Sako has been making firearms for many years, concentrating particularly on center-fire sporting rifles in their export markets, but they have always made .22 rimfire rifles for home consumption. They have now
The peculiar shape of the FAMAS rifle has led to it being nicknamed ‘the Trumpet’ by today’s poilus, and in the hands of a well-built soldier, it looks like a toy. But
Sturm Ruger & Co. introduced the Ruger Mini-14 Carbine in 1973, a lightweight weapon using the well-proven M1 Garand gas operation system and rotating bolt allied to the .223 cartridge. As might
In the days of the Old West, the carbine chambered for a handgun cartridge (or vice versa, as you prefer) was the common saddle gun, but the concept seems to have withered
The 7mm Remington Express cartridge is the new name for what used to be the .280 Remington; dimensionally identical, the new version has improved ballistics, and Remington is promoting it as a
Remington Model Six was a rare slide action gun. Slide action guns (‘pump guns’ or ‘trombone guns’) are usually associated, at least in Europe, with low-powered .22 rimfire rifles or with shotguns,
Parker-Hale M85 is a sniper rifle manufactured in a long-time forgotten Parker-Hale company. Originally of Birmingham, England, the company has a long history of making small arms and accessories for sporting shooters.
Although ostensibly manufactured in Japan, Nikko Model 7000 is something of an international weapon; the action is made in Japan, the barrel in Belgium, and the wood for the stocks from the
The Musgrave company was established in 1950 and soon built up a reputation for accurate, robust, and elegant sporting rifles for South African hunters and target shooters. With the easing of the
Mossberg is well-known for the long series of shotguns and rimfire rifles produced by the company since before the turn of the century; their center-fire rifles are less well-known outside the United
Mauser SP66 is a sniper rifle designed in 1976 as the increased need for semi-automatic sniper rifles at the rifle market. The rifle was based on conventional hunting design and was developed for
Marlin M-375 is a lever-action rifle chambered in .375 Winchester caliber and manufactured by Marlin Firearms Co. It was based on the design created by John Marlin in the late 1890s. Introduction