Nosler M48 Independence Features The Nosler 48 Independence is the ultimate precision bolt-action handgun. Built on a one-piece, billet aluminum stock, the mid-grip stock provides a completely rigid platform for the bedded action and free-floated barrel. Designed from the ground up by the engineers at Nosler with input from some of the most successful handgun hunters alive today, the M48 Independence is the answer to handgun hunters’ dreams. Each Model 48 handgun is machined and built from US made parts by the accomplished gunsmiths at the Nosler Rifle division in Bend, Oregon.