Light Gunsmithing

One of the things gunsmiths who do general repair work have noticed since the advent of plastic/synthetic/fiberglass stocks is the lack of repair work on damaged or broken gun handles.

A Rifleman's Optics

Today it’s quite possible to buy a scope that costs three times or more than the price of the rifle it will be mounted on.

Bergara Custom Rifles

Testing a Lightweight 7mm-08 Remington.

Savage B.Mag Beavertail

Shooting a Heavy-Barreled .17 WSM

Steyr Zephyr II .22 Long Rifle

Every rifleman’s gun rack should hold at least one serious, high-quality .22. That’s not an exact quote, but it’s as close as possible, drawing on memory going back 50 years. Colonel Townsend Whelen wrote those words, and they have stuck with me despite the ravages of time.

Spike Driver .454 Casull

Big Horn Armory began developing a new lever-action rifle in 2008 that became known as the Model 89 Spike Driver, with production underway in late 2012.

Ballistic Data Xchange Technology

A RIFLEMAN’S OPTICS

Zeroing Iron Front Sights

DOWN RANGE by Mike Venturino.

.17 Winchester Super Mag

LOCK, STOCK & BARREL.

The Truth About Groups

Sometimes I think gun writers have over the decades, done a great disservice to American riflemen by emphasizing shooting groups. The truth is shooting groups can be a great aid in marksmanship, or it can serve no purpose at all. The difference is in how shooting groups is viewed by the rifleman.

.22 Match Ammunition

Testing Loads with Three Very Different Rifles.

.243 Winchester

Lock, Stock & Barrel.

The Browning High-Power Bolt Action

The Mauser Model 1898 is often referred to as the fore bearer of modern two-lug, turn-bolt rifles, as most have incorporated select design features.

Rifle Sporting Firearms Journal

A few months back, someone at the Wolfe Publishing office mentioned that the 50th anniversary of Rifle was coming up.

Ruger 10/22 Magazine Improvement

It was not long ago that the major complaint regarding .22 rimfire repeating rifles was they had a tendency to stop repeating.

50 Years of Single-Shots

In the fall of 1968 in Huntington, West Virginia, a local store with a huge gun department became my “safe space.”

Original Ruger M77

A Classic Bolt Rifle for 50 Years.

.225 Winchester Handloads For A Fine Old Cartridge

Beginning in the late 1800s and moving forward, a number of extremely successful rifle cartridges were introduced by Winchester.

Coyote Rifles & Bullets

Advice from a 50-Year Veteran

Target Versus Hunting Cartridges

I’ve been sort of sequestered over a couple of months, owing my cardiologist’s instructions.

.17 Winchester Super Mag Part II

Lock,Stock & Barrel.

Swarovski DS 5-25x 52mm P

A rifleman's optics.

Coming Up Short

The Underappreciated Marlin Levermatic

Buckhorn Sights

Walnut Hill

Swift High Grade

It had made its way down the barrel of a borrowed .

Skinner Sights' Bush Pilot Carbine Survival Kit

DOWN RANGE

New And Favorite CCI .22 Long Rifle Loads

New And Favorite CCI .22 Long Rifle Loads

6mm Remington International

Varmint Loads – and Then Some – for a Storied Cartridge.

Cartridge Design

Spotting Scope

Thompson/ Center - Compass

Thompson/Center now offers bolt-action rifles at three price levels: the Dimension, Venture and Compass.