Shooting Sportsman, May/June 2023
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Features
The Legacy of Dumpy & Singo
The do-it-all Boykin spaniel
by Tom Davis
Insights from the Long Room
An interview with Purdey Gunroom Manager Dr. Nicholas Harlow
by Vic Venters
The Magic of Driven Shooting
Driven days at Scotland’s Craigsanquhar Estate
by Reid Bryant
Sloughgrass Sharptails
. . . and other pungent memories
by Tom Davis
Departments
From the Editor
Welcoming new Gun Review Editor Greg Carpiniello
The Opener
A Labrador catching big air!
Game & Gun Gazette
Another Readers & Writers Adventure; a pen from Holland & Holland; a women’s shooting bible; and new guns from Zoli, Purdey and Powell
Scattershot
The Gun Rack
The Benelli 828 U Sport: a dedicated clay-crusher
by Joe Genzel
Shooting
Celebrating the reopening of Argentina dove shooting
by Chris Batha
Shot Talk
Why the shotshell crimp is actually a big deal
by Tom Roster
From the Bench
The tricky process of repairing a cracked “stock ear”
by Delbert Whitman Jr.
Conservation
The benefits of working lands for wildlife
by Greg Hoch
Hunting Dogs
DIY training versus bringing in a pro
by Tom Keer
Gun Review
The Weatherby Orion Sporting: a nimble and
stout target gun
by Greg Carpiniello
Field Gear
A string of products for hunters with dogs
by The Editors
Going Places
Rhode Island’s Preserve Sporting Club & Residences
by Tom Sternal
Going Public
South Dakota’s surprising amount of accessible acres
by Matthew Gay
To the Point
Banding together in hunting spring woodcock
by Tom Huggler
On the Cover
A Boykin pup's first night away from its mother, photograph by John Stewart Wright/@theartofbirddogs.