Few rounds are as versatile, popular, and capable as the
.30-06 Springfield. We recently had the opportunity to run many boxes of ammunition through bolt-action rifles ranging from the new Benelli Lupo to old and beautiful classics like the Belgian Browning High Power Safari. When we prepare for the next deer or big game hunt, the following ammo sections will be on the shooting bench. Sierra’s .30-06 GameChanger shot fantastic groups for our test at the range. (Photo: Kristin Alberts/Guns.com) Once known only for bullets, Sierra is altering the face of loaded hunting ammunition.
GameChanger utilizes a 165-grain Tipped Game King (TGK) bullet. The projectile’s lead core is encased in a thick copper jacket and then tipped with polymer in a hollow-point design. Sierra advertises superior penetration and controlled expansion at any range and suggests using the .30-06 165-grain loads on anything from deer to moose. We found that GameChanger shot a fantastic sub-
When a powerhouse gunmaker shifts gears, the industry takes notice, and so it goes when shotgun specialist Benelli moves into the rifle market with their first-ever bolt action. Debuted to a packed house at the 2020 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Though the Lupo, Italian for wolf, is Benelli’s first crack at the bolt-action hunting rifle market, from the looks of things, this animal has been a long time in the making. It intends, as the company advertises, to “dominate the land the way Benelli’s Super Black Eagle dominates the skies,” per company advertising. Guns.com finds out if the Lupo is a legit predator in a packed hunting rifle market.