Traditions Outfitter G3 Pro 450 Bushmaster 22" Takedown Rifle

The 450 Bushmaster gives a break action rifle real authority. It is a big, blunt bullet at moderate speed, which is what straight wall cartridge deer regulations were written around, and it works on whitetails at the ranges where most of them are shot. The Outfitter G3 handles it in the simplest possible package: press the release ahead of the trigger guard, the barrel drops open, slide one round home, close the action, cock the hammer.

This is the takedown configuration, so the 22" barrel separates from the receiver and the rifle stores in two pieces short enough for a pack or a truck box. There is no magazine, no bolt, and nothing on the gun that has to be timed or tuned. A single shot rifle in a hard hitting cartridge asks something of the shooter, which is rather the point. You learn to wait for the shot you want instead of counting on a follow up. Traditions keeps the Outfitter light, and 450 Bushmaster recoil in a light rifle is stout, so a real session at the bench is part of the deal. Sight it in, learn the trigger, and it will do everything a woods rifle needs to do.