Hunting rifles: New products, tests, experience reports

Designed for backcountry hunts, the new Model 2020 Redline is a lightweight, rugged and compact rifle. Chambered in .308 or 6.5 Creedmoor, with a choice of 16” or 20” carbon fiber-jacketed barrels, it features an adjustable Grayboe Trekker synthetic stock.

In the series about the new rifles from Rössler, we now present the Signature Hunter in the popular .308 Winchester caliber. We were able to put this hunting rifle with innovative hand cocking system under the microscope at 100 and 300 meters together with the Kahles Helia 3.5-18x50i scope and a silencer from the Hausken JD 184 XTRM series specially designed for RÖWA in green. 

The famous London gunmaker presents a very limited series of just 52 rifles (two for each of Switzerland’s 26 cantons) in 7.5x55 Swiss caliber, delivered in a beautiful hand-manufactured gun case. Each owner of a Swiss Limited Edition will also become a member of an exclusive club.

Designed as a rugged and reliable rifle and featuring a fiberglass-reinforced polymer stock, the 600 Alpha is intended as an all-weather rifle. The two new chamberings – that add to the nine already available, from .223 Rem. to .300 Win.Mag. – make it a truly versatile rifle on both the shooting range and hunting ground.

Among the more than ten rifle models that make up the new Sabatti Rover bolt action rifles range, a historic name for the Italian manufacturer, there’s a quite peculiar model, the Rover Shooter. Peculiar, as the Shooter is the only Rover rifle featuring a “cross-over” configuration, and Sabatti’s own MRR – Multi Radial Rifling, promising top performance, affordability and all-round capabilities …

After a short stint in which the U.S. company changed hands and was restructured, Remington returns to the international market with a series of hunting rifles based on the timeless 700 bolt-action platform, updated and enhanced with a Timney trigger and an AG carbon fiber stock.

Something of a historical event, for the first time in over 50 years Weatherby introduces a new centerfire action rifle line, the Model 307. It is a customizable 700 footprint platform  compatible with most aftermarket 700 accessories, including triggers, stocks, and bottom metals. The Model 307 is available in the lightweight stock Range XP and the chassis Alpine MDT versions.

Short barrels for hunting – you see them more and more often. When going through thorns and thickets, you don't want to carry anything "long" or cumbersome on your back. Many driven hunters also prefer hunting rifles with short barrels. Whenever the high seat is tightly built and the shooting distance is no farther than 100 yards, short barrels make great sense. However, you see "short barrels" on …

In our test, the BRX1 straight-pull  rifle from Beretta paired with a Burris Four Xe 2.5-10x50 scope had to prove itself when hunting deer. For night of wild boar hunting, this combination was supplemented by a Nighthunter C35 thermal clip-on from Steiner. In the following report, you can read about how the BRX-1 performed.

Wild boar and other game: for all driven hunting enthusiasts here comes the latest version of the Benelli Endurance Comfortech 3 semi-automatic rifle that is even lighter and more compact. We tested the .308 Winchester version on a running boar range.

With the pithy slogan "The Rebirth of a Legend", the Austrian gunmaker Strasser accompanies the market launch of its new RS 700 straight-pull rifle series. This slogan is intended both as a reminiscence of the legendary Remington 700 and at the same time indicates that Strasser has based the action of its new straight-pull repeater on the external dimensions of the U.S. rifle in order to make it …

Ruger's American Rifle family keeps growing: the latest addition is chambered in 7mm Precision Rifle Cartridge. The new model comes with a synthetic, GO Wild Camo I-M Brush stock, Burnt Bronze Cerakote finish and factory-installed radial port muzzle brake.

The new Signature is a tribute to the late company founder Erich Rössler. His son, Walter Rössler, continues the family business together with his brother Philipp and now introduces a great further development. In addition to the previous top model, the Rössler Titan 6, there is now a new premium model with manual cocking system, the Signature. Modern design, slim shape and a barrel changing …

Many rifles from shooting sports are now also attracting interest from hunting users. We have fitted the Savage 110 Tactical bolt-action rifle, which is aimed more at target shooters, with a Bushnell 3-18x56 SFP and an A-Tec Hertz 2 silencer and tested for you whether this package is actually suitable for hunting.

With the Lupo, Benelli, a gun manufacturer known worldwide for its shotguns, has also have been offering its first bolt-action hunting rifle on the market for just under three years. Our German team was able to test the Lupo in .308 Winchester, fitted with a 2-16x50 scope from the Steiner Ranger 8 series and a Svemko Pur S suppressor, intensively over several months at the hunting lodge, in …

The Italian manufacturer Pedersoli, also known for its high-quality replicas of historical firearms, continues to expand its range of modern 45-70 lever-action rifles. One of the emphatically hunting-oriented Boarbuster models is called Evolution. In the following test report, you can read all about what this repeater rifle, which is ideally equipped for wild boar driven hunting, has to offer and …