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Savage Arms has entered the black-rifle market. Its MSR 15 Recon is the latest addition to our #SundayGunday series.

Savage Arms jumped into the AR market this year with four new guns, two of which are for big-game hunters. The Savage MSR 10 Hunter and MSR 10 Long Range are built on a custom-size platform similar to the AR-10 and designed for cartridges in the .308 Win. class.

The 6.5 Creedmoor makes for an excellent hunting cartridge for almost all game south of elk and moose. There’s something to be said for a short, efficient case for someone who shoots often and at high volumes, and the 6.5 Creedmoor is definitely that.

A quick review of 2017 reveals that it was the again the year of the AR-15. But, looks can be deceiving. Here are nine new ARs that fire something other than 5.56 NATO.

Here are the stories that our readers couldn't get enough of in 2017.

Chambered in Wilson Combat’s brand-new .458 HAM’R cartridge, the Ultimate Hunter was built from the ground up to be the hardest-hitting, most powerful AR-platform rifle on the market today.

Deer rifles and the cartridges loaded in them have run the gamut the last 50 years, from the Winchester 94 in .30-30 Win. to the Weatherby Mark V in .30-378 Wby. Mag. and the DPMS ARL in 6.5 Creedmoor.

When Bill Wilson combined his penchant for producing high-end ARs with his passion for hunting, the result was a series of large-receiver models based on the AR-10 and optimized for hunters. The Ultimate Hunter is the line’s flagship, and it leaves little to desire whether you’re sitting in a treestand or climbing over a ridge.

Contributor Philip Massaro examines the pros and cons of 6.5 Creedmoor and 7mm-08 Remington.