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Hunting - Featured Rifle
Browning BL-22 Grade II Lever Action .22 LR
From the 04-01-2008 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Long Guns
Category:Rifles
Model Name:BL-22 Grade II Lever Action .22 LR
Manufacturer:Browning
Model Number:No. 024101103
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The Grade II is one of five BL-22s offered by Browning for 2008. The Grade II is scroll engraved on the receiver and has a gold-colored trigger. The Grade I tested in December 2006 lacks the IIs scroll engraving and checkering on the walnut, but the Grade I MSRPs for a lot less, $494. Brownings most expensive lever rimfire is the BL-22 FLD Grade II Octagon, $786, which a silver-nitride finish, octagonal barrel, and a front gold bead. Because the Grade II comes at a $150-ish premium to the Marlin and Henry, we wondered if those extra dollars would turn into enthusiasm in our evaluation.
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Hunting - Featured Rifle
Arsenal Inc. SLR-106FR 223 Rem.
From the 08-01-2008 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Long Guns
Category:Rifles
Model Name:SLR-106FR 223 Rem.
Manufacturer:Arsenal Inc.
Model Number:SLR-106FR 223 Rem.
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Many shooters want a lightweight, handy 223 carbine for self-defenseand that means reasonable accuracy, a good trigger, shooter friendliness, and ease of handling. In self-defense use, reliability is paramount, but the gun has to have enough accuracy to hit what its aimed at. There are several potential solutions to this firearms problem, one of which is the AK-based Arsenal SLR 106FR, $925. Mikhail T. Kalashnikovs famous assault rifle is the basis for the Arsenal gun. Likely more than 75 million AKs have been produced by more than a dozen countries, including Albania, Bulgaria, China, East Germany, Egypt, Finland, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, and the former Yugoslavia.
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Hunting - Featured Shotgun
Mossberg SA-20 No. 75771 3-Inch 20 Gauge
From the 03-01-2009 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Long Guns
Category:Shotguns
Model Name:SA-20
Manufacturer:Mossberg
Model Number:No. 75771
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One of the major reasons hunters choose a 20 gauge over a 12 gauge is the formers smaller frame, weight, and recoil. Though they may already own a 12, many field sportsmen wind up reaching for their 20s because the smaller gun is just easier to handle, and there are just a few hunting situationslayback goose hunting and spring turkey hunting, to name twoin which the bigger payload might make a difference. One 3-inch-chamber 20 gauge we recently tested was the Mossberg SA-20 No. 75771, $496. The Mossberg is a new-for-2008 line for that company, so the SA-20 designation names just a single chambering, as you might expect. However, comparable guns in the 930 autoloader line, which are chambered only for 12 gauge, weigh 7.75 pounds to the SA-20s feathery 6.0 pounds.
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