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300 AAC Blackout Review

Lately, the most prolific and talked about 223/5.56mm alternative found in ARs, is the 300 AAC Blackout.  The 300 ACC Blackout utilizes a .223 parent case shortened to 1.368″ and necked up to accept .308″ diameter bullets.  Available in both supersonic and subsonic factory offerings, the 300 AAC utilizes the same parts as a 223/5.56mm carbine, with the [...]

“Accurate, hard hitting and mildly recoiling; the 7.62x40WT offers medium-sized big game hunting to AR-15 owners by simply changing barrels” Wilson Combat’s 7.62x40WT (Wilson Tactical) Review Our readers, and most US gun owners in general, love their ARs.  I also think that we would all agree that the .223 cartridge is insufficient for medium sized game such [...]

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TAC21 Review (TAC21/TAC21LA)

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Modular Driven Technologies TAC21 and TAC21LA Chassis Systems When we first heard about the TAC 21 Chassis system by Modular Driven Technologies (MDT) it immediately caught our attention.  A chassis system that gives a Remington-700 the handling characteristics of an AR-15 while allowing the use of detachable AICS box magazines and improving accuracy,  seemed like [...]

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Rifleshooter.com: Remington R15 30AR Review (Model 60100) We’ve all been dragged into the “is the 223 a good deer round” debate at sometime in our life.  All too often, those arguing its virtues for this application are inexperienced (or no experience) hunters looking to take their mil spec rifle into the woods.  Lots of times, these are [...]

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Rifleshooter.com’s Classic Series- Select timeless articles republished for today 35 Whelen: That Whelen Feelin’ Again by Dave@rifleshooter.com Once in a while, after you’ve played with all the new rifles long enough, a wave of nostalgia washes over you and leaves you beached by an old Mauser Œ98.  I hit such a tidal wave recently.A colleague was [...]

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Rifleshooter.com’s Classic Series- Select timeless articles republished for today The .270 in Africa by Dave@rifleshooter.com We had been hunting Waterbuck for three days and my mind was recollecting magazine photos of happy hunters with dead Waterbuck.  Which was in stark contrast to my own magnificent chagrin.  The closest we had come was a bouncing Waterbuck bullseye [...]

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