May 2022

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Equal And Opposite Reactions
Everyone who loves guns, loves big guns. Don’t believe me? Pull out a .44 Rem. Mag. at your range and watch everyone flock. Uncase a .500 S&W Magnum and a couple bystanders might even work up enough courage to ask if they can pull the trigger a time
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Feasting On Crumbs
TriStar Arms: Have you heard of them? If that answer is “no,” you don’t need to start questioning your gun knowledge. The brand has only been around for a short time and, oddly enough, TriStar’s success story was almost never written—until Gus Bader
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▪ 375 HOLLAND & HOLLAND MAGNUM
Originated by the British firm Holland & Holland in 1912, this is one of the original belted, rimless, magnum-type cartridges. It has been used as the basis for numerous wildcats and most of the Weatherby cartridges. Holland & Holland furnished it in
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Just Checking
Some mistakes you make only once. If you want to practice more, you reload your ammo. If you want the best-possible ammo for a given competition, you reload your ammo. And, sooner or later, when vacuuming up the range, you’ll pick up a piece of bras
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When Less Is More
About 15 or so years ago, the concept of “shooting the person to the ground” came into vogue, and while many instructors gave the idea up when the ammo crunch hit, I still know a few who hang onto that ill-conceived idea. Let me tell you why that adv
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Battling Bearing Surface
There’s a marked change in progress in the rifle bullet industry, and one that’s not going away. Our bullets are growing longer, ogives are flattening out, and the notable shift away from lead-core designs has our traditional bullet weights growing i
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Rollin’ Out The Big Guns
Shooters who still swear by the .45 ACP to protect their six should like the news coming out of Springfield Armory. Keeping the big-boy cartridge relevant for self-defense, the company has introduced its XD-M in a pack perfect for EDC. The Elite 3.8-
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Marlin Rides Again
The standard gun review usually begins with some history and then transitions to explanations about how the gun works, its features and how it performed. This isn’t a standard gun review because the gun I’m reviewing isn’t really a new gun. Well, tha
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Bushmaster Of None?
There’s no other cartridge I love—and hate—more than the .450 Bushmaster. On the positive side, it has been an extremely reliable hunting round. That said, I’ve longed to never fire the round again. My relationship with this cartridge is solely based
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The Bold And The Beautiful
One of the most intriguing, photogenic and divisive pistols is the Magnum Research Desert Eagle. These large-sized 4-pound handguns chambered in magnum handgun cartridges constantly appear in movies, TV shows and video games … yet many modern shooter
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Show & Auction
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Big-block Glock
Quick question: Which do you favor—kinetic energy or momentum? If you favor KE, then a 9mm +P+ with 115-grain JHPs is your measure, your option. But if you favor momentum, then something chambered in .45 is what you want. Like a .45 ACP with a 230-gr
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Giant Killers
We were preparing for our first Cape buffalo safari—a seven-day jaunt to the famous Selous Reserve of southern Tanzania—busily working up handloads for the rifles. The game plan was that I’d be using my Winchester Model 70 in .416 Remington Magnum, a
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Riot On The Radio …
This article was originally published in Gun Digest’s sister magazine, RECOIL. For more content from those editors, go to GunDigestStore.com and search “Recoil.” For some shooters, long range just doesn’t cut it. There are simply never enough foot-po
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The NEW Bible on Rimfire Rifles!
Inside this full-color, 272-page must-have book: • Keys to maximum rifle accuracy • How ammo from CCI, Lapua, and ELEY is made • Matching the right ammo to your rifle You’ll get further insights from Q&As with Mike Bush of Vudoo, 22Plinkster, Olympic
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The Complete Guide to GUNS PAST AND PRESENT
You’ll find all the guns you love, and many you never even knew about, in this handsome second edition of The Illustrated History of Firearms. This special project from Gun Digest and the experts at the NRA Firearms Museums is the most comprehensive
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The Keith Bullet
Bullet technology for handguns these days has become incredibly advanced in theory, but in terms of general performance in the field, not much has changed in the past century. Having been involved in the testing of projectiles for several companies a
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A Litter Of Kitties
The Hellcat has been one of the most popular concealed carry pistols on the market since its introduction, and Springfield recently announced the release of a new model in the family. The Springfield Hellcat Pro will come with an optics-ready slide,
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A $65 Fix For Your 365
In 2018, I reviewed the Sig Sauer P365 for this magazine. In that review, I wrote that the P365 wasn’t the easiest gun I’ve ever carried concealed, but that it was the easiest-to-carry 10-shot 9mm I’ve came across. That opinion hasn’t changed. What d

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