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A DIFFERENT KIND OF AUSTRIAN PERFECTION

Getting paid to travel the world and shoot guns is pretty much the definition of a privileged existence. But once you’ve analyzed the latest striker-fired 9mm handgun (again) and yet another AR that’s claimed by the manufacturer to offer something that no one else does, just like every other company out there, well things start getting a little same-y. We know, first-world problems…

Then something comes along to kick you in the nuts, slapping you with the realization that yes, you could be back swinging a hammer for a living and daydreaming about the weekend when you get to shoot your favorite guns. As you’ve probably noticed, we’re not big into hunting rifles here at RECOIL. Over on the CARNIVORE side of the house, well that’s their bread and butter, but in this publication a bolt gun had better be pretty damn exceptional if it graces these pages.

This is one of those exceptional, nut-kicking guns, and every time you delve a little bit deeper, it delivers another love tap.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE FIREARMS REALM THE EUROPEANS DO A BIT DIFFERENTLY,

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