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Are scopes really necessary on hunting rifles?

by David LaPell

There is a trend these past few decades of new rifles without any vestige of an open sight, making the only choice to mount an optic.

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Book Review: ‘White Sniper: Simo Hayha’ by Tapio Saarelainen

by Chris Eger

During the 1939-40 Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, a hunter and farmer by trade by the name of Simo Hayha returned to his reserve unit and picked up 542 confirmed kills with iron sights.

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Gun Review: The Finnish Model M28/30 ‘Mosin-Nagant’ rifle

by Francis Borek

The M28/30 is a thoroughbred of a battle rifle that distilled the finer aspects of a target rifle into something truly exceptional on the battlefield.

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