All in a day’s work at American Shooting Centers. They were the Ruger American Ranch Rifle 26968, $529 the Savage Axis II 18819, $385 and the just-introduced CVA Cascade SB CR3914R bolt action, $621.
Our test samples were examples of relatively short-barreled bolt-action rifles with threaded muzzles, for those readers who might want to attach a suppressor and shoot subsonic 300 Blackout loads. Toward that end, we tested three of the current crop of bolt-action rifles chambered in 300 Blackout. We are talking about the 300 Blackout - a cartridge scoffed at by some, but which we find both interesting and useful.
round, and has been designed to work well at supersonic or subsonic velocities. Now we turn to a little cartridge that will fit in a standard AR-15 magazine, can roughly equal the energy of a 7.62×39 or a 30-30 Win. What are some good bolt-gun options for hunters who don’t want to deal with a lot of recoil? We reported on 22-250 rifles using loads suitable for deer hunting in the November 2019 issue of Gun Tests and noted the need for proper bullet construction and plenty of speed.
