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RIMFIRES • HOLT BODINSON • SIG SAUER’S CLASSIC P229 .22 LONG RIFLE And it can be a centerfire, too. id you hear of SIG SAUER’s “
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HANDGUNS • MASSAD AYOOB • Demand for established guns delayed the new crop, but they’re worth the wait. t the SHOT Show last Jan
ThenewestWalther(above)isessentiallya P-22chamberedfortheincreasinglypopular .380ACP.ThenewSW1911ES(below) comprisesa“Commander”
UPONARS • GLEN ZEDIKER • FANTASTIC FORE-ENDS The big difference goes unseen. n virtually any venue where accuracy matters, a fre
one of these configurations unless you are a competitive Service Rifle shooter. I am not a fan of attaching anything to the gas
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HANDLOADING • John Barsness • wOULD ELMER KEITH wANT MORE? Handloading the .44 Magnum. uring a conversation at a recent gun show
The Fiocchi Tundra Tungsten compound is the breakthrough innovation in waterfowl hunting. Shotshell Hunting Line Deforms like Le
had been traded in on .44 Magnums. There’s a reason for this, and one Elmer Keith would acknowledge: shootability. My guess is h
the inch behind the muzzle is slightly enlarged and ported to reduce muzzle jump. Super-lightweight .44 Magnums have recently be
™ • HOLT BODINSON • Century’s sensational sporting version is built with many original parts. ade by Zastava and adopted by the
7.62x54R. Remember all those 8mm Yugoslavian Model 24/47 and Model 48 Mausers and surplus 8mm ammo we’ve been seeing in the mils
Withatailoredhandload(above),theM-76 couldbeahalf-minute-of-anglesniperrifle. Surplus8mmisabundantlyavailable.TheM-76 favoredthe
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and .410 shotgun (the .410 is subject to the National Firearms Act). They sell for between $350 and $600 and yours should be in
ChriSTmaS GifT GUide Time To pull ouT The plasTic, people! John Connor ey, we know, and we can empathize, OK? You’ve already bee
Finally, for your foulweather huntin’ buddy who’s always wanting to take notes, draw maps or scribble scrambled thoughts but nev
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large spring and a fully captured smaller spring and requires a disassembly collar for easy removal and replacement. A primary a
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units, but realize we are working with tolerances from many companies. Try to count all the different firms now offering or who
Conversion Unit with 23 changes from his original design of 1998. The Bullseye Model with excellent target sights, bold, black,
.22s, however they will not feed from the magazine into the chamber in either one of these Conversion Units. I long ago discover
or 140 years American gun buyers have been in love with the F concept of having their long guns—rifles and/or carbines— chambere
almost 2,000 fps with 200-grain jacketed bullets, and should never be fired in a Colt or clone-style sixgun or any Model 1873 le
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PHOTO: JOSEPH R. NOVELOzO The new .40 S&W chambered M&P40 from Smith & Wesson has been adopted by many law enforcement agencies
The .40 S&W has proven a versatile cartridge chambered in every size platform from the full-size Colt Combat Elite to pocket-siz
The concept of “Beauty” is different for different people: A strikingly attractive woman… one of the breathtaking wonders of nat
The power of the .40 S&W is identical with the old .38 WCF albeit in a much smaller package. Law enforcement had carried the .38
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