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Loaded with premium features, the new M48 Mountain Carbon looks to set a new standard for backcountry hunting rifles.

Here are five of the lightest big-game hunting rifles on the market today, all of which weigh 6 pounds or less.

If you like to hunt North America’s biggest game, take a long look at the 33 Nosler; it puts an exclamation point at the end of the sentence.

Founded in 1948, Nosler has never strayed from its mission to develop the very finest bullet components and ammunition by hunters, for hunters. Here are 10 fun facts from the company’s history you might not have known.

The .348 Winchester gives a good balance of striking energy and moderate recoil, and among the rimmed lever-gun cartridges, possesses impressive terminal ballistics.

Metric cartridges have traditionally struggled in America, but even in the 1950s, the engineers at Winchester saw the benefits of the 6.5mm bore diameter. The 1958 release of the .264 Winchester Magnum in the Model 70 Westerner rifle saw a flat-shooting, hard-hitting voluminous case, perfect for medium-sized game.

If you’re attracted to .45-caliber cartridges for dangerous-game hunting, the .458 Lott is a serious contender for the top of the heap.

Here’s a look at the best new hunting rounds introduced in the last ten years.

The .240 Weatherby Magnum is the fastest 6mm on the commercial market, exceeding the muzzle velocity of the .243 Win. and 6mm Rem. by 300 fps. If you’re the hunter who likes obscure cartridges, the .240 Wby. Mag. is a great choice for deer, pronghorn and similar-sized game.