WHY THE WINCHESTER PRE-'64 MODEL 70 STILL MATTERS

MOSTLY LONG GUNS

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: THE SEQUEL

WALNUT HILL

H-S Precision PLR Rifle

Shooting the 6.5-284 Norma

AN INTERESTING OPEN SIGHT

LIGHT GUNSMITHING

6MM ARC

After using a 6.5 Grendel to cull a goodly number of Texas feral hogs, I’ve developed a great deal of respect for the cartridge. This has mostly involved nighttime forays shooting with thermal imaging optics. The 2.26-inch confines inherent to AR-15 magazines, and the Grendel’s limited case capacity, make 123- to 130-grain bullets the practical upper limit for such activities. These projectiles chug along at around 2,350/2,450 feet per second (fps), but deliver well out of proportion to its diminutive size.

.240 WEATHERBY MAGNUM

The .240 Weatherby Magnum gets little respect. Knowledgeable varmint hunters will spend a lot of dough to build up a custom 6mm-284 or one of the variations of the 6mm-06 wildcat rounds to get the ballistic features already available in a .240 Weatherby Magnum factory rifle: flat trajectory, good performance in wind and the ability to anchor larger game more reliably if called upon to do so.

6MM CREEDMOOR

The 6mm Creedmoor was designed for long-range target shooting with long and skinny, heavy-for-caliber bullets that slip through the air with the greatest of ease. Wind affects these bullets little; they just fly right through it, almost unaffected.

.243 WINCHESTER

The idea was simple enough: Friend Cole Bender from PROOF Research offered to rebarrel my Winchester Model 770 .243 Winchester, a rifle I hadn’t shot in years. When returned, I would have a heavy-barreled .243 Winchester to replace my beloved Remington 700 BDL Varminter that was sold to pay some emergency debt long ago forgotten. I can say this rebarreled 770 will never replace that old Remington, but it has the potential to do some very useful things in the field.

.24 Nosler

Nosler, Inc. has been busy with its ever-expanding line of bullets, the company’s homegrown rifles and a proprietary line of cartridges.

RESTORING OIL FINISHED STOCKS

LIGHT GUNSMITHING

The Reinvented .45-70 Government

MOSTLY LONG GUNS

German Sniper Rifles

In the run-up to World War II, military planners in Germany expected a fast-moving mechanized war. They considered that a sniper firing one well-aimed round at a time was a holdover from trench warfare. On December 6, 1934, the German Army’s High Command ordered all “Telescope Sight Rifles” to be turned in by the 15th of that month. There was no plan for their replacement (from Sniper Variations of the German K98k Rifle by Richard D. Law).

Winchester's New 6.8 Western

Not Your Father’s “.270”

GROUPS AND MARKMANSHIP

DOWN RANGE

SKINNER OPTICS 1-6x 24mm RIFLESCOPE

A RIFLEMAN’S OPTICS

CZ-USA Model 527 American Suppressor-Ready “Mini Mauser”

Testing 7.62x39mm Loads

Remington Rifles

Half a Century With Model 700s

.270 WCF – STILL GOING STRONG

LOCK, STOCK & BARREL

Rifle Talk

.22 Hornet – Hit and Miss

Varmint Rifle Scopes

Practical Options for Long-Range Shooting

Long-Range Handguns

Varmint Loads for Single Shots

Year-Round Varmint Loads

Loading for Versatility

Heavy Bullets in the .223 Remington

Loading Long-for-Caliber Projectilesq

New Loads for the 6mm-225

Testing a Classic Wildcat

.221 Remington Fireball

The Little Cartridge That Can

Favored Varmint Loads

Wildcats and Factory Fodder

.224 FA Wildcat

Shooting Varmints with a Revolver

.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire

Testing Loads for Accuracy and Velocity

REMINGTON Model 30 Express

A Classic Rifle Bar None

GEARHEADS

WALNUT HILL