CATEGORIES
WHY THE WINCHESTER PRE-'64 MODEL 70 STILL MATTERS
MOSTLY LONG GUNS
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: THE SEQUEL
WALNUT HILL
H-S Precision PLR Rifle
Shooting the 6.5-284 Norma
AN INTERESTING OPEN SIGHT
LIGHT GUNSMITHING
6MM ARC
After using a 6.5 Grendel to cull a goodly number of Texas feral hogs, I’ve developed a great deal of respect for the cartridge. This has mostly involved nighttime forays shooting with thermal imaging optics. The 2.26-inch confines inherent to AR-15 magazines, and the Grendel’s limited case capacity, make 123- to 130-grain bullets the practical upper limit for such activities. These projectiles chug along at around 2,350/2,450 feet per second (fps), but deliver well out of proportion to its diminutive size.
.240 WEATHERBY MAGNUM
The .240 Weatherby Magnum gets little respect. Knowledgeable varmint hunters will spend a lot of dough to build up a custom 6mm-284 or one of the variations of the 6mm-06 wildcat rounds to get the ballistic features already available in a .240 Weatherby Magnum factory rifle: flat trajectory, good performance in wind and the ability to anchor larger game more reliably if called upon to do so.
6MM CREEDMOOR
The 6mm Creedmoor was designed for long-range target shooting with long and skinny, heavy-for-caliber bullets that slip through the air with the greatest of ease. Wind affects these bullets little; they just fly right through it, almost unaffected.
.243 WINCHESTER
The idea was simple enough: Friend Cole Bender from PROOF Research offered to rebarrel my Winchester Model 770 .243 Winchester, a rifle I hadn’t shot in years. When returned, I would have a heavy-barreled .243 Winchester to replace my beloved Remington 700 BDL Varminter that was sold to pay some emergency debt long ago forgotten. I can say this rebarreled 770 will never replace that old Remington, but it has the potential to do some very useful things in the field.
.24 Nosler
Nosler, Inc. has been busy with its ever-expanding line of bullets, the company’s homegrown rifles and a proprietary line of cartridges.
RESTORING OIL FINISHED STOCKS
LIGHT GUNSMITHING
The Reinvented .45-70 Government
MOSTLY LONG GUNS
German Sniper Rifles
In the run-up to World War II, military planners in Germany expected a fast-moving mechanized war. They considered that a sniper firing one well-aimed round at a time was a holdover from trench warfare. On December 6, 1934, the German Army’s High Command ordered all “Telescope Sight Rifles” to be turned in by the 15th of that month. There was no plan for their replacement (from Sniper Variations of the German K98k Rifle by Richard D. Law).
Winchester's New 6.8 Western
Not Your Father’s “.270”
GROUPS AND MARKMANSHIP
DOWN RANGE
SKINNER OPTICS 1-6x 24mm RIFLESCOPE
A RIFLEMAN’S OPTICS
CZ-USA Model 527 American Suppressor-Ready “Mini Mauser”
Testing 7.62x39mm Loads
Remington Rifles
Half a Century With Model 700s
.270 WCF – STILL GOING STRONG
LOCK, STOCK & BARREL
Rifle Talk
.22 Hornet – Hit and Miss
Varmint Rifle Scopes
Practical Options for Long-Range Shooting
Long-Range Handguns
Varmint Loads for Single Shots
Year-Round Varmint Loads
Loading for Versatility
Heavy Bullets in the .223 Remington
Loading Long-for-Caliber Projectilesq
New Loads for the 6mm-225
Testing a Classic Wildcat
.221 Remington Fireball
The Little Cartridge That Can
Favored Varmint Loads
Wildcats and Factory Fodder
.224 FA Wildcat
Shooting Varmints with a Revolver
.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire
Testing Loads for Accuracy and Velocity
REMINGTON Model 30 Express
A Classic Rifle Bar None
GEARHEADS
WALNUT HILL