Innehållsförteckning för June 2016 från Gun Digest

There is a massive amount of interest today in long-range shooting, and in engineering firearms with the best possible rifle and cartridge pairings for professional operators and military snipers. The Ithaca gun company, a well-established American gun making institution, has decided to make a major move into the high performance long-range sector with the introduction of ultra-long-range precision sniper rifles. Notice, if you will, that I have indicated that these are “sniper” rifles and not the basic, or even advanced, sporting-type firearms. The expectations in the discipline of the modern sniper, or police sharpshooter, are much higher, and Ithaca has decided to address the subject with three different long-range precision shooting systems, available to both the public and professional organizations. These include: the Guardian, a short-action rifle; the Protector, a…

The phone rang on a snowy Saturday afternoon in early 2000, and upon answering I found my dad, Ol’ Grumpy Pants, on the other end of the line. The original conversation I can’t recall, but I do remember we got onto the subject of hunting caribou. You see, Grumpy Pants had just returned from a late-season caribou hunt in Quebec’s James Bay area, at the southern tip of the migration, and saw some of the longest shots he’d ever seen. “What’s the flattest shooting .30 caliber they make?” asked GP. Being a veteran who was U.S. Army-trained to shoot the M14 in the Vietnam era, my father didn’t truly believe any other caliber really existed. “Well Pop, there are no flies on your .300 Winchester, and that’s a great caribou…

Just in time for some early season prairie dog shooting, I was able to take a look at a new riflescope from Tract Optics: the Toric Ultra HD. This particular model uses a 3-15x42mm objective lens and mounts a reticle design centering on the basic T-Plex etched glass system (it can also be obtained with a BDC Reticle). The scope features a 1-inch main tube and capped turret adjustments that appear to be ¼ clicks per inch. The turret housing on the Toric glass sight retains the third adjustment for parallax / focus correction at given ranges, and the focusing eyepiece (at the rear of the scope) has a full, 4-inch eye relief, which will alleviate “ring eye” from heavy, magnum calibers. Tract Optics built this scope in the first…

When it comes to the shooting sports, perhaps no issue at present is more popular, controversial, and heated than long-range shooting. If you ever want to see your mailbox explode with inbound letters from animated readers on both sides of the aisle, just raise the question about what qualifies as an “ethical” shot on an animal at “long range.” When you’re shooting at steel the ethical question is basically a non-issue, but add an animal to the equation and things get complicated. But despite the controversial aspect, long-range shooting is also wildly popular for a reason. And as a recent trip to the state of Washington proved, there’s a lot the competitive long-range shooting world can teach those in the hunting community. For the trip I joined Ken Hagen of…

As the old saying goes, “If you can’t see it, you can’t hit it,” and in the world of long-range shooting, nothing could be more true. Enter the new NightForce BEAST. The label is not about the looks or feel of the glass optic, but rather the hell management put engineers through when they indicated that Nightforce was to build the world’s best ultra-long-range sniper optic for military applications. What rolled out the end of the production line was a totally different, massively large riflescope that, by my estimation, will locate targets even beyond a mile, and then allow the shooter to calibrate an accurate, possible first-round hit against that previously located bad guy, varmint critter or steel plate. I was pleased to see this scope mounted on the Ithaca…

If you’re in the market for a new spotting scope, finding the right glass can be daunting, to say the least. Trying to find the best quality glass while looking at a mount on the wall of a sporting goods store doesn’t exactly allow the same experience that an in-the-field hunting situation does, either. Along with an endless price range, it’s very hard to decide which spotting scope fits your needs and budget. Most people in the market for new glass want long-term quality for minimal investment. For years my go-to spotter was the one we have all likely used at one point, the 15- to 20-year-old, 20-60 power scope that has decent quality at low magnification and high light conditions, but when you zoom in and really examine your…

Farmers vow to keep up with the rush to supply every gun owner who logs on to FREEFOODKIT1.COM now and beats the deadline to claim their free 72-hour survival food kit. In a crisis, your number one need is food. But not just any food. What everyone needs is goodfor-25-years survival food that you can rely on when the time comes that food is scarce. Well right now – in what is truly an unprecedented move – 72-hour Food4Patriots survival food kits are being given away to readers who are gun owners as long as they log on to FREEFOODKIT1.COM and beat the program deadline. “This is all happening because we’re worried that the people in Washington have an agenda that is about more than just guns and ammo,” explained…

According to ancient Norse history, a unique type of sword made of uncommonly strong and durable steel was produced during the Viking Age between the 9th and 11th centuries; the swords were engraved with the name “Ulfberht” and were regarded as some of the finest steel weapons of the time. It was the time of the Dark Ages, and weapons evolved, but today’s raider still relies on the same stealth, swiftness and force. There is a reason Alexander Arms chose to call its .338 Lapua Magnum rifle the Ulfberht. The name is appropriate because this semi-automatic rifle is capable of repeatedly hitting out to 1,000 yards or more with velocity and energy that only the .338 Lapua can generate. The hammer of Thor from afar. When you speak with Bill…