Tested: Savage Model 110 Carbon Predator rifle
The Carbon Predator is an accurate, updated, lighter version of the venerable Model 110 with a Proof Research carbon fiber-wrapped stainless barrel and a stock that allows for a custom fit.
Mike Dickerson
High-Grade Upgrade: Benelli’s Lupo Rifle Gets a Beautiful Walnut Stock
With the Benelli Lupo Walnut, you’re not just getting a very accurate hunting rifle. You’re getting a visually stunning rifle that deserves to be treated as a family heirloom.
Tested: Bushmaster’s 450 BOAR Rifle
This rifle is built specifically for hunters, and as its name implies, the gun is chambered for the potent 450 Bushmaster cartridge, turning an AR-15 into a thumper of a hunting rifle for most North American game when used within the round’s range limitations.
Nosler’s Stunning New Model 21 Rifle
This gun is not cheap, but if you’re looking for a high-quality factory rifle that comes close to being a custom-built gun, the Model 21 may fit the bill.
Field Tested: Benelli’s BE.S.T. Lupo Rifle
When Benelli first introduced the rifle in 2019, they got a lot of things right, combining modern features hunters want in a relatively light package that delivers great accuracy.
Browning’s Wildly Popular X-Bolt Hell’s Canyon Speed Rifle Has a New Name – And a Completely New Look
In keeping with Browning’s penchant for continuously improving the X-Bolt line, that model has now evolved into the new X-Bolt Speed rifle.
Doubling Down on Big Bears in Alberta
I had just shot the biggest black bear of my life. Thirty minutes later, I shot an even bigger one.
The X-Bolt Mountain Pro: Browning’s Best Turnbolt Rifle Ever?
If you ask the folks at Browning Firearms which X-Bolt rifle model is the finest built to date, they will likely tell you it is the X-Bolt Mountain Pro. After testing the rifle at the range and in the field, the author completely agrees.
Bushnell’s New Fusion X Binoculars Reflect a Quarter Century of Laser Rangefinder Innovation
I had an opportunity to use the binoculars for a short time on a prairie dog shoot in Wyoming and came away impressed because the Fusion X binoculars pack a lot of functionality into an affordable package. The binoculars are backed by Bushnell’s transferable lifetime warranty, which translates into a defined life of 20 years for the binoculars and five years for the electronics.
Montana Tough: Franchi’s Momentum Elite Varmint Rifle – Full Review
As so often happens when stalking pronghorn antelope, failure comes before success. I was hunting on the vast Crow Reservation in southeast Montana – an area that defines big, open country with little stalking cover – and had already blown one attempt when a previously unseen band of pronghorn materialized and spooked the herd I was stalking.