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Kim Rhode made history in Rio, becoming the first American athlete—and first female athlete, from anywhere—to medal in six consecutive Olympic Games. Rhode's longtime sponsor, Winchester, is celebrating the history-making achievement by once again featuring Rhode on boxes of AA target loads.

Leupold is throwing turkey hunters a bone this spring—by giving away some top-shelf turkey ammunition with the purchase of select optics. Between March 1 and April 15, 2017, hunters will receive two boxes of Winchester Long Beard XR with every purchase of a Leupold DeltaPoint Pro or VX-1 riflescope with the Turkey Plex reticle.

We all deal with the off-season in different ways. Some people bum around in a state of depression. Others extend their seasons by building wood duck boxes, erecting duck blinds, giving the bird dog a refresher course and shooting a clay or two. Another coping method is going to a gun store and ogling the new shotguns. Here are but a few examples of new models you'll be checking out in 2013.

The .17 Hornet, son of the classic .22 Hornet, is a well-balanced design. Sharing the rimmed design of the parent case, it feeds nicely in a bolt-action repeating rifle, provides pinpoint accuracy and minimal recoil, and checks all the boxes for varmint hunting.

It's not an exact science, but figure on shooting several boxes of ammo and running through dozens of cleaning patches to break in a new rifle barrel.

Remington Ammunition has determined that boxes of the referenced lot numbers of Remington Premier AccuTip Slugs - PRA12, may contain shells with an incorrect propellant.

Nosler has introduced Varmageddon, its new line of varmint bullets and ammunition for 2012.

Baschieri & Pellagri USA has added three new shot options to its popular Upland Game line: #5, #6, and #7½.