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July/August 2025 Issue: On the Cover

Straight Talk

Beretta throws its hat into the U.S. straight-pull rifle market with the cool new BRX1.

RifleShooter July/August 2025 Issue

Traditional bolt-action rifles are as American as baseball and apple pie, but our friends on the far side of the Atlantic prefer straight-pull designs. In places like Germany and Finland, where driven hunts are common, the straight pull has become the rifle of choice.

We’re seeing more straight pulls show up in the States every year, though. Companies like Blaser, Heym and Merkel have been importing a limited number of straight-pull rifles for years. Savage introduced the first American-made centerfire straight pull, the Impulse, in 2021, and most recently Beretta began offering its BRX1 straight-pull rifle in the U.S. 

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