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Contents: Smith & Wesson’s Monster Magnum (Chambered for an all-new .50 caliber magnum cartridge, the new S&W Model 500 double-action revolver needs no hype), Your Best Bolt Action (Rick tells you what key features to consider when choosing the bolt gun that’s right for you), Les Baer and the Thunder Ranch Are at it Again (The line of Les Baer Custom Thunder Ranch Special guns has just gotten longer with the addition of two new .45 ACP pistols), The Most Useful Short-Action Cartridge Ever Invented (Inherently accurate, extremely versatile and powerful enough for game ranging in size from varmints to elk and moose, the .308 Winchester does it all), ARs Take Accuracy Long Range (The AR rifle has nearly driven traditional rifles off the firing line at all major championship title competitions and is increasingly regarded as the best proven, most accurate long-range competition and varmint rifle in the world), The Outdoorsman’s Handgun (Choosing the right woods gun is a lot like selecting a personal-defense gun, but with an additional element – It’s all about spending an enjoyable day in the woods with an accurate, rugged and dependable handgun), Winchester Unleashes The New Short-Action .300 WSM (Introduced as a joint venture from Winchester Ammunition, U.S. Repeating Arms and Browning, this nonbelted magnum for short-action rifles rockets a 150-grain bullet at 3300 fps), Terminal Performance: The Key To Selecting The Right Bullet (Rick has put together an extensive battery of shooting results charts to help you pick the hunting bullet that’s right for you), Ed Brown Kobra Carry .45 ACP (Unique innovations and supreme performance set the Kobra Carry apart form standard Model 1911 pistols), The New Remington XR-100 Is A Target Rifle Varmint Shooters Will Love (By combining the sentiments of its original XP-100 pistol with the latest XP-100 action and a few Custom Shop-like touches, Remington has come up with a target quality rifle with an everyday rifle price tag), Must-Have AR Accessories (David’s short list of must-have accessories for AR-type rifles can help you wade through the confusion presented by all those aftermarket parts), Defense Guns I Can’t Live Without (Jim has spent several years putting together this battery of defense guns. It includes all the handguns he might ever need. Maybe.), .405 Winchester – Big Medicine For Elk & Bear (Rick says USRAC’s Winchester Model 1895 rifle and Hornady’s .405 Winchester factory loads and handloading components are made to order for close-cover big-game hunting), Shooting Ruger’s New Flattop Blackhawk (In celebration of the Blackhawk’s 50th Anniversary, Ruger is offering a special small-frame Flattop edition), Mauser vs. Mosin (The Mauser Kar 98k takes on the Mosin-Nagant M91/30 in this European Front battle rifle shootout), Longevity, Versatility & Performance: The Classic 1911 Answers The Call (From basic-duty to loaded “custom” forms, classic Government Model 1911 autoloaders are offered by more makers than any other type of pistol in the world), The “Other” .45’s (The classic 1911 is not the only style of semiautomatic pistol available to .45 ACP enthusiasts), Shooting Vintage & Replica Winchester Model 1873 Saddle Ring Carbines (Often referred to as the gun that won the West, the Model 1873 in saddle-ring carbine configuration is truly a classic), Inside The New .45 GAP (The new .45 GAP gives performance equal to commercial .45 ACP personal defense and law enforcement loads with 185- and 200-grain bullets but in a shorter overall case format that operates within the frame dimensions of a 9mm-size pistol), Kimber’s New Centerfire Mountain Rifle (Finally, there is a standard-production wood-stocked, featherweight, centerfire bolt action that weighs less than six pounds and will be available in three action lengths), .204 Ruger – The Fastest Commercial Rifle Cartridge (This hot new .20-caliber cartridge, designed and produced by Hornady, is rated at an amazing 4225 fps muzzle velocity. And Ruger has five new rifles chambered for it), Springfield’s XD Goes The Distance (The X-frame Duty pistol in.357 SIG from Springfield proved that it can handle an extreme normal-use workout firing 5000 rounds of full-power .357 BIG ammunition without a hitch), Handgun Hunting Holds (After you sight-in your hunting handgun and ammunition, it’s time to put the sandbags or fancy gun rest away and fire your practice shots from actual field positions), Hornady’s Sweet Seventeen (Rick says this all-new .17 HMR cartridge is a real “hummer of a rimfire”), The Many Levels Of The .45-70 (The .45-70 is more popular today than ever. There are plenty of bullets and powders to build handloads to meet any .45-70 shooter’s needs), Selecting A .22 Rimfire Handgun (Today there are more excellent choices for selecting a rimfire revolver or pistol than ever before), Must-Have Riflescope Accessories (David has put together a list of his top riflescope accessories – including everything from cleaning gear to an Angle Cosine indicator – he thinks every rifleman should have), The Advantage Of Bonded-Core Bullets (To find out how good bonded-core bullets really are, Rick put these expanding bullets to the test)
Issue: 2000
Condition: Very Good