Lately, an interesting development has emerged in the hunting optics market. Historically, Vortex, Leupold, Bushnell, and Burris have dominated the standard hunting fare. In the last few years though, several companies have sprung up using a direct to consumer business model. Tract optics is one such company. Tract claims their business model offers consumers a […]
Month: July 2022
With the popularity of long range shooting growing, more and more scopes on the market are first focal plane. As more rugged first focal plane optics hit the market it raises the question: Should hunters use first focal plane optics in the field? There are pros and cons to the FFP vs SFP debate and […]
Categories
Marlin 39M – Oakley’s Levergun
As regular readers have probably deduced, I am a huge fan of rimfire rifles. We have covered a number of 22LR firearms already here at Northern Rifle. To this point, we have focused on the two most common action types – bolt actions such as the Savage Mark II and semi-automatics like the Ruger 10/22 […]
Categories
Sierra Gameking – Cup and Core Precision
Nowadays a lot of attention is given to controlled expansion bullets that are stuffed full of lots of advanced technology. Monolithic, bonded, and tipped bullets are incredibly popular. However, standard cup and core bullets are still just as effective as they have always been. Today we take a look at a top quality cup and […]
Browse through shooting forums and you will see claims of incredible accuracy from a wide assortment of firearms. Typically, these claims say that the rifle is a “X-MOA” gun. Bonus points are awarded if it shoots a certain level of precision “all day long” especially “if I do my part”. However, this claim tells us […]