The .243 Winchester is a deer hunter’s classic, but many guides groan when a client brings one for elk or moose. Light ...

Some rifles look like tack-drivers on paper. Long barrels, tight twist rates, target crowns—you name it. But get them... The ...

In the era of synthetic stocks and carbon barrels, there’s still a place for beautiful, traditional-looking rifles in deer camp. And there are a handful of excellent new guns to choose from ...

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...

The .280 Remington was a terrific flop when it was introduced, but it almost made a comeback under a different name ...

The 243 Winchester was an immediate sensation. Winchester introduced it in 1955 at about the same time Remington introduced their 244 Remington. The 244 held more gunpowder and had a slight velocity ...

This story, “Cartridges That Failed,” appeared in the April 1981 issue of Outdoor Life. Three or four years ago when I was hunting elk, I ran into a situation that has become all too common in recent ...

When I was a kid, there were three reasons I wanted a lever action rifle. First, they were cool. Second, because I grew up just outside New Haven, Conn., the historic home to Marlin and Winchester, ...

The popularity of long-range shooting and hunters wanting to extend their reach has been the driving force behind the recent evolution of bolt-action hunting rifles. Most now have have synthetic ...

The general shooting public has always tried to get better value for their buck. Occasionally, these “value” guns are so cheaply constructed that they inspire little to no confidence and have limited ...

Every basketball team has its five starters, and then there is the bench. Farther down the roster you’ll find the rookies, the cheerleaders and the towel boy. It’s not that the .308 isn’t a great ...