A number of gun makers have signed onto Jeff Cooper’s scout rifle concept…a lightweight bolt action carbine chambered in a caliber (usually .308) that could take down anything in North America, and is useable with either iron sights or a forward-mounted optic. It could be the one rifle you own…if you’re only going to own … Read more
Big Horn Armory’s got a new twist on Jeff Cooper’s venerable Scout rifle design. Rather than the traditional bolt gun, their take on the concept is a laminate stock nitrided lever gun chambered in 500 Smith & Wesson. You can get one with either a 16- or 22-inch barrel. What do you think Col. Cooper … Read more
I had been feeling bad about my poor Mosin. There it was, sitting under a bunk bed in the cabin. All but forgotten and slowly rusting away. It had probably been two years since it was last fired. I know I’m not alone here – there are maybe 4,000,000 Mosin Nagants in the U.S.. Hard … Read more
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