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New Browning A-Bolt Target rifles

Browning will be releasing a line of A-Bolt Target rifles.

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The rifle will come in three calibers: .223 Rem., .308 Win. and .300 Win. Mag. It is a pity they are not offering more exotic calibers. The stainless model will cost $1489 for .223 and .308 while the .300 will cost $1519.

More info @ Accurate Shooter

Posted by Steve on Oct 21st 2008 | Filed in rifles | Comments (0)

Shooting Clays … with bigger guns and bigger clays

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Posted by Steve on Mar 3rd 2008 | Filed in machine guns, shotguns | Comments (0)

Zimmerstutzen rifles

B.B. has written an interesting article on early target shooting with the Zimmerstutzen rifles.

The Zimmerstutzen was the ancestor of the 10-meter target [air] rifle and extends back to at least 1840. Zimmerstutzen is the rough translation of “parlor rifle” in German. The first zimmer was powered by a percussion cap that propelled a small lead ball through a short rifled barrel.

What I found fascinating was that there were 25 different Zimmerstutzen calibers!

A Zimmerstutzen comes in the nominal caliber 4mm, but in fact there are over 25 discrete calibers that range from 4mm to 5.55mm, in half-milimeter increments.

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Zimmerstutzen vs .22LR

Read the article here.

Posted by Steve on Jan 31st 2008 | Filed in air guns, ammunition, rifles, rimfire | Comments (0)

A fun .22LR target

Some special forces around the world have .22 rimfire rifles to take out lights, cameras etc. Here is a fun special forces ’sniper’ target!

Click the image to view the full size target:

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Hat Tip: WVUChrome @ RFC

Posted by Steve on Oct 4th 2007 | Filed in rifles, rimfire | Comments (0)