Rifle 341 September/October 2025

About the Cover:

The featured rifle on the cover is a Montana Rifle Company Junction, chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor with a 24-inch barrel and 1:8 twist. It’s topped with a GPO (German Precision Optics) Centuri 2.5–15x 44mm optic, mounted using Leupold QRW2 quick-release rings.
Cover Photo by: Lacey Polacek

Table of Contents

Columns:

• Cimarron 1865 Spencer Carbine 45 Colt – Mostly Long Guns by Brian Pearce

• The End of the Youth Rifle? – Fouling Shots by Art Merrill

• Last Greener GP Actions – Light Gunsmithing by Gil Sengel

• Blaser B1 Infinity 2.8–20x 50mm IC Riflescope – A Rifleman’s Optics by Patrick Meitin

• What Every Guy Needs – Walnut Hill by Terry Wieland

Features:

• Montana Rifle Company – Same Name, New Rifle by Terry Wieland

• Ruger PC Carbine – An Accurate, Handy Takedown Chambered in 9mm by Patrick Meitin

• Shaw Mark VII Rifles – Great Rifles, American Values by Layne Simpson

• The 270 Winchester Turns 100 – Still on Top by Brian Pearce

• Johnson’s .22 Spitfire in the M1 Carbine – 3,000 fps from a Pistol Cartridge? by Layne Simpson