2026 Fall Varmint Rifles & Cartridges (S&H Included)

ABOUT THE COVER

A custom-built Pacific Tool & Gauge Drakkar Action with a 20-inch Proof Research Barrel with a Nosler SR-30K suppressor, the optic is a Leupold Mark 4 4.5-18x 52mm optic. Alongside the new Tract Toric 10x 42mm Eagle Ballistics Rangefinding Binoculars. Photo by Lacey Polacek.

FEATURES 

4 Hornady’s 22 ARC

Field Proven Performance

Jeremiah Polacek

12 CZ 600 Alpha

Top Dog in 223 Remington?

Lowell Strauss

20 Varmint Calling Adventures

A Lifetime of Calling Predators

Layne Simpson

26 Two Savage Model 25 Hornets

Varmint Loads Chambered in 17 and 22 Hornet

Patrick Meitin

32 Feral Hogs

The Ultimate Varmint Destruction

Shane Jahn

40 21 Sharp in the Xpert

New Winchester Cartridge, New Winchester Rifle

Art Merrill

46 A Wyoming Prairie Dog Hunt with the 6.5 Creedmoor

Loading the 6.5 Creedmoor Light and Fast

Barb Melloni

52 25 Creedmoor Varmint Loads

How does the long-range wonder handle the newest varmint bullets?

Patrick Meitin

60 Les Baer Custom Super Varmint AR-15 in 204 Ruger

Half-Inch Accuracy at 4,000 fps

Layne Simpson