
Montana Rifles To those of you who yearn for Montana's refined controlled-feed action, original Model 70 style trigger, match-grade barrels, and handmade quality, but couldn't afford one of their custom line of guns, rejoice! There are two new Montanas that cost far less than the custom line. The American Standard Rifle is a trim sporter that comes in blue/wood or stainless/synthetic versions, right or left hand.

Petzal SHOT RugerScout
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When anarchies reign, as Tommy Lee Jones put it, this is the gun you want–the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle. It’s named after Jeff Cooper’s shooting school, and is the best-thought-out example of its genre that I’ve come across. A 10-shot .308, it has a laminated stock that adjustable for length, a flash suppressor, a 16 ½-inch barrel, a rear ghost ring sight, and a rail up front for a horrible IER scope if you want to go that way. If you don’t you can remove the ghost ring and mount a real scope.

Petzal SHOT KaBar
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Put the iconic USMC fighting/utility knife on a steady diet of steroids and weights and you get the Ka-Bar Big Brother, which has a blade that’s 2 inches longer, wider, heavier, and has a serrated cutting section on its spine. If you’re into horrific hacking and hewing, this is your baby; it’s a cross between a knife and a machete, and is a fearsome object.

Petzal SHOT Leupold





Petzal SHOT ZeissSpotter
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This is an updated version of the Alpine draw-tube spotting scope, but it’s not a draw tube, and is completely waterproof. You can get it with a 65mm or an 85mm objective, and it’s designed to work without a tripod. Nor do you carry it in a pack; you sling it o’er your shoulder like a European soldier. Honest. It will save you miles of walking, and as Zeiss prices go, it’s not all that much.

Petzal SHOT VangComp
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These guys soup up riot guns, Remingtons and Mossbergs mostly, but they will also do Ithacas. Send them your gun (or they will supply one) and a check and they will do things to it you can’t imagine, including re-choking it so you get a pie-plate-sized-or-less buckshot pattern at 50 yards. Plus all sorts of other refinements, including their six-round Detachable Side Ammo Carrier, which is ingenious. If the stock in the photo here seems short, that’s because it’s designed for use by someone wearing a bulletproof vest.

Petzal SHOT NoslerCustom