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Contents: Marlin’s Newest .45-70: The Model 1895SBL (Our technical editor thinks the new Model 1895SBL is the state-of-the-art for a modern .45-70 lever-action carbine); Favorite Loads: Hot Off The Press – .45-70 Government (Add to your own reloading manual with our technical editor’s favorite .45-70 handloads); Budget For The Basics (There is more expense to owning a firearm than the price of a gun. Know what you’ll need at the outset – and what can wait); Accurate Air Rifles (Modern air rifles are fun and inexpensive to shoot. Recent advancements have turned the BB gun into a serious shooting tool); 10 Great Ideas For Handloading (Layne’s been handloading for a long time, and here’s his top-10 list of inovations that help make reloading more fun and efficient); Ruger 22 Charger (The new Ruger 22 Charger semiauto pistol is a “handgunned” version of the company’s enormously popular .22 ER 10/22 rifle); German Sport Guns GSG-5 (This fun-to-shoot German-made semiauto is a high quality .22 Long Rifle replica of the famed MP5 submachine gun); Savage’s 93R17 Classic (According to our shooting editor, this sweet, little .17 HMR bolt-action shows flashes of brilliance on the shooting range) Departments – Ask The Experts (Our panel of experts answers all your questions about handguns, rifles, shotguns, and more); Shooter’s Update (Check out the latest gun-related news and take a look at the newest handguns, rifles, shotguns, in-lines, optics, ammunition, and accessories) Columns – Letters (ST‘s readers speak out); Going Ballistic! (Allan demonstrates some of the fascinating things you can learn from catching your bullets); Trigger Time (Greg offers you the fruits of some hard-learned lessons about having a custom carry 1911 built); Practical Reloading (Lane says that conventional wisdom sometimes misses the mark, especially when it comes to maximizing case life); The Shootist (Paul shoots Remington’s Model 760 GameMaster, which he thinks is the most popular pump-action rifle of all time); The Gunsmith (Reid shows you a couple of simple tools you can make reassembling your firearms a whole lot easier); Eye On Optics (Guthrie explores the subject of inexpensive riflescopes and outlines some of the things you need to look for and think about); Hipshots Reloaded (Skeeter’s eyes were riveted to Francisco Bustarnonte’s .44 Russian Model P Colt. It was a once-in-a-lifetime deal in mint condition – except for one small detail)
Issue: March 2009
Condition: Very Good