Precision Rifles
Steyr Elite 08 Tactical Marksmen and long-range shooters will love the Steyr Elite 08’s multitude of accuracy enhancing features, including its free-floating barrel, railed fore-end and bipod. |
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Accuracy International AE MKII Accuracy International (AI) rifles have always been something of an enigma with mainstream shooters in the United States. These distinctive-looking bolt guns are known to tactical shooters around the world as accurate and extremely well-made precision rifles, but AI once had the less-flattering reputation of being slow or altogether absent in the customer-service department. |
Tactical Rifles Tactical M40A1-3 Without question, the .308 Win. and its military counterpart, the 7.62 NATO, are the go-to cartridges for precision tactical rifles. |
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Barrett 98 Bravo Pretty much every gun guy would love to own a Barrett .50 BMG rifle, but not everyone can afford one and some live in states, like California, that have banned the big boomer. |
More on the .50 BMG—Conquer the Kick The thing that scares most first-time .50 BMG shooters is the anticipation of recoil. The .50 BMG is a huge cartridge, much larger than any common hunting rifle cartridge. |
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6.5 Grendel Shooters long ago accepted the black plastic and strange looks of the AR-15 rifle—a half-dozen wars and a few million rifles in circulation have guaranteed its place in history. |
Winchester Model 70 Coyote Lite I have long had an admiration for bull-barrel rifles. Not only do they look and feel good, accuracy is usually superior to sporter-barrel rifles. |
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Dakota Serious Predator When I opened the box of this Dakota there were some pleasant surprises. The first was the caliber: .20 Tactical. I’d heard of it but paid it little mind up to this point. Referred to by its inventor Todd Kindler as the Tac 20, it was developed about 10 years ago by necking down a .223 Remington case and blowing out the shoulder from 23 to 30 degrees. |
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Savage Model 10 Predator Hunter As more than a few coyote hunters will attest after changing setups several times during a morning, a heavy-barreled varmint rifle is not necessarily the best gun with which to chase songdogs. |
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Savage Model 12 F Class While competing in F-Class Open Rifle (F-O) and F-Class Target (F-T/R) is enjoyable, to be truly competitive in these disciplines requires custom-built rifles. |
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Savage Model 10 FCM Scout A look through the Savage catalog reveals no less than 80-some bolt-action, centerfire rifle variations, along with more than 20 “package” guns that come with a pre-mounted scope. |


