Welcome to American Rifleman’s Gun Of The Week, and for this episode, we have a customizable, Italian-made straight-pull rifle from Beretta to work with on the range.

I needed a rifle, and he had an M1 Garand he wanted to sell that had been re-barreled to .308 Win. I wanted the M1 because it had the same feel and sights as the M14 I had in the Army during ...