Hardware: Sabatti SAPHIRE
Sabatti hit all the right marks with the SAPHIRE. The bolt-action rifle features a good stock, full-diameter bolt, floating bolt head, interchangeable free-floating barrels, an integral Picatinny base, open sights, Multi-Radial Rifling and MOA accuracy.
A Beginner’s Guide to Riflescope Terminology
Here’s a rundown of the basic optics terms that every hunter should know.
American Hunter's 2010 Golden Bullseye Award Winners
American Hunter editors announce the top guns and gear of the past year.
Monarch African 1.1x-4x-24 mm IR
By no means limited to just African hunting, the Nikon African series features a good design for any close and fast-shooting situation.
Montana Rifles
The Montana Firearms Group, run by Keith and Jeff Sipe, leverages the Mauser-type Model 1999 actions and custom barrels produced in what began as a local gunsmithing shop in Kalispell, Mont.
An Ode to the Winchester Model 70
With its immediately recognizable profile, sheer reliability and impeccable reputation, “The Rifleman’s Rifle” has served hunters the world over for more than 80 years.
Hardware: 27 Nosler
Nosler has taken the venerable .270 caliber to a new level with the introduction of the 27 Nosler. Conceived as a 21st century upgrade, the new cartridge delivers previously unobtainable downrange ballistics by pairing the ultimate combination of case capacity with modern long-for-caliber bullets.
Riflescope Rings and Bases: How Much Do They Really Matter?
All scope mounting systems are not created equal. While some may work just fine on one rifle/cartridge combination, another may show the weaknesses of the design.
The Kimber Talkeetna
Neither a mountain rifle nor a heavyweight, it may be just right.
In the Hoofprints of Giants
The pursuit of Cape buffalo in Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve is a bucket-list hunt.
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