10 Great Low Recoil Hunting Cartridges Lead

10 Great Low-Recoil Hunting Cartridges

While felt recoil levels are somewhat subjective, across a wide spectrum, there are several cartridges that have garnered a reputation for being "sweet shooting." Here’s a look at our top 10 choices.

First Look: Buck Knives 663 Alpha Guide

Buck Knives, Inc. has announced the release of its Model 663 Alpha Guide fixed-blade knife. This larger hunting knife joins the 664 Alpha Hunter and more compact 662 Alpha Scout knives that were introduced earlier in 2023.

Behind the Bullet: 26 Nosler

The first of the Nosler proprietary cartridges, the 26 Nosler remains a flat-shooting, hard-hitting choice for hunting open country. Being a 6.5mm cartridge, it will use the high ballistic coefficient projectiles which retain their energy downrange, resist the effects of a crosswind and offer a flat trajectory.

50 Years of American Hunter

We hope you are as proud as we are to celebrate a big birthday for the world’s largest and best hunting magazine.

Recipe: Braised Venison

Bryce Towsley takes readers through his unique take on braised venison.

First Look: Real Avid Master Gun Workstation

Real Avid has introduced the Master Gun Workstation, designed from the ground up to ease firearm cleaning, maintenance and optics mounting.

How to Build a Hunting Kill Kit

Consider now the contents of a kit of tools that will help you get game from field to freezer efficiently, cleanly and most easily this fall.

Review: GAIM Virtual Reality Shooting Simulator

Ever want to improve your hunting and shooting skills when you can't quite make it to the range or field? Check out the GAIM unit from Aimpoint. In this thorough review, contributor Brad Fenson breaks down this unit's features and intricacies.

First Look: Trijicon RCR Ruggedized Closed Reflex

Trijicon has introduced its Ruggedized Closed Reflex (RCR) optic. Based on the ubiquitous Trijicon Ruggedized Miniature Reflex (RMR), the RCR is waterproof to 66 feet, and both mechanically and electronically robust.

Head to Head: 6.5 Creedmoor vs. 6.5x55 Swedish

Why would the Creedmoor gain acceptance, when we had such a similar level of performance in a cartridge released at the end of the 19th century? Let’s take a look at the pros and cons of each.

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