Playing Favorites
[su_heading size=”30″]How one rifle and load became a go-to combo for deer-sized game.[/su_heading] STORY AND PHOTOS BY MIKE DICKERSON [su_dropcap style=”light”]A[/su_dropcap]s an outdoor writer, I’m often asked what my favorite rifle is. My standard answer, especially when I’m in the field, is whatever rifle I happen to be holding in my hands at any given […]
RTH Firearms Releases The First of Its Kind Semi-Auto Produce for Performance for Hunting and Competition
RTH Firearms CEO Ralph Hicks explains their amazing semi-auto’s. Like most I have been a firing situation where a quick follow-up shot is needed. The circumstances all vary: It could be because you are having to make multiple shots at differing ranges in a competition, the game animal went from standing to running, or […]
Hawking The Hawken
[su_heading size=”30″]In the 1820s, Samuel Hawken joined his brother Jacob at his St. Louis shop, and together they made rifles that helped make history.[/su_heading] Story And Photos By Mike Nesbitt [su_dropcap size=”5″]W[/su_dropcap]hen Jacob Hawken first began making his “mountain” rifles, he incorporated features into each gun that were well thought of based on his […]
One Shot Solution
[su_heading size=”30″]The Norma Oryx is designed to provide a perfect blend of expansion and penetration, and is available in calibers both popular and rare.[/su_heading] STORY AND PHOTOS BY PHIL MASSARO [su_dropcap style=”flat”]T[/su_dropcap]hree does jogged across the little valley below me, pausing only to look over their shoulders. It wasn’t long – a matter of seconds […]
A Tang Sight Better
[su_heading size=”30″]Lyman has reintroduced their popular #2 for the Uberti 1873 and other lever-actions.[/su_heading] STORY AND PHOTOS BY MIKE NESBITT [su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”5″]T[/su_dropcap]he current sustained popularity of the guns of the Old West convinced Lyman to reintroduce some of the fine accessories they used to manufacture in the 1800s. That’s a general statement, but it […]
Q&A With Legendary Arms Works
INTERVIEW BY AMERICAN SHOOTING JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF LEGENDARY ARMS WORKS Recently, we had a conversation with Legendary Arms Works’ sales and marketing executive Walter Hasser, who filled us in on the Reinholds, Pa.-based (717335-8555; legendaryarmsworks.com) company’s back story and its exciting future plans. American Shooting Journal How did cofounders Mark Bansner and David Dunn […]
Gun Review: Keystone Adds Rounds With 722
[su_heading size=”30″]Seven-shot Rifle Comes In Sporter, Classic, Varmint Models[/su_heading] Review And Photographs By Oleg Volk [su_dropcap style=”light” size=”5″]K[/su_dropcap]eystone Arms has long been known for single-shot .22-caliber bolt-actions for kids. Last year, they introduced a very unique repeater bolt action, which was released during the rimfire-ammunition shortage that happened not long ago. This gun came out […]
Jack and Master Of All Trades
[su_heading]The Legacy Of British Gun Maker Giles Whittome[/su_heading] Story by Jim Dickson * Photographs by Giles Whittome When we think of the leaders among quality gun makers of the British Isles we tend to think of names like Purdey and Holland and Holland, but these men have been dead for over a hundred years. Only […]
Colt Competition Rifle With A GunGoddess Touch
[su_heading size=”30″]Colt Competition Rifle With Modern Flair[/su_heading] There are competition rifles, there are pretty rifles and then there’s the Colt CRP-18 GunGoddess rifle, a perfect blend of both performance and elegance! This eye-catching rifle offers all the features of the standard CRP-18, with a feminine touch – an exclusive, custom-designed, filigree handguard and a choice […]
How Northwest Action Works Was Born
[su_heading size=”30″ margin=”0″]From Hobby To Hotseat[/su_heading] Northwest Action Works is a newcomer to the precision firearms custom rig creation world, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have their targets dotted and their hairs crossed. Their humble roots but high quality standards have given them the tools they need to create some truly impressive rifles for considerably less than most other […]