Gun owners are speaking and manufacturers are listening. Lighter weapons, faster bolt-action designs, and weather and wear-proof customizations are just a few of the enhancements rifle manufacturers have put into place for 2014. With the new options made available for shooters of all types, you can find the perfect fit for you and improve your shooting experience every time you load your weapon. We’ve compiled a list of 25 new rifles that were introduced for 2014 from manufacturers such as Ruger, Mossberg, CZ-USA and Weatherby. Sort through the gallery below, you’re bound to find a weapon you will call your own.
Ruger American Rifle All Weather
Ruger’s popular American Rifle is now available in an All-Weather configuration with a stainless steel barreled action to go with the rifle’s synthetic stock. The Ruger American Rifle series, made completely in the United States, features a three-lug, 70-degree bolt design, rotary magazine and adjustable trigger. The receiver is drilled and tapped for mounting Ruger scope rings and bases, which are included. MSRP $529
Ruger American Rifle with Redfield Revolution Riflescope
Ruger’s popular American Rifle is now available with a Redfield Revolution 3-9x40mm. The Ruger American Rifle series, made completely in the United States, features a three-lug, 70-degree bolt design, rotary magazine and adjustable trigger. The receiver is drilled and tapped for mounting Ruger scope rings and bases, which are included. The rifle is available in 22-250 Rem, 223 Rem, 243 Win, 270 Win, 7mm-08 Rem, 30-06 Sprg, and 308 Win. MSRP $679
Ruger American Rifle All Weather Compact
Ruger’s popular American Rifle is now available in a compact, All-Weather configuration with a stainless steel barreled action to go with the rifle’s synthetic stock. The Ruger American Rifle series, made completely in the United States, features a three-lug, 70-degree bolt design, rotary magazine and adjustable trigger. The receiver is drilled and tapped for mounting Ruger scope rings and bases, which are included. The rifle is available in 22-250 Rem, 223 Rem, 243 Win, 7mm-08 Rem, and 308 Win. MSRP $529
The Kimber® Model 84M™Adirondack™ is an incredibly light hunting rifle available in 7mm-08 Rem and 308 Win. How light? Try 4 pounds, 13 ounces. Kimber’s Adirondack features a stainless steel barreled action with a full-length Mauser claw extractor for true controlled round feeding and extraction. The 3-position wing safety is positive and quiet, and the match grade trigger breaks crisp at 3.5-4 pounds. Available accessories include a muzzle brake and ring mounts in Forest Pattern, and Zeiss is offering a matching Forest Pattern scope to complete the package.
The Model 84M Adirondack MSRP is $1,899. Delivery will begin in late spring.
Mossberg Duck Commander Series 702 Plinkster .22LR Rifle
Mossberg carries their Duck Commander line into their rimfire rifle series with the Duck Commander Series 702 Plinkster, a magazine-fed semi-automatic 22LR. The rifle itself has an 11 round capacity with an 18” free-floated barrel. When you add in the Duck Commander option for 2014 you get a rifle stock dipped in Max-5 camo by Realtree, the Duck Commander logo engraved on the stock, an American Flag bandana, like the one worn by Willie Robertson. MSRP $274
Mossberg Duck Commander Series 715T Flat Top .22LR Rifle
Mossberg takes tactical 22LR firearms to a whole new level with their Duck Commander Series 715T AR-style semiautomatic 22LR rifle. Armed with a 25-round magazine and a 16.25” barrel, shooters young and old can enjoy 22LR tactical fun without forking out thousands of dollars. When you add in the Duck Commander option for 2014 you get a rifle stock dipped in Max-5 camo by Realtree, the Duck Commander logo engraved on the stock, an American Flag bandana, like the one worn by Willie Robertson. MSRP $509
Mossberg Duck Commander Series 715P Red Dot Combo 22LR Pistol
Mossberg gets creative with their 715P line by adding it to their Duck Commander series. The semiautomatic pistol, which is 16” in total length, is fed the same 25 round magazine as its rifle version bigger brother, the 715T. It also comes with a 30mm Red Dot gun sight. When you add in the Duck Commander option for 2014 you get a rifle stock dipped in Max-5 camo by Realtree, the Duck Commander logo engraved on the stock, an American Flag bandana, like the one worn by Willie Robertson. MSRP $ 447
Mossberg 715P Red Dot Combo 22LR Pistol
The semiautomatic pistol, which is 16” in total length, is fed the same 25 round magazine as its rifle version bigger brother, the 715T. It also comes with a 30mm Red Dot gun sight.
Mossberg 715P 22LR Pistol
The semiautomatic pistol, which is 16” in total length, is fed the same 25 round magazine as its rifle version bigger brother, the 715T.
Mossberg 715T Flat Top Muddy Girl
Mossberg’s popular 22LR semiautomatic gains more options for 2014 with the addition of the Muddy Girl synthetic stock. The 715T is available in a fixed-stock or adjustable version with a 25-round magazine, adjustable sights and flattop rail for optics. MSRP $430
CZ-USA 455 Training Rifle
CZ-USA’s popular Training rifle offered in 22LR is introduced into the 455 Series field for 2014. It comes with its well-known 24.8” barrel, tangent rear sight and beechwood stock with Schnabel forend, and now as a 455 Series platform, the ability to change its stock and barrel. MSRP $374
CZ-USA 455 Varmint Precision Trainer
CZ-USA takes its 455 Series rifle and gets tactically serious by adding a camouflage carbon fiber-fiberglass Manners Composite T4 stock and heavy barrel for serious accuracy work by young and old alike. MSRP $940
CZ-USA 455 American Synthetic Suppressor-Ready Rifle
CZ-USA gives 455 Series owners lots of options including a quiet one by offering a factory built suppressor-ready rifle with a 16.5” barrel with 1/2”x28 threads to fit muzzle devices and suppressors. The rifle comes with a black synthetic stock and is ready for your favorite optic. MSRP $421
CZ-USA 557 Series Sporter Rifle
CZ-USA breaks new ground with a push-feed bolt-action rifle instead of its well-known Mauser-style claw extractor. The push feed bolt makes single shot loading easier and also helps CZ-USA offer rifles at a lower price due to cost savings in the manufacturing process. The rifle is available in short action, .243 and .308, and long action, 270, 30-06 and 6.5×55 calibers. MSRP $792
CZ-USA 557 Sporter Manners Rifle
CZ-USA breaks new ground with a push-feed bolt-action rifle instead of its well-known Mauser-style claw extractor with the new 557 Series. The push feed bolt makes single shot loading easier and also helps CZ-USA offer rifles at a lower price due to cost savings in the manufacturing process. The Sporter Manners version adds a Manners stock with a 100 percent carbon fiber shell with aluminum bedding blocks. MSRP $1268
CZ-USA 557 Carbine
CZ-USA’s newest push feed centerfire rifle gets a shorter carbine version with a compact build and iron sights. The rifle is available in short action, .243 and .308, and long action, 270, 30-06 and 6.5×55 calibers. MSRP $812
CZ-USA Varmint Tacticool 550
CZ-USA took its popular 550 Series Varmint rifled action and dropped it in a Boyd’s Tacticool stock. Armed with a 26” barrel chambered in .308 only, it gives serious varmint and target shooters a CZ 550 platform a lower price point. MSRP $924
CZ-USA 550 Badlands 338 Lapua
CZ-USA brings out a hunting rifle in the increasing popular 338 Lapua long-range big game caliber. Armed with a 25” barrel with a custom muzzle brake and the popular CZ Kevlar stock, the 550 Badlands is the cure for anything in North America where CZ-USA is the rifle of choice. MSRP $2599
CZ-USA 550 Sororan
CZ-USA set out to build a long-range rifle you can hunt with, and their solution is the Sonoran. It has a Manners carbon fiber stock and fluted barrel allowing it to weigh in at just less than 8 lbs. CZ-USA wasn’t done though. They made sure the Sonoran is ferritic nitro carburized inside and out, meaning this rifle is near impervious to wear as well as corrosion and brings the hardness up to a Rockwell of 72. CZ not only wanted a tough gun, but an accurate one they’re willing to back because the Sonoran is guaranteed to shoot 1 MOA or better. MSRP $3199
Weatherby Vanguard Series 2 Kryptek
Popular Vanguard Series 2 comes in new Weatherby X synthetic stock series with Kryptek Highlander pattern, adjustable two-stage trigger, a 3-position safety and a Sub-MOA guaranteed accuracy rating. MSRP $749.
Weatherby Vanguard Series 2 Typhon
Popular Vanguard Series 2 comes in new Weatherby X synthetic stock series with Kryptek Typhon pattern, adjustable two-stage trigger, a 3-position safety and a Sub-MOA guaranteed accuracy rating. MSRP $749.
Weatherby Series 2 Typhon TR (Threat Response)
Popular Vanguard Series 2 comes in new Weatherby X synthetic stock series with Kryptek Typhon pattern, adjustable two-stage trigger, a 3-position safety and a Sub-MOA guaranteed accuracy rating. MSRP $749.
Weatherby Vanguard Series 2 Blaze
Popular Vanguard Series 2 comes in new Weatherby X synthetic stock series with Boneyard Camo Legends Blaze pattern, adjustable two-stage trigger, a 3-position safety and a Sub-MOA guaranteed accuracy rating. MSRP $749.
Weatherby Mark V® Terramark™ RC (Range Certified) Rifle
Weatherby’s new Mark VTerramark™ RC rifle comes with a SUB-MOA guarantee which comes from enhanced parts of the Mark V like a hand-laminated, raised comb, Monte Carlo composite stock, and a button-rifled #3 contour stainless steel fluted barrel. The barrel sits at 26” with a recessed target crown and the gun ends with a recoil pad to aid shooters maintain the rifle’s accuracy. MSRP $2800
Merkel RX Helix Explorer
Leave it to the Germans to come up with a faster bolt action design than the traditional Mauser style lift and pull action. Merkel’s straight pull designed bolt is lightening fast and equally smooth. Still, Merkel didn’t stop with just speed, the entire rifle can come apart into its major parts and reassembled with a completely different caliber in less than 30 seconds. The RX Helix Explorer is available in.222 Rem., .223 Rem., .243 Win., 6.5×55 SE, .270 Win., 7×64, .308 Win., .30-’06 Sprg., 8×57 IS, 9.3×62, 7mm Rem. Mag. and .300 Win. Mag. Barrel lengths vary according to caliber, and additional barrels, bolts and magazines are available for caliber changes. MSRP $3,295. Steyr Arms, 2530 Morgan Rd., Bessemer, AL 35022; call (205) 417-8644
