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Top Choices in Hard Cases for Rifles

Top Choices in Hard Cases for Rifles

Rifles and optics aren’t cheap. Don’t settle for cheap protection for them when you’re traveling.

10 Ways to Accurize Your Rifle

10 Ways to Accurize Your Rifle

You can do many things, ranging from simple and cheap to costly and complex, to make a rifle more accurate. You may be able to do some jobs yourself with the proper expertise, tools, and machinery, but some are best left to a competent gunsmith.

Built for the Badlands - Weatherby Vanguard - Reviewed

Built for the Badlands – Weatherby Vanguard – Reviewed

“To approach the badlands,” wrote author Robert Kroetsch, “is to find a gap in the known and expected world.” That statement could easily apply to one of the newest Weatherby Vanguard rifles. It is named, appropriately enough, the Vanguard Badlands.

Wilson Combat's 300 HAM'R Ultralight Hunter: A Welterweight with a Big Punch

Wilson Combat’s 300 HAM’R Ultralight Hunter: A Welterweight with a Big Punch

The Ultralight Hunter was designed for hunting, but the author believes the rifle would be equally adept in a home-defense role loaded with the right 300 HAM’R ammunition.

Trijicon’s New Credo: All-New Riflescopes for All Shooters

Trijicon’s New Credo: All-New Riflescopes for All Shooters

After testing one of these new riflescopes, which are built with the rugged durability you would expect from a company that has spent decades developing optics for the U.S. armed forces, I believe Trijicon has hit the sweet spot in balancing quality and price.

Nosler M48 Mountain Carbon Rifle: Anything but Ordinary

Nosler M48 Mountain Carbon Rifle: Anything but Ordinary

You would expect to get a lot of rifle for anything wearing this price tag, and with this gun, you will. Here’s a closer look at what makes this rifle worthy of its price.

MAUSER’S M18 RIFLE:  Sub-MOA Accuracy in a Package Priced for the Masses

MAUSER’S M18 RIFLE: Sub-MOA Accuracy in a Package Priced for the Masses

When the Mauser M18 rifle was first introduced last year, reactions were predictably split. Some hunters immediately rushed out to buy one while some of the more stodgy types among us declared, “That’s not a Mauser – it’s a push feed!”

Weatherby Mark V First Lite Review

Weatherby Mark V First Lite Review

Unboxing the test rifle, it was clear at a glance that the First Lite is not Roy Weatherby’s Mark V of yesteryear. The Mark V line got something of a makeover in the last few years, and the result is an updated take on an iconic and distinctly American rifle design.

Bergara's B-14 Ridge Rifle – Production-Priced Guns with Custom Quality Barrels

Bergara’s B-14 Ridge Rifle – Production-Priced Guns with Custom Quality Barrels

Spanish steel. For those with more than a passing acquaintance with history, those words conjure up images of flashing swords, booming muskets and roaring cannons from an era of exploration, conquest, and piracy. For today’s shooters and hunters, those words are more likely to call to mind a brand that takes its name, Bergara, from a town in the gun-making Basque Country in the north of Spain.

Kimber's Hunter Boot Campaign Rifle - Ultralight Budget Rifle

Kimber’s Hunter Boot Campaign Rifle – Ultralight Budget Rifle

The newest version of the Hunter rifle, made to support a non-profit veterans’ support group, combines great looks, light weight and an affordable price.