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America’s shooting industry is offering an extensive array of new rifles and muzzleloaders for 2010, and we have highlighted many of the most innovative here.

Loaded with today’s 150-grain bullets, the .30-’06 Sprg. is ready for big game from antelope to elk.

The BAR, in all its iterations, remains a nimble, hunting-accurate rifle that allows for quick follow-up shots.

Every hunter questions her limits when tackling the backcountry. But when you’re pursuing that trophy of a lifetime, there comes a time when you must believe in yourself and handle what comes your way—because you trained for it.

In 2012, after Benelli’s patent on its inertia action expired, Browning seized opportunity with a new-aged Auto-5, simply called the A5. Today the A5 line includes Mossy Oak bedecked guns and the shoot-all shown above, the new 31/2-inch Stalker, a semi-auto that looks and feels much like the old but that outperforms it in every way.

When you consider all the variables, these five cartridges stand out above the rest in the world of long-range shooting.

Browning has been making additions to its popular X-Bolt line of late, and this week added the Long Range Hunter model to the list.

For deer hunters preparing for the season, deciding what ammo to shoot when there are so many excellent options nowadays could be considered a good problem to have. That quandary just got a bit more unsettled for Editorial Director John Zent after a trip to the range to test-fire the new Browning BXR.