Rifle 339 March/April 2025

About the Cover... A array of suppressors to make a quiet day of shooting, Suppressors from Nosler,Inc., Dead Air Silencers, Texas Silencer Company and Advanced Armament Company are shown. Photograph by Chris Downs.

Table of Contents 

Column PG 4 280 Ackley Improved Mostly Long Guns by Brian Pierce 

Column PG 8 Niche Cartridges Fouling Shots by Art Merrill

Column PG 10 Quackenbush Safety Cartridge Rifle Light Gunsmithing by Gil Sengel

Column PG 14 Tract Optics TORIC UHD 1-Inch Riflescopes A Rifleman's Optics by Patrick Meitin  

Feature PG 18 Notes on Rifle Suppressors (Part Two) Conspicuous Attributes by Layne Simpson

Feature PG 24 Savage's Masterpiece Not All 99s Are Created Equal by Terry Wieland 

Feature PG 30 Marlin Model 1894 Trapper 357 Magnum Accurate and Fun to Shoot by Brian Pierce  

Feature PG 38 Colt's CBX TAC Hunter Rifle in 308 Winchester A Sleek Rifle Made for Serious Hunting by Patrick Meitin 

Feature PG 44 Aussie Rifle, American Cartridge A Martini "Mini-Me" Made Magnum by Art Merrill

Feature PG 50 6mm Remington My Favorite Rifle and Load by Jeremiah Polacek

Column PG 56 Synthetics and Cosmetics Walnut Hill by Terry Wieland