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Built from the ground up for accuracy, the Model 48 Nosler Custom Handgun really delivers. So, just how well does it shoot? How do groups as small as a quarter-inch sound?

A relatively young company, Henry Repeating Arms has risen to become a significant maker of American long guns—and it did so primarily with lever-action rifles. Here’s an in-depth look.

Kenny Jarrett’s rifle tinkering led to the highest levels of benchrest competition. His ultra-accurate “Beanfield” rifles on other makers’ actions soon followed. Now, Jarrett has taken his game to a new level with an action and barrels all his own.

Introduced in the Model 1873, the .44 Winchester Central Fire, as it was originally called, was the first center-fire cartridge to become available in a Winchester lever-action rifle.

The story of the “high-capacity” M1911 pistol began more than a quarter-century ago. Once the province of small makers for action-pistol sports, the wide-body M1911, though not as popular the original single-stack, is still going strong.

Though overshadowed by the .223 Rem., the .222 Rem. is a real performer that many shooters know little about—yet, for four decades, it held the record for the smallest five-shot group fired at a 100-yard registered benchrest match.

Now, more than three decades after it made its debut, the 10 mm is offered in more loads and guns than ever before, including four different M1911-based pistols.

Maintaining the M1A is not especially difficult if you pay close attention to instructions clearly explained in the owner’s manual. If in doubt, simply contact Springfield Armory’s customer service department.

With most semi-automatic rifles being made of polymer and aluminum these days, there’s still a retro streak among some shooters that clamors for steel and walnut. Based on the M14, Springfield’s M1A fills that niche well, delivering accuracy and reliability—as it has for more than 40 years.