Ruger’s new $749 Harrier ran flawlessly and delivered sub-MOA best groups with every load tested. The trigger needs help, but this affordable, mil-spec-compatible AR-15 shoots like it has something to prove.

Weatherby’s new 25 Wby RPM is a fast, efficient quarter-bore that pushes heavy high-BC bullets hard without punching your shoulder like a full-house magnum. We tested it in the Weatherby Model 307 Range XP 2.0 to see if this newcomer is a real threat to the old favorites.

Geissele’s King Hunter is a heavy, expensive, superbly accurate bolt gun built around Federal’s hot new 7mm Backcountry cartridge. It is not trying to be a featherweight mountain rifle, but from the bench and the field rest, this thing shoots like it knows it wears a crown.

The Benelli Lupo Alpha looks like an Italian design team got loose with a CAD file and a bottle of Pinot Grigio, but this 5.73-pound hunting rifle flat-out performs. It is light, slick, weatherproof, and with the right load, it shoots tiny groups that make the futuristic stock a lot easier to love.

A 6.2-lb Savage 110 wearing carbon fiber in all the right places, including a Proof Research barrel, then casually stacking a 0.46-inch best group in 308 Win. If you have ever wished the 110 could go full mountain mode, this is it.

AAAA maple glam with real teeth. In 6.5 Creedmoor, the X-Bolt 2 Medallion Maple stacked tight groups, ran smooth, and looked like a custom without the custom bill.

The 280 Ackley Improved is the 280 Remington with less body taper and a sharper 40 degree shoulder. That adds about five percent powder capacity and gets near 7mm Rem Mag performance from a standard length action with noticeably less recoil. Nosler got it SAAMI approved in 2007, which made it the only Ackley cartridge [...]

The ‘world’s fastest’ factory 7mm cartridge launches 170-grain bullets at 3,000 fps from a 20-inch barrel with relatively modest recoil. It’s even faster from longer barrels. The author executed a tricky shot to take this big 3X3 desert mule deer using Federal’s innovative new 7mm Backcountry cartridge. Table of contents7mm Backcountry Delivers Sizzling VelocityPerformance in [...]

Colt’s new CBX TAC Hunter is a hybrid design offering the ergonomics and accuracy of a competition rifle in a lighter, hunter-friendly package.