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Hunter's Specialties

How To Clean a Muzzleloader with CVA

Earlier this year, Editorial Director John Zent and Associate Editor Jon Draper had the opportunity to join Wayne Radcliffe and some of the other fine folks from Avery Outdoors on the Eastern Shore of Maryland for a goose hunt. While there, they learned about the recent merging of Avery and Banded—two of the most respected waterfowl gear companies on the market—and what it should mean for consumers.

10-year-old Emily Fink had never killed a turkey before journeying to Florida last week to hunt an Osceola with father, John, and Mike Tussey of Osceola Outdoors. Would she leave the the Sunshine State with a turkey in tow?

At SHOT Show 2016, Weatherby premiered its new Vanguard Camilla, a rifle designed exclusively with the huntress in mind. The company's mission, from the start, was to craft a rifle that was designed from the ground up for women, by women—and not to just make a smaller, pinker version of a standard Vanguard. The result is the Camilla. To honor Camilla—and huntresses everywhere—the company rolled out a tribute video discussing the rifle's beginnings, just in time for Mother's Day 2016.

In reviewing "bargain" bolt-action rifles for American Rifleman, Managing Editor Joe Kurtenbach couldn’t help but think that, much like a stripped AR, these guns may make great foundations for personalized rifle builds. To test the theory, he purchased his own bargain-bin bolt gun and set a goal to build a precision hunting rifle.

The Ruger American has some great features—hammer-forged barrel, reliable action, crisp trigger—but many would not consider the molded, polymer stock to be among them. With that in mind, American Rifleman's Joe Kurtenbach went with an aftermarket solution in his quest to build a precision hunting rifle.

Despite the demands of searching for the perfect utilitarian scope, it needed to be affordable and offer real bang for the buck.