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Superior Shooting Systems 5 STAR Muzzle Brake

Posted November 22, 2017 in Daily News, News, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles, Shooting Accessories by Hrachya H with 5 Comments

Superior Shooting Systems, the company founded by David Tubb, has introduced a new muzzle device called 5 Star Muzzle Brake. It is designed for 6mm (.243) caliber rifles. Obviously, it will be compatible with smaller calibers and if you want to use this muzzle brake [Read More…]

Preference-Driven vs. Process-Driven Design in the Field of Small Arms Ammunition: Discussion

Posted September 10, 2017 in Ammunition, Defense, Guns & Gear, News, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 45 Comments

In yesterday’s article, we took a look at examples of two different methods of design, which I called “preference-driven” and “process-driven”. For these examples, I supposed two engineers from two different cultures – called [Read More…]

Romulan, or Vulcan? Preference-Driven vs. Process-Driven Design in the Field of Small Arms Ammunition

Posted September 9, 2017 in Ammunition, Defense, Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 412 Comments

If you were designing the next small arms round, how would you do it? What methods would you use to determine its physical characteristics and performance attributes? How would you know what was too large or too small, too powerful or too weak? Perhaps more critically, [Read More…]

New Sierra MatchKing Bullets in 243 Caliber, 6mm

Posted November 7, 2016 in Ammunition by Eric B with 3 Comments

“The Bulletsmiths” from Sierra seem to have a new 243 caliber (6 mm) bullet incoming. Someone, most likely an avid reloader, noticed that Midway USA were listing the new bullet as “in stock soon”. You can find the link here. Sierra MatchKing [Read More…]

Armalite AR-10 .243 Win.

Posted May 28, 2010 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 7 Comments

Tactical Life has the skinny on the reintroduced Armalite AR-10 chambered in .243 Win. I think the .243 would be an ideal cartridge for the AR-10 platform.

Ruger M77 Hawkeye Compact Rifles / Carbines

Posted January 15, 2009 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 33 Comments

The new line of Ruger M77 Hawkeye Compact Rifles are very very cool. They are 16.5″ carbines chambered in the intermediate .223 Rem, 7.62x39mm and 6.8mm SPC cartridges as well as the .300 Ruger Compact Magnum, .243 Win. 7mm-08, .308 Win. and .260 Rem. Ruger M77 [Read More…]

Ruger M77 Hawkeye Tactical

Posted January 15, 2009 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 8 Comments

Ruger really is going tactical this year. The Ruger M77 Hawkeye Tactical is a new line of M77 bolt action rifles. They feature * 20″ heavy barrel * Hogue OverMolded stock * Harris bipod! Yes, they actually come standard with a harris bipod. * A newly designed two [Read More…]

Marlin XS7 (Short action XL7)

Posted October 22, 2008 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 24 Comments

Earlier this year Marlin introduced the value-for-money XL7 rifle cambered in 25-06, 270 and 30-06. I thought it was odd that they did not offer a short action version. John Snow reports that a short action version will be available shortly in .248, .308 and 7mm-08. [Read More…]

Desert Tactical Arms Stealth Recon Scout

Posted February 4, 2008 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 19 Comments

At SHOT Desert Tactical Arms announced their Stealth Recon Scout (DT SRS) sniper weapon system. It is a bolt action bullpup rifle. It features * 1/2 MOA accuracy is standard * 11 inches shorter than conventional rifles * Quick Caliber conversion between 243 win, 308 [Read More…]

Sako A7

Posted January 31, 2008 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 49 Comments

Sako has launched a new 1 MOA guaranteed bolt action rifle, the A7. It will come in two models. The A7 and A7 stainless. Both models are chambered for .243, .22-250, 7mm-8, .270 WSM, .300 WSM, .25-06, .270, 7mm Rem Mag and .300 Win Mag. Prices: UPDATE: The press [Read More…]

Mossberg 100 ATR .243 Review

Posted January 23, 2008 in Reviews, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 31 Comments

Sean @ Everything Hunting has written a review on the Mossberg 100 ATR: The Mossberg 100 ATR is one of the least expensive guns on the market. Coming with a price tag of about $298. What can you expect from the gun? I found the gun pretty accurate and light to carry at [Read More…]

Varmint Grenade bullet

Posted January 21, 2008 in Ammunition, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 6 Comments

These Varmint Grenade, made by Barnes are amazing. I am going to have to try them out in the near future 🙂 In the below video they fire one of them into a grape and the bullet completely disintegrates. Barnes makes these in .243/6mm (62 gr), .22 (36 – 50 gr) [Read More…]

John does not like the .243

Posted October 16, 2007 in Ammunition by Steve Johnson with 2 Comments

I’ve tried, but I can’t warm to the .243. It’s billed as having three great attributes: it’s death on varmints, it’s adequate for deer-sized big game and it is a great cartridge for young hunters because of its moderate recoil. I think it [Read More…]

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