Outside of gun collectors and history nerds, few people could positively identify the make and model of a random 130-year-old gun from just one photo. That’s not the case with the M91/38 Carcano rifle. Hundreds of thousands of people who ...
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We Have a Tommy Gun at Home: New Diamondback TG-Nine PCC
“But I want a Tommy Gun!” “Keep quiet, we have a Tommy Gun at home.” This is the Tommy Gun at home, the new Diamondback TG-Nine PCC that just dropped as part of the company's 9mm pistol caliber carbine DB9R platform. The heritage of this AR ...
SIG Cross Trax: A .308 Hunting Rifle Sized Like a Survival Rifle
Survival rifles exist on the fringe of firearms. They're a cool idea — a gun that disassembles or breaks down or folds to be ultra-stowable and lightweight. The idea is you pack it away in some kind of large survival kit or pack so that it will be ...
Magpul’s New Light, Sub-$70 MOE X-22 Stock for Ruger 10/22s
Who would have thought that Magpul would become one of the premier producers of affordable polymer stocks for a bevy of firearm platforms? But here we are. The company makes what is arguably the best tactical shotgun stock, a bunch of AR stocks and ...
How the 300 Weatherby Magnum Redefined .30-caliber Velocity
Americans have loved .30 caliber rifle cartridges since the 1890s when Winchester released the .30-30 Win. And when Americans love a thing, they’re driven to improve it. That’s the story of Roy Weatherby and the 300 Weatherby Magnum. While the ...
Ruger Revives the Marlin Dark Series Rifle Line
The Marlin Dark Series has finally been reintroduced to the gun world under Ruger's banner for the first time in three years. The rifle line was the first lever gun from a major manufacturer to include modern features from the factory, like a unique ...
MOA vs MRAD: Battle Royale Of Rifle Scope Reticle Systems
Picture yourself getting the jump on a big prairie dog town. You crest a hill, lay your trusty .22 across a fencepost, and peer through your scope. It’s pretty far. You might need to aim a little bit high. If only you paid more attention to the MOA ...
The 7mm Remington Magnum: The Hunter’s Cartridge
The 7mm Remington Magnum has cemented itself as one of history’s most popular hunting cartridges. It walks amongst giants. Capable of taking all game animals in the lower 48 and doing it well, the 7 mm’s versatility shines when looking on the shelves ...
Why the 6mm Creedmoor Bugs Me
I admit I got annoyed with the 6mm Creedmoor. Why? The same reason I got annoyed with the 6.5 Creedmoor when it came out. For a while, the relatively new caliber was everywhere. If I read an article in a magazine, it was about how the 6.5 ...
Why People Love to Hate the 6.5 Creedmoor: It’s Just Too Easy
It is no secret that people love to hate the 6.5 Creedmoor. Why? Because it is almost too good at what it was designed to do, shoot long-range. It introduced a whole new methodology in the cartridge world that changed the market. Hornady proved ...
Remington 700: From the Deer Stand to the Battlefield
In 2021, Wesley Pootoogooluk set his sights on one of the biggest grizzly bears to ever hit the record books. The rifle he trusted to do the job was a Remington 700 chambered for .340 Weatherby Magnum, and the confidence he placed in it was ...
The 17 Winchester Super Magnum: A Nail Gun’s Bastard Child
Speed is the name of the game when it comes to varmint cartridges. Flat-shooting little bullets excel in this realm, minimizing fur damage and hitting like a lightning bolt. Previously, this world of cartridges was very niche and mostly reserved for ...
How to Shoot a Hunting Rifle Off-Hand With a Sling
In every profession or hobby, skills die out over time as technology offers easier, better solutions. But some skills are worth retaining, because you never know when you might need them, and when you need one, you typically really need it. Using a ...
360 Buckhammer: Remington’s New Straight-Walled Deer Slayer?
The name “360 Buckhammer” doesn’t exactly sound like a traditional moniker for a rifle caliber, does it? That’s because rifle cartridges were historically named with the numerical bullet diameter, the manufacturer, and then sometimes a modifier like ...
The Absolute Best Hunting Rifles You Can Buy
Every year, more than 10 million Americans head into the woods, fields, mountains, and swamps to hunt wild game. While hunting looks different depending on your location and the game you’re pursuing, one of the best hunting rifles on the market will ...
The Tavor X95: It’s the AR of Bullpup Rifles
People either love or hate bullpups. This isn’t the time or place for that argument. Let’s just assume, for a moment, that we’re all peaceful with the bullpup concept and agree it is a compact and maneuverable design for a carbine. And in the world ...
Precision Rifle Series Shooting: 6 Keys for Beginner Success
Watching a skilled precision shooter get down to business is a real treat. Repeatedly hitting 10-inch targets from 400 yards in standing and kneeling positions doesn’t seem like it should be possible, but it’s actually a common tiebreaker at ...
Mad Pig Customs: Dragging Lever Guns Into the Modern Age
If you’ve been hiding under a rock somewhere, you might think Mad Pig Customs is just a small Connecticut-based gunsmithing and Cerakote shop. But these guys crank out some super-cool, cowboy-tactical lever action rifles with a dystopian vibe you ...
Exclusive BTS Look: Super-Rare Buffalo Bill Cody Bullard Rifle
To say that guns once owned by the legendary Buffalo Bill Cody are hot commodities is an understatement. We live in a culture still captivated by the wild freedom of the once-untamed American West, and firearms from that period fetch top dollar from ...
Long Range Shooting Gear: Quality Kit for Beginners
When the first shot was fired from a bamboo tube in China sometime in the 10th century, it’s safe to assume that someone watching thought, “Look at that boot. I can shoot farther than him.” And thus, long-range shooting was born. That’s how I imagine ...
Springfield Model 2020 Redline Comes With Free Tax Stamp
Jeff Cooper’s exact conception of the scout rifle may be a bit outdated in many people’s minds, but some attributes are more than relevant for modern hunters. Springfield Armory has attempted to update the scout rifle concept with its new Model 2020 ...
The Black Powder Rifle: The Story of the First Precision Firearms
The genesis of the modern rifle lies with the humble and practically ancient black powder rifle. In the 21st century, we take for granted the basic design and function of rifles and the cartridges they fire. While advances in materials and ...
The 350 Legend: The Best Straight-Wall Hunter Ever?
I'm the kind of hunter who gets jacked when a new Wildcat cartridge is released, and with the 350 Legend, it was the name that got me. I hear "legend" and think of Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Mike Tyson, and so on, and I was in from the ...
The Bolt Action Rifle: A Massive and Enduring Leap for Gun Tech
The bolt action rifle is a citizen of the world. Militaries worldwide have used and still use them. Hunters from Scandinavia to Hawaii use bolt action rifles to pursue both big and small game. Americans love our bolt actions so much that we’ve ...
A Welcome Return: Ruger Releases New Marlin 1894 Classic
This week, Ruger released a reboot of the legendary Marlin Model 1894 as the new Model 1894 Classic. Ruger’s resurrection of an old fave is a welcome addition to Marlin’s gradually returning lever action line-up that retains all the traditional Wild ...
Dream Guns: How We Would Spend $6,000 on One Firearm
Does anyone else have a folder of bookmarks for guns that you’ll never be able to afford but that you like to visit every once in a while, if only to live in the fantasy of owning, say, a Korth revolver or a high-end Benelli shotgun just for a few ...
The Bullpup Doesn’t Deserve to Be in the Dog House
The firearms world is full of opposing fandoms: Glock fanboys versus the 1911 crowd, the 9mm fans facing off against the .45 ACP lovers, and — one of the largest gulfs to cross — the AR lovers versus the people obsessed with the AKs. The feuds, ...
17 HMR: The Ultimate Rimfire Cartridge?
Prepare yourself — I'm about to make a case for the 17 HMR, and .22 loyalists may not like it. Like many reading this, the first rifle round I ever sent downrange came out of the barrel of a .22 lever action. That Winchester rifle was a single-shot, ...
Dragunov Sniper Rifle: The Soviet Semi-Auto Scalpel
The Dragunov sniper rifle — the famous AK sniper that isn’t actually an AK or a sniper rifle — has a lot of mystique surrounding it. People love it because of its looks because Hollywood loves it, and because gun people love to argue about what the ...
Sharps Rifle: The Original Long-Range Hunting Gun
Big bores, breech-loading, single-shot rifles that were powerful and accurate — that was the reputation of Sharps rifles in the mid-19th century as the United States pushed its way ever farther West. One could argue the Sharps is the first rifle that ...
