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American Hunter checks in at the LaCrosse booth during SHOT Show 2020, to learn more about the company's new LodeStar Boots. The top of the line of LaCrosse's Navigator series, the boots feature a Gore-Tex liner, an "X-Shank", a DuraFit rubber heel counter and a Vibram multi-directional-lugged outsole. For more on these combination full-grain leather and nylon boots, check out the video above. MSRP:$220;lacrossefootwear.com
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The .404 Jeffery dates back to 1905 or 1906, and was supposedly created by W.J. Jeffery & Co. to replicate the performance of the .450/400 3” Nitro Express, but in a bolt-action magazine rifle. But the offspring of that cartridge—as well as those cartridges which were “highly inspired” by the .404 Jeffery—have gotten much more of the spotlight than the .404 ever did.