New Zealand 6.5 Creedmoor Tests
First appeared on Ron Spomer Outdoors “Accidental New Zealand 6.5 Creedmoor Tests” could be the title of this article. I hadn’t planned on hunting the world’s largest antlered red stags, tough mountain tahr, and “moose-antlered” fallow deer with the little 6.5mm...
Last Minute Boar
The close of hunting season was upon me, and I had yet to field test Nosler’s M48 Liberty rifle in their hot new .26 Nosler chambering. Chuck Wechsler, my editor here at Sporting Classics, arranged a last-minute hunt for us at Buck and Boar, Troy Ayer’s preserve near...
Turnbull Announces New Winchester 1892’s Joining Finished Family of New Firearms
Turnbull Restoration has added two new Winchester 1892 lever rifles to their existing line of Turnbull Finished Firearms. The new rifles are in deluxe takedown configuration and are chambered in .44-40 Win and .45 Colt. “Our earlier Model 1873 and 1892 Turnbull...
Running & Gunning With Henry Rifles In Africa
How do you make a safari even more exciting than it already is? It’s easy. You hunt with Henry lever actions and iron sights that force you to stalk into an animal’s “personal space”. Join us in May as we run and gun on the dark continent in real time as we put the...
4 Cartridges
Gun season was approaching and I had to decide which of my deer rifles to carry opening weekend. I had made good use of my “ heavy for deer” rifles on pigs during the off season, but had been unsuccessful, again, during bow season, so I did not want to handicap myself...
Magnum Cartridge Magnum Bullet? Go Ahead Punk
This article first appeared on RonSpomerOutdoors.com You can’t blame Clint Eastwood’s character for all magnum cartridge misconceptions. They’ve been around for at least 100 years. And will probably remain for another hundred. But that shouldn’t stop us from trying to...
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A Mauser for Mere Mortals?
The M18 “People’s Rifle” For over one hundred and fifty years the Mauser name has been synonymous with robust quality and high-end craftsmanship. Their rifles built on controlled-round-feed actions have been the standard for hunters requiring absolute reliability...
Jarrett can make your old rifle shoot like new again. Probably better.
Recently, I had the pleasure of hunting at Donald Hill’s Oak Creek Ranch in Missouri. Before heading out, I contacted Jay Jarrett at Jarrett Rifles about refurbishing my Beanfield .280. We had to scramble but Jay managed to get it back to me a few days before my trip....
Going Back to Our Outdoor Roots
When I was a youngster growing up in northeast Texas, we fished strictly with cane poles that we cut from a stand of switch cane that grew near the back of our little farm. We usually kept a 12-foot Calcutta pole or two for when we needed to really reach out from the...