Gun reviews: revolvers, pistols, and hunting rifles

Jon Wayne Taylor has reviewed handguns, revolvers, and rifles for national outlets and industry print titles, with a working bias toward guns that get carried, hunted with, and shot past the point where a press-release impression would hold up. The reviews on this page cover Colt's revolver revival — the Python, Anaconda, Viper, and Kodiak — Smith & Wesson's K-frame Model 19 and 66-8, the full run of Taurus Raging Hunters from .454 Casull to .460 S&W Magnum, and duty and carry pistols including the Ruger RXM, CZ Shadow 2 Compact, Beretta 80X Cheetah, and Taurus TX22 T.O.R.O.

On the rifle side: the SIG Sauer Cross in .308 and 300 Win Mag, the reintroduced Thompson/Center Encore ProHunter, Bergara's standalone Premier actions, and the Wilson Combat NULA 20S in 300 HAMR. Every review here is a field review. Guns are hunted with where a hunt is possible, shot for accuracy off a bench and off a bag, and judged on trigger, sights, durability, and whether the price is defensible against what else the money buys. Where a model has been covered more than once, the individual reviews are collected on a single model page so you can read the whole arc.