Indholdsfortegnelse for March 2021 i Gun Digest

When I was a kid, Dad had a radio in the barn that played every second of every day for as long as I can remember. He wasn’t a “music man” by any stretch of the imagination, and, oddly enough, I don’t recall him ever singing—or even humming—along with any of the lyrics. Except for one song: “Time Marches On” by Tracy Lawrence. “The only thing that stays the same, is that everything changes … everything changes.” Funny thing is, from my earliest memories until the day I moved away from home, the only thing that changed about that radio was the thickness of the barn dust resting upon it. Apparently, the lifespan of a radio can be quite extensive. Regardless, despite my dad’s affection for it, I hated that…

The “rule of threes” tells us our limits are three minutes of air, three hours in an inhospitable environment (hot or cold), three days without water, and three weeks without food. (You can stretch some of those, and some people I’ve seen lately could do well with 3 weeks without food. But I digress …) Suddenly, there’s news on the radio and TV, and your cell phone is buzzing its little head off: There’s a “boil water” emergency in your city/county. “I’m OK, I have bottled water stashed under the stairs.” Tell that to the people of Flint. And good luck bathing in bottled water. If you’ve planned ahead, then the Sawyer Tap Filter will do you right. This isn’t a bug-out-bag water filtration system. It’s for your house. It…

Well, here we are again. As if the lack of factory-loaded ammunition wasn’t enough of a challenge to shooters, reloading components are becoming increasingly scarce, and costs are increasing daily. Even the reloading gear is a scarcity in some cases, with folks having issues getting presses, dies and more. To put some rumors to rest, the drought is a result of a few factors, though none are intentional on the behalf of the producers. First, we have nearly 8 million new shooters, all of which who need some amount of ammunition to feed those new firearms. Second, this COVID-19 pandemic has forced manufacturers to adopt different work environments; social distancing requirements have certainly led to a reduction in output in several businesses. Third, the majority of the components produced are…

In 1983, I made my first legal over-the-counter long-gun purchase: It was a Winchester 1894 AE (Angle Eject) Big Bore lever-action rifle chambered for the .307 Winchester. Up until that time, my parents, grandfather or best friend had to facilitate my weapons cache. This was a rifle I dearly wanted, and I considered it a graduation present to myself. My fondness was due to its svelte handling qualities lever-actions are known for, combined with its .308 Winchester-like performance. For deer hunting in the hills of West Virginia, I felt there could be nothing better. I’m not so sure I wasn’t right. The rifle performed marvelously for me. I used it to take several deer, and if my memory serves, I don’t think I ever missed a deer with that rifle.…

The phrase “One Good Gun” can mean different things to different people, depending on the gun’s history, type and style. After all, a gun is just an inanimate object, a machine designed and built to perform certain functions. Right? But, as all of us gunny types know, a gun isn’t just a “thing.” Over time, with use, travel and many hunting trips, a gun gradually acquires character, a personality, a life of its own, as molded by the owner’s interpretation. So it is with the history and heritage of my Richland Model 200 20-gauge side-by-side shotgun. Let’s start at the beginning. My gun was made by Zabala in Spain in about 1971. Richland Arms Co. was founded in Blissfield, Michigan, in the mid-1960s by Thomas Hoagland, Jr., who also owned…

While its name doesn’t get bantered about like some .22 LR pistols, shooters have long respected what the Browning Buck Mark brings to the table. Chief among these, accuracy and reliability. The slick and still futuristic-looking pistol is a lights-out option in its class. And, with Browning not allowing the line to go fallow, has only gotten better over the years. Case in point, the two new Buck Mark pistols the gunmaker unveiled for 2021. Swelling the line’s numbers to 41 total pistols are the Buck Mark Plus Vision UFX and Buck Mark Contour URX 5.5-inch. Purpose-built and advancing the fundamental design, the guns stay true to the line’s roots while offering shooters some much-appreciated amenities and tweaks. Buck Mark Contour Gray URX 5.5-Inch The Buck Mark Contour is nothing…

FROM GUN DIGEST’S CARTRIDGES OF THE WORLD. ORDER AT GUNDIGESTSTORE.COM. HISTORICAL NOTES The 6mm Remington has exactly the same case dimensions as the .244 Remington. They differ only in the fact that the 6mm Remington is loaded with bullets of up to 100 grains, whereas the .244 Remington was never loaded with bullets of more than 90 grains. Ammunition marked .244 Remington can be fired in 6mm Remington chambers and vice versa. However, rifles marked .244 Remington will not always stabilize the 100-grain bullet. The difference in the two is that .244 rifles (if manufactured by Remington) have a 1:12 rifling twist, and rifles marked 6mm have a 1:9 twist. When Remington introduced the .244, in 1955, it selected the 1:12 twist as best suited to long-range accuracy with bullets…

Building cutting-edge electronic optics is nothing new for Burris. Long before every lens grinder and their mother turned to outfitting their scopes with a range-finding and bullet-drop compensation, the Colorado company was churning them out. Despite being a handful size-wise (OK … it’s borderline awkward), the Eliminator has become legendary for its ability to help hunters fill their tags. Despite its size, everyone who mounts an Eliminator to a riflescope seems to love it. Now, Burris has a new set of electronic optics in its sights: thermal scopes. Night hunting has exploded in popularity in recent decades, right alongside hog and coyote numbers. And with improvements on low-light imaging and aiming solutions, thermal optics have upped hunters’ success rates way beyond the days of spotlighting. Burris has gone big in…

01 Taylor’s & Company Gunfighter Defender No discussion of collectable guns is complete without an 1873 Single Action Army of some sort. Taylor’s & Company has a doozy joining its roster for 2021: the Gunfighter Defender. Essentially modeled on the original Gunfighter, the six-gun is outfitted with the Runnin’ Iron model’s lowered and wider spur, for a faster cocking time and better handling for mounted shooting. Additionally, Taylor’s & Company opted for 1860 Army grips, longer and wider than the traditional Navy type, making it more comfortable for larger hands. They’re walnut too—that, along with color-case hardened frame, gives the gun real throwback appeal. Available in .357 Magnum/.38 Special and .45 Colt, the Gunfighter Defender has a competitive edge with plenty of Old West flare. MSRP: Starting at $654 02…

The Namibian drought had taken a serious toll on the wildlife, as the grass was nearly gone. Among the various species, the springbok was, perhaps, best suited to these nearly impossible conditions. And there was no lack of springbok, numbering in the thousands. I had taken a good springbok on a previous safari, so the species wasn’t high on my list. But, when Professional Hunter Maré van der Merwe happened to glass a fantastic ram, my priorities immediately changed. Impossibly tall, this springbok certainly stood out from the crowd. Frustrated by a lack of cover, Maré spread the sticks and informed me that 300 yards was the closest we could possibly get; there were too many sets of eyes to try to close the gap. I nestled the forend of…

Just a couple decades ago, you never really saw a bolt-action with a barrel length less than 20 inches. For the better part of a century, it was common practice for rifles to have a standard length of 24 inches and, as a result, most of the industry’s ammunition testing is done with barrels of this length. This has led to a misconception that long barrels are needed for accuracy, but this and other myths are being dispelled as technology and new materials allow unheard-of performance. Case in point: a 16-inch 6.5 Creedmoor that fits in a racket case and can drill targets past 1,000 yards. THE RIFLE To accomplish the feat of building out a rifle that can fit into a racket case and pick off plates at a…

In the world of defensive hand-gunning, handguns, holsters and ammunition get the most attention. Gun belts are usually considered an accessory, when in reality they’re a necessity. So, why don’t gun belts get more attention? Partly because most people don’t understand the importance of a good gun belt, and partly because humans try to save money any way they can. Any belt will support a holster, right? Yeah, for sure. Just about any belt will support a holster. But the job of a gun belt is not to just support a holster; a gun belt needs to support a holster, a handgun and maybe even a reload. Not only does it need to support those things, but it also needs to hold them securely so that access to the handgun…

There have always been Luger collectors. They’re the hot, sexy redheads of the handgun world—and good for those who have them. Of course, there are other collectible handguns as well, such as the ones made for Allied use in World War II. At the start of WWII, we had a problem. Oh, we’d been here before—the one they had called The Great War. We didn’t have enough firearms. (I’m sure the next time we have a big war, we’ll have the exact same problem.) With all the services mobilizing and expanding, we needed guns. Smith & Wesson didn’t drop everything and begin making 1911s, machine guns and artillery pieces. They were set up to make revolvers, and there were plenty of uses for firearms that didn’t necessarily call for something…

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Sometimes you just want as much firepower as you can get in the smallest package available. Forget all the talk about 9mm, .45 ACP, .357 Magnum or even 10mm—those are all pistol calibers, and as the axiom goes, “The only good use for a pistol in a firefight is to fight a path to your rifle.” No, what I’m talking about is rifle calibers. If things go south, most people would prefer a rifle; it’s just not practical to carry one. So, we resort to handguns with all of the limitations of handgun calibers. But what if your pistol is your rifle? It’d negate the limitations that handguns possess. That’s the intent behind the Mini Draco from Century Arms. It’s an AK pistol chambered in the AK’s legendary cartridge: the…