---
title: "Gun Test: Montana Rifle Company Prairie Runner Video Review"
date: "2016-06-27"
modified: "2021-04-20"
authors:
  - name: "John B. Snow"
    job_title: "Shooting Editor"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/john-b-snow/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/gun-test-montana-rifle-company-prairie-runner-video-review/"
categories:
  - "Guns"
  - "Rifles"
tags:
  - "Gun Review"
---

# Gun Test: Montana Rifle Company Prairie Runner Video Review

![prairie runner rifle](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/MKJL75ZAXX3PZKPNTKKJGHTKQU.png>)
*A good varmint rifle needs to deliver excellent accuracy and be configured so the shooter can see his hits (or misses). The Prairie Runner excels at both. John B. Snow*

[Montana Rifle Co. Prairie Runner](<https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4im35t//_montana-rifle-co-prairie-runner_sport>) *by [OutdoorLife](<https://www.dailymotion.com/OutdoorLife/>)*

A good varmint rifle needs to deliver excellent accuracy and be configured so the shooter can see his hits (or misses). The Prairie Runner excels at both.

Chambered in .22/250, the Prairie Runner was one of our favorite guns to shoot at the 2016 Gun Test. Its best 5-shot group measured .521 inch with a Federal 40-grain hollowpoint, but it shot numerous bullet weights very well, which is a testament to the quality of MRC’s barrels. The lovely 2-pound 1-ounce trigger helped here, too. Overall, we were smitten with this rifle’s looks and performance and would happily take it afield.

To find more of the guns we tested at this year's Gun and Optics Test, [click here](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/gear/best-hunting-rifles/>).

## Author
John B. Snow is Shooting Editor of *Outdoor Life*, where he oversees the publication’s firearms and shooting coverage. This includes gear reviews, features on technical innovations, stories on shooting techniques and general hunting coverage with the occasional fishing story thrown into the mix. Originally from Seattle, he has lived all over the country, crisscrossing it by car and truck no fewer than 10 times as he’s moved from one location to the next. Since 2010 he has lived in Bozeman, Montana where he currently resides with his bird dog, Roo.

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