You’ve seen them. Rifles with the polished walnut, fluted barrels, skeletonized triggers, and a price tag that’d make your truck payment look reasonable. They sit in racks at the store looking like ...

At Outdoor Life, we appreciate top-end gear and innovation, but we also appreciate value and a good bargain — especially when it comes to budget hunting rifles. Hunting gear is expensive, and flagship ...

The budget AR-15 space has shifted from compromise territory to a proving ground where rifles rival legacy duty guns at half the cost. You are no longer choosing between a “starter” carbine and a ...

Key point: Price does matter, but it becoming less important as a signifier of quality. Competition is forcing down the prices of some of the better AR-15s too. The popularity of “budget” AR-15s has ...

The .350 Legend is a cartridge that’s designed for whitetail hunters—specifically those in states that only allow the use of straight-wall rifle cartridges in a deer rifle. It was released in 2019 by ...

Cader rifles were offered as a cheaper and easier-to-produce alternative in a much cheaper caliber. Most cadet rifles mimicked the basic overall layout of the rifles of the era, however, they were ...

There have never been so many rifles on the market—in so many price ranges—that are precise enough for long-distance shooting. Triggers, optics, factory ammunition, and bullet design have all gotten ...