LOW POWERED VARIABLE OPTICS AND THE PATROL CARBINE
Over the last ten years or so, the use of low powered variable optics (LPVOs) on M4 carbines has become the standard set-up for most U.S. Special Operations forces and military units. LPVOs allow the user to have both near and far aiming capabilities via a turn of a ring, or in the case of the military issued, SU-230 (Elcan Specter DR 1X4 optic), a flick of a lever. To go from one power [...]
INTERMEDIATE SNIPER WEAPONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
Comparisons are often drawn between law enforcement (LE) and military snipers. Law enforcement snipers are dealing with significantly shorter ranges compared to their military counterparts. Although trained to do rural operations, most law enforcement sniper ops are urban in nature. Law enforcement snipers operate almost exclusively with their tactical [...]
30 YEARS OF REFINEMENT | Barrett M107A1 .50 BMG
Many feel the utility of what Ronnie Barrett started in 1982 with his .50 BMG rifles has yet to completely evolve. The long range potential of the .50 BMG mated with a Barrett rifle is what many feel is the ultimate combination of rifle and cartridge. Barrett recently celebrated [...]
ALL AROUND UTILITY | Ruger’s .223 Gunsite Scout Rifle
I first fired the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle (GSR) chambered in .308 Winchester at a Ruger’s writer’s seminar at Gunsite shortly before it was officially introduced in 2011. It was love at first, er, shot, and I ended up buying the rifle I tested. Later that same year my grandson [...]
HARD HITTING PRECISION | SIG SAUER’s 716 Designated Marksman Rifle
Labels are important in setting our expectations for a firearm. In U.S. military parlance, DMR stands for Designated Marksman Rifle. We will confine our discussion of DMR concepts and patterns to the U.S. experience. The default chambering of the DMR is .308 Winchester/7.62x51mm NATO. The DMR originated to fill the [...]
BOLT-ACTION THUMPER: .450 Bushmaster Ruger American Ranch Rifle
The .450 Bushmaster is descended from the "Thumper" concept popularized by Jeff Cooper. Cooper was not a fan of the 5.56x45mm NATO round and envisioned a need for a large-bore cartridge
Remington R2Mi .50 BMG
By its own admission, Remington says its new R2Mi .50 BMG bolt-action rifle “is built to shatter all previous expectations for long-range accuracy.” It’s quite a claim, but one look at the specs for the big-bore boomer leads one to believe the big green rifle from Big Green will deliver. [...]
New American Defense Precision Rifle Chassis
As a longtime firearm and hunting writer, I’ve often stressed the importance of range time as a necessity to make accurate shots on target. After all, there is nothing better than making a good shot and putting a bullet exactly where you want. Accuracy is critical in the field but [...]
Springfield Armory Saint Victor .308 Pistol
It’s no secret the world isn’t a very nice place right now. In fact, by the time these words hit subscriber mailboxes and the newsstand, things might even be worse — though I’m not exactly sure how the world could get more “bat-excrement-crazy” than right now. Regardless, as someone who [...]
Triple Threat
LWRC’s REPR MKII Delivers Match-Grade Precision, Gas-Piston Reliability And 7.62 NATO Power. Mike Cumpston With Stan Jarosz Photos: Takashi Sato In early 2017, LWRC took their 7.62x51 Rapid Engagement Precision Rifle to the next level. The REPR MK II still hews to the basic goal of the original—providing an ultra-reliable, [...]
Exclusive: New Savage 110 with AccuFit — A Legend Reborn
By Michael O. Humphries How do you remake a classic? How do you manage to retain everything that makes an original everyone loves so popular, yet gives customers all the newest and greatest benefits of today’s cutting-edge technology? Not an easy task, right? Well, Savage has done just that with [...]