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Affordable Versatility: Exploring the .300 Blackout’s Potential with a Budget Bolt Gun and LPVO

March 10, 2025December 3, 2024 by Brent Spicer

The .300 Blackout cartridge has gained quite a following in recent years, especially among AR-15 enthusiasts. But what about those looking for a bolt-action option that is even more quiet? Enter the Savage Axis II in .300 Blackout, a budget-friendly rifle that brings this versatile cartridge to the bolt gun world. Pair it with the … Read more

Savage Axis XP 2: Long-Range Shooting & Hunting on a Budget

March 10, 2025September 19, 2024 by Brent Spicer

A lot of hunters and casual target shooters are interested in trying out the 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge to see what all the rage is about. Others are looking for a light-recoiling gun to introduce a youngster to deer hunting. The Savage Axis II XP will not disappoint in either application, and the best part is it won’t … Read more

Gun Review: Ruger Precision Rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor

March 6, 2025March 3, 2021 by Tyler Kee

Ruger’s Precision Rifle created quite the buzz when it was announced. As a tech guy by day, I shudder every time I hear phrases like “paradigm shift,” but to look at Ruger’s newest rifle, you’d be hard pressed to find a different phrase to describe what they’ve done. On paper, you have a very modular … Read more

Gun Review: Remington Model 700 SPS-T in 300 Blackout

March 6, 2025July 11, 2020 by Woody

Getting a threaded muzzle on a factory rifle saves a lot of time and trouble (and some money) for shooters who want to add a suppressor. Count me in. I like silencers on my handguns, and I’m considering selling a car to fund a silencer purchase for a long gun, so I’ve been shooting bolt-action … Read more

SHOT Show Range Day: The Christensen Arms Ranger .22

March 6, 2025January 21, 2020 by Travis Pike

Let’s see…we have the KRISS .22, the LCP 22, the CP33, the GLOCK G44. Something about 2020 has brought us back to the .22 LR. Maybe it’s the fact there are two twos in 2020 that has inspired the gun makers of the world to design more .22 LR products. I love the .22 LR … Read more

Gun Review: Strasser RS14 Evolution Rifle

December 6, 2018 by Jeremy S.

A year ago, Nick reviewed the original Strasser RS14. His biggest gripe, other than bemoaning the recoil of its stout chambering, was the expensive and proprietary scope mount system. Cool for sure, but limiting. Six months later, Strasser had taken his feedback to heart and produced this: the RS14 Evolution. With a Picatinny rail machined … Read more

Hands on with the LaRue Siete Bolt Action Rifle

February 1, 2018 by Chris Heuss

LaRue Tactical has been teasing us with a bolt action rifle for at least three years. As a die hard [with a vengeance] LaRue customer I was particularly excited to get my hands on the new LaRue Siete at SHOT Show. As you’d expect from a rifle named after the Spanish word for seven, the … Read more

New From Legacy Sports International: Howa Chassis Rifle

January 16, 2017 by Jeremy S.

Legacy Sports International’s Howa brand has announced its new HCR Chassis Rifle. It’s available in various barrel length and profile options chambered in .223, .243, 6.5 Creedmoor, or .308, and even as a package with a Nikko Stirling 4-16x scope. Legacy Sports’ press release and more photos follow… Howa Chassis Rifle from Legacy Sports International, … Read more

Gun Review: Mossberg 100 ATR

May 24, 2011 by Foghorn

I walked into my gun store last week fully expecting to buy a Remington 700 in .308 Winchester. As I was walking down the aisles toward that long-touted paragon of bolt actions this little beauty caught my eye. It’s a short action bolt action rifle chambered for .308 Winchester made by Mossberg. It’s called the 100 ATR. The firearm comes with a free-floated barrel, pre-installed rails for a scope and iron sights. IRON SIGHTS! The Mossberg 100 ATR only cost a fraction of what I would have paid for a Rem 700 (and became cheaper by the second as I reminded my local gun shop owner just how much I spend on transfers there to do reviews for this site). But is it any good?

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