Rifle 344 January / February 2025

This issue's cover features: A brace of bolt-action rifles chambered in 223 Remington and 5.56 NATO (left to right): Savage 110, Ruger American, Ruger M77 MII All-Weather, Howa 1500 and Mossberg MVP. Photo by Brian Pearce.

8 An Important Rifle: The Bolt-Action 223 Remington

Mostly Long Guns

Brian Pearce

12 Do Your Own Ironing: A DIY Fix for 22 Rimfire Dry-Firing Damage

Fouling Shots

Art Merrill

14 Remington's Browning Model 24

Light Gunsmithing

Gil Sengel

18 Athlon Optics Argos HMR 2012x 42mm Riflescope

A Rifleman's Optics

Patrick Meitin

58 Thinking Small

Walnut Hill

Terry Wieland

22 Wilson Combat NULA Rifles & LeHigh Defense Ammunition

Jeff "Tank" Hoover

28 300 Magnums .30-Caliber Versatility

Brian Pearce

36 Mossberg Patriot Walnut A Classic Bolt-Action Rifle Chambered in

350 Legend

Patrick Meitin

44 Ballard Fever Variations on a Theme of Grant and de Haas

Terry Wieland

50 Winchester's 21 Sharp Hunting, Plinking, Competition

and Plenty of Merit

Art Merrill