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Mossberg 940 Pro Field
This week, we’re taking a closer look at the 940 Pro Field from Mossberg. The do-it-all hunting workhorse of the 940 Pro lineup, the 940 Pro Field can take hunters from the deer blind to the duck blind, and even hit the turkey woods in between. The shotgun comes standard with a barrel-length …
Preview: Sure Cycle +6 Magazine Extension Tube For Remington Shotguns
Sure Cycle Performance Products engineers solutions for everyday shotgun users, whether it be for competition use, home defense or hunting applications. One such solution, the +6 Magazine Extension Tube is available for one of the most common shotgun platforms ever made—the Remington 870. Included is a 16.5″ stainless-steel magazine tube …
A First-Year Magnum: Shooting The S&W “Pre-29”
The Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum has a distinctly American backstory. Introduced to much fanfare in 1955 as the “most powerful handgun in the world,” the .44 arrived at a time when we were adding muscle and power to cars, jets and space rockets. The .44 Mag. was a dramatic leap ahead …
6 EDC Flashlights Under $100
Our gun is the least often used of all the everyday carry (EDC) tools we carry, mainly because it takes extreme circumstances to pull it out. But a flashlight – now that’s a different matter. Aside from our wallet and keys, the flashlight is one of the most commonly used …
First Look: Mepro Back-Up Sight Sets
New from Mepro are two just-released front and rear backup sight sets. The engineers at Mepro have a background of service in the Israel Defense Forces, and they know first-hand the value of having a go-to-back-up plan. They designed a pair of back-up sights out of this experience to give shooters another …
Reloading On The Range
Relatively early in adolescence, I learned that the secret to productivity is to fit smaller tasks into my periods of downtime. Shooting is one of those activities that is chock full of these periods, no matter how hard it is to accept. Between ceasefires, barrel cooling and firing unnecessary rounds …
Optical Resolution: How Sharp Is Sharp?
We were glassing a small herd of whitetail deer in an alfalfa field about 250 yards. away when my hunting buddy said, “I think I can see antlers on the deer on the right. What do you see?” “It’s a buck alright, and he’s got a fairly good four-by-five-point rack,” …
Vermont: Gun Bill Redux Advances to the Governor
Montpelier gun banners worked their way around the Governor’s veto of S.30 and advanced a new gun bill, S.4, that incorporated the Governor’s suggested change. This essentially put a band-aid on a catastrophe. S.4 is still a horrible bill, and underscores what anti-gun majorities in the Vermont Statehouse view as their priority. S.30 originally began as a …
NRA Gun Of The Week: Christensen Arms Ridgeline Scout
Christensen Arms is a company with roots in aerospace design that has used its manufacturing abilities to create well-crafted, turn-bolt rifles. The Ridgeline Scout is one such rifle from the company that offers carbon fiber components to provide the end user with a durable, lightweight take on the quintessential hunting rifle. …
Rifleman Q&A: Unserialized Remington Mosin-Nagants?
Q. My Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant rifle was made by Remington in 1917 for Imperial Russia with stampings of an ordnance bomb in the wood above the magazine, and a “P” below the trigger. The unusual feature is the absence of a serial number. Do you know of other non-numbered Remington Mosin-Nagants? …