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Nosler Ammunition
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Nosler Ammunition

MOSTLY LONG GUNS

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5 mins  |
September - October 2017
Sig Sauer Kilo 2400 Abs Rangefinder
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Sig Sauer Kilo 2400 Abs Rangefinder

A RIFLEMAN’S OPTICS

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5 mins  |
September - October 2017
Perfect .22-250
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Perfect .22-250

Alliant, IMR, Hodgdon and Western Powders Propellants

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6 mins  |
Varmint Rifles & Cartridges Spring 2018
Twists &​​​​​​​ Turns
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Twists &​​​​​​​ Turns

Exploring Barrel Twist Rates for .224-Inch Bullets

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5 mins  |
Varmint Rifles & Cartridges Spring 2018
.17 Ackley Hornet
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.17 Ackley Hornet

Loads for a Classic Wildcat

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10 mins  |
Varmint Rifles & Cartridges Spring 2018
Lock, Stock & Barrel
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Lock, Stock & Barrel

About eight years ago, upon joining the Wolfe Publishing staff, Dave Scovill gave me an assignment to write a feature for this magazine titled “A Rifle for Mule Deer.”

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6 mins  |
May - June 2017
Haenel - Mannlicher 9 X 57 Mauser
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Haenel - Mannlicher 9 X 57 Mauser

Long ago, the Sears-Roebuck catalog was the original wish book, and in those halcyon days before the Great War, the catalog carried page after page of guns – long guns, short guns, rifles, shotguns, handguns – American made and imports of just about every description. Between 1905, roughly, and 1914, one of the most expensive rifles found in the Sears catalog was known, variously, as the Haenel-Mannlicher or simply the C.G. Haenel (pronounced HY-nul). It was a bolt-action sporter imported from Germany. It cost half as much again as a Winchester ’86, and it was the rifle to carry if you had pretentions to style.

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7 mins  |
May - June 2017
.25-35 WCF Field Testing Hornady's New Bullets and Loads
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.25-35 WCF Field Testing Hornady's New Bullets and Loads

The buck antelope stood up and was not going to let me stalk any closer, so at 195 yards, I eased into a sitting position with elbows resting between my knees, clutching a Winchester Model 1894 lever-action .25-35 WCF rifle that was 110 years old and equipped with vintage aperture sights.

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6 mins  |
May - June 2017
Stocky's Long-Range Stocks
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Stocky's Long-Range Stocks

For years on end, Don Bitz has had a passion for refurbishing rifles but found few choices when it came to buying replacement stocks.

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8 mins  |
May - June 2017
Mostly Long Guns
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Mostly Long Guns

My son Porter and I, along with other family members assisting, provide considerable handloading data for Wolfe Publishing’s website LoadData.com.

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November - December 2016
An Overlooked Option For Tired Lands And Grooves
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An Overlooked Option For Tired Lands And Grooves

Rifled barrels appeared in what is now named Germany in the early 1500s.

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9 mins  |
March - April 2017
6.5mm Cartridge Whims
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6.5mm Cartridge Whims

6.5mm Cartridge Whims

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7 mins  |
March - April 2018
Japanese WWII Sniper Rifles
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Japanese WWII Sniper Rifles

Japanese WWII Sniper Rifles

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4 mins  |
March - April 2018
Bolt Guns And Bedding Barrels
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Bolt Guns And Bedding Barrels

Bolt Guns And Bedding Barrels

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5 mins  |
March - April 2018
Bergara Sporting Rifles
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Bergara Sporting Rifles

Lock, Stock & Barrel

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5 mins  |
July - August 2017
.30 Carbines
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.30 Carbines

It has been no secret that I hold M1 .30 Carbines dear. In 1965, one of the 250,000 or so sold by the DCM to NRA members for $20 was my first center fire.

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8 mins  |
July - August 2017
21st Century Rodent Rifles
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21st Century Rodent Rifles

The first smokeless rifle powder appeared in the 8mm Lebel cartridge in 1886, and shooters continue to feel the effects more than a century later – partly through a fixation on sheer muzzle velocity as the primary source of hunting rifle “magic.”

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9 mins  |
July - August 2017
.260 Remington
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.260 Remington

It may sound like sacrilege to hunters and shooters who preach cartridge ballistics like bible verse, but any suitable bullet at a half way decent velocity that punches a hole through the ribs and lungs of game animals promptly results in dead game, regardless of the cartridge.

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Special Edition Fall 2019
6.5 Winchester Short Magnum
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6.5 Winchester Short Magnum

There are so many different rifle cartridges that there is no tangible reason to add expense and trouble by working with a wildcat, but the intangibles attract us.

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Special Edition Fall 2019
6.5 Precision Rifle Cartridge
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6.5 Precision Rifle Cartridge

The popularity of 6.5mm (.264) cartridges in the U.S. has wavered for more than 60 years.

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9 mins  |
Special Edition Fall 2019
6.5-06
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6.5-06

As any thoughtful shooter knows, our sport is full of deep questions, from ethics to “hard” science. One such question is whether the performance gap between the .25-06 Remington and .270 Winchester amounts to anything.

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Special Edition Fall 2019
Thieme-Schegelmilch 9.3x74R
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Thieme-Schegelmilch 9.3x74R

Many American hunters dream of owning a double rifle suitable for hunting dangerous game in Africa. This is usually due to reading classic African hunting literature from the first half of the twentieth century, when smokeless powder made powerful doubles far more practical and effective than the really big-bore, black-powder rifles they replaced.

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10 mins  |
September - October 2019
Steel And Walnut
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Steel And Walnut

Montana American Legends Rifle

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7 mins  |
September - October 2019
Rifle Talk
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Rifle Talk

Origination of the word “varmint” is somewhat difficult to track to a specific time and location of origin.

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Varmint Rifles & Cartridges Spring 2019
Bolt-Action Rimfire Trends
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Bolt-Action Rimfire Trends

Now that the “great rimfire depression” is over and new ammunition from both U.S. and foreign manufacturers is being offered, the current proliferation of .22 Long Rifle, .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire and .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire loads is mind boggling.

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6 mins  |
Varmint Rifle & Cartridges Fall 2018
Reloading The .24 Nosler Handloads For A New 6mm
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Reloading The .24 Nosler Handloads For A New 6mm

Nosler, Inc. has been busy of late; not only with its ever-expanding line of bullets, but with the company’s home-grown rifles and a proprietary line of cartridges.

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Varmint Rifle & Cartridges Fall 2018
.224 Valkyrie
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.224 Valkyrie

Testing a New Varmint/Target Cartridge

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6 mins  |
Varmint Rifle & Cartridges Fall 2018
Walnut Hill
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Walnut Hill

There was a time – not that long ago – that if you neglected to clean a rifle regularly, you could pick it up one day and find the barrel rusted, the bore pitted, accuracy nonexistent and the action turned to scrap metal.

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5 mins  |
Nobember - December 2018
Lock, Stock & Barrel
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Lock, Stock & Barrel

Scoped bolt-action sporters weighing less than 8 pounds are often referred to as being light in weight, possibly because many older (and some not so old) hunters prefer their hunting rifles to weigh roughly 8 pounds. However, when a scope is mounted to many rifles – particularly aged models – they weigh more than people think.

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6 mins  |
Nobember - December 2018
Mostly Long Guns
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Mostly Long Guns

In 1978 Browning Arms Company began importing a series of Winchester pattern lever-action rifles and carbines that were produced in Japan by Miroku. Each model variation was based on the designs of John M.

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Nobember - December 2018