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David E. Petzal and Phil Bourjaily pick the 10 rifles and shotguns sure to become hailed as tomorrow's "classics."
We took more than 500 pieces of gear and put them to the test. These are the best of the bunch.
Shooting Gear Reviews
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50% of 2 votes
The Winchester Model 21 was the last of the great American doubles, surviving into the ’80s long after WWII killed off its peers.
Price: $15000
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75% of 4 votes
There were other bolt-action slug guns before the 220F. The Browning A-Bolt was the right gun at the wrong time
Price: $505
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100% of 8 votes
It is an inexpensive gun, and there is not an original idea in it, but oh boy is it a good gun. If the Marlin designers are not original thinkers, they are definitely sound thinkers.
Price: $341
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100% of 2 votes
Forget the eye-popping accuracy and strange-looking spiral-flute barrels. What gets the Mark VII on this list is the fact that it represents the way rifles will be made in the future.
Price: $675-$1000
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67% of 3 votes
Over a quarter century ago, commercial .50-caliber rifles redefined long-range shooting.
Price: $4495
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100% of 2 votes
The latest incarnation of Beretta’s successful 300 series of semiautos, the 391 succeeded the 390.
Price: $975
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100% of 1 vote
In designing this rifle, Savage went to cutting-edge custom gun builders for their input.
Price: $1273
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100% of 1 vote
Only a few featherlight upland semiautos have ever been made, and all attracted cult followings: the Model 59 Winchester, the Franchi 48 AL, the Browning Double Automatic Twentyweight.
Price: $1539
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100% of 2 votes
Truly, the M16/AR-15 has come a long way to arrive at this point. Stripped down to the bare essentials, devoid of multiple high-tech sights and rails, this is a big-game rifle, pure and simple.
Price: $1055
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100% of 1 vote
When Browning introduced the Cynergy, it had the lines of a concept car and was almost too ugly to be taken seriously.
Price: $2489