Hunting

We immediately took to this wood-stocked little rifle, which we found selling for $143 retail. The feel was solid, and we liked the thought of shooting a relatively warm-stocked hardwood stock in cold weather. Our suspicions were correct. This was the most comfortable stock on our shooter's faces. Our first surprise was that this rifle held 14 rounds, and you could get 15 into it if you wanted.

The Remington Model 11-87 Sportsman Super Magnum Waterfowl shotgun is now available with full Mossy Oak Duck Blind camo coverage. Mossy Oak Duck Blind was designed to maintain its effectiveness throughout the waterfowl season in a wide variety of actual waterfowl hunting environments.

Mossberg has found yet another use for their popular 930 autoloader with their new 930 SPX.

New for 2008, Nosler Solid Bullets gives hunters the penetration and versatility for hunting large thick-skinned game.

Winchester’s new Safari Ammunition line is offered in the venerable .375 H&H Magnum, .416 Rigby and .458...

The Ruger Super Redhawk revolver chambered in 480 Ruger, specifically designed with the big game sportsman in mind, is back. Production had been suspended early in 2007 to address a fired case extraction issue. After a complete analysis, it was determined that to provide easy and sure extraction, all 480 Ruger Super Redhawk Revolvers, including the easy-to carry Alaskan, will now feature 5-shot cylinders.

A special edition Mini-14 rifle will be produced in 2008 to raise money for the NRA Institute for Legislative Action.

Ruger, in conjunction with Hornady Manufacturing Co., has introduced two new Compact Magnum cartridges. Based on the beltless 375 Ruger, the 300 and 338 RCMs are engineered to offer 300 and 338 Win. Magnum performance in a more compact package. With their short actions and 20-inch barrels, the M77 Ruger Compact Magnums are today’s “mountain rifles and brush guns.”

Remington has introduced the Model R-25, a modular repeating rifle designed for big game hunters. The Model R-25 is available in 243 Win., 7mm-08 Remington and 308 Win.

The only synthetic model in our four-gun selection, the black polymer stock and forearm of the Benelli earned favorable marks from our team. This shotgun is made for rugged, dependable use in harsh conditions. We could find no fault in that design and functioning ability.Some of the smaller members of our team were slightly uncomfortable with the bulk of the forearm and found the Benelli to be a little muzzle heavy.

Nosler, Inc. has introduced two calibers to the lead-free E-Tip lineup. Now available in .270 130-grain and 7mm 150-grain, Nosler's patent pending E-Tip is built on a highly concentric gilding metal frame, which provides unsurpassed penetration and weight retention.

Available in either Illuminated Circle Plex or Illuminated Duplex, the new 1x14mm Prismatic features a unique, removable Illumination Module which illuminates the reticle in red. In addition, the 1x true power magnification also makes the scope legal to harvest turkeys in areas that don’t allow for telescopic sights. The scope also allows instant target acquisition by virtue of its wide field of view and true power magnification that allows sighting with both eyes open.