Features
Virtual Hunting
The designer experience v. the real thing
Migrating to Mexico
Hopping the border for ducks & doves
Walnut of the World
A hard look at the stuff stocks are made of
'Member - Joe Knapp Club'
Researching the provenance of a unique Super-Fox
- By: J.E. Fender
- and David Trevallion
In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
PAGE 56: Kenya. Land of storied safaris and African dreams. Big-game hunting was banned there three decades ago. But no one said anything about the birds... PAGE 58: About 100 miles south of Nairobi, in the Olgulalui region of Maasailand, there's a wingshooting safari beyond compare. On a private ranch
- Photography by: Gary Kramer
The Spice of Life
Canadas, snows & specks -- all from the same box of shells
Departments
From the Editor
In early January I was in the backyard with my 5-year-old, Nick, field-testing his new Red Ryder. It was wonderful to see the serious look on his face as he handled the gun, cocked and loaded it, took careful aim, tried to control his breathing and the waving barrel, and finally squeezed the trigger
Letters
A Fudged Photo? One of the things I enjoy about Shooting Sportsman is the quality of the photography. Consequently, I was disappointed to see a cover photo (Nov/Dec) that I am fairly certain is an amateurish digital manipulation in which a photograph of flaring geese was superimposed over an image of
Wingshooting News
Southern Side-by-Side Championship Returns Bill Kempffer, the founder of the only known double-gun gathering with an authentic Southern-style pig-pickin', expects that this year's sixth annual event will continue to grow. The Southern Side-by-Side Championship & Exhibition will return to Deep River Sporting
Shoots & Tours '05
Readers & Writers Adventures, which is what we call the gunning junkets we put together for friends of SSM, got off to a hot start this year (our 11th of these adventures, by the way). Our first event-a classic three-day, Dixie-style quail hunt at Rio Piedra Plantation, in Georgia, in February-sold out
Shooting
Baubles, Bangles & Beads
Fine Gunmaking
Evolution of the Sidelock, Part I
Hunting Dogs
Environmental Problems
Gun Review
Merkel 2116 ELC O/U 16/20 Combo
Book Review
An Eclectic Collection
Snapshots
Terry Wallace, a well-known engraver from Vallejo, California, died suddenly last September at the age of 66. He left behind his wife, Betty, two children and a grandchild. Wallace is remembered fondly by his many clients and fellow craftsmen, and a memorial display was to be exhibited at his usual spot
Guns of the Concours
"The Untouchables' Browning
- By: Roger Sanger
- and Steve Helsley
The Major
Dog's Best Friend
