As the year draws to its inevitable close, we asked Philip Massaro to select his top 10 favorite rifles that debuted in 2025.

A new study found that traditional bullets for muzzleloading rifles and black powder rifle cartridges fragment less upon impact and may leave far fewer lead fragments in game than a modern ...

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Over its more than 125-year lifetime, the lever-action .30-30 rifle has arguably killed more whitetail deer than any other single cartridge. And with the cartridge’s popularity still quite high, it’s ...

Ammo Review: Federal's New 7mm Backcountry Could Revolutionize Rifle Ammunition Federal just introduced a new rifle cartridge called the 7mm Backcountry. The company claims that it’s a high ...

Modern deer rifles are very powerful firearms. But 100 years ago, the .30-30 Winchester and other cartridges of similar and even less power, were the go-to deer guns. The Jordan buck—the number two ...

Choosing a bullet for a lever-action rifle cartridge has long been no more complicated than selecting one toward the lighter end of the weight range for deer or one of greater weight when more ...

Ever wonder where your favorite deer cartridge came from or what inspired the latest whizbang introductions in recent years? Our knowledgeable, but cranky, correspondent has all the answers in this ...