The Jewell trigger is supplied with a two-position Remington-style safety.
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Picatinny Rail
All Surgeon XL actions feature an integral full-length Picatinny rail with 30 m.o.a. of forward cant.
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Bolt Release
A raised fence protects the pivoting bolt release from inadvertent activation.
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Butt Stock
Standard on the XL rifle is a McMillan A-5 stock with adjustable comb, length-of-pull buttpad spacers and flush-mounted cups for quick-detachable sling swivels.
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Bolt
The Surgeon XL’s bolt is a two-lug design with a Sako-style extractor and plunger ejector.
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Action
The XL receiver has an integral 30-m.o.a. rail and 0.44-inch-thick recoil lug, and a flat bottom and sides for greater rigidity. Trigger is from Jewell.
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Magazine
A lever in front of the trigger guard drops the Accuracy International single-column five-round magazine from the Surgeon steel bottom metal.
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Brake
Recoil reduction is afforded by a SureFire brake, which also allows rapid installation of a SureFire sound suppressor.
Research released on March 31 by the Outdoor Stewards of Conservation Foundation (OSCF) found there are 73 million people outside the traditional white male demographic who—despite having never tried target shooting before—have a strong interest in doing so.
The .270 Winchester isn’t a military cartridge, and nobody ever claimed it was a target cartridge; it is a straightforward hunting cartridge. During the past 50 years, I’ve hunted quite a bit carrying a .270 Win. rifle, and, to tell the truth, no cartridges have come along that significantly better it for hunting.
It’s rather incredible to realize how rapidly the American firearm industry brings to market significant new products. So, in this issue, we recap coverage of some of the most noteworthy from past months, and we present a few others that have only recently become available.
For each of the past 23 years, the editors of American Rifleman have convened to select our top picks for the past year’s best and most innovative products. Here are the most recent winners.
Here are the top 10 gun manufacturers, by volume in descending order, based on the recently released 2023 Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.