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Wood Is Good Thank you for your articles in the March/April issue depicting rifles with wood stocks. I thoroughly enjoyed reading “Proud to be an American,” which related to CZ’s 600 American and “Revel Yell,” which described Savage’s new lever-action rimfire. For those of us who have offered criticism in the past of the many articles pertaining to “black rifles,” I write to give credit where credit is due. Dick Parker, North Carolina Well I’ll be durned; a front cover with a wood-stocked rifle! Beautiful, says this six-decades-old reader. Seriously, I love your content, writers, photos. Keep up the great work. Ken Myers, Virginia More to Life than Creedmoor Why is it that when I read about tests of new rifles, the majority are chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor or .308…
There have been several new hunting cartridges released over the last decade, but Federal’s new 7mm Backcountry is unique. When I asked Federal’s senior media relations manager J.J. Reich what made this cartridge different from the myriad other hunting rounds to hit the market in recent memory, his response was three numbers: 20; 170; and 3,000. As in, the 7mm Backcountry drives a 170-grain bullet from a 20-inch barrel at 3,000 fps. Those are impressive figures, but what’s most impressive—and perhaps game-changing—is how it achieves those impressive stats. When Reich first told me about the cartridge, I expected the cartridge would be oversize to accommodate a super-size powder charge. It’s not. In fact, when I pulled the first 7mm Backcountry cartridge from the box, I set it side-by-side with a…
In 2014, 6.5s were the hottest trend, and Nosler introduced its first branded centerfire cartridge that year, the .26 Nosler. The .26 stirred up some interest but nothing like the second cartridge in the Nosler line, the .28 Nosler. Nicknamed the “new herd bull” in Nosler marketing materials, the .28 drives a 160-grain .284-inch AccuBond bullet from the muzzle at 3,300 fps. The beltless case is based on a shortened 7mm Rem. Ultra Mag, with a .550-inch maximum body diameter against a .534-inch rebated rim. The cartridge will function with a standard magnum bolt face, and with a cartridge overall length of 3.340 inches it will fit in a standard-length action. The case features a 35-degree shoulder and holds 93 grains of water. The .28 Nosler is the company’s most…
The World War II U.S. .30 M1 Carbine light-rifle concept was born in World War I when there were many missions for which the long, 10-pound Model 1903 rifle firing a full-power cartridge was a clumsy choice but a handgun was just not enough. Limited use of the Winchester Model 1907 Self Loading Rifle impressed many, and it was not forgotten—just ignored as other priorities such as the M1 Garand took precedence. But in 1940, Army Ordnance revisited the light rifle. Just as in World War I, there was a vacuum between the heavy battle rifle, handgun and the new but equally heavy submachine gun. A light, handy, short semiauto or full-auto rifle firing a cartridge capable of hitting targets out to 300 yards could fill that niche—giving officers and…
These days, America’s sportsmen and women are clamoring for more “content,” as we call it in the media: more articles, more television shows, more website info. Outdoor Sportsman Group—which publishes this magazine as well as bringing you the Sportsman Channel and Outdoor Channel—has answered that call with the My Outdoor TV (MOTV) app. It’s a resource like no other, a curated treasure trove of outdoor-oriented television shows and videos. Think of it like your own personal Neftlix, with episodes of “Gun Stories” with Joe Montegna, the gun restoration show “The Gunfather,” “Guns & Ammo,” “Shooting USA” and more. The universe of content is even bigger when it somes to hunting, and I know a lot if not most of you enjoy your time in the field. Check out “Petersen’s Hunting…
Imagine a powder funnel that shunted propellant into the case in fractions of a second—no bridging, no granules sticking to the sidewalls, no tiresome tap-tap-tapping the funnel to get the powder to finally shake down through the funnel and into the case. It’s not a pipe dream. A while back, an enterprising young RCBS engineering intern named Marshall Clow dreamed the same dream and set out to create a product. The very successful result is the Matchmaster funnel kit ($100). Some of the technology is proprietary, so I can only provide a glimpse into how and why it works. But the fact is it does indeed work. Like magic. The funnel is made of 6061-T6 aluminum, which is inherently anti-static. Static is a significant portion of the reason powder sticks…
