Rifles

Several major manufacturers are producing new firearms totally outside their normal niches, examples of which include the new Expedition rifle from Taurus and the new CBX Tac Hunter, a bolt gun from Colt. 

Toward the end of each year, I survey the work R.K. Campbell, Robert Sadowski, Tracey Taylor, and Joe Woolley have done in Gun Tests, with an eye toward selecting guns, accessories, and ammunition the magazine’s testers have endorsed. From these evaluations I pick the best from a full year’s worth of tests and distill recommendations for readers, who often use them as shopping guides. These choices are a mixture of our original tests and other information I’ve compiled during the year. After we roll high-rated test products into long-term testing, I keep tabs on how those guns do, and if the firearms and accessories continue performing well, then I have confidence including these firearms in this wrap-up. 

In the November 2023 issue, we checked out three great hunting rifles chambered in 7 PRC. The Christensen Arms, Mossberg, and Remington rifles we tested were great for hunting, but we wanted something a bit heavier and with a muzzle brake to try targets out to a mile. This time we grabbed two rifles that came with what we thought were the necessary bells and whistles. 

In the November 2023 issue, we checked out three great hunting rifles chambered in 7 PRC. The Christensen Arms, Mossberg, and Remington rifles we tested were great for hunting, but we wanted something a bit heavier and with a muzzle brake to try targets out to a mile. This time we grabbed two rifles that came with what we thought were the necessary bells and whistles.