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Jan 14, 2025 | 
wolfeoutdoorsports.com | Patrick Meitin |Art Merrill
About the Cover... A Montana Rifle Company Highline rifle chambered in 6.5 PRC. It has a 24-inch barrel (1:8 twist) with a Zeiss Conquest V4 6-24x 50mm scope mounted in Warne Mountain Tech rings Photograph by Chris Downs.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
ssusa.org | Art Merrill
Competitors concerned with weight savings have a new option from scope-mounting specialist Warne. Made of a special alloy, HyperLite rings shave significant weight compared to aluminum rings while still providing plenty of heft to ensure neither rings nor scope is going to move under recoil.
Warne says HyperLite rings are 35% lighter than aluminum rings, thanks to a Warne exclusive alloy it calls MagnaFusion.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
ssusa.org | Art Merrill
Not so long ago, determining bullet velocity was still guesswork for the home hobbyist. Then in 1948, a U.S. Navy Commander introduced handloaders to a remarkable free tool for accurately estimating muzzle velocity. All that’s needed is a ruler.
In the days before electronic chronographs, handloaders had no method for directly measuring bullet velocities.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
ssusa.org | Art Merrill
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Tandemkross, likely America’s most prolific creator and supplier of accurizing parts, accessories and specialty tools for rimfire competition firearms, has a new barrel for Ruger’s modular 10/22.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
ssusa.org | Art Merrill
Vintage Military Rifle competitors and NRA members have an unusual opportunity to buy military surplus Krag-Jorgensen rifles from the Civilian Marksmanship Program. The U.S. Army released about 800 of the 1890s-era bolt action rifles to CMP, which is selling them on a first come, first served basis. Intriguingly, among them may be examples of quite scarce Krags.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
ssusa.org | Art Merrill
A new match-grade bullet from Hornady comes with the claim the handloader need make no changes in die setup or powder charge—or even ballistic solver data—from that presently being used for another manufacturer’s identical bullet. Simply substitute the Hornady Aeromatch bullet, “… and all you gotta do is pull the trigger,” according to a Hornady video.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
ssusa.org | Art Merrill
Marketed as a lightweight “survival” rifle, Mountain Billy Gun Lab’s GOAT-15 is essentially an AR-15 scaled down for the .22 Long Rifle cartridge and made feather-light for easy packing and unobtrusive storage. But that’s partly disguise. It’s also an exceptionally safe, instructor-controlled .22 for acquainting future Junior High Power shooters with the AR-15.
On the list of survival rifle attributes, the first is size.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
ssusa.org | Art Merrill
There are few inventions predating paved roads and indoor plumbing that remain staggeringly popular today, but among those few we can name the .22 Long Rifle cartridge. Though its design is so outdated that it should have gone out with buttonhooks and buggy whips, more than two billion cartridges are still manufactured every year. With Winchester’s introduction of the .21 Sharp, the .22 LR finally gets an update.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
ssusa.org | Art Merrill
WARNING: All technical data in this publication, especially for handloading, reflect the limited experience of individuals using specific tools, products, equipment and components under specific conditions and circumstances not necessarily reported in the article and over which the National Rifle Association (NRA) has no control. The data has not otherwise been tested or verified by the NRA.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
ssusa.org | Art Merrill
Intended to pack the powerful punch of five .45 ACP cartridges in the smallest possible package, the innovative Semmerling might be the most counterintuitive pistol of the 20th century. A successful conglomeration of surprising engineering choices, it was nonetheless a Cold War business failure. Yet, in a way, it’s still here.
The first clue indicating this pistol is different appears when handed the pistol and one attempts to confirm it is unloaded.
