Guiding Right: Ruger Guide Gun Review
In 1995, Guns and Ammo ran a special interest magazine dedicated solely to big-bore rifles. Although it was only on newsstands for a few months, that publication contained a treasure trove of...
View ArticleBuyer’s Guide: How to Choose an M1 Garand
Nostalgia, desirability and collectability are closely linked, and such is the case with what has arguably become one of America’s most popular wartime weapons, a rifle that Lt. Gen. George S. Patton,...
View ArticleSako Model 85 Arctos Review
There are few places in Europe that look today much as they did 10,000 years ago, but Finland does. It is the last great wilderness in Europe, a boreal landscape that was flattened by massive glaciers...
View ArticleBully Bullpup: IWI Tavor Review
The Tavor bullpup has an incredibly short overall length but sports a 16.5-inch barrel—hence it's not a federally regulated SBR. The IDF version with Mepro-21 sight is shown here. Have you ever longed...
View ArticleGear Guide: What You Need to Make a 1,000-Yard Shot
The 1,000-yard shot is just cool. Chicks dig it, and there’s no doubt that your buddies at the range stand in awe of any guy that can sit down at the line and send one out that far—and hit. Of course,...
View ArticleBest Hunting Rifles for this Season
New model pickings are relatively slim this year as manufacturers battle to keep up with the demand they already have. Some of the bigger splashes come from European companies. There are several...
View ArticleBest Tactical Bolt-Action Rifles at Every Price Point
Believe it or not, there’s an entire contingency of shooters enamored with the idea of hitting steel at a thousand yards—give or take a few hundred—and chances are, you’re probably one of them. While...
View ArticleRifle Shooter’s Favorite Fall Moment
As a kid I watched hard for the mailman in midsummer, hoping every day he’d show up with the Cabela’s hunting catalog, the signal that fall was coming. In those days—not being old enough to drive or...
View ArticleAgeless Rimfires: The Best Rimfire Rifles of All Time
Nineteenth century big-bore lever actions and single-shots aside, there is perhaps no other rifle of the late 1800s that best exemplifies the American spirit of gun ownership than the .22 rimfire. And...
View ArticleRifleShooter 2013 Holiday Gift Guide
We all need new stuff. Always. Otherwise, what’s the point of even having a hobby like shooting? The nice thing about our chosen sport is that the price range of things we need—or make that want, if...
View ArticleHow to Build a Custom Gun Stock from a Semi-Inlet
The practicality of high-quality synthetics aside, many shooters appreciate the aesthetics of a fine walnut gunstock. If executed properly, a custom stock made from a figured blank of juglans regia...
View ArticleRifleShooter’s Best Rifle Reviews of 2013
Our trigger fingers have been busy again this year to bring you exclusive gun reviews on an arsenal of rifles. We’ve reviewed quite a collection of firearms since January, but a few select pieces stick...
View Article10 Reasons Why Sporting Rifles are Better than Ever
Photo by Alfredo Rico A sizable portion of hard-core rifle shooters are traditionalists, reminiscing about the days when every gun wore a wooden stock, when white-line spacers were in vogue and when...
View ArticleHelicopter Hog Hunting: Tips for Bringing Home the Bacon
Have you ever dreamed of hanging one leg out of a door-less helicopter, while shooting at feral hogs zipping through the Texas underbrush? Those dreams recently came to life when I spent two days...
View ArticleBolt vs. AR: What’s the Best Predator Rifle?
Few things equal the thrill of a predator coming to a distress call. It can produce an adrenaline dump strong enough to make even the best shooters crumble. Having experienced it countless times over...
View ArticleThe Best Father’s Day Gifts for Dads with Long Guns
Does your dad hibernate through romantic comedies like a bear in winter? Does he enjoy the smell of gunpowder and a good bore cleaner? If so, a greeting card might not be the perfect gift for dad this...
View ArticleBolt Gun Buyer’s Guide
Henry Ford said you could have a Model T in any color so long as it was black, and once upon a time that was the general feeling about purchasing a new hunting rifle. The local gun shop had two or...
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