The latest issue of Rifle & Handgun Magazine can now be read for FREE online. CLICK HERE to read 13 interesting articles from the September/October 2026 issue. For a limited time, the current issue of Rifle & Handgun Magazine is offered online at no cost. There are thirteen major features inside the Sept-Oct issue, which you can read online. Below are samples from four (4) of those stories.

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1. Primary Weapons Systems MK114 MOD 2-M
A Softer, Gentler AR-15 in 6mm ARC
Feature by: Patrick Meitin

Primary Weapons Systems, Inc. (PWS) entered the firearms arena by producing … compensators[.] PWS then ventured into designing the company’s long-stroke AR piston system. PWS remained true to AR-15 form and function, but introduced an operating system that requires less maintenance following high-volume shooting or adverse conditions, particularly with a suppressor installed. PWS has evolved as a highly respected manufacturer of tactical and sporting rifles and accessories. READ MORE…

2. .41 Magnum — A Big-Bore Sixgun Cartridge with Merit
Feature by: Brian Pearce

In 1998, I received a new Smith & Wesson Model 657 Mountain Gun chambered in .41 Magnum. Within 24 hours, the gun had been sighted in at 50 yards using my handloads and was accompanying me on a 10-day hunting trip to Texas. The first guide was a bit skeptical when I told him I planned to take a few head of deer with it, as this was a trophy hunt and a culling hunt intended to reduce whitetail numbers on the well-managed ranch. Unlike the two previous deer, each taken with a single shot at 15 and around 35 yards, the guide was present when the 3rd deer was taken at around 90 yards. The angle was difficult, but I had a good forearm rest, and the deer was standing perfectly still. The sixgun recoiled, and the buck dropped in its tracks as the bullet broke bone and perforated the vitals. READ MORE…

3. Winchester 1876 Centennial by Turnbull Restoration Co.
Column by: Jeremiah Polacek
The Winchester 1876, also known as the Centennial Model, is essentially a scaled-up version of the much-loved Winchester 1873. The dual toggle-link mechanism of the repeating rifle was designed by Benjamin Tyler Henry, of the New Haven Arms Co. famous for the Henry repeating rifle. READ MORE…

4. A Blast from the Past — Weatherby Mark XXII
Feature by: Stan Trzoniec
Amazing how life can treat you sometimes. Perusing a local gun show recently, I stopped at one dealer who, on a shelf above most of his wares, was a mint-looking Weatherby Mark XXII 4x50mm scope. It looked as though it had not been associated with a rifle during its lifetime. READ MORE…

Other Notable Articles In This Issue:
The Lee-Enfield Lives On
Horse Pistols of the Indian Wars
A Better Bolt Lock for the Ruger 10/22
Burris Optics FastFire 4 Multi-Reticle Reflex Sight

About Wolfe Publishing — Creator of Rifle and Handgun Magazine
For nearly six decades, Wolfe Publishing has been a trusted source for shooters, hunters, reloaders and firearms enthusiasts. Since 1966, Wolfe’s editors and writers have delivered practical, experience-based articles with no hype and no gimmicks, just solid information on firearms, ammunition and handloading.

SHOT Show 2024 has been running January 22-26, 2024. Here are FREE digital magazines covering many new products displayed at the show. We’ve embedded three digital versions of the SHOT Daily print magazine provided to SHOT Show attendees. You can navigate page by page with the left/right white arrows in the gray box below. To quickly scan through an entire 60+ page digital magazine, use the slide bar. When you find content you want to read, use the zoom control or click the FULL SCREEN brackets icon at lower right.

We highly recommend two big feature stories. In the Day 1 Edition, check out the Guns 2024 article starting on page 30. You can also read the New Rifles section of this story on the SHOT Show Website. In the Day 2 Edition, look for the Optics 2024 article starting on page 40. And in the Day 3 Edition, New Electronics (including Garmin Xero C1 Pro Radar Chrono) are covered starting on page 40. NOTE: These magazines are large digital files that may take a few seconds to load fully. Click the titles below to read each of the four 2024 SHOT Daily issues.

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GUNS Magazine July 2019 | American Handgunner July/Aug 2019

Notable features in the GUNS Magazine July 2019 Issue include: 10/22 Collectibles (pp. 32-33), Ross Straight-Pull Rifle (pp. 34-35), T/C LRR 6.5 Creedmoor (pp. 44-48), Brownells BRN-10 Retro AR10 (pp. 50-52), Skinner Sights Bush Pilot .45-70 Survival Rifle (pp. 58-60), Eight Great Knives (pp. 60-62). Honest guys — there’s some good content here, worth reading.

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Among its feature highlights, American Handgunner’s July/August issue showcases one of Ruger Custom Shop’s debut offerings: The SR1911 Competition Pistol. Working closely with ace shooter Doug Koenig, the result is a beautifully fitted, accurate, easy-shooting American classic — built by a leading USA gun-maker.

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Merry Christmas from Guns & Ammo. This publication is making its entire 106-page December 2017 issue available for FREE online from December 12, 2017 through January 9, 2018. To read the entire issue for FREE, go to: GunsandAmmo.com/freepreview.

The free December issue will include the 2017 Guns & Ammo of the Year Awards (page 52) and a first-look at the new Smith & Wesson M&P9 M2.0 Compact, Shield and M360 lightweight revolver. You’ll want to check out the articles about: Winston Churchill’s Mauser C.96 Pistol (page 104), the Dixie Gunworx DOA Shooting Bench (p. 38), and Concealment Furniture (page 18) that hides your home defense guns. We also recommend the NovX ammo review (page 26). NovX is a new kind of ammunition with a hybrid stainless steel and aluminum case, and polymer-coated copper bullets.

If you haven’t seen a copy of Guns & Ammo recently, here’s a chance to sit down and enjoy a large issue at no cost. We found it interesting to see Guns & Ammo’s Annual Award selections (page 52): CZ P-10 C — Handgun of the Year; Barrett Fieldcraft — Rifle of the Year; Winchester SX4 — Shotgun of the Year. To be honest, we found all those choices puzzling…

Guns & Ammo magazine is one of 15 publications from Outdoor Sportsman Group. The publisher claims Guns & Ammo has more than 11 million readers (29.7 readers per copy) — more readers than any other firearms publication. If that’s really true, we wonder, frankly, why the magazine isn’t a whole lot better. With that circulation, and the high percentage of display ads (over 30% of the pages) Guns & Ammo should be minting money. That should allow the Editors to do some pretty exciting stuff. Unfortunately, many of the articles seem little more than sales brochures. And you won’t find much on precision reloading or competitive rifle shooting.

By all means, check out this FREE Issue of Guns & Ammo. After all the price is right. However, we believe you’ll find more reliable, useful information on websites such as ShootingSportsUSA.com, Rifleshooter.com, PrecisionRifleBlog.com, 65Guys.com, UlimateReloader.com, and, of course, our own site AccurateShooter.com. We provide 80-90 features per month on our Daily Bulletin which is always free. We also offer a very active Shooters’ Forum with over 37,500 members. Many top-flight competitive rifle shooters, barrel-makers, and gunsmiths are Forum members. You can learn from their expertise. If you haven’t joined our Forum yet, you should.

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