As the year draws to its inevitable close, we asked Philip Massaro to select his top 10 favorite rifles that debuted in 2025.

One of the things I like best about deer hunting is that you can use just about any rifle you want. For half a century, a 30-30 lever-action was the definition of a deer gun. Pumps and semi-autos had ...

New deer rifles are expensive, but you can often buy old store-brand rifles for almost nothing. You'll find them at estate sales and pawn shops. They are homely and basic. They might have checkering ...

The author's Winchester Model 70 with a maple wood stock hanging from, fittingly, a maple tree. Let’s get this part out of the way first: I am not a Fudd. I own lots of rifles and shotguns with ...

The .30-30 Winchester has been putting venison in freezers for more than a century, and it’s still one of the most practical deer cartridges ever created. You won’t win any long-range matches with it, ...

Big woods rifles are brute in performance and ballerina in design. The best rifles will fit like a shotgun so that you can shoot fast, using instinct as much as the sights. They are light and fit the ...

To each his own: Zumbo's pre-'64 Model 70 Winchester Feathertop in .30-06 with a Weaver 4X scope (top) and Carmichel's custom-built 7x57 Mauser (bottom) which started out as a military rifle and was ...

The rest is detailed at the outset. Clearly, the inconsistency of deer hunting can move in multiple directions. Somehow ...

Mower County invites public input Jan. 12 on whether to keep shotgun-only deer hunting or allow rifles after statewide rule ...

Three days before the opening of modern gun deer season, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Fiocchi shooting range at Mayflower was busy. Hunters were there to make sure their rifles were on ...

May 7—The Freeborn County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday to exempt Freeborn County from a bill that would eliminate the state's shotgun zone for deer hunting. After more than 80 years with ...