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.

Flinching: A Candid Look at How it Affects Hunters

Contributor Aram von Benedikt discusses methods for arresting your flinch and putting it under lock and key.

Benchrest Shooting Basics

Before you can do anything fancy in the field with your big-game rifle, you absolutely must prove the setup by firing several well-aimed groups with it from a benchrest. Here are the basic tools everyone should use to ensure sighting-in and checking zero go flawlessly.

Hardware: Bergara B-14 Wilderness Terrain

The B-14 Wilderness Terrain is an extremely accurate rifle that is built to withstand the ruggedness of the backcountry.

First Look: FalconStrike USA Multi-Fit Hydraulic Recoil Pad

Whether an experienced marksman or a new shooter however, chances are you'd like to feel that rifle bite a little less. If so, FalconStrike is here to help.

Review: Savage Model 110 AccuFit System

With the new Savage AccuFit stock system, hunters can now have a custom-fit rifle in a host of chamberings and configurations without the custom-gun price tag.

Behind the Bullet: .22 LR

There’s a good reason that the .22 LR is often a hunter’s first rifle; it’s the perfect blend of low report, complete lack of recoil and affordability.

A Bull for Rhylan

The unlikely account of how a youth of 16 killed a bull elk of many lifetimes.

How to Make a Hunter

Lessons the author learned while introducing friends and family to our pastime can be brought to bear by other hunters who seek to add to our fold.

Hardware: SIG Sauer BDX

The new SIG Sauer BDX app/rangefinder/scope system will show you exactly which aiming point to use for a direct hit out to 800 yards. As SIG advertises, just “connect the dot.”

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