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8 Best Charge-Stopping Bear Cartridges

Over the decades, several cartridges have proved themselves as worthy against charging bears in North America. Here’s a look at the best bear defense cartridges ever made.

Hardware: Magnum Research BFR .500 Linebaugh

If handgun hunting is on your horizon, look no further than the Magnum Research BFR. The options available are staggering, and the company’s Precision Center offers custom touches that would otherwise cost a premium in the bespoke revolver world.

Hardware: Leupold VX-Freedom

Leupold's new VX-Freedom riflescope line provides many of the same benefits as its more expensive scopes for substantially less money. Available in 14 variable-power models with four magnification ranges, five objective diameters and six reticles, all VX-Freedom scopes have 1-inch maintubes, which keeps size and weight reasonable.

Review: Big Horn Armory AR500 in .500 Auto Max

Chambered in the new big-bore .500 Auto Max cartridge, the Big Horn Armory AR500 is the most powerful AR-style rifle on the market today and contains a host of features big-game hunters will appreciate.

12 Steps That Made PowerBelt the World’s No. 1-Selling Muzzleloader Bullet

For most of PowerBelt’s less-than-20-year existence, it’s been the dominant bullet brand in muzzleloading, and though it caught on quickly, this All-American success story didn’t occur without much hard work and sacrifice. Here’s how they did it.

Member's Hunt: Playing the Odds

This latest Member’s Hunt comes from Ruben Conde Jr. of Wellton, Arizona.

10 Things You Didn't Know About Savage Arms

Savage Arms has an elaborate history, some of it filled with interesting facts that aren’t as well-known as the accuracy of the rifles the company produces.

Nevada Program Shines Light on Wheelchair Hunting

With the help of several volunteers, a program known as Nevada Outdoorsmen in Wheelchairs gets hunters with limited mobility into the field.

Gear for Blackpowder Buffalo

What’s it take to hunt Cape buffalo with a muzzleloader? Here’s a look at what Editorial Director John Zent utilized on his recent trip to Mozambique.

Hardware: SilencerCo Maxim 50

With the new Maxim 50, suppressor manufacturer SilencerCo has disrupted the blackpowder world with the first integrally suppressed muzzleloader.

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