New Rifles of SHOT Present 2024

New rifles from SHOT Present typically embody some distinctive and funky options. Underneath the possession of Walther, Hammerli Arms is introducing the Power B1 rifle: a straight-pull rimfire that may be swapped between calibers in seconds. The rifle seems to be much like the Volquartsen Summit, and has a ten/22-shaped receiver with a big bolt deal with behind the ejection port. The receiver is magnum size, and commonplace .22 LR magazines will be fitted with a spacer to make them fill that area. I’ve a pre-release mannequin, and the straight-pull motion is extremely useful and quick. The short-change barrel is held in place with a lock ring, and threaded on the finish for a suppressor. The polymer inventory has a slick adjustment for size of pull and a rubber comb that may be reversed to lift the comb peak. There are not any iron sights on this rifle, however there may be an built-in Picatinny rail for mounting an optic. 

Christensen Arms MPR Rimfire

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Highlights

• MPR chassis with folding inventory, adjustable for size of pull and comb peak
• FFT carbon-fiber float tube and comb piece
• Remington 700-pattern set off
• Makes use of Ruger magazines
• MSRP: $1,250

Christensen Arms has seen good success with its Fashionable Precision Rifle and now the corporate is providing the MPR in a rimfire model. That is meant to be a rifle simply as fitted to small recreation as it’s for competitors. It employs an adjustable chassis with folding inventory much like Christensen Arms’ centerfire MPRs and a similar-looking carbon-fiber float tube and comb piece. The latter are made utilizing Christensen Arm’s FFT course of that leads to an oriented-strand-board sample of carbon-fiber items. It has a Remington 700 sample set off, built-in Picatinny rail atop the motion, and a threaded muzzle. This new MPR makes use of Ruger magazines and is available in .22 LR, .22 WMR, and .17 HMR.

Winchester Ranger 22

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Highlights

• Billet aluminum receiver
• Tuned motion for clean operation
• Walnut inventory and fore-end
• Set off adjustable for overtravel
• MSRP: $419

New for SHOT Present 2024 from Winchester is its Ranger 22, a classic-styled lever gun that options walnut furnishings and a tough anodized aluminum receiver. On the surface, the Ranger 22 resembles the outdated Ithaca Mannequin 72 saddle gun that my dad had after I was a child — the primary gun I ever shot. It’s received a tubular journal, hooded entrance sight, and a graduated-ramp adjustable rear sight. The set off is adjustable for overtravel and the motion has been tuned for clean operation, requiring much less drive to cycle. One of many drawbacks of many lever-action .22 rifles has all the time been that the receivers generally is a ache to wash — which will be troublesome with soiled, waxy .22 LR ammo. The Ranger 22 simply breaks aside into two halves to permit quick access and chamber-to-muzzle bore cleansing. 

Centerfire Rifles From SHOT Present 2024

Smith & Wesson Mannequin 1854

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Smith & Wesson 1854 Highlights

• Chrome steel and high-grade fashions
• Accent and suppressor suitable
• Patterned after historic “Volcanic” lever motion
• Launched in .44 Rem Magazine
• MSRP: $1,279

All of us love a lever gun, and Smith & Wesson’s announcement of the brand new 1854 is bound to be probably the most talked-about rifles of SHOT Present 2024. Patterned after S&W’s first lever-action, the Volcanic, the 1854 is chambered in .44 Rem. Magazine. with a capability of 9+1 rounds. It’s chrome steel with artificial furnishings and filled with fashionable options, however a limited-edition blued/wooden mannequin can be accessible too. It comes with a gold bead entrance sight and adjustable XS Sights ghost ring and rail combo, making it optic-ready. It has a detachable journal tube for straightforward unloading, in addition to a facet gate for loading cartridges. 

Beretta BRX1

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Highlights

• True straight-pull, no deal with rotation
• Interchangeable design for barrels/calibers
• Simply reversible ambidextrous bolt deal with and ejection
• Journal will be high loaded
• MSRP: $1,600

Straight-pull rifles have been trickling into the mainstream American searching market, and Beretta’s new BRX1 is likely one of the most user-friendly and revolutionary that we’ve seen. In some methods it’s much like different straight-pull rifles, however the first level of demarcation is that in contrast to designs the place the deal with truly rotates barely to start the pull, the Beretta’s bolt deal with is mounted and the bolt comes straight again with ease. One other change is using {a magazine} that may be eliminated or simply loaded from the highest whereas it’s within the motion. The gun is ambidextrous and never solely can the daring deal with be swapped to accommodate a left-handed shooter, the bolt head will be simply reversed to eject circumstances from the left facet of the motion. The person can simply swap calibers, and every barrel has its personal mounted Picatinny optics rail, so that you received’t lose zero. It has a singular three-position tang-type security that’s spring loaded and may’t be by chance disengaged simply. It additionally is available in a carbon-barreled model, and you’ll find it at a avenue worth of round $1,425.

Christensen Arms Evoke

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Highlights

• Chrome steel motion and barrel
• Three-lug proprietary bolt
• Cerakote end
• Vertical grip inventory with built-in Picatinny Rail
• MSRP: $900

Christensen Arms is understood for integrating carbon fiber of their rifle barrels and parts, however they’re going all metal with the brand new Evoke. I wouldn’t go so far as saying this can be a price range mannequin, however at $900, it’s firmly within the mid-priced rifles class—and extra inexpensive than most of their higher-end fashions. With this gun, they goal to supply a premium high quality rifle at a decrease value. The trade-off? It’s simply heavier than their mild carbon rifles, tipping the scales at about 7.7 kilos. The Evoke has a proprietary chrome steel three-lug motion and bolt. At first look, it seems to be paying homage to the Remington 770 and it’s predecessor, the mannequin 710. Nevertheless, this can be a stable stainless motion, not a sleeved aluminum motion, and has various variations. That motion is housed in an artificial inventory that incorporates a “hybrid” grip angle that’s almost vertical, and an built-in Picatinny rail up entrance. Like different Christensen rifles, it options an adjustable TriggerTech set off and can be accessible in quite a lot of calibers.

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Savage 110 Ultralite Elite

Highlights

• 5.8 kilos
• Savage 110 Ultralite skeletonized motion
• Proof Analysis carbon-wrapped barrel
• MDT HNT26 chassis with folding inventory
• MSRP: $3,300

We’ve seen a number of different mild rifles undertake the MDT HNT26 chassis within the final yr, and it’s nice to see Savage take a stab with its Mannequin 110 Ultralite motion. Outfitted with this mild, folding chassis, the rifle weighs about 5.8 kilos and options an correct carbon-wrapped barrel from Proof Analysis. Barrel size will differ between 18 and 20 inches relying on chambering, and it’s accessible in quite a lot of calibers from 6.5 CM by means of .300 Win. Magazine., together with a 7mm PRC. The 110 Ultralite Elite will include a radial muzzle brake and makes use of AICS-pattern magazines and comes with a low-profile magazine. This ought to be a light-weight, compact rifle that serves the trendy hunter properly. 

Sig Cross Magnum

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Highlights

• Magnum motion initially provided in .300 Win. Magazine.
• Folding inventory adjustable for size of pull and comb peak
• Coyote-colored anodized receiver and ARCA float tube
• Person-changeable, medium-contour stainless barrel
• 8.9 kilos
• MSRP: $2,500

The Cross has been an enormous hit since its 2020 introduction, which I coated in this video. This useful folding-stock rifle is user-friendly, correct, and fairly modular, however shooters have been begging for a magnum model. Just lately launched, the Sig Cross Magnum comes initially in .300 Win. Magazine., however its configuration makes altering barrels straightforward, and there’s little doubt that different calibers can be popping up shortly. I received an early pattern of this rifle, and the magnum improve does enhance the load and footprint of the rifle. It has a 24-inch stainless-steel barrel that comes capped with a radial muzzle brake, but it surely’s suppressor-ready. The Cross Magnum comes with a PRS-style grip and the ambidextrous security lever incorporates a right-handed thumb relaxation. The 2-stage match set off is mild, and the built-in ARCA rail makes this platform an ideal match for a cell tripod.

Marlin Darkish Collection 1895

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Highlights

• Chambered in .45/70 
• Alloy metal with black Cerakote end
• Nylon-reinforced polymer inventory, and aluminum handguard
• Threaded muzzle, M-Lok accent attachment, and flush Q.D. sling swivel cups
• MSRP: $1,429

The Marlin Darkish Collection included a few of the first manufacturing lever weapons to lean right into a extra tactical function set, together with a threaded muzzle and Picatinny rail with a ghost ring sight. They have been doomed beneath Freedom Group possession, and now Ruger is drawing the Darkish Collection out of the ashes. We’ve examined a number of of Ruger’s new Marlin rifles and take a agency stance that they’re the greatest Marlin rifles ever. We anticipate the identical out of the Darkish Collection. It options not simply the threaded muzzle and Picatinny rail, however a polymer inventory with a pleasant comb and M-Lok segments for attaching equipment. The aluminum handguard additionally has these M-Lok slots. Each have flush Q.D. sling swivel cups. Up entrance, the rifle has a fiber-optic entrance sight and threaded muzzle (11/16-24) which features a radial muzzle brake. 

CZ 600 American

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Highlights

• Turkish walnut inventory
• Skinny-profile, threaded barrel
• Blued-colored anti-corrosion end
• Calibers starting from .223 Rem. to .300 Win. Magazine.
• MSRP: $800

Hunters eager for wood-stocked rifles have just a few issues to be blissful about in recent times, and a type of is now the CZ 600 American. It’s one of many new rifles from SHOT Present that has a extra conventional walnut inventory. First launched two years in the past in artificial range-style and laminated wooden shares, the CZ 600 is now accessible in a finely crafted Turkish walnut inventory. It comes with a thin-profile barrel that’s threaded in 9/16-24, and feeds from a double-stack removable journal that matches flush with the underside of the inventory. I’ve been in a position to come up with an early pattern, which has a pleasant single-stage set off, nice blued-colored anti-corrosion coating on the barrel and receiver, and distinctive vertical security. This rifle is suitable with Remington 700 sample scope bases and rings, and offers a nod to a extra classic-style searching rifle whereas incorporating fashionable options and efficiency. My pattern in .308 has been taking pictures properly to date, with the highest 10 5-shot teams I’ve recorded averaging .99 inches. This rifle ought to be an ideal worth for the $800 price ticket. 

Browning X-Bolt 2

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Highlights

• Reconfigured receiver with further bolt steering for smoother operation
• Redesigned bolt with higher ergonomics
• New adjustable DLX set off set to searching weights
• New Vari-Tech Inventory
• MSRP: Begins at $1,499

The Browning X-Bolt has held its place as a superb manufacturing motion for a few years now, and for a protracted whereas, we’ve solely seen line extensions of the X-Bolt platform. The X-Bolt 2 comes with some key updates to the receiver, which permit even smoother, extra dependable biking. The bolt deal with has additionally been redesigned for higher ergonomics and simpler operation. Lastly, new X-Bolt 2 fashions can have adjustable DLX triggers. There are a variety of fashions on this up to date motion, from a brand new Mountain Professional to focus on fashions that function an exterior magwell for added capability — one thing the X-Bolt lacked till final yr. All fashions have a Cerakote end and comparable ergonomics and have units that you simply’ll discover on the X-Bolts you already love. 

Ruger American Technology II

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Highlights

• New modular inventory
• Ambidextrous three-position security
• Improved aesthetics
• MSRP: $729

The Ruger American has been probably the most profitable price range searching rifles of the final 10 years, so what ought to we anticipate out of this second technology? In brief, the brand new Ruger American is best wanting, cycles extra easily, and has a nicer inventory with user-adjustable comb and size of pull. The inventory has a greater end and features which are extra refined than these of the usual, purely utilitarian Ruger American. The Gen II has a brand new three-position security that locks the bolt in its most rearward place. This new technology rifle will value a bit extra, but it surely ought to ship in efficiency and options — which embody a good-looking spiral-fluted barrel. Capturing editor John B. Snow received an early have a look at the rifle and located it to be fairly correct. You may learn his full evaluation of the Ruger American Technology II right here.

Bergara Premier MgMicro Lite

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Highlights

• XLR Magnesium Atom chassis with folding inventory
• CURE carbon barrel
• Beginning at 5.8 kilos
• MSRP: $3,099

LIghtweight chassis rifles have a robust maintain within the mountain rifle area of interest, the place weight, dimension, and accent compatibility are essential classes. The newest from Bergara, the MgMicro Lite is likely one of the light-weight, precision-influenced rifles from SHOT Present. It homes the Bergara Premier motion in an XLR Atom magnesium chassis that has a folding inventory. It comes with an 18-inch CURE carbon-wrapped barrel that’s threaded ⅝-24 and chambered in .308, 6.5 Creedmoor, and 6.5 PRC. It has weight-saving options like a hole carbon-fiber grip and minimalist cheek piece, and begins at about 5.8 kilos. The motion is completed with black Cerakote, and the bolt has a nitride end to assist lubricity. The quick fore-end of the chassis incorporates a machined ARCA rail, and the motion is fitted with a TriggerTech set off. 

Seekins Precision Havak Slam

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Highlights

• Havak Ingredient Motion
• Supplied in .308 Win., 6.5 PRC, and 7mm PRC 
• Inventory: Seekins SLAM chassis
• Permits prolonged cartridge OAL
• MSRP: $4,650

A pacesetter in innovation with rifles just like the Havak HIT, Seekins Precision is rolling out an ultralight chassis rifle within the Havak SLAM. The rifle makes use of the Havak Ingredient motion, however is housed in Seekins’s personal SLAM chassis, which is of skeletonized aluminum development, wrapped in hand-laid carbon fiber. It’s a chassis that’s designed from the bottom up as a searching platform, with nice strains and a folding inventory. The bottom weights for the rifle begin at 5 kilos .5 ounce for the .308, and 5 kilos 4 ounces for the 6.5 PRC. The SLAM can be considerably dearer than rifles just like the HIT, however understanding Seekins, we anticipate its efficiency to justify its price ticket.

Rise Armament Watchman XR

Highlights

• Chambered in .22 ARC
• 18-inch barrel
• Stiffened barrel nut/receiver connection
• New two-stage set off
• MSRP: Not but accessible

Rise Armament has been placing plenty of deal with triggers in recent times, and launched a brand new Remington Mannequin 700 set off this yr, however they’re additionally aiming to be among the many first to get rifles within the new .22 ARC on retailer cabinets. The Watchman is their AR-15 mannequin, and the XR variant can have an 18-inch fluted barrel with a pinned gasoline block that resists motion throughout prolonged taking pictures periods. It incorporates their most leading edge AR decrease components like a brand new security selector and a two-stage set off that has a splendidly crisp second stage wall. The mannequin I examined on the SHOT Present flooring had a Magpul PRS Lite inventory and full-length Picatinny rail throughout the highest of the receiver and rail. Given the current launch of the .22 ARC, this is likely one of the new rifles from SHOT Present 2024 that I can’t wait to get on the vary.

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Colt CBX Tachunter

Highlights

• Motion much like CZ 600
• Grey artificial inventory with pistol grip and adjustable comb
• .308 Winchester
• Makes use of AICS magazines
• MSRP: $1,000

Alongside the strains of the CZ 600 American, Colt is bringing the CBX Tachunter to SHOT present 2024. This can be a line extension that follows Colt’s CBX rifle from final yr, though it’s at the moment solely provided in .308 Winchester. The Tachunter employs an artificial inventory with a vertical pistol grip and it seems to be adjustable for comb peak and size of pull. The flat fore-end of the inventory ought to journey properly on a bag, and it has two sling swivel studs — one for mounting a bipod. The muzzle is threaded, however just like the CZ 600 American, it has a 9/16-24 pitch, which can make it tougher to seek out suitable suppressor mounts than the American commonplace ⅝-24. 

Rossi R95 Triple Black

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Highlights

• .30/30 Winchester
• Alloy metal barrel and receiver with black oxide coating
• 16.5-inch barrel with threaded muzzle
• Picatinny Rail with peep sight and tall entrance sight
• MSRP: $1,287

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Following the 2023 launch of its R95 lever-action rifles in .30/30, Rossi is launching its Triple Black mannequin. It resembles the early Marlin Darkish sequence as launched beneath Remington, however with Rossi’s R95 motion. This rifle is a 5+1 spherical .30/30 with a 16.5-inch barrel and a protracted integral Picatinny rail atop the alloy metal receiver. The furnishings is wooden, however painted in a blacked-out end. The muzzle is threaded at a normal ⅝-24, and can settle for commonplace muzzle brakes and suppressors. Although MSRP is a bit steep for this rifle, avenue worth can be just a few hundred bucks cheaper.