Let’s face it, in the AR-15 world it’s easy to get lost in the vanilla black-rifle weeds. We reached a saturation point of sorts with semi-auto gas-operated systems quite a while ago, especially in terms of plain black rigs offered by “manufacturers” who simply assemble branded components provided by true third-party bulk-producers. Even so, some not-so-vanilla iterations have certainly risen above the others and deserve to be called out. The Brenton USA Ranger Carbon Hunter is one of them.
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BROWNING X-BOLT MAX LONG RANGE FULL REVIEW
Published: June 1, 2019 { 1 comment }Built on the Browning’s X-Bolt action, the Max Long Range comes ready for long range.
Get a Mini Shooter: Check Out These Mini Mosin-Nagants!
Published: April 17, 2019 { 23 comments }Keystone Sporting Arms is kicking off a new series of mini rifle replicas of World War I and II rifles starting with a Mosin-Nagant chambered for .22 LR.
Remington Model Seven Threaded: A Perfectly Practical Rifle
Published: April 13, 2019 { 6 comments }One of Remington’s most practical rifles is the Model Seven Threaded, which features a short, threaded barrel, a hydro-dipped synthetic stock, and a one-piece scope base.
The Legendary Arms Works Professional II: Hunting Rifle
Published: April 1, 2019 { 4 comments }Legendary Arms Works is back in business and that’s a good thing. They’ve made a great pair of rifles: The Professional and The Big Five.
Going The Distance: The Long Range Hunting Course by Outdoors Solutions
Published: April 1, 2019 { 1 comment }We were a very talkative group at dinner the night before and during coffee that morning. But when the 15 of us walked into the covered shooting line and saw the steel targets ranging before us–the last row at 1,000 yards—it all went silent. Oh, man, I imagined my fellow students thinking, that’s what 1,000 yards actually looks like? Never going to happen!
Do-It-Yourself AK Rifle: Lee Armory’s Build Class in Phoenix, AZ
Published: March 12, 2019 { 3 comments }The guys at Lee Armory know AKs. They run a manufacturing operation and have all the jigs, fittings and parts for building AK rifles. They also have a cadre of gunsmiths who know and love the Kalashnikov design in all of its variants. Most importantly, Lee Armory wants to to your specifications. I got to [...]
Part Rifle, Part Crossbow, Pure Traditions: The Crackshot XBR Arrow Launcher
Published: February 20, 2019 { 17 comments }Traditions Performance Firearms announced a new blank-powered arrow launcher at SHOT Show earlier this year called the Crackshot XBR.
Mauser M18 Line Extension Into 6.5 PRC – SHOT Show 2019
Published: February 11, 2019 { 0 comments }The popular M18 hunting rifle line dubbed “The People’s Rifle” by Mauser has been released this year in 6.5 PRC to add to the many other common calibers it is made in.
Savage Releases Another Sweet Gun: The 110 High Country
Published: February 11, 2019 { 2 comments }As implied by the name, the 110 High Country’s target market is the long range hunting community. This gun is relatively light for it’s capabilities coming in around 8 pounds regardless of caliber chosen. This was accomplished by choosing to use a medium contour barrel and bolt.