Features
The BSA Shotgun
An English classic without the “name”
Birds of the Bourbon Trail
To Winghaven Lodge for whiskey & bobwhites
Evergreen Waterfowling
Washington’s oft-overlooked duck & goose hunting
Glamour & Guns
A ladies-only hunt at Highland Hills Ranch
The Great Rubber Boot Test
Comparing, contrasting & torture testing nine pairs of pull-ons
California Ducking
A slice of fowling heaven in Sacramento Valley
The Canvasback
One duck defining a hunt—and a relationship
Departments
From the Editor
Shooting Sportsman Properties and our new app
Letters
Missing favorite guns, welcoming women, and more
Game & Gun Gazette
Blogging from Birmingham, Powell’s Perdix, etc.
Negrini Travel Cases: Lightweight & Safe
A less-than-pleasant element of traveling with firearms has often been the cases designed to transport them. Traditionally, the bigger and harder—and heavier—they have been, the better the chances of your guns arriving safely.
RC Cartridges Come to America
With its heritage of live-pigeon and competition shooting, Italy produces some of the world’s finest target shotgun shells—and one of its most heralded is now available in America.
Shooting
Armed with knowledge & tools for buying guns used
Fine Gunmaking
Delighting in the rare & unusual Burgess pumpgun
Shot Talk
Part 3 on shotshell pressures: proof-testing
Hunting Dogs
Tips for training with live birds
Gun Review
The Krieghoff K-80 Parcours—a sporting clays Porsche
Gun Craft
Stefano Pedretti: engraving with a hunter’s eye
Field Gear
Waterfowling decoys, dog blinds, jackets and more
To the Point
Swirling memories of a storm of snow geese