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The myriad selection of rifle cartridges today has a metric ton of overlap, duplication, and some downright silly designs. Some of these designs boast wonderful claims, but not all of them measure up. In order to be overrated, you have to be rated at all, so let’s leave some of the more obscure designs off the menu.

The list of available rifle cartridges is a long one, even if we only consider those that the rifle companies currently chamber for. We've dug up five of the more obscure offerings, and have to ask: Have you heard of them?

Here are five cool wildcats that ammunition aficionado Philip Massaro has come across in his years as a gun writer.

Last year, TriStar Arms expanded its Viper G2 semi-automatic shotgun line to include a new 12-gauge sporting model: the SR Sport. Our friends at American Rifleman recently featured the SR Sport in a segment of NRA's Gun of the Week. You can check out their coverage and get an inside look at TriStar's sporting gun with the video provided here.

Before you hunt Bigfoot, snap a photo of that cottontail or push a moose out of a plane, you're going to want to check in on Phil Massaro's list of our country's strangest game laws.

Designed with a rotary bolt, based loosely on the military M14 design, with a gas piston based on the M1 Garand, the Ruger Mini-14 was made to be reliable. And, reliable it is.

2015 has come and gone, but the Internet lives on. Here are the stories that AmericanHunter.org readers were most keen on last year.

Man, how do you possibly rank the top ten African game animals? Contributor Philip Massaro is going to try.

Depending on your situation, the amount of firearms you need to store, and the room you have to store them, certain gun safe features may appeal to you. Let's take a look at some of the choices available.