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.300 Dakota
History Designed by the late Don Allen, the .300 Dakota is one of five Dakota rounds, from 7mm to .404, based on the .404 Jeffery. (A sixth, the .450 Dakota, derives from the .416 Rigby hull.) The .544 base of the rimless .300 takes up more bolt face than the .532 base of belted magnums fashioned from the .375 H&H. Minimum case taper contributes to a 15 percent capacity boost over belted .300s of similar length. Don kept case length to .255, overall length to 3.33.

Remington Core-Lokt
It's been called, cleverly, the deadliest mushroom in the woods. Actually, it probably is. Proof that Remington's Core-Lokt has killed more deer than any other bullet would be hard to come by, but I wouldn't bet against it. This wildly popular bullet has been around since 1939. The Core-Lokt has a standard gilding-metal jacket (copper, in some ads, but it is alloyed with zinc). An inner thickening of the jacket at the cannelure pinches the lead core, so the bullet is less likely to separate or fragment.

Meet The Ruger SR-556/6.8
Southport, CT: August 26, 2010 – Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. (NYSE:RGR) has announced the new Ruger SR-556/6.8, a new chambering in the SR-556 two-stage, piston-driven, AR-Style rifle.

Smith & Wesson Introduces New Model S&W500 Bone Collector Revolver
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (August 10, 2010) - Smith & Wesson Corp. has introduced a new X-Frame model in collaboration with Professional Hunter and Petersen's HUNTING contributor Michael Waddell -- the S&W500 Bone Collector. Engineered by the Smith & Wesson Performance Center, the Model S&W500 Bone Collector delivers more than a ton and a quarter of muzzle energy and is built on the company's X-Frame, providing hunters a well-balanced and manageable firearm when stalking large or dangerous game.

Savage Arms Long Range Hunter
Like many successful cartridges, the 6.5x284 started life as a wildcat. Its increasing popularity among 1,000-yard shooters and corresponding increase in wins and records have seen this sleek, flat-shooting 6.5 soar in popularity in recent years. The folks at Savage are very active in competition circles. They've seen the success of the cartridge in competition and the resultant trickle-down to the long-range hunting community.

.44-40 Winchester
History By any standard, 1873 was a banner year for firearms. It became the model designation for the "Trap door" Springfield, Colt's Single Action Army revolver and, at Winchester, a lever-action rifle to follow the 1866. The 1873 Winchester chambered the .44-40 (or .44 W.C.F.), the company's first centerfire round. A 40-grain charge of black powder drove a 200-grain bullet at almost 1,200 fps. The .44-40 so pleased riflemen that in 1878 Colt chambered the round in its SAA revolver. The introduction made the .44-40 even more popular.

The Problem With Primers
By nature, 209 primers are a volatile lot that can make or break muzzleloader accuracy. The little explosive devices first made life easier and improved reliability, then things got difficult and then easier again for shooters. A description of the work that went into trying to create the perfect primer and solving all the problems it created would fill volumes. I do not have volumes, just a couple of pages, so here is a quick attempt to sort out the internal, if not infernal, ballistics of a muzzleloader and how primers change the equation.

Swift Bullets
The man behind Swift bullets is Lee Reed, an unassuming Midwesterner who grew up on a farm and says he started making bullets because he got tired of raising pigs."The first A-Frame jackets were cut from tubing to the nearest half-grain," Lee told me, "then annealed. They were turned on a lathe, leaving the mouth square." An A-Frame's nose is bonded, but not the heel. It's held captive by the thick copper jacket. "Nose ogives are the same for 165-, 180- and 200-grain .308 bullets," Lee explained.

Muzzleloading Oklahoma Whitetails
A couple of years ago my buddy Jeff Johnston told me that Oklahoma was God's Country and that if I ever set foot in his home state he would rub my nose in its fine red dirt. Johnston, a good friend, was still smarting from the South Eastern Conference's display of college football supremacy, and I might have been a little heavy-handed in my efforts to remind him just how good Southern football teams were. But Johnston had constantly reminded me just how great Oklahoma is in terms of hunting.

Mathews Z7
Mathews' success is indisputable, but past performance does not ensure future success. I pick up every new bow with skepticism. I do not look for the features I like as much as the ones that are deal breakers. In the past, Mathews' grips occasionally gave me fits. My solution was often an aftermarket grip or to remove the grip and shoot the bare riser. Mathews' SlimFit Inline Grip is a winner, though. The stripe that runs down the center of the grip makes setting up your center shot a snap.

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