Rifles

The Savage Impulse Big Game is an American-made straight-pull hunting rifle with an AccuTrigger, AccuFit stock and integral 20 MOA rail, now listed by Savage as out of production. We shot 300 rounds of 6.5 Creedmoor, timed follow-up shots against a turn-bolt and priced the closeout against the current Impulse Core Hunter.

The Henry H9 Provider is a 20 in. walnut and blued lever action with the first pistol grip stock on the H9 platform, six rounds in the tube and four calibers. We shot 500 rounds of .30-30, measured groups scoped and with irons, hunted hogs with it and priced it against the other full-size walnut lever guns.

The Glenfield Model A is Ruger’s relaunched budget bolt-action, built on the Ruger American Gen I with a threaded 20 in. barrel and a factory scope base. We shot 550 rounds through a .308 and a 6.5 Creedmoor, measured groups and the trigger, sorted out all nine calibers and their thread pitches, and found the $100 list saving over the Gen I nearly gone on the street.

The Henry H12 Provider is a pistol-grip, 10-round lever action in .357 or .44 Magnum built for hunting. We shot 800 rounds through both calibers, logged every hiccup, grouped them at 50 and 100 yards with irons, and found the shorter, threaded H12 Protector costs more while holding three fewer rounds.

The Rossi Circuit Judge is a five-shot .45 Colt and .410 revolving rifle with an 18.5 inch barrel, fiber optic sights and a rail. We shot 400 rounds through a hardwood SCJ4510, patterned .410, grouped .45 Colt at 50 yards and sorted out the choke and cylinder gap rules from the manual.

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