition. Along with the Winchester Super Magnum (WSM) ammunition from Winchester, Savage Arms was first to introduce a bolt-action rifle for the cartridge.
7 min |
Special Edition Fall 2020
Rifle
WORKING ON YOUR 10/22
The title of this feature is not really appropriate. The connotation of the words “working on” is that there is something about the old Ruger 10/22 with a cast receiver that needs repairing, altering or changing. Such is not the case. In fact, the 10/22 is perfect for its intended purpose, which is to provide a means to participate in that most honorable pastime of plinking.
10 min |
Special Edition Fall 2020
Rifle
.22 WINCHESTER MAGNUM
In all my time in the field, the one rifle I did not see very often was the Browning T-Bolt. Unless they were there and I never noticed, the T-Bolt seems to be a rarity in the hunting fields. Not that there is anything wrong with the rifle, but with the market full of bolt-action and semiautomatic rimfire rifles, the T-Bolt has regrettably been left out of the fray in rifle reviews and gun store inventories.
7 min |
Special Edition Fall 2020
Rifle
YOUTH RIMFIRE OPTIONS
Though more than 48 years have passed, I remember the day I received my first firearm as clearly as I remember marrying well out of my league just 14 years ago. That Savage Model 24 .22 Long Rifle/.410 over/under (O/U) appeared under the Christmas tree one snowy Colorado morning, a gift from my step-grandfather, who had hunted tree squirrels with the same gun as a young man. It had been hidden away in some dark, forgotten corner for decades. I came from a decidedly non-hunting family, and this gift proved a blindside for my parents (my animal-lover mother and three-tour-Vietnam-post traumatic stress disorder stepfather). So, when I unwrapped that oddly-shaped package and began dancing with glee, the event went over like the proverbial turd in the punchbowl. Only eight at the time, my parents immediately decided I wasn’t old enough to handle a firearm, and the gift would not be accepted.
10 min |
Special Edition Fall 2020
Rifle
.22 LR RUGER CHARGER SUPPRESSED
Ruger’s 22 Charger rimfire pistol – based on Ruger’s 10/22 action – was introduced in 2007 and included an attractively-sculpted, black-laminated, pistol-gripped stock. Sturm, Ruger & Company’s semiautomatic 10/22 is one of the most popular .22 Long Rifle (LR) firearms of all time. They’re affordable, incredibly reliable, include a compact 10-round rotary magazine and a modular design.
8 min |
Special Edition Fall 2020
Rifle
.22 LONG RIFLE BALLISTICS COMPARISON
Americans annually burn some three billion rounds of .22 rimfire ammunition, mostly .22 Long Rifle (LR). Such volume makes the .22 LR one of varmint shooting’s most significant factors. The 133-year-old .22 LR cartridge is fun, affordable and deadly on small varmints (within its respective capabilities) and is arguably the world’s most popular varmint round.
8 min |
Special Edition Fall 2020
Rifle
.17 HMR/ .22 MAGNUM COMPARISON
When making a list of the most fun and most useful cartridges introduced since smokeless powder came into common use during the late 1800s, the .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire (HMR) and .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire (WMR) have to be among them. The .22 WMR came first, so I will begin with a brief look at its history.
9 min |
Special Edition Fall 2020
Rifle
Savage Model 24
LIGHT GUNSMITHING
5 min |
September - October 2020
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U.S. Military .30-06s
A Half-Century of Experience
9 min |
September - October 2020
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Stevens Model 52
Speculation Is Half the Fun
9 min |
September - October 2020
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What's A Big Bore?
SPOTTING SCOPE
7 min |
September - October 2020
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The Wandering around Rifle
WALNUT HILL
6 min |
September - October 2020
Rifle
Swarovski Optik's Z8i 1-8x 24mm with L 4A-IF
A RIFLEMAN’S OPTICS
6 min |
September - October 2020
Rifle
Italian Carcano Model 41 6.5MM
DOWN RANGE
5 min |
September - October 2020
Rifle
Model 52 Open Country Long Range
A New Cooper .300 Winchester Magnum
8 min |
September - October 2020
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Rifle Considerartions
LOCK, STOCK & BARREL
6 min |
September - October 2020
Rifle
CZ 550 Magnum
MOSTLY LONG GUNS
4 min |
September - October 2020
Rifle
M1 CARBINE MIRACLE
DOWN RANGE
5 min |
July - August 2020
Rifle
SKINNER SIGHTS
MOSTLY LONG GUNS
5 min |