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Top 5 Subsonic .22 Long Rifle Loads

Contributor Philip Massaro is back—and this time he's ranking his favorite subsonic .22 Long Rifle loads.

Top 5 .22 Long Rifle Loads

Most popular ammunition companies offer some form of .22 LR, and there are quite a few brands and makes to choose from. Here are American Hunter contributor Philip Massaro's top five.

Hardware: Browning BXR and BXC

Imagine the significance the Browning Buckmark carries now that it is the headstamp for a new line of centerfire rifle loads available in two different bullet types designed for hunting all North American big game.

Hevi-Shot Hog Wild

As feral hog hunting has surged in popularity across the country, ammunition manufacturers have responded with a number of “hog-specific” loads designed to penetrate better and bring down stout, wild swine. Most ammo makers have concentrated on rifle loads, but among the newest offerings are the Hog Wild shotshells by Hevi-Shot, a company best known for non-lead waterfowl loads.

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Hornady is now offering its popular Superformance line, available to the American market since 2010, to hunters worldwide.

SHOT Show 2017: Remington R25 GII

The R25 GII is based on years of engineering and refinement that went into the development of the DPMS GII platform, delivering a Modern Sporting Rifle (MSR) that is lightweight, easy to maneuver, and is extremely accurate.

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Review: Champion Arms .300 Win. Mag. Rifle

The Champion Arms rifle and scope package sells at $6,900, but for a traveling hunter looking for a weather-proof, accurate and absolutely reliable rifle in a caliber that will handle 95 percent of the world’s game, this rifle won’t let you down.

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