Savage introduced a lightweight hunting rifle this year at the SHOT Show. The rifle in .308 only weighs 5.5 lbs. It has an American Walnut Stock, detachable magazine, fluted bolt, and action that has been lightened. The pricepoint is
08-Mar-2011
Savage Lightweight Hunter – New for 2011
Category : Hunting, Rifles, SHOT Show 2011, Video
06-Mar-2011
Savage 16/116 Bear Hunter – New for 2011
Category : Hunting, Rifles, SHOT Show 2011, Video
We got to shoot the new Savage 16/116 Bear Hunter. The model we shot was the 116 in .300 Win Mag and we were impressed with Savages twist on/off muzzle break as it made the recoil very manageable. The rifle has a 23″ medium
04-Mar-2011
We had the opportunity to shoot the new Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle in .308 at the 2011 SHOT Show Media Day. The rifle comes with all the features you’d expect on a Ruger like controlled-round-feed and claw extractor and then adds a few
16-Nov-2010
In the early 1900’s it was common to do a lot of what was referred to as Gallery Practice. This is shooting on a short range, usually indoors, with reduced loads out of the exact same rifle that is going to be shot at long range. Townsend Whelen who was captain of the US Army Infantry Rifle Team during this same time period talks about this type of practice in a pamphlet he wrote for the military called Suggestions to Military Rifleman. These loads were often loaded with cast bullets and fast pistol powder. The range they were shot at was generally 50 yards.
To practice I use a light cast bullet load with 13 grains of 2400 in a 308 case and a bullet cast out of a Lee 173 grain mold. Commercial Cast bullets such as those from The Oregon Trail Bullet Company can also be used if the shooter doesn’t have the means to cast his own.
It is important that the long range shooter becomes as
11-Nov-2010
Shooting Off a Bipod
Category : Bipods, How-To, Long Range, Rifles, Tactical
There is a lot of talk on the Internet about proper bipod technique; but, I have never found anything definitive. Some use a hard hold, while some use free recoil, and others use something in between. I shoot F/TR class in NRA high-power matches. In these matches you shoot strings of 15 to 20 rounds at a 1 minute of angle ten ring and a ½ minute of angle X-ring. I have found it is very hard to be consistent over this many shots.
Proper technique for shooting off a bipod takes a lot of practice and experimenting with what works best for you
Since there has been no definitive article that I have found on proper bipod hold I decided to do my own testing.
01-Sep-2010
A while back I decided that a suppressed .22lr would be a fun addition to my collection. Not being one to settle for the bare minimums, I decided to build a well thought out package that would be as quiet as possible, pleasing to the eye, and accurate as well. There are a pile of .22 rifle and pistol makers, a much smaller pile of .22lr suppressor makers, and just a few producers of subsonic .22 ammo.
For the rifle, I had to choose from a bolt action or semi automatic. As being quiet as possible is a factor in my decision making, I choose to buy a bolt action. Semi automatic .22’s are plenty accurate, but are not nearly as quiet due to the excessive noise that the bolt creates while cycling. This reduced the available number of rifles to choose from
