Innehållsförteckning för November 2021 från Gun Digest

Fully understanding how optics do what they do could drive you mad if you let it. Take zeroing a rifle, for example. Base-level knowledges dictates that, if the rifle shoots low, you unscrew the turret cap and twist tat turret in the “up” direction. Dial the direction you want the bullet to go, if you will. But if you look through that scope while you’re dialing up, the reticle is actually tracking downward, which in turn forces you to hold higher when aiming, thus bringing up the point of impact as intended. So, really, you’re dialing up to move the reticle down to move the point of impact up. Ya with me? And then we have reflex sights, which feature a light-emitting diode that projects a red dot (or yellow…

Gun writers can be trigger snobs, and competition shooters often are, too. When you combine the two, things can get … interesting. Listening to a small group of competition shooters talk about trigger pulls, weights, feel, tuning and the like can drive you to drink—if you aren’t involved in the discussion. You can avoid the drama and simply invest in a LaRue MBT (Meticulously Built Trigger). THE EASY UPGRADE MBT is a drop-in, two-stage trigger for your AR-15 that brings your black rifle of the 1960s into the 21st century. The MBT comes in a sealed can with a clear lid. There’s a hammer and trigger in there; the hammer has its own spring, and the trigger has two springs. You can choose between the regular spring or the heavier…

Today’s practical rifle is seldom its namesake. Frank Galli wrote a great column in these pages in the June issue (Volume 38, Issue 8) titled “Practical Precision,” and he details the desire to return to what he called the “fighting rifleman,” where he criticizes the trend toward tournament and series-style events and begs returning to a hunting-style approach with rifles a man might carry into the field. He’s careful to say that innovations coming from the former have been beneficial but, in his view, unrealistic or unable to translate to the world at large. I don’t necessarily believe that the weight of a rifle immediately determines its usefulness, as the 12-pound .338 Lapua is going to be a bit of a different story than a 12-pound .22 LR. Based directly…

In 1969, airplane hijackings were common occurrences. In the U.S. alone, there were 159 hijackings between May of 1961 and the end of 1972; more than 130 of which were between 1968 and 1972, which has been called the “golden age of hijacking.” At times, there were more than one on the same day. Hijackers, quickly dubbed “skyjackers,” demanded to be flown to communist Cuba (so common that “take me to Cuba” became a punchline). Some were Cubans wanting to return to the fairly new Cuba under Castro, which they hoped promised to be a socialist paradise. Others wanted millions in cash or gold or to make a political statement. Airplanes were easy targets, and airline policy was to comply with demands in hopes of getting passengers and planes returned…

Weatherby is an American hunting legend, having produced premium magnum-powered bolt guns since the end of WWII. These exceptional hunting instruments have been used to take game with great effect on nearly every continent since their introduction, and their rifles seem to only be getting better. While the company naturally focused on traditional, wood-stocked guns for most of its existence, their use of modern construction materials in recent designs has enabled them to produce even more efficient and capable hunting rifles. Weatherby’s recently announced Backcountry 2.0 rifle family takes things to the next level. Building off the success of the original Mark V Backcountry line, the new Backcountry 2.0 rifles are now available with titanium receivers, carbon-fiber components and more caliber options. LOW WEIGHT, LOW RECOIL All Backcountry 2.0 rifles…

There’s a saying I’ve heard for many years that states, “Amateurs study ballistics tables; experts study the wind,” or at least something to that effect. I’ve never really been a fan of people who claim to have some sort of special secret sauce, and I’m less a fan of people who use that sort of statement to place themselves higher in the pecking order. I’ve found, to a large extent, that people don’t like to get out of their comfort box, especially long-range rifle shooters. I’ve also learned that shooters really don’t like missing, and nothing is harder to hit consistently than a moving target. A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE FOR THE BEST OF US “Movers,” as we’ll call them henceforth, present a unique challenge to even the most skilled riflemen, and…

We crept into the hyena blind in complete darkness, listening for the telltale cackle of the scavengers. The wind was swirling that morning in the Makuti Safari Area of Zimbabwe, and Professional Hunter Lindon Stanton gave a shake of his head in disapproval. “Can you see the bait, if by some miracle they do come in?” I slowly brought the Winchester 70 to shoulder and eased the muzzle through the small hole the trackers had so craftily made in the grass wall. With the scope set at 6x magnification, I could clearly make out the remnants of buffalo rib cage, which had been thoroughly hammered by the mpisi, in spite of the predawn light. I was happily admiring the VX-5HD 2-10x42mm—with the FireDot reticle—mounted on top of my .300 H&H,…

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Ifondly remember the first time I saw a deer in the field. Granted, I’d seen deer my entire life by the side of the road or in the woods, just not like this. It was the first year I was with my now-wife, and I had been invited by my future father-in-law to come deer hunting. I was 19 or so, and it occurred to me that I’d never aimed a rifle at a deer when one came out. I started shaking almost immediately. That day I was armed with the only deer-legal gun I had in my possession, a 1950s era Sears & Roebuck .45 bore caplock that my great-uncle found still in the box at a barn sale. He gave it to me, and I refinished it. However,…

I’ve always been a fan of defensive handguns equipped with a manual thumb safety. I like them because, when used properly, they eliminate the possibility of a negligent discharge when a handgun is holstered. They can also reduce the potential for negligent discharges when you’re running or handling a handgun during movement. As important as I feel a manual thumb safety is to a defensive hand-gun, a manual thumb safety isn’t the primary safety. The primary safety is always your trigger finger. In most every case where a negligent discharge occurs, the shooter’s finger was on the trigger. This applies to discharges while holstering, moving or handling handguns. There have been some recorded instances where the lip of a heavily worn holster, a tie on the bottom of a hoodie…

Young me was sitting at the makeshift bench in our surveying office, unsupervised, resizing some .308 Win-chester cases when the inevitable happened: I got a case stuck in the die and ripped the rim off. “You didn’t lube the case, did you?!” No, I didn’t lubricate the case, and I faced the wrath of my dad, Ol’ Grumpy Pants, while we worked diligently to get the case out of the die without ruining the inside of the die body. (Author’s note: The resizing die didn’t survive, but the author did.) It was a rookie mistake—and a common one. I don’t believe I’ve made that particular mistake again, but there have been other complications. If anything, I was guilty of over-lubrication for quite some time, which comes with its own set…

Ashley Emerson, one of the founding partners of a company that would become known as XS Sights, once told me (and apparently a lot of other folks), “There’s a special place in hell for anyone who puts a scope on a lever gun.” I’m not sure condemnation to Hades is the right decree for anyone scoping a lever gun, but I do think Emerson’s opinion has some standing. A traditional lever-action rifle was never intended to have an optical sight. One of the true virtues of lever-action rifles is handiness. With its butt-heavy design, lever-action rifles can be hurriedly and efficiently snapped to the shoulder. Rifles of a more precision nature aren’t as handy and will be muzzle heavy, seemingly allowing them to hang on target. When you add any…

Meanwhile in Moscow… The roots of the AK rifle as a functioning infantry weapon can be traced to the end of 1942, when Soviet troops on the Volkhov Front captured the first samples of German MP-43 automatic carbines that were chambered for the new intermediate 7.92x33mm or 7.92mm Kurtz cartridge. Note that, at that time, the new German rifle was not called an assault rifle. It was classified as “Maschinenpistole,” or machine pistol. In fact, the first new rifle had been supplied to German troops in secret, or rather without Hitler’s knowledge. German designers and military brass had to convince the Fuhrer that the new gun was an effective infantry weapon and had several advantages over Hitler’s beloved K98 Mauser. In the summer of 1943, at the same meeting in…

As soon as an AR-15 enters a safe, those low light conditions result in a strange, but well-documented phenomenon; like an amoeba, the rifle buds and reproduces, spawning new versions of itself. At least that’s what we tell our significant other, but we’re not exactly sure she believes it. The first AR anyone should purchase is probably the basic, 16-inchbarreled carbine; it can serve in just about any role, doing most things reasonably well, but not excelling anywhere. Once that’s in the collection, you can turn to more specialized versions, like the one here. We decided to start down the DMR rabbit hole, as poking holes in things at longer ranges is fun, plus there’s another niche this type of rifle fits—more of which later. The AR was developed around…