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Here's a look at 2021's most exciting new rifles for hunters looking to make an upgrade.

The X-Bolt Pro McMillan is a beautiful rifle, perfectly suited to all-around Western hunting. Our test model was incredibly consistent and stable, and we would confidently carry it into the field anywhere from the moose swamps of Alaska to the Coues-deer deserts of Arizona.

The 557 Eclipse performs like a rifle costing twice as much as it does. We particularly appreciate the trigger, the ease of which we mounted a scope, the feel of the stock and the gun’s overall balance. It performed exceptionally well in every category, including feeding.

Meet our 2021 Rifle of the Year, the Model 2020 Waypoint, the first rifle from Springfield Armory marketed exclusively to hunters.

The new Savage Impulse is much more than just a good first attempt at an American-made straight-pull. It can take long-range precision shots with ease, yet is in its element stacking lead in rapid fashion.

Weighing in at 5.5 pounds, the ultralight Sauer 101 Highland XTC is a well-balanced, all-around rifle, featuring a hand-laid carbon fiber stock, fluted and factory threaded barrel, fluted bolt and all the standard S101 features that guarantee reliability and accuracy.

The XPR Renegade Long Range SR is a target/hunting hybrid rifle that combines a premium barrel, receiver, trigger and third-party target stock to deliver a rifle capable of half-inch or better groups from the bench, while remaining handy enough to carry in the field and heavy enough to shoot accurately from field positions.

With the release of its new Impulse straight-pull rifle, Savage is providing American hunters a high-performance option that emphasizes high rate of fire.

Carbon-wrapped barrels and stocks have become increasingly common in a number of custom and semi-custom rifles from boutique manufacturers. The AllTerra Carbon, however, is the only rifle we’re aware of with all the accuracy-enhancing features it includes. If you appreciate the ultimate in field accuracy wrapped in a practical carrying package, this rifle is worth a close look. And you have 90 days to test-drive it, risk-free.