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Rifles that ruin long-range groups in the wind

When you stretch shots past a few hundred yards, the wind becomes the ultimate test. Even the best marksman... The post ...
What is it about the .270 Winchester that remains so appealing to hunters? Sometimes the designers get things right the first ...
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From 80 yards away, hunter Terry Penrod couldn't tell what kind of cat he was shooting at. It was around 7 p.m. in late September 1963, near Big Lake in the White Mountains. The sun was down and the ...
Citizen packs the family automobile and heads out for his annual deer hunt, the chances are that the rifle in the back seat, along with the side of bacon and the coffee­pot, is a .30/30. John Q. may ...
Today, Jack O’Connor, sheep hunting, and the Model 70 Winchester in .270 are linked in our collective subconscious. It was not always that way. When he started the quest for his first desert sheep, ...
It all began in 1895 when a .30-caliber cartridge was introduced in Winchester’s now iconic 1894 lever-action rifle. It was America’s first sporting rifle cartridge designed for use with smokeless ...
No matter what you read in the sporting press or hear around the gun counter, the 6.5 Creedmoor is not a giant killer. It’s not Thor’s hammer or a Storm Trooper’s blaster. What it is, is a very ...
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As a rifle manufacturer, Franchi has never really emerged from the shadows. I often wondered whether it was considered unsuitable for the UK market or regarded as the unloved member of the Beretta ...
With cowboys, comedy and the Grand Canyon, tiny Williams and its neighbours offer a fascinating window into Arizona’s past ...