Hunting Rifles

We put the best new hunting rifles to the test and review the classics.

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lever action rifle
Hunting Rifles

Make Your Lever-Action Rifle More Accurate with These Tips and Shooting Techniques

By Dave Emary

A black and white photo of Jack O'Connor shooting with a sling.
Hunting Rifles

Jack O’Connor Explains Why You’ve Been Using Your Rifle Sling All Wrong

By Jack O'Connor

6.5 cm vs. .30/06
Hunting Rifles

6.5 Creedmoor vs .30-06: Is One of These Popular Big Game Cartridges Inherently Better?

By Mike Dickerson

Beretta A300
Hunting Rifles

This Week’s 25 Best Gun Deals: Rifles, Turkey Shotuguns, Handguns, and Ammo

By Scott Einsmann

This is how you master the wind while prone
Hunting Rifles

How Hunters Can Master the Wind on Long Shots

By John B. Snow

jack o'connor's rifles
Hunting Rifles

Photos of Jack O’Connor’s Perfect Winchester Model 70

By Gary Lewis

winchester xpr sheep rifle
Hunting Rifles

Best Sheep Rifles: My Lifelong Pursuit of the Ultimate Mountain Hunting Rig

By Tyler Freel

A 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge doesn't always produce the best blood trails on deer.
Hunting Rifles

Podcast: Are You Getting Bad Blood Trails with the 6.5 Creedmoor? This Is Why

By Natalie Krebs

Sean Murphy with Springfield DS Prodigy
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Cyber Monday Gun Deals

By Scott Einsmann

An illustration of a man with a hawken rifle near a crowd.
Hunting Rifles

My Father’s Hawken Rifle Was Legendary for Taking Our Thanksgiving Turkeys

By Orie C. Ramsay

Jim Carmichel with an elk
Hunting Rifles

3 Rifles to Hunt the World, According to Jim Carmichel

By Jim Carmichel

nemo electus
Hunting Rifles

Nemo Electus: A New Premium Bolt-Action For Big Game

By John B. Snow

wood stock deer hunting rifle
Hunting Rifles

The Best Wood-Stocked Deer Rifles 

By Alex Robinson

280 remington
Hunting Rifles

The .280 Remington Should Have Been a Success. Here’s Why It Wasn’t

By Jim Carmichel

american guns
Hunting Rifles

Jim Carmichel’s 9 Greatest American Guns

By Jim Carmichel

A scratched up Winchester 94 and some loose rounds lay against some old wooden boards.
Hunting Rifles

Jack O’Connor on America’s Number One Sporting Rifle — the Winchester 94 in .30-30

By Jack O'Connor

ruger m77 guide gun
Hunting Rifles

The Best Ruger Guide Gun Is the .30/06

By Tyler Freel

Jack O'Connor on safari, kneeling behind a waterbuck with three guides/trackers beside him.
Hunting Rifles

The .270 Isn’t Powerful Enough? Jack O’Connor Took His on a 30-Day African Safari

By Jack O'Connor

30-30 cartridges
Hunting Rifles

Jack O’Connor’s Opinion of the Old .30-30 Winchester

By Jack O'Connor

.30-06 springfield
Hunting Rifles

Jack O’Connor’s Opinion of the Indestructible .30-06

By Jack O'Connor