5-steps-to-make-an-old-rifle-shoot-like-new_lead.jpg

5 Steps to Make an Old Rifle Shoot Like New

You may not expect that classic big-game rig you inherited from your father to actually shoot a good group, but you’d be surprised: attention to a handful of details can pay dividends.

Hardware: Savage Model 110 Ultralite

The market for new hunting guns has become extremely competitive recently, but in mating the classic Model 110 rifle with a Proof Research barrel, Savage has created a winning rifle.

Hardware: Henry Lever Action X Model .45-70

The Henry Lever Action X Model .45-70 is a smooth operator, with useful features that aren’t overdone.

‘Straight-Shooting’ Advice

Iowa and other states are opening shotgun-only deer seasons to straight-walled cartridges like the .45-70 Gov’t., .444 Marlin and .450 Bushmaster. Here’s how to wring the most performance from their rainbow-like trajectories.

First Look: SIG Sauer CROSS Rifle

SIG’s first bolt-action hunting rifle borrows the best elements of sporting and tactical guns to meet the demands of both precision long-range shooting and extreme backcountry hunting.

SIG Sauer Debuts CROSS Precision Bolt-Action Hunting Rifle

The name SIG Sauer is synonymous with many things, but "bolt-action rifle" has never been among them. Never, that is, until now, with the debut of SIG Sauer's new CROSS Rifle, a precision bolt-action firearm aimed squarely at the hunting community.

How Accurate Are Today’s Rifles?

Here’s what you can realistically expect from your new rifle.

First Look: Hornady .300 PRC

A super-accurate .30-caliber precision rifle cartridge is latest introduction from Nebraska bullet works.

Case Study: Decades of Deer Cartridges

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.

Ruger Issues Safety Bulletin for Precision Rifle

Ruger has issued a Product Safety Bulletin for certain Ruger Precision Rifles due to the potential for interference between the aluminum bolt shroud and the cocking piece (also known as the firing pin back).

Page 1 of 2

Interests



Get the best of American Hunter delivered to your inbox.