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The Specialist cushion set is easy to carry and adapts to a wide variety of hunting and camping conditions.

In this modern era of hunting rifles and cartridges, common sense would indicate that a cartridge with the performance level of the .30-30 would long ago have faded into obscurity. Why won’t it go away?

The idea of a bullet lacking lead core is a relatively new one, yet it’s a sound design. Here are five of the finest monometal expanding bullets currently on the market.

The answer may surprise you.

Winchester’s newest 100 percent copper bullet expands quickly and penetrates deep.

The .35 Whelen and the 9.3x62mm Mauser have cases within a millimeter in length and a bullet diameter just a few thousandths apart, so which cartridge would a hunter choose?

The new Remington Premier Scirocco Bonded is wonderfully accurate, possesses a high ballistic coefficient value and has excellent terminal performance with deep penetration.

The new NitroFire and FireStick system keeps ignition consistent by protecting the powder, even during storage; the loading process is easy, and the primer can be left in the FireStick or removed without compromising the charge; and the system doesn’t restrict the choice of bullets and 209 muzzleloader primers, meaning hunters can stick with proven favorites.