Guns & Gear
The lightest rifles and scopes on the market.
By Ron Spomer
Heading for a mountain hunt? You'll want an ultralight rifle and scope combination that doesn't sacrifice performance. Here are some of the high-quality, true lightweights on the market today.
Bolt-Action Rifles
Bansner’s Ultimate Rifles Alpine Hunter (www.bansnersrifle.com): from 5.75 pounds
Borden Lightweight Rimrock (www.bordenrifles.com): from 5.6 pounds
Browning X-Bolt Micro Hunter (www.browning.com): from 5.9 pounds
Forbes Rifles, LLC (www.forbesriflellc.com): from 5 pounds
Kimber 84M Montana (www.kimberamerica.com): from 5.1 pounds
Kilimanjaro Tigercat (www.kilimanjarorifles.com): from 5.8 pounds
H-S Precision PHL (www.hsprecision.com): from 5.9 pounds
MG Arms Ultra-Light (www.mgarmsinc.com): from 4.75 pounds
New Ultra Light Arms M20 (www.newultralight.com): from 5 pounds
READ MOREA new rifle engineered for the serious female hunter.
by Diana Rupp
With the introduction of the new Model 11/111 Lady Hunter, Savage Arms is one of the first rifle manufacturers to design a rifle specifically for women. Most gunmakers seem to think a “lady’s” rifle is just a standard rifle with the stock cut down and maybe some pink highlights, but the engineers at Savage consulted with serious women hunters (yours truly included) and discovered that there is a lot more to it than that.
READ MORELife-size (and smaller) targets to help you get ready for your Cape buffalo safari.
If you're planning to take on dangerous game in Africa, it's very important to practice with your big-bore rifle under the most realistic conditions possible. With this life-size buffalo target, you can set up a training regimen that's as realistic as it gets. You'll need the right range setup, but if you have a place for it, this target is the ideal way to get realistic shooting practice with your dangerous-game rifle at the same distances you'll be shooting at buffalo on your safari. The target is 5 feet high and 8 feet long, and is printed on lightweight, weather-resistant, corrugated plastic board that folds up into five sections.
Life-size freestanding buffalo target.
READ MOREThe new Ram Outdoorsman is designed to be the ultimate hunting truck. We put it to the test in the New Mexico backcountry.
By Diana Rupp
The new Ram Outdoorsman 1500.
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Hunting with large-caliber revolvers adds a new level of challenge to a southern California pig hunt.
By Diana Rupp
Smith & Wesson revolvers equipped with Trijicon RMR sights proved a fine combination for wild pigs on this hunt at Tejon Ranch.
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