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Winchester has released a new variant on its classic Model 70 rifle, the Model 70 Long Range MB (Muzzle Brake). This rifle features a fluted, heavy sporter barrel with a 5/8X24 TPI muzzle, fitted from the factory with a muzzle brake. The free-floating, matte blued barrel is 24-inches long and has a recessed target crown. The Bell and Carlson tan synthetic stock features flow-through fore-end vents and black web finish. Finally, for devotees of pre-64 Model 70s, the gun boasts a pre-64-style control round feed action with a claw extractor.
For more information on this rifle, which weighs in at 7 pounds, 8 ounces, please visit winchesterguns.com. MSRP: $1,489.99
Shane Mahoney, president and CEO of Conservation Visions Inc., received the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies’ (AFWA) 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award at a September ceremony in Lancaster, Pa.
On November 3, Colorado voters rejected Amendment 83, a proposed constitutional amendment that would have designated hunting and fishing as the preferred means of managing the state’s fish and wildlife populations. To pass, the amendment needed 55 percent of the vote or more. It fell about 10 percentage points short of that minimum.
The 8x57mm, also known as the 8x57 JS, the 7.92x57mm Mauser or the 8mm Mauser, has been with us since 1888, and has directly—or indirectly—brought us a wide array of cartridges which we hold dear. Let's take a closer look at that array.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in late September that Robert Hautman of Delano, Minn., won the 2026 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with an acrylic painting of a long-tailed duck pair (seen above at the official ceremony).