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Aug 8, 2024 | gunmart.net | Pete Moore

Short rifles have always elicited a deal of interest from the hunting community. This build style often goes hand in hand with a lighter/shorter build and calibre. Sometimes called Micro actions, they are well suited to cartridges like .222/.223 Rem, .300 Blackout, 6.5 Grendel, and 7.62x39. However, scaling down a standard short-action receiver, although logical, makes for a rather specialised rifle that might not have a greater general appeal.

Aug 7, 2024 | gunmart.net | Pete Moore

CRKT (Columbia River Knife & Tool) has been around for some time and today offers an eclectic range. My first encounter was a test I did on the Kit Carson M16-14 folding Tanto, many years ago. In fact, this and my original Spyderco Rescue were probably the two blades that started me collecting. Modern thinkingAs with any industry, there are varying design trends over the years and cutlery is no exception.

Jul 24, 2024 | gunmart.net | Pete Moore

As an arms producer, Sabatti of Italy has been around since 1674 and is still going strong today. In the UK, this name was little known, apart from their copy of Ruger’s 10/22 semi-auto, which is now discontinued. However, their product lines are diverse, with double and single rifles, hunting and competition shotguns, plus hunting, tactical, and precision bolt-actions. Previously tested in the magazine, the ST18 and Tactical Evo were capable shooters.

Jul 10, 2024 | gunmart.net | Pete Moore

It’s generally accepted these days that some form of bipod is nearly mandatory for hunting and target shooting, where allowed. With the ability to be quickly deployed and used, they allow more accuracy and therefore a greater effective range. Tripods, too, have been around forever, perhaps even longer, but have mainly been employed as optical mounts for spotting scopes or cameras.

Jun 25, 2024 | gunmart.net | Pete Moore

As a hunter, I value quality optics. In the early days, this meant a decent rifle scope and maybe a set of binoculars. However, the advent of laser range finding (LRF) monoculars moved things along by making range finding incredibly easy. Combined operationsThe next step was to combine the LRF and bino functions, to produce the BRF (Binocular Range Finder). The first set I ever tried was from Bushnell. They were big and clunky but did the job.