The Smith & Wesson Model 29 handgun in 44 Magnum, made exceedingly popular by the Dirty Harry movies, has become a classic. Handgun hunters far and wide have adopted it for deer and other game.
rifle is a mongrel of sorts in the design department. However, with its nice black walnut sporter stock, deep soft recoil pad that is not at all required but non-slip in wet weather, and roll over cheek piece, slim fore-end lines, well- formed pistol grip, it is easy to balance and get off accurate offhand shots when required. Total rifle weight loaded (three rounds) is under 6 pounds. The rifle comes with a hooded
ramp front sight and a folding Lyman- style rear sight. Weaver does offer scope bases that fit the action, but searching them out was not at all easy. I mounted a T/C 3-9x scope in the one-inch rings and the result made for a nicely propor- tioned rifle and scope. Adding a sling onto the factory installed quick release studs made the rifle field ready in a half hour’s time from the point it came out of the shipping carton. The bottom line is that I just like
the heck out of this little Russian short and light rifle. Sure, there are far more effective cartridges out there today in the varmint taking department and I own several of them myself. But noth- ing can come close to the 7.62x39’s price in the surplus ammo department. In terms of handloading, the cartridge is a pure dream when assembled on my RCBS system at the reloading bench. The case is so forgiving, having a full taper from the shoulder to the rim, that it just won’t hang up and it shows almost no pressure signs at all even after being fired five times. With 30 caliber bullets on the market from 100 to 125 grains, the selection of bullets for home rolled
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The Walther P-1 is an economy, general purpose handgun that utilizes an old military design. It's imported from Germany and is the same gun as the Walther P-38 but is built on an aluminum frame rather than steel.
fodder is almost infinite. (There will be more covering this rifle in the future as I spent a month hunting in Australia, at which time the Mini Mauser was carried as a camp meat kangaroo rifle and a pig gun that was to see a lot of field work.) At a time when price can be everything to a hunter trying to make ends meet in a tight economy, the 7.62x39 in this lightweight turn bolt could be just the answer to budget related issues in shoot- ing sports. ROCK RIVER EHIDE 223
With a brand new camo coat
dressed in a coyote hair surface, the M-4 platform Rock River EHIDE 223 5.56 NATO is one wild looking varmint rig. Built to the standards of Rock River, a company that holds back nothing in terms of quality and design, the new AR 223 is really special. Here are some details regarding this outstanding AR class firearm. Based on the Rock River Elite Op-
erator, the RRA LAR design in 308 Win., or in the ATH Carbine Advanced Tacti- cal Hunter in 223/5.56mm NATO, the new rifle has a half quad free-floating mid-length handguard, with ladder rail covers. The flattop receiver is set up for Weaver rail bases and rings, or an as- sortment of other sighting systems far too numerous to mention at present. The butt stock is an RRA Operator CAR stock, with an ERGO SureGrip system. In keeping with the company’s high end design, the rifle has a two-stage trigger designed by RRA, and the trig- ger guard is enlarged for cold weather use. At a total length of 39 inches and a
weight of 7.7 pounds, the rifle has a bit of carry weight but rests well in a shoot- ing stick setup or from the ground over back packs. When we talk about mil spec rifles,
I can say for a fact that even while own- ing a number of high quality “alleged” mil spec ARs, this is the first receiver to carry the small but significant “key” symbol indicating that it is a for real mil spec receiver. Could Rock River rifles be slated as hand selected sniper variants over in the rock pile or sand box? Seems like a distinct possibility based on the evidence presented in this M-4 platform rifle. I plan to run a detailed review of the new rifle in the near future. SAVAGE REPLACEMENT TRIGGERS BY TIMNEY
It’s here and it works. To follow
this announcement a full field review of the new Timney replacement triggers for Savage rifles will be forthcoming, but for now here’s an announcement to readers. Having the new trigger based currently on an almost prototype trig- ger built for The VARMINT HUNTER Magazine® to review, the new Timney is a single stage bench rest/target qual- ity trigger that is fully adjustable and easy to install. To be spot on, I asked my friends at Jack First gunsmiths in Rapid City, South Dakota, to install this trigger, wanting it absolutely correct and want- ing it to be the final answer for those shooters who just don’t care much for the AccuTrigger as it comes on a Savage turn bolt rifle. For the short report here, early testing of this Timney indicates that,
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