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Top Five Plains Game Rifles

Top Five Plains Game Rifles

The Big Five, or Dangerous Seven, or whatever you prefer to call the collective of African game animals that can easily end your life certainly gets the lion’s share (pun fully intended) of the spotlight, but the plains game, or more properly put, the antelope species, are much more abundant and affordable. Much has been written about the proper guns and cartridges for African hunting, but it seems there is still considerable confusion about what is needed to effectively hunt the lighter African game.

Affordable Dangerous Game Rifles — Roundup

Affordable Dangerous Game Rifles — Roundup

The active pursuit of dangerous game is far and away my favorite style of hunting. The gear required for hunting dangerous game — specifically the rifle — must be rock solid, as with failure comes the potential for loss of life.

A Class Act: Fausti Class LX 28 Gauge — Full Review

A Class Act: Fausti Class LX 28 Gauge — Full Review

Wingshooting is equal parts mechanics and voodoo; it’s one of the shooting arts that never really came naturally to me. But, I do enjoy hunting ruffed grouse and pheasants, and a fine shotgun. The Fausti Class LX in 28 gauge is not your average shotgun.

Staying in The Black: The Thompson Center $263 Impact Muzzleloader - Full Review

Staying in The Black: The Thompson Center $263 Impact Muzzleloader – Full Review

Though the muzzleloading rifle market has quite a bit to offer, if this style of rifle isn’t your primary hunting tool a large investment may not make a lot of sense. For the hunter looking to extend their season, especially the later deer seasons, I personally feel the T/C Impact represents a good balance of useable features and affordability.

A Sub-MOA Takedown .30-06 Lever Action? The Browning BLR – Full Review.

A Sub-MOA Takedown .30-06 Lever Action? The Browning BLR – Full Review.

With a receiver stout enough to handle even belted magnum cartridges, the Browning BLR brought the lever gun into the modern era, retaining enough of the classic lines to be visually appealing, but with improvements that changed the game.

A Sub-MOA Winchester for $550? The XPR Bolt-Action – Full Review.

A Sub-MOA Winchester for $550? The XPR Bolt-Action – Full Review.

Things have changed at Winchester since the mid-19th century, the New Haven, Connecticut plant is no more, and ownership of the company has changed as well. One thing has remained though: Winchester rifles are synonymous with reliability. There have been many different models, and many variations on a particular model. Herein, I’m tackling the Winchester XPR rifle, a modern bolt-action designed to handle it all, at a price that won’t see you sleeping on the couch.

A Universal Magnum? The Story of the Amazingly Capable .300 Win. Mag.

A Universal Magnum? The Story of the Amazingly Capable .300 Win. Mag.

I have taken a few different heavy rifles on safari, but my light rifle has always been a .300 Winchester. I’ve taken it all over North America as well, using it for deer, bears, antelope, caribou and more. Why? What is it about the .300 Winnie that makes it such a universally applicable cartridge? Allow me to pontificate.

Hammer-Forged Steal: Steyr’s $850 Pro Hunter – Full Review.

Hammer-Forged Steal: Steyr’s $850 Pro Hunter – Full Review.

The Steyr firm can trace its roots back to the mid-1860s, in Steyr, Austria, and they’ve always prided themselves on producing rifles that have been on the cutting edge of technology. Their Pro Hunter is no exception, being a reliable, if futuristic-looking, bolt-action repeater that is designed to take the worst the elements can throw at it.

A Reverse Pump-Action, Takedown Rifle? The Radically Unique Krieghoff Semprio – Full Review

A Reverse Pump-Action, Takedown Rifle? The Radically Unique Krieghoff Semprio – Full Review

The Kreighoff Semprio is not your ordinary rifle. The Kreighoff Semprio is not comparable to any rifle you’ve ever shot. The Semprio is – in a world of cookie cutter, wanna-be rifles – a different, undeniable breath of fresh air. Like it or hate it, the Semprio is irrefutably unique. Please, allow me to explain.

Savage Launching B-Series Bolt-Action Rifles – SHOT Show 2017

Savage Launching B-Series Bolt-Action Rifles – SHOT Show 2017

The B-Series uses the same magazines as the A-Series and includes rifles chambered for .22 Long Rifle, .22 Magnum and .17 Hornady Rimfire Magnum.