Synthetic Rifle Stocks

An Abbreviated History

Ed Stevenson (1930-2020)

Ed Stevenson of Sheep River Hunting Camps has passed away. He was 89 years old.

FOR WANT OF ONE MORE ROUND

LIGHT GUNSMITHING

CUSTOM REMINGTON MODEL 700 - CUSTOM CORNER

It had to happen eventually. With all the varmint shooting I have done over the years, production grade rifles were always on call.

Burris FullField E1 2-7x 35MM

A RIFLEMAN’S OPTICS

WINCHESTER MODEL 95 QUASQUICENTENNIAL

SPOTTING SCOPE

AMERICAN ANOMALY

Mitt Farrow’s Controversial Rifle

Bergara highlander .308 Winchester - LOCK, STOCK & BARREL

LOCK, STOCK, BARREL

Tackling the .20 Practical

Black Gold Custom Arms MT-15

Switch Barrel Sako Quad Rifle

Sporting rifles with interchangeable barrels have been with us for a very long time. Several years ago at a gun show, a collector of Winchester lever-action rifles had a Model 94 takedown rifle with barrels in .30-30, .25-35, .32 Special, .32-40 and .38-55 Winchester.

Hodgdon Varget

The Do-All Varmint Cartridge Powder

Rifle Talk- .22 Hornet Lineage

Varmint shooters are well aware of the .22 Hornet. Yet in my neck of the high desert, for unknown reasons, few acquaintances have owned one. Fewer yet have actually shot one. The great exception includes ardent handloaders. Probably due to the widespread use of the far more potent and generally more accurate .223 and .22250 Remingtons and the .204 Ruger – more versatile options all – the Hornet is often ignored. The cartridge can also be temperamental when it comes to accuracy.

6mm Norma BR

Now Available in a Savage Production Rifle

6.5 Creedmoor

Varmint Loads and Ballistics

.250 Savage Ackley Improved

Loads for a Classic Cartridge

.221 Remington Fireball

Exploring Powders Old and New

.204 Ruger AR Loads

Shooting a Rock River Varmint A4 LAR-15M

.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire

Shooting Varmints with Revolvers

TRIJICON REAP-IR 35MM MINI THERMAL RIFLESCOPE

A RIFLEMAN’S OPTICS

WINCHESTER 125TH ANNIVERSARY CUSTOM MODEL 94 .30 WCF

Many riflemen have a passion for custom rifles, and even more collect the special editions available to us every year.

THE MODEL 1886

DOWN RANGE

UBERTI 1884 LIGHTNING .45 COLT

From 1884 through 1904, Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company produced a unique slide-action rifle (aka trombone or pump action) known as Colt’s Lightning Magazine Rifle (CLMR).

THE EDUCATION OF A RIFLEMAN II

In the last column I was emerging, almost penniless, from a divorce that separated me from my prized custom .257 Weatherby, my first custom shotgun and any other firearm worth more than two seashells and a corn cob.

SNAP CAPS AND DRY FIRING

LIGHT GUNSMITHING

Savage Model 110 Classic

Adjustability and Accuracy Combined

Marlin's Model 39 Turns 120

Let’s be clear: I never, not even in childhood, longed for a Marlin Model 39.

Federal Terminal Ascent

Exclusive Look at New High BC Hunting Bullets

.50-70 “TRAPDOOR” SPRINGFIELD

An Old Rifle Back in Use

Alexander Arms Hunter New Rifle in 6.5 Grendel

A half-dozen years ago, I drove down to Mississippi to take part in my first serious pursuit of feral hogs. In the past, I have hunted them, one at a time, here and there, using everything from a S&W .41 Magnum to a light-loaded .450 Ackley. Since then, hogs have become a pest of such monumental proportions that landowners are using everything from helicopters to machine guns to reduce the numbers. To put it mildly, the gloves are off.

Sabatti Saphire .308

Testing Multi-Radial Rifling