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The Gun for Far and Away.

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Publisher/Executive Producer: Chris Dorsey Senior VP Sales/Integrated Solutions: Shane Jones Chief Financial Ofcer: Amy Dorsey Post Production Supervisor: Fred Garcia Chief of Videography: Larry Sletten Creative Director: Peter Greenstone Animation: Erik Tande Art Director: Chuck Cole Archives: Jessica Adams Senior Producer: Kevin Fay Writers: Thomas McIntyre, Patrick Kleinen, Brian McCombie Still Photography: Marcos Furer, Dusan Smetana Research: Kelly McLear, Kristen Edwards
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Charlie Palmers Camp Cooking 4

Hunting Hogs the Remington Way 34

Master Chef Charlie Palmer and Remington join forces to bring ne dining to a campre near you.
Airpower 10

South Texas proves the place for Brian McCombie to bring home the bacon with a variety of Remington ries and optics.
The Shotgun for Far & Away 38

TAB L E OF CON TEN TS

The airgun for the boy in all of us as Remington returns to marketing its own brand of pneumatic ries.
Pump or Semi for Defense? 16

One of the things that make the Remington Model 870 the worlds most popular shotgun is the ease of traveling with it.
Hunting for Hides 44

Two different shotgun actions, both with rock-solid reliability for the most critical home-defense situations.
Remington Country Outtters 20

The bobcat is among our most challenging quarries, and it wears a hide that is approaching new highs in value.
Go Tactical for Hunting 48

Remington expands it horizons to a full world of outdoor experiences with Remington Country Outtters.
Making it Blacker 26

The accuracy and ruggedness of tactical ries are just what more hunters want in the eld with them.
Remington Holiday Gift Guide 50

The Remington Custom Shop has been the source for benchrest ries, but precision shooting doesnt end there.

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by Tom McIntrye For just shy of 200 years, topquality arms and ammunition have occupied a place of pride in Remington Country; but it never ended there. The name Remington has long extended to knives, artwork, rearms-cleaning products, and hunting clothing, to name some. Remington has also understood that a fundamental part of the outdoor experience is the food we eat. Wild game is certainly the keynote of outdoor eating; but cooking over a campre is about the savor that smoke and open air bring to our meals, more so than what those meals are made of. Its also about the visceral impact of seeing our food roasting, grilling, frying, broiling, or boiling over wood amesan attraction that probably lingers in our DNA from our days as ancient hunter-gatherers. The control and precision provided by a gas range or oven are not to be denied, but do not compare to the brio and
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fascination of an energetically sizzling skillet over red glowing coals or crackling logs. As renowned chef Charlie Palmer puts it, Theres something liberating about cooking and eating outdoors. Away from the constraints of the table, were a little more sensual in our appreciation. Charlie Palmer is at home both on the gas range and over the campre. Since opening his rst landmark restaurant, Aureole, in Manhattan 25 years ago, Palmer has gone on to establish a dozen more award-winning restaurants and three boutique hotels across the country. He is also the author of four previous cookbooks, including Great American Food and Charlie Palmers Practical Guide to the New American Kitchen. Now in association with Remington, Palmer has added Remington Camp Cooking. The 272-page Remington Camp Cooking (shopremingtoncountry.com, $39.95) contains 120 reliable recipes for everything from breakfast (Wild Boar Breakfast Sausage), lunch (Rabbit Piccata), dinner (Wild Turkey Gumbo), and dessert (Spiced Molasses Pound Cake). Along with the recipes, the book includes Palmer Points throughout, pieces of expert advice, such as, A wild bird really needs to be basted. The more you baste it, the more moisture you will retain; on pancakes: For camp cooking, measure out the dry

ingredients ahead of time into a container large enough to mix the batter in; elk pot roast: Very slow cooking is the key. The meat should never boil. There is also the ne work of food and lifestyle photographer, Jody Horton; and from the Remington Arms Company Art Collection, 40 full-color illustrations by the likes of Bob Kuhn, Lynne Bogue Hunt, and N. C. Wyeth. The union of Palmer and Remington is more perfect than might be expected. Because the celebrity chef is also an avid outdoorsman with a lifelong love of hunting and shing. Take the fact that Palmer grew up in the small (population 1,280) town of Smyrna, New York, between Syracuse and Utica, in a family of hunters, especially his older brothers who hunted deer and shot clays. Palmer joined the deer hunt when he was 14, and he remembers that his rst real gun was a Remington Model 870 Wingmaster. Most of his hunting, though, in those days, was for grouse, partridge, and what was then a good population of wild pheasants. There was also a special pleasure in chasing rabbits in the winter with dogs. Along with being a hunter, Palmer is a year-round camper, summer and winter, with a talent for cooking over campres, as betting an Eagle Scout, a rank Palmer earned. When asked about the era of the celebrity chef, Palmer, a familiar face on television himself, says that fame on TV is only going to last so long. That and the fact, without naming names, There are a lot of people on TV who are never going to be a chef, ever. Its a very tough business, Palmer says of the culinary trade, and

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denitely not as glamourous as some people might think it is. The only good, and enduring, reason for becoming a chef is a love of food. It is his love of food that has inspired Palmer to produce Remington Camp Cooking to, in a way, demystify outdoor cooking, saying that the only thing never to forget to bring along is common sense. Take the most basic ingredient of all campre cookingthe campre! An outdoor cook, according to Palmer, needs to know how to build a re, where to build a re, what type of re is needed to cook a particular dish, how to make sure the re doesnt get away, and how to put it out (which are covered in the cookbook). Using the re is, then, a matter of heat control, achieved by using a heavybottomed skillet or pot and having a means of elevating it to various heights over the re to regulate the cooking time. Common sense extends to the recipes, too, which Palmer has written for their outdoor practicality. The campre cook, though, has to do his homework by reading the recipe and understanding it before he attempts to make a dish with it. In the outdoors, you cannot run to the grocery store for a missing ingredient, so you have to plan things out and think them through. In that regard, its no different from the message Palmer offers in his other four cookbooks. The secret to outdoor cooking, to all cooking, is preparation, the mise en place of setting out all the ingredients and needed utensils, and understanding the recipe. As essential as this is indoors, it is even more so over a campre. To make sure he got it right in this cookbook, Palmer built his own re pit
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Charlie Palmer
Charlie Palmers fame as a chef lies in his Progressive American cooking, based on intense avors and unexpected combinations, informed by classic French cuisine. Palmers path to this style was a long, and somewhat unexpected one. His rst job in a kitchen was just thata job. At 15 he was washing dishes in a restaurant near his family home, with no thought of making cooking a career. Then one day the prep cook, as kitchen staff are wont to do, did not show up, and Palmer was pressed into service as a chef. The head chef at the restaurant was Swiss and, though Palmer admits he didnt realize it at the time, taught him a great deal about cooking in the Old World tradition of craft, and inspired him to think about cooking as a profession. Out of high school Palmer entered the Culinary Institute of America (of which he is now Chairman of the Board of Trustees), and after completing his courses, went from there directly to New York City and began work at La Cte Basque, the signature French restaurant of the time in the late 1970s. In 1988, Palmer was out on his own with his Manhattan restaurant, Aureole, and has gone on from there to open restaurants in Washington, D. C., Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Sonoma, along with a trio of hotels. A frequent guest on NBCs the Today Show, the author, with Remington Campre Cooking, of ve cookbooks, and the owner of an expanding number of wine shops, Palmers has never lost his love of the outdoors and hunting and shooting. With his four sons he is a member of Black Point Sports Club in Sonoma, where he and his boys can shoot sporting clays and hunt pheasants and chukar. Palmer has Continued on next page also hunted elk in Colorado, and has another elk hunt on the horizon, as well as hunting ducks in Louisiana. His wingshooting, of late, has been with the Remington Autoloading VERSA MAX, which he calls a pretty sweet little gun. For doing great damage to the pigs that are virtually overrunning the Sonoma countryside and vineyards, he has a Remington Bolt Action Model 700 and the new Hog Hammer ammunition which, he says, in his understated fashion, do a good job. During the last 20 years, Palmer has been a board member of City Meals on Wheels and is a longtime supporter of Share our Strength, to end childhood hunger. And he has never lost his belief that there is nothing more special than eating in the outdoors.
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in the woods near his home in Sonoma, California, to test the recipes on. What he came up with were elegant and workable, and above all delicious. For Palmer, the three keys to game meat are marinating, tenderizing, and brining. There is, of course, the everpresent danger of overcooking game meat, sometimes out of distraction, sometimes in the belief that wild animals harbor some special breed of super bacteria that must be scorched to death. Here, the proper approach is choosing the right cuts for the right kind of cooking: The loins and chops from a deer can be done medium rareone of Palmers suggested methods for the loins is to cut them into thinner, smaller medallions, season them with one of the new spice rubs, like Remington Espresso Pepper

www.remingtoncampcooking. com, and quick sear thembut the leg meat should be kept for mixing with fat and used for burger or for slow, moist cooking, such as in stews. One of the ways of allaying unnecessary fears of contamination is always to remember, sanitation

that there is an urgency to dressing and chilling an animal. If you cannot get back to a camp or a locker shortly after the kill, make sure you have ice with you and something to wrap the carcass in to contain the cold and to keep dust and dirt from it. Palmer rmly believes that, We revel in the smell of the campre, the charring of the meat on the grill. Theres a different spiritmore primal, more immediate, and ultimately more satisfying. The old saying is that hunger is Palmer the best sauce for whetting the appetite. Woodsmoke must be a close second, if not the outright rst. To know whats cooking, open a copy of Remington Camp Cooking.

Camp Cooking with Charlie

is paramount, even if not easily accomplished in the eld. In turning game into meat, the key is to clean it properly and clean it quickly. Palmer will fault some hunters for not understanding

Remington Camp Cooking Sauces, Injectables, Marinades, and Rubs

In partnership with Charlie Palmer, Remington has introduced a new line of seasonings and condiments for game meat, as well domestic meat, poultry, sh, and vegetables. First are two barbecue sauces, Sweet & Spicy Chipotle Molasses for a smokey note, and Bourbon for birds, sh, seafood, game, and vegetables, wild or raised. Palmer emphasizes the need to get moisture into game meat, which due to its leanness (an advantage for healthy eating) can turn extremely dry if overcooked or not kept moist, and to help with that are a pair of marinades, including Balsamic Soy for venison and Citrus Soy for sh and seafood, which both add avor and tenderness. Remingtons three new rubsSmokey Espresso Pepper for big game, Toasted Spice Pork Rub, and Coriander Spice Rub for ducks and wild birdsare liberally applied over the meat and then let sit overnight in the refrigerator before roasting or grilling. Finally, there are two injectable marinades, Garlic & Herb and Spicy Cajun Chili Lemon. Both are right for poultry and game birds, and the Garlic & Herb will also bring new avor to wild boar.
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One of the things Remington recognized about its getting back into the air-gun market is the weight and prestige its name carried. So it wanted a product line in that market that would be
Illustration: Remington Archives

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The Lucky Boys Will Get Them This Christmas.

AIRPOWER

hats what the magazine ad read in December, 1928, as Remington extolled the virtues of its patented 50shot, pump-action BB gun, built as a near replica of the Model 12 Pump Action Rimfire Rifle. Invented by Crawford C. Loomis, the Remington Model 26 Repeating Air Rie, introduced in 1927, was sold for almost a decade and was priced at $7.50. The Remington name appeared on licensed air guns after that; but earlier this year, the 197-year-old company was back in the business in a direct way. Remingtons product manager for air guns, Dani Navickas,

with over 16-years experience in all things air guns, who came on board last summer with Remington as part of their expansion into the airgun market, explains that in May of 2013 Remington returned to air-gun manufacture with the purchase of one of the United Kingdoms largest importers and distributors of air-guns, Sports Marketing, which has a 30year background in the industry. One of the things Remington recognized about its getting back into the air-gun market is the weight and prestige its name carried. So it wanted a product line in that market that would be uniquely Remington. The acquisition
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gave Remington access to air-gun manufacturers and suppliers around the world, and the company did not waste time. Although Remington air guns are in a start-up phase, the company has been successful in bringing its rst new rie to market. The new Remington Express Air Rifle is a quality entrylevel air gun (it retails for $119.97 at www.basspro.com) with regular rearm dimensions (45-inch overall length, 19-inch barrel, and 8-pound weight), including a tted rubber recoil pad. The 177-caliber spring-and-piston rie features a hardwood stock that is inspired by classic Remington Model 700 checkering. A break-barrel action charges it with a single cocking action, and there is a two-stage adjustable trigger with an automatic safety mechanism (to reset the safety on most air guns, the cocking mechanism must be worked again; on the Remington Express 177 Caliber Air Rie, the safety has a special reset lever, so no re-cocking is necessary, something not seen on the market before). Included with it is a 4x32 scope, as well as a ber-optic front sight and fully adjustable rear sight. The guns performance and accuracy, it should be noted, have been very well received. Remingtons impetus for returning to air guns was its realization, according to Navickas, that the air-gun market has really expanded in the last few years; although the reasons may not all be entirely positive. Because the restrictions on rearms, places to shoot, and even ammunition, have made air

guns look like a much more attractive someone to instruct them in how to use alternative for shooters. it properly and safely. Despite the lessons In most states, most air guns can learned from A Christmas Story, many be bought in a store or ordered online parents who would be uneasy, perhaps, to without any need of going through a have their children start out with a rimre Federal Firearms Licensed dealer and rie as a tool to teach them how to shoot, without lling out a Form 4473 for the are more comfortable with their using Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, an air gun, viewing it as a kinder, gentler and Explosives. Air guns provide the weapon, although it must still be treated opportunity for year-round shooting with the same respect as all real ries. on indoor ranges, There is also a which could even be particular aspect of air in a shooters own guns that makes them basement, if the range an unequaled tool is properly constructed for overall shooting with all the right safety training. An essential steps followed, such as lesson taught by air a well-built backstop or guns is steadiness, in an effective bullet trap. terms of trigger pull There is also the cost and breath control, factor, which for practice because it is necessary and training (and to hold the aiming many law-enforcement position slightly longer There agencies include air with an air gun, which may be guns in their live-re no better translates into a much training) means that a more solid hold with a reason shooter can have 500 regular rearm. After for the shots for less than $10. existence practice with an air The case of the air gun, a shooter discovers for air guns, though, gun than that his muscle memory extends well beyond nds the crisper, lighter as the such considerations. trigger pull, and the perfect There may be no better faster lock time, training reason for the existence of a regular rearm tool for of the air gun than as much easier to master. young the perfect training tool shooters. Practicing with an air for young shooters. All gun before shooting the lucky boys and girls with a rearm is are the one who have somewhat like swinging access to an air gun and a weighted training

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bat in the on-deck circle before coming to the plate with a regular bat, although there are air guns that are able to match many regular target rearms in precision performance. There are, as Navickas says, a huge expanse of products on the market, air guns ranging from $99 up to $3,500 for an Olympic competition rie, the variety of guns reecting the variety of shooters. There are, Navickas adds, different levels of air gunners. You have your backyard plinkers, those who want the air gun for pest control, target shooters; and then you have those who want to shoot benchrest, and eld-target shooting. This last might be the ultimate in air-gun shooting. It is an outdoor competition that originated in the UK but is now an international sportthe American Airgun Field Target National Championships was held in October in Texas, attracting a hundred competitors, men and women, juniors to seniors. The hunters discipline shoots at 60 knockdown metallic animal silhouettes at ranges of 8 to 55 yards, with the exact ranges not noted. Most shots can be taken freestyle from any position, but a certain number must be taken either standing or kneeling. The kill zone on a target may be as small as 25 mmat the Nationals, a tie-breaking shot was at a quarter-inch target at the maximum 55 yardsmaking high-powered telescopic sights necessary. Because ranging is essential, a high-magnication scope with a shallow depth of eld is used, so the parallax side-focus wheel can be adjusted as a reference for gauging the distance to the target and ne-tuning the trajectory: When the target is brought into sharp focus, the shooter can read the yardage off a dial indexed to the parallax wheel. The air gun is one of the most historic type of arms and among the most versatile. It is, in fact, a gun every serious shooter, young or old, should have in his safe, and in the eld and at the range. And Remingtons reentry into the eld only illustrates how much larger the realm of the air gun is likely to grow, and in which Remington intends to take an increasingly large role.

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Air Gun History

The ancient blowgun would have been the rst air gun. What we think of as an air gun today was rst built around the 1580s to 1590s and used a bellows to propel a projectile. By the eighteenth century, air guns were being used by wealthy hunters, primarily because such ries were very expensive and difcult to build, requiring much skill and time to produce the precision valves, locks, and air reservoirs. It also helped to have a servant who could pump in the 1500 to 2000 strokes of air it took to ll the reservoir. When fully charged, though, such air ries were immune to wet weather and failures such as hang re or ashes in the pan, while driving a ball with enough force to bring down a deer or boar. On top of that, air guns, or Windbchse, wind rie, could operate as true repeaters, some able to re 30 rounds without having to be pumped up again. Perhaps the most famous repeating air rie, at least for Americans, was the Girandoni military rie made for the Austrian army in the late 1700s for the wars against revolutionary France. It was apparently one of these that came into the hands of Meriwether Lewis on the Corps of Discovery expedition of 1804-1806. And whenever the expedition met up with a tribe of Indians, Lewis and Clark and their men would turn out in their complete army uniforms and Lewis would demonstrate the Girandonis ability to re a rapid succession fusillade of 46-caliber round balls (the rie held 22 which could be red without recharging), with the power of a present-day 45 ACP cartridge, into a tree or other target, thus impressing the Native Americans with the repower the expedition appeared to possess. In the latter part of the nineteenth century air-gun shooting became a very popular competitive sport in Great Britain and there were some 4,000 clubs in the country by the turn of the century, even though air guns were identied as poacherss weapons because of the their quieter report. The BB gun became the air gun of choice for several generations of young boys in the US in the twentieth century. In modern times adult air guns are generally 177 or 22 caliber, and along with shooting pests and being used for practice, air rie and air pistol have been elevated to Olympic events.
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Backyard Hunting
The beauty of an air gun is the way it can turn a backyard into a Serengeti for a young person with a certain turn of mind. Now, as with any hunting, it is necessary to determine what is legal to hunt, and what is not. There are a number of non-game species, such as English sparrows, starlings, collared doves, common pigeons, many rodents, and on, that are classied as non-game, or even predators, that in many parts of the country may be hunted in any season with any means, including air guns, although even for non-game, a hunting license may be required. Discharging an air gun must also be permissible in the area, such as a town or county, where it is going to be used. Most of all, it must be determined that shooting the air gun wont risk hitting anything it is not aimed atthough lower powered than most regular rearms, an air gun is still capable ring a projectile that can skip, ricochet, or pass through, and cause accidental damage or injury. In hunting with an air gun, ideal ranges are about out to 30 yards, but most guns are very effective to 50. It is possible for modern air guns to develop velocities of up to 1,600 feet per second. Whether that makes them better for hunting, though, is debatable. When a small projectile like a 177- or 22-caliber pellet breaks the sound barrier, approximately 1,100 feet per second, it experiences disturbance and possible upset; and as Remingtons Dani Navickas emphasizes, accuracy is more important than velocity. So slower velocity may provide greater precision, as well as ultimately superior terminal ballistics. The 177 with a heavier-weight 10-grain-plus pellet would work well for smaller birds and rodents, while 22-calibers are good for rabbits and prairie dogs.
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REMINGTON VERSA MAX. ANY LOAD. ANYWHERE. EVERY TIME.

Any perceived advantage of an inertia-driven autoloader dies the instant you shoulder a VERSA MAX. Its new VersaPort gas system cycles every load, from light 2 " to heavy 3 " magnums, with awless consistency, dramatically less recoil and less maintenance than any other autoloader out there.
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Pistols for Concealed Carry

The 20th century saw no more iconic pistol than the Model 1911, the United Statess militariess service sidearm through wars large and small, as well as peace, from the year of 1911 until the switch to the 9 mm Parabellum-cartridge gun in the late 1970s, although the 1911 has never gone completely out of use, being still favored by many special-service units. Remington was called upon to manufacture the 1911 during World War I, but after the Armistice it would take more than 90 years before the company was again making the pistol. Today, Remington considers the Model 1911 R1 to be an advancement on the original 45, made possible by modern precision manufacturing techniques. One thing that has remained the same is that the standard 1911 is what it says it is, a sidearm, meant for riding on the hip in a US belt holster. Remington wanted to remedy that, to give the power and accuracy of the 45 in a pistol that could be concealed. So the company built the Remington Model 1911 R1 Carry and the Remington Model 1911 R1 Carry Commander. Both models have stainless-steel barrels, 5 inch in the Carry and 4 in the more compact Commander, cocobolo grip panels, tritium front night sights, skeletonized aluminum match triggers, and lowered and ared ejection ports. To make them more suited for concealed-carry, both guns have had their slides and frames dehorned, meaning that sharp edges and corners have been rounded, to avoid catching on clothing. The 45 Auto, especially in Ultimate Defense ammunition, remains one of the most effective rounds ever designed for self protection; and as large and powerful as the caliber may be, there are more than a few who nd its recoil milder and easier the handle than other, lesser calibers.

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cattergun, blunderbuss, fowling piece, all names for the shotgun, a gun that is undoubtedly the most versatile rearm ever invented, able to be used for upland game, waterfowl, turkeys, small game, and even big game, as well as trap and skeet, law enforcement, and combat. Another role it has performed ever since its inception is as perhaps the ideal rearm for home defense. The shotguns virtues hardly need enumeratingspeed of aiming, the size of the pattern of projectiles, the unlikelihood of those

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PERSONAL DEFENSE: PUMP OR SEMI?

projectiles penetrating interior as well as exterior walls, and the paralyzing terror it inspires in the heart of an intruder when confronted with one in the hands of a homeowner. The only real question is, which to have in a home, a pump or a semi auto? Starting with the pump, the thought immediately goes to the millions of Remington Pump Action Model 870s owned across the country and around the world. Certainly most of these are for hunting and sport shooting, but that does not mean that their owners dont also consider them in terms of home defense, and there are more than a few who own them solely to insure the safety of themselves and their families. Why the Remington Model 870? To begin with, you cannot ignore the signicance of the fact that, in the words of Michael Vrooman (pronouced VRO-man), Remingtons product manager of shotguns, Youll nd the 870 in more police cruisers than any other shotgun. There cannot be any better endorsement for the gun than that professionals who stake their lives on their shotguns choose the Remington Model 870 more often than any other make, and that is a trust dating back to 1950 when the shotgun was rst introduced. The 870 has maintained the same high manufacturing standards since the rst gun came out of the factory. Unlike some more cheaply made shotguns that use aluminum for the receiver, the 870 begins with an eight-pound billet of solid steel and machines the receiver
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Model 870 Tactical

Almost 99% percent of the time, just the sound a shell being racked into a Model 870 is all the deterrent you are ever going to need. Mike Vrooman

Remington Shotgun Product

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Training at the Range

out of it. The advantages in maximum strength and reliability of this step alone is inarguable. Many select the pump because they feel it guarantees that there is no way that anything can go wrong, because you are manually operating the gun yourself, according to Vrooman. A psychological plus for that pump action is the unequivocal sound of the slide as a cartridge is racked home, a noise that can send your most hardened secondstory man into a cold sweat at night as he thinks about it. Almost 99-percent of the time, hopefully, says Vrooman, that is all the
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deterrent you are ever going to need. Not to be forgotten, though, is that there is at least one more attractive feature of the pump-action shotgun: the price. The wide variety of Remington Model 870s make for at least one in every price range for home defense. You can pick the most affordable Model 870 Express and upgrade its home-defense characteristics with one of the shorter ( 20 or even 18 inch) Model 870 Extra Barrels; and the Model 870 Magazine Extension Kit allows the owner to increase capacity by two or three

cartridges. From there a homeownder can go to guns with folding stocks for easier storage up to a Remington Model 870 Express Tactical Magpul (MagPul is a trademark of MagPul Industries Corp.) with a stock and foreend specically made for home defense, along with XS Ghost Ring sight, or the Remington Model 870 Express Tactical with BLACKHAWK! Spec Ops II (XS is a trademark of XS Sight Systems, Inc.. Blackhawk! and SpecOpsII are trademarks of Blackhawk Industries Product Group Unlimited LLC.) with an enhanced pistol grip and seven-position
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THE MODEL 1911 R1. A LEGEND IN TOP FORM. The only thing

more American than a Model 1911 is one made by Americas oldest gunmaker. For more than 100 years, its defended freedom, served justice, protected families and dominated competition. And the Model 1911 R1 marks our proud return to one of the greatest legacies in rearms history, with the nest blend of exacting craftsmanship and out-of-box performance available today.

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Selecting a Guide
A hunter may nd a guide by word of mouth, or can search for one through advertisements; but this is a very time-consuming process, including asking a guide for a full list of references of past clients and contacting a number of them. Or he can use the services of an agency like Remington Country Outtters. Getting the client together with the right outtter takes some matchmaking art on the part of the agent: What kind of game is the client looking fora good deer or a great one? What sort of outdoor experienceroughing it or luxury appointments? What are the clients special requirements, whether budgetary or physical or dietary? A hunter may think there is an extra charge for using an agency, but there is none. And in the long run, using an agent to select a guide may be the most economical route to take.

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There is, of course the satisfaction of owning top quality products which in the case of rearms, can last for generations. We can admire their looks, their workmanship, their performance. They can give us a sense of trust and condence and security. They represent a part of our traditions. For some there are very practical reasons for having guns; for others, lets admit it, its just plain cool to own neat stuff. There is something else, though, that comes with the purchase of ne arms and ammunition, and that is a dream, the promise of a unique experience. Guns and ammo may allow us to break targets on a clays course, blacken a 10-ring at a rie range, shoot a limit of ducks in a marsh, or bring down a bull on a mountain slope. It is not, however, those things we are after: Take a case of clay birds and toss them out a window if all you want is to break them; you can buy ranch-raised elk in the store and a set of antlers at a pawn shop. So those are not the reasons, all by themselves. The real reason we shoot and we hunt, and lets add sh, is not to acquire, but to experience. Remington has long understood that what underlies their product line is the complete outdoor experience. Its not easy to enjoy being in the eld if were lugging around junk, so Remington doesnt make any. Now, though, they want to see their insistence on quality brought to the hunting and shing market directly. A few years back, Remington President Scott Blackwell approached the father and son team of Carl and C. J. Brown with the idea of creating a product that Remington consumers could utilize to discover the nest places around the world to hunt and sh. Carl Brown (Email Carl) worked for over 28 years with the National Wild Turkey Federation where, as the chief operating ofcer, he led the organization to over 500,000 members. He later worked for several years at Remington. Browns hunting and shing experience dates back over 35 years, and in that time hes learned was goes into shaping quality time in the outdoors. Brown is an avid turkey, duck, and deer hunter and has taken the Grand Slam of wild turkeys numerous times, while hunting plains game in South Africa, waterfowl throughout the U. S. and Canada, turkeys in Mexico, and whitetails across the South and Midwest. As Carls son, C. J. Brown (Email CJ) has hunted and shed all his life. An accomplished deer hunter, C. J. also has his own collection of turkey Grand Slams, and has traveled extensively to locate quality-hunting lodges around the world. These are the two expert consultants that Scott Blackwell turned to
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Remington Country Outfitters wants to open up outdoor opportunities to people of all ages, skill levels, and financial resources, with many trips starting below $2000, including wild turkey, black bear, wingshooting, or fishing.

when he wanted to start Remington Country Outtters (www.remingtoncountry.com, info@remingtoncountry.com, 1-888-283-7336). Located in Edgeeld, South Carolina, the Browns have a network of hand-selected outtters spread across North America and covering all the major big-game species, including wild turkey, along with bird hunting, both foreign and domestic, and shing, which stretches from Alaska to the Caribbean. International big game includes South Africa and South America, and Remington Country Outtters can also arrange for vacations for the entire family. Right now, the Browns are in the expansion stage of Remington Country. They are actively looking at new outtters and new territories, in places such as Australia. For Remington Country Outtters, though, its quality over quantity. Rather than representing scores of different outtting operations, they limit themselves to a very select group. The guides they choose to represent are by their invitation only. They hand select the destinations to which they send their clients, based on the Browns long relationships with the lodges and outtters, so that they know their track records. Weve gone to great lengths to insure that were providing the customers of Remingtons rearms with access to the very best destinations to hunt and sh, says C. J. Wild turkey, according to C. J., is a great choice for a rst-time guided hunt. A lot of hunters struggle with that rst bird, on their own; and hunting with a guide will not only improve their odds, but teach them a good deal about successful hunting techniques. For the hunter seeking his Grand Slam of turkeys, a guide is denitely going to enter into the picture when it comes to more exotic subspecies, such as the Osceola and Goulds. We also have the highest of the top end, says C. J., as far as brown bear in Alaska off of 50-foot private yachts, to ve-star accommodations in Argentina and Colorado, and some of the nest duck-hunting lodges you could ever dream about. When a client works with Remington Country Outtters, a relationship is formed that can extend to helping to obtain licenses, arranging transportation, buying bonus points for future hunt applications, trip insurance, taxidermy recommendations, and even game processing. We want to try to take all the guesswork out of it for the client says C. J. Brown, by making sure all the is are dotted and all the ts crossed; and he adds, Its our absolute goal to represent what we offer exactly the way it is going to be when the client arrives at the camp or lodge. Some may wonder why Remington is getting involved in shing trips; but the company knows that rearms and ammunition are, again, a part of a total outside ethos, and an acknowledgement that the sporting life is not limited to shooting and hunting, no matter how major a part they may play. Its always been the case that hunters sh. And anglers hunt. Remington is more than just a gun company, C. J. Brown says. It is an outdoor experience company, and that includes helping people nd the best places to go shing. Those places can include salmon and halibut in Alaska, walleye and smallmouth in South Dakota, and bonesh and permit on the ats of the Bahamas, or marlin and sailsh offshore. Specic hunts available through Remington Country Outtters are mountain caribou in British Columbia, Texas whitetail, Colorado mule deer, as well as red stag in Patagonia and ducks in Arkansas and Georgia quail.

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How little or how much to bring on a guided hunt is always a question to be answered. If your are driving to your hunt, the amount of gear you can bring will differ from what you can bring if you are ying (and if you are ying, you will need to have an airline-approved locking hard case for your rearm). Remember that checked airline baggage has weight and size limitations and now carries fees, which for second, third, and fourth bags can become very substantial. If reaching your camp requires ying in a small plane, then you want to pare your gear down as much as possible; and having a soft case for your rie or shotgun will let you take up less cargo room in the aircraft than you would with your hard case. If you will be going horseback, you might also want to bring your own scabbard. The best way of knowing what to bring, though, is to follow your guides suggestions. Almost every guide will send out an equipment list before the hunt. He cant, though, make his clients read it. A guides equipment list is based on the years of experience he has had in running hunts and knowing the range of weather that can be encountered. Consulting the list will answer virtually all of your gear questions; but by using the services of Remington Country Outtters, you will have another valuable source of information. And if youre looking for a place to shop for gear, turn to Shop Remington Firearms.

Selecting a Location
The best places to hunt are not necessarily the most famous. There are places in the Midwest that have become justly famous for record-book white-tailed deer; and today, many of the leases in those areas have been bought up by guides who are charging sometimes prohibitively expensive fees for hunting there. Hunters can also run into hunting-magazine syndrome, in which some public-lands hotspot is revealed, and quickly overrun by hordes of other hunters. The advantage of working with Remington Country Outtters is that they stay in regular communication with their network of outtters, keeping their ear to the ground to stay abreast of how things are in the hunting or shing area: was there a heavy winter dieoff, is there a drought, was the acorn crop up or down, have the river conditions changed? They have in most cases been where they will send you, so they understand that it is about location, location, location.

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ones of hunting). After the Civil War, and the short-action Remington Model target shooters began placing their 722 Bolt Action centerfire Rifle, ries on double rests, under the butt chambered for the 222, along with, most and foreend. This would lead to target famously, the Remington Bolt Action shooting becoming an end in itself, and Model 700, and button riing. A to the interest in, and quest for, extreme competitive benchrest shooter himself, accuracy. Walker wanted to design a cartridge The true beginning of modern from the ground up that could deliver up benchrest shooting is probably due to the to 3200 feet-per-second velocity with a arrival of the 222 Remington cartridge 50-grain bullet, had moderate recoil, and in 1950. This was the work of Merle gave longer barrel Mike Walker, who died earlier this life, over year at 101. For 37 years, Walker was a lead engineer and designer for Remington, instrumental not only in the introduction of the Triple Deuce, but the Remington Model 721 Bolt Action Continued on page 30 Centerfire Rifle in long action,
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ivilian target shootings origins, whether here in the U. S., in Great Britain, or elsewhere, have usually been prompted by concerns over inadequate military marksmanship, particularly of conscripted troops, following disastrous performances in some battle or even war. The American Civil War (in which troops received virtually no marksmanship training) led to the founding of the National Rie Association in 1871; and before that, poor shooting in the Crimean War roused the British to form civilian rie clubs. At rst, the civilian shooting mimicked the positions of combat shootingstanding offhand, sitting, kneeling, and prone (which are also the

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adjustable length-of-pull stock, both featuring tactical ergonomics throughout. These provide swift target acquisition and can be tted with Picatinny rails, or come with them standard, allowing for the attachment of reex sights, lasers, or tactical lights. Performance questions about semi autos versus pumps have been virtually eliminated by the Remington Autoloading VERSA MAX shotgun with its Versaport gas system. Michael Vrooman says, The Achilles heal of semi autos, up until the Versa Max, was the fact that when you had an autoloading shotgun, the bolt operation was dependent on the strength of the shotgun shell being red. So the gun would cycle a 2-inch cartridge slower than it would a 3-inch waterfowl load. The semi-auto action is about timing, with a narrow window in which ring, ejection, and reloading must take place for the gun to function properly, or lead to jamming and failure to feed. With the Versaport, because it regulates the amount of gas according to the length of the shell, says Vrooman, a much better job is done of operating at the same speed, whatever the cartridge, producing ultimate reliability. A shooter can rely on the Remington Versa Maxs cycling any 12-gauge shell effortlessly, according to Vrooman. Today, semi autos like the Remington Versa Max are so reliable, they are quickly winning the condence of so many gun owners that they are fast becoming some of the most popular of all home-defense rearms, not merely

shotguns. In no small measure, this is has to do with the recoil reduction the autoloading action provides. Reduced kick makes the gun easier to handle for smaller-statured, or recoil-sensitive, household members, making them less fearful of getting off that rst shot. From a tactical standpoint, reduced recoil comes into its own on followup shots, letting the homeowner reacquire a target quickly after every pull of the trigger. The Remington VERSA MAX Tactical may be the perfect choice in a semi-auto for home defense. At 22 inches, it is shorter barreled than the standard Versa Max, allowing for easier maneuverability and faster handling in conned spaces, like the hallway of a house. Additional tactical features include nine-shot capacity (eight in the magazine and one in the chamber); the ProBore choke system with Improved Cylinder or Remington Tactical Choke Tube with a sawtooth rim around the extended end; oversized bolt release, bolt-release button, and trigger guard; HiViz (HiViz is a trademark of North Pass Ltd.) front sight; and Picatinny rail and barrel clamp for mounting accessories. Whatever the home-defense choice, whether pump or semi-auto, having a shotgun for that purpose represents a serious responsibility. The force a shotgun, or any rearm, places in someones hands to defend himself and his family must never be considered anything less than deadly. A homeowner has to be certain that when he uses such force, he is justied in doing so. Being condent that a shotgun, pump action or autoloading, is going to

perform utterly reliably in an emergency takes away a critical portion of doubt that can cloud a homeowners judgment when he is pitched into a life or death situation. When there is no choice but to reach for a shotgun to defend your home, you want to be absolutely sure it is a shotgun you can count on. As an added thought on buckshot, in 00- and 000- pellet sizes, this is still a legal, and effective, load for deer out to perhaps as far as 40 yards; so it is certainly applicable for home defense. Because of the weight and size, though, heavy buckshot can have problems with over-penetration, such as passing though plate-glass windows and some exterior walls, and entering neighboring structures. For that reason, Number 4 buck is the most recommended shot for home defense. You do not need a three-inch mag, either, says, Matt Ohlson, senior product manager at Remington for centerre ammunition. The payload in a three inch, and the extra velocity, are not necessary, for an emergency in the house. Nor is the greater recoil. (Express Managed-Recoil Buckshot is a product to consider for even softer shooting.) A 2-inch Remington Express Buckshot, adds Ohlson, in Number 4 or Number 1 shot is just about ideal for home-defense situations. Again, you can take it from law enforcement, which predominantly relies on 2, rather than 3 inch, when a life is on the line.
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the meteoric 220 Swift. For a quarter century the 222 ruled the benchrest matches until the appearance in the 1970s of a range of 6 and 6.5 mms, such as 6 mm PPC-USA or 6mm BR Remington and 6.5-284 Norma or 260 Remington. Today, the object of these and other benchrest cartridges is to put a group of shots all through the same hole, to make it blacker. To do that takes a rie capable of wringing the most out of those cartridges, and the place to look for that kind of rie is the Remington Custom Shop. The Custom Shop, located in Remingtons Ilion, New York, facility, began over a half century ago, headed by, naturally, Mike Walker. Visitors to Ilion will nd the Custom Shop on the rst oor of the factory, in back of the Remington museum, set behind picture windows that allow the gunmakers to be seen as they craft ries. According to John Fink, Remingtons Senior Product Manager for ries, We only use the best gun builders

we have out of the factory to work in the custom shop. Those builders have their own precision barrel-making and machining equipment for making the ries in the shop. The process for producing a rie that can make it blacker begins with the full length gun drilling of a piece of barrel steel, through which the riing button is pulled; though slower than cut riing, button riing allows for much closer tolerances. After that the chamber is cut and the barrel is honed and air-gauged to insure that the dimensions are held to within 4/10,000ths of an inch variance over the length of the barrel. The Custom Shop blueprints the action, which involves truing and squaring it up, so the bolt face is concentric with the centerline of the bore, the locking lugs mate squarely in their recesses, and everything is done to align the parts to rein in disruptive harmonics that would throw a shot. All the actions are epoxy-bedded to ensure uniform contact with the stock, then a hundredpercent of the assembled ries are shot for

accuracy with handloadsand the nished rie is shipped with the target, along with the load data for the handload. The signature ries of the Custom Shop would be the 40-X Series. The 40-X is yet another Mike Walker design, based on the action for his Model 700. The Remington Model 40-XB Rangemaster embodies the classic features of the benchrest rie11-pound weight, optional two-ounce trigger, as well as optional rates of twist to best utilize particular bullet weights and loads. The Custom Shop also produces a Hunter Series of ries; but there is a case to be made for the 40-Xs, as well as the Custom Shops Target/Tactical Seriess, use in the eld. These are heavier weight rie, but if you are hunting from a stand, or setting up on a hillside and glassing over greater distances, carrying a precision rie like one of the above, equips you with, in the words of John Fink, a rie that is very stable, very accurate, that will enable you to make a long-range shot. For this kind of rie, a
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Cleaning and Care for High-Performance Rifle

As important as cleaning is for all ries, it is critical for precision ries and precision shooting. The tolerances of a custom benchrest rie are so ne, even small specks of grit can affect the action. To clean a bore down to the bare metal, start with a Remington bronze-bristle Rem Brush and Remington 40-X Bore Cleaner, based on Remington Bore Cleaner, and a mainstay of benchrest shooters. It requires no soaking and has no ammonia odor. For regular maintenance, and use at the range, there is Remington Brite Bore Solvent which dissolves powder and copper residue, and can be used between strings of shots. Among the newest innovations in cleaning accessories is the Remington REM Squeeg-E made from modern polymers and designed for pull-through ex rods, and for cleaning lands and grooves with one pull. When putting away the rie for storage, there is Rem Oil or Moistureguard Rem Oil. For cleaning the action and trigger mechanism, do not use bore cleaners or solvents (and when cleaning the bore, make sure these cleaners do not get into the action). Instead use Rem Action Cleaner. A couple of added tips: Many shooters prefer to clean a bore while it is still warm; and when getting ready to shoot for the record, they will re a couple of fouling shots to set up conditions in the bore that will be the same for all shots red.

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hunter may want to look for a chambering in 300 Winchester Magnum or even 338 Lapua Magnum, both of which are available through the Remington Custom Shop. A custom precision rie is, to be sure, a major investment, and so may not be for every shooter. There are ways, though, of obtaining target accuracy right out of the box. One of those ways is the Remington Model 700 SPS Tactical. Heres how Fink describes the Model 700 SPS Tactical, Its a great compact gun that handles very nicely and shoots very, very accurately because of the short, stiff barrel...The stock it is sitting in, by Hogue, is pillar bedded, so the barrel is completely free oated from the recoil lug all the way forward. Built on the shortaction Remington Model 700 receiver,

the rie also features the X-Mark Pro Adjustable Trigger system, a satinblack oxide metal nish, a 7-pound weight, Super Cell recoil pad, and chamberings in 223 Remington and 308 Winchester. Barrel length is always a question when it comes to precision shooting. Its a debate about long versus short. Magnum ries carry long barrels, sometimes more than 27-inches, to burn all the powder their large-capacity cases hold and achieve the highest velocity possible. Speed does not always equate to accuracy, however. The barrel on the Model 700 SPS Tactical may be only 20 inches, and there is also a 16-inch model available; but it is a heavy-contour tactical-style barrel which translates into dampened oscillationless of the whip action the barrel experiences when a

bullet is red through itmeaning that the bore remains tighter on target during the shot. The result may be a few less feet per second, but the groups can be as tight as the spade on a playing card. More goes into precision shooting than just an accurate rie. There is the cartridge and bullet, the load, the optics, the rest, gauging the temperature, doping the wind, reading the barometer, the pressure of the cheek on the stock, breath control and trigger pull, and more; thats what makes it so interesting. Without a precision rie, though, there can be no precision shooting at all. (For more information about benchrest shooting, contact the International Benchrest Shooters, www. international-benchrest.com, or the National Benchrest Shooters Association, www.nbrsa.org.
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S P E C I A L

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THE REMINGTON WAY

By Brian McCombie

HUNTING HOGS

y hunting guide and I of human scent. They are equipped with then eased out into the opening, my spotted it at the same pretty good ears, too. Their weak point? Model R-25 held at port arms and time, a dark bump Eyesight. So the careful hunter who uses ready. maybe 500 yards away cover and shadows, and doesnt stomp One hog was facing away from from us and down a around like a herd of cattle, can usually me, no shot there, and I couldnt see the gas pipeline right of way. A hog, we get much closer to feeding hogs. second hog. I took a half-step forward. realized as soon as we got our binoculars I kept just inside the thick, leafy Thats when Hog Number Two suddenly up, his nose to the ground and rooting brush, going slow to make as little noise reared up from behind a grassy clump and around for an early morning breakfast. as possible. The air was still, so no worries grunted in surprise, not 30 yards away, Just after dawn in South Texas, and my there. I got to within about 100 yards or having caught sight of me. guide parked our pickup I snapped the Model beyond the pipeline cut, R-25 onto my shoulder, a 70-yard-wide opening lined up the reticle of my sliced through a veritable Trijicon AccuPoint just beneath jungle of Texas mesquite his shoulder and squeezed off and brush. a quick shot. The hog ran to I got out and the other side of the opening Hunting in the digital age (l.) with the Remington 2020 optic; the R-25, built for the hunt. loaded my Remington and then looped back. I red Model R-25 rie twice more before he made it chambered in 243 Win. Time to put on a so, and peeked out to make sure the hog into the bush. hog stalk. was still thereand now there were two My guide showed up a minute Feral hogs have great noses, hogs feeding in the opening! later and we found the hog not 50 better than dogs, scientists believe, and I made my way through another feet from where I stood, the 100- grain they ee as soon as they catch a whiff 40 or 50 yards of pickery Texas brush, Remington 243 Core-Lokt bullet

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(from my very rst shotthe other two were misses) having slammed in at midshoulder, expanded nicely, and exited on his far side. A great stalk, a ne 125-pound meat hog, and one of the best ways I know to start a morning hunt! Once relegated to The Deep South, wild hogs have expanded their range into parts of the Midwest, the East Coast and New England. According to the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at the University of Georgias School of Veterinary Medicine, established, reproducing populations of hogs are now found in at least 36 states. Some estimates put wild hog numbers at 5 million or better. Hogs are very destructive animals, digging up crops with their long, rooting noses and destroying elds and pastures. Feral hogs also compete with native wildlife for forage and other resources. State

game agencies have responded to the feral hog boom by expanding hunting opportunities. In most states, theres no bag or season limits for hogs taken on private lands, and hunting opps on public lands are numerous. There are so many ways to hunt these wild porkers. Spot and stalk. Hunting from blinds. Hunting over feeders and watering holes. Even hunting at night, which is legal in a growing number of states. All are viable methods and a lot of fun. Ive had some outstanding hog hunting opportunities recently, including the above hunt with the Model R-25 rie. On that same hunt, I switched ries the next day and tried out Remington new budget-priced bolt action, the Remington 783 in 30-06 SPRG. I took three more hogs with this very accurate rie, including a nice 200-pound sow after a short stalk along the edge

of a recently plowed eld. A 180 grain Core-Lokt bullet dropped her right where she stood. Hunting from an elevated blind on an earlier hunt, I got a chance to use the new Remington 2020 Digital Optic System atop a Remington Model 700 SPS rie chambered in 308 Win. A trio of hogs popped out of the brush right at dawn and headed to a feeder some 150 yards away from my blind. Using the Remington 2020 optic, I was able to tag the hogs, meaning the optic gured the range, angle of the shot, and other factors. I pulled the trigger, worked the bolt and shot again, and took two of those hogs. There are so many ways to bring home the bacon, whether its with a traditional bolt action, a slick semi-auto rie, a slug gun or even with the aid of a high-tech optic. If you want to increase your hunting options, put wild hogs on your to do list, and soon.

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Anticipating the current growth in hog

hunting, Remington created the new Hog Hammer ammunition in seven center re calibers, from 223 Rem to 450 Bushmaster. The Hog Hammer rounds are devastating on hogs, thanks to top propellants combined with Barnes TSX bullets for deep penetration and superior expansion. I dropped my largest hog ever with Hog Hammer in 223 Rem, a 31o-pound West Texas boar shot at 90 yards. The 62-grain Barnes TSX bullet penetrated through an amazing 16 inches of very solid hog, including his shield (the hard cartilage vest covering a boars shoulder and chest) and pierced his vitals. Remingtons Premier A-Frame (A-Frame is a trademark of Hober-Reed, Inc.) centerre ammunition is another great choice for hog hunting. The pointed soft-point provides incredible expansion, while the A-Frame construction and proprietary bonding process leads to near 100-percent weight retentionimportant when youre taking on stout-bodied hogs. Shotgun hunters are bringing home lots of fresh pork, too, and Remington AccuTip Slugs, Premier Copper Solid Slugs, and Express OO and OOO buckshot all get the job done. That Remington rie or slug gun you use for deer hunting will certainly take hogs, too. But for hunters who like a more tactical edge? The Remington Model 700 SPS Tactical ries in 223 Rem, 300 AAC-SD Blackout, and 308 Win are great hog hunting rigs. Accurate and hard hitting, the SPS Tactical ries hold up to the tough eld and weather conditions hunters often nd

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S P E C I A L

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SHOTGUNNING
by Doug Larsen Remington Pro Staff

the gun for far and away

lodge owner I knew once had a hunter arrive at his Mexico camp with a matched pair of bespoke English game guns, worth about what most people in this country pay for single-family housing, with a 30year mortgage. Of course, that hunter also arrived in his own private jet with two Chicago Bears-lineman-sized body guards with mirror sunglasses and heads on swivels. Its likely this was a hunter not overly concerned about anything untoward happening to his guns. A more reasonable, sensible approach to a travel gun might be found in the Pump Action Model 870. All 870s are built the way they always have, starting with a single block of steel and precision machining the receiver

out of it. Remingtons most affordable Model 870, and one of the great values in the shotgun marketplace, is the Remington Model 870 Express. Besides an extremely attractive price tag, the gun features a matte-black, nonreective nish and a laminate stock and fore-end. Available in standard 26- or 28-inch, vent-ribbed, bead-sighted barrels, the gun will handle 2- or 3-inch cartridges. Price may be a major concern in picking a traveling shotgun, but just as important, if not more so, is versatility. A hunter traveling long distances is often not going to limit himself to a single species. If he ies all the way out to the Dakotas to hunt ring-necked pheasant, he may also want to hunt waterfowl, if the season is open. Because the

Remington Model 870 Express accepts Rem Chokes (Rem Choke Tubes and Wrenches), a hunter has the option of shooting everything with his traveling gun from quail, and sporting clays, to turkey and even deer with the ried choke. If he wanted only one barrel for all-around use, then he should choose a 26 inch. There is also, though, the option with Remington of selecting an extra barrel for traveling from the extensive list found on the Original Factory Barrel Tables. The success and popularity of the 870, says Michael Vrooman, Remingtons Product Manager of shotguns, means that you can go to just about any gun shop and buy a barrel for it. So our hunter in the Dakotas could

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walk the elds for pheasant with a 26inch barrel, choked in improved cylinder, shooting 2-inch Nitro Pheasant Loads, and the next day be sitting in a goose blind with a 28-inch barrel on his gun, choked in full, and 3-inch Hypersonic Steel in the chamber and magazine. It should also be kept in mind that when traveling to hunt in foreign countries, quality Remington ammunition is not always available, but even lesser-grade cartridges are going to function in the 870. Not to be overlooked is the compactness of the Remington Model 870 when traveling. Simply unscrewing the magazine cap lets the gun be taken apart and packed into a short case, including an extra barrel. In ying, this lets a hunter walk into

an airport with his cased gun, without causing a general panic. It also makes it less conspicuous to felonious eyes while in transit. If a traveling hunter is looking for something a little more elegant, there is the classic Remington Model 870 Wingmaster with customquality nish and handsome Americanwalnut woodwork, and with all of the versatility of the Remington Model 870 Express, in a little more stylish package.

other options
If a hunter wants the advantages of a semi-auto shotgun for traveling, then he wont go wrong with the Remington Versa Max Sportsman. With almost all of the same features as the

award-winning Remington Versa Max - Synthetic, including being able to chamber 3-cartridges, it is priced only slightly higher than the Remington Model 870 Wingmaster. For an all-around traveling shot shell for upland birds from dove to pheasant, a hunter could look to Remington Heavy Dove Loads in number 6 shot. With a case of these in the back of the SUV, beside the dog box, a hunter is ready to hit the road. If traveling across the border or overseas and unable to bring Remington ammunition, a hunter may still be condent that if he has to shoot dirty foreign-make shells, the self-cleaning piston system of the Remington Versa Max Sportsman will prevent excessive fouling.

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Is High Volume Bird Shooting Harmful to the Species?

True high-volume shooting is limited to only a very few parts of the world. In almost any country a hunter travels to for wingshooting, he will nd well-enforced limits on game birds. South America, and the eared dove, are an exception, though. In Argentina, for example, the dove is considered a pest, with an estimated 32-million birds inhabiting the area just around the city of Crdoba. Some 7000 foreign hunters travel to Argentina each year, most to hunt doves; and bags can be enormous, up to a thousand birds a day for a few hunters, with most settling for less. If you look at the math, though, the result will show that if those 7000 hunters were to shoot 1,000, or even 1,500, doves during an Argentine trip, the total bag by them would be 10 million. Locals also kill some doves, but very few can afford the shotguns and shells to do any real damage, so that take is minimal. If 10 million are actually killed in a season, that is still less than a third of the resident population around one city. The average life span of a dove is one year, with the population said
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to be able to withstand a 75-percent mortality rate. High-volume shooting, at least in Argentina, at best helps control a nuisance population that just seems to increase every year, while providing a regular source of income in the rural parts of the country and aiding the local economy.

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obcat are, of course, trapped for their beautiful, and increasingly valuable pelts. When it comes to hunting them, though, there are essentially two ways: hounds and calls. When it comes to favorite hound breeds, according to Hal Blood, an avid bobcat hunter, as well as a guide and outtter in northern Maine (www.Cedarridgeoutfitter.com) and the author of Hunting Big Woods Bucks, A good cat hound is one that runs cats, no matter what. It doesnt run bear; it doesnt run anything else. It runs cats. (You can also read Hals articles at Big Woods Bucks, www.bigwoodsbucks.com) It doesnt take a pack of dogs to hunt a bobcat. Many hunters take off on a snowmobile with a dog box strapped

onto the rear with one or perhaps two, following logging roads and other trails. Maine bobcat season runs through the heart of the winter, both to ensure prime hides and that the kittens have left their mothers, so hunting by scent wont work well, making the hunter the one to nd and read the track. He is looking for prints made no later than the night before, when the bobcats do most of their hunting. A fresh track will look newly minted, with clean edges; and once a hunter gets a feel for it, there will be no mistaking a hot track for an old one. From there, its up to the dogs. Not ever cat chase succeeds, the rate is probably no better than 50-percent, if even that. If pressured hard by the dogs, a bobcat may not tree, but can get into the brush and run in circles all day.

Once treed though, it is really only a matter of deciding if the cat is big enough. Thirty pounds is a good bobcat, with a few growing to 50. That is a huge tom, for a bobcat, and one capable of bring down deer in the snow. A hunter, though, will know the size of the cat by the size of the track, before he ever gets to the tree, and the pelt in the winter will be prime; so its not likely that the wrong cat will get shot. Killing a treed bobcat takes no more than a 22 Long Rie, and a good choice for that would be one of the Remington Autoloading Model 597 ries, like the Remington Model 597 HB A-TACS (A-TACS is a trademark of Concealment Systems, LLC.) Camo or Model 597 FLX Camo, using Remington GoldContinued on next page

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Hunting for Hides

After you take your bobcat, be sure to treat it right. According to the North American Fur Auctions Fur Pelt Handling Manual, pelts should be skinned as soon as possible after taking an animal. Remember that bobcats are very thin-skinned animals, and the hides can easily be cut or nicked. Place the skinned hide in a bag for transport out of the eld so that the hairs do not freeze to metal surfaces of the vehicle. A hide should also be washed in cool water with a small amount of soap to remove dirt and blood, and then dried slowly at relatively low temperature to preserve the natural oil and sheen in the fur. The advantage of 22-caliber and individual Number 4-shot pellet holes is that they do not need to be sewn up when preparing a hide for sale.

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en Bullet rimre ammunition. The best choice, though, is probably a shotgun, like the Remington Versa Max Sportsman with the 22-inch barrel, or even the 20-gauge Remington Model 870 Express Compact Synthetic with Adjustable Length of Pull System, for easy handling on snowmobiles and under the tree. Number 4 shot, in 20-gauge Express Extra Long Range or even in 12 gauge Premier High-Velocity Magnum Copper-Plated Buffered Turkey Loads, will do slight damage to a bobcat hide, only little pinholes, in Bloods words; and a hunter is likely to see only bits and pieces of a treed cat, making picking a precise target difcult. There is also a good chance of a bobcat jumping the tree, turning a running shot into the only way to bring one down. Leroy Van Buggenum is a big-game and varmint hunter out in Story, Wyoming, who has been calling in coyotes and bobcats for over 60 years. He doesnt look for cats too high, but down lower in the rimrocks and canyons, and in the brushy draws where the bobcats main food, rabbits and squirrels, will be found. On bobcats, Van Buggenum uses rabbit calls and higher-pitched mouse coaxers, calls not as low and raspy as for coyotes. He also gures on the bobcats sneaking in, not running in the way coyotes sometimes do. As far as calibers for bobcats, on shots that could be out to a hundred yards, Van Buggenums never found any better than the 222 Remington or 223 Remington, both available in Remington Premier AccuTip V. The Remington Model R-15 VTR Predator Magpul MOE Collapsible Stock is a ne choice for the 223 Remington.

The hammer price for top bobcat pelts at fur auctions, where they are known as lynx cats, can run between $1,275.00 and $1,550.00.

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GO TACTICAL FOR HUNTING

f you think about what goes into making a tactical rie, the list would mirror everything a hunter would want for himself. Take the Remington Model 700 XCR Tactical Long Range rie as one example. The Model 700 XCR Tactical Long Range, weighing in at 8 pounds, features an OD-green, with black webbing, Bell & Carlson synthetic stock with a tactical beavertail fore-end; a full-length aluminum bedding block; TriNyte Corrosion Control System over a 416 stainless-steel, freeoated, 26-inch varmint-contour uted barrel with a dish-style target crown; and the Remingtoin X-Mark Pro Adjustable Trigger system. The synthetic stock, of course, will remain stable through all weather and temperature conditions that a tactical user will face, and will for any hunter as well; and the OD nish, as with the TriNyte coating on the barrel, cuts

down on glare, which neither the tactical shooter nor the hunter wants. One of the key features of the Model 700 XCR Tactical Long Range rie is the aluminum bedding block that ensures complete contact with the action. The round-bodied Remington Model 700 cylindrical receiver makes for complete contact with the bed, to eliminate any instability. The 26-inch, varmint-contour barrel with target crown, provides the length for maximum utilization of the powder charge, along with the stiffness needed for accuracy. The X-Mark Pro Adjustable Trigger, that allows the shooter to adjust the pull himself externally, and comes out of Remingtons renowned target-rie technology, only adds to the precision-shooting qualities of the rie. The nal, but hardly least, feature of the Remington Model 700 XCR Tactical Long Range rie is the TriNyte system. The rie starts with a 416 stainless-steel barrel. As resistant

to corrosion as stainless is, it is not entirely impervious. It will, according to John Fink, Remingtons Senior Product Manager for ries, rust at about 1-percent the rate of carbon steel. To totally protect the barrel, then, Electroless nickel completely encapsulates the outside of the 416-stainless-steel barrel to prevent rust, says Fink. As efcient as nickel is in guarding against rust, it is not the most impenetrable metal. So to protect it, as it protects the stainless steel, titanium nitride, an extremely hard ceramic material, is applied through a process of physical vapor deposition (PVD). The the application of the titanium nitride creates a molecular latticework around the nickel, like a microscopic chainmail. With a tactical rie, a hunter is getting one of the most durable and accurate ries he can for hunting. John Fink knows of many hunters who choose the Remington Model 700 XCR Tactical Long Range in 300 Winchester

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Magnum, and premium ammunition like the HyperSonic Centerre, and along with the right scope, know they can make shots out to 500 yards and beyond with condence and accuracy. A different approach to a tactical rie for hunting is the Remington Model 700 SPS Tactical AAC-SD. With a heavy 20-inch barrel, the rie is short and handy. Threaded for a sound suppressor, the rie also takes advantage of the growing number of states that are allowing the use of suppressors for hunting. The Remington Model 700 SPS Tactical AAC-SD has more than the makings of a dedicated hog, and whitetail, rie. Going tactical proves that for hunting game, theres is more than just game ries to turn to.

300 AAC Blackout and 308 Winchester

The 300 AAC Blackout, is based on the 223 Remington case necked up to 30 caliber, with bullet weights from 110 to 220 grains. The subsonic 220-grain bullet, loaded with ash-suppressed powder and potentially coupled with a sound suppressor, is an ideal round for hunting hogs at night from a standreduced sound and ash mean that a hunter can likely take a number of nuisance wild pigs before the herd fully realizes what is happening. As John Fink also notes, The 115-, the 125-grain loads are certainly wonderful hunting loads out to 150, 200 yards for hogs and white-tailed deer. Theres not much to be said about the 308 Winchester that has not been said already. Recognized as the most popular short-action big-game hunting round in the world, it is also the mainline choice for tactical applications. Look to the Premier AccuTip in 165-grain boattail as an excellent selection for deersized game, and even animals up to the size of elk with good shot placement, which the 308 Winchester is more than capable of supplying.

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