Features
The Cadence of Prairies
Huns & sharptails in the Western 'out there'
Chukar Battle in the Sheepeaters' Canyon
Casting & blasting on the Middle Fork of the Salmon
Benelli's Finest
World class autoloaders for the field or collection
Guns from the Big Show
Running down what was rolled out at SHOT
Ivory Beads
It's what you'd expect in LA: glitz, glitter, glam... fine guns. Just cross-town from Beverly Hills, Jim Thynne (above left) and Jerry Kitto set up shop five years ago in the suburb of Covina. Since then they've risen like stars in the fine-gun firmament. A-listers with fine performances
- Photography by: Clair Kofoed
Vistas of Whitewings
A plague of doves at Rancho Caracol
A Georgia Eye-Opener
Discovering quail hunting at Burnt Pine Plantation
Laying it on the Line
Diver hunting with the Mighty Layout Boys
Departments
From the Editor
Hard to believe, but in July it will be three years since we lost Contributing Editor Tim Leary in that tragic fall. (If you're too new to the magazine to remember Tim, he was our Field Gear Editor and the coordinator of our Readers & Writers Wingshoots.) Still, after all this time, hardly a day goes
Letters
Shedding Light on a Shooter The letter by Robert Cox (Letters, May/June) concerning his grandfather, Wilbur Cox, of Remington's Shooting Team was most interesting. Two years ago at the Remington Society of America's Annual Meeting and Seminar, Gordon Fosburg, an expert on Remington advertising, promotional
Time Travel with Philipp Ollendorff
This past January at the Safari Club International Convention, in Reno, I heard a comment that got me thinking. I was sitting in the Shooting Sportsman booth and overheard the following snippet of conversation: "Have you noticed that the best classic British guns at the show are made by Germans?"
Help a Grouse, Win a Parker
The Ruffed Grouse Society has organized a yearlong fundraising raffle to appeal to enthusiasts passionate about upland gamebirds and fine double guns: The chance to win one of the new $49,000 (Remington) Parker Guns for a $100 ticket. The limited number of 1,000 tickets doesn't offer the best odds, perhaps,
Engraving Confab Reaches New Heights
As mentioned last year (see "American Engraving Gets a Boost," Game & Gun Gazette, Nov/Dec '05), Glendo Corp., a manufacturer of the GRS line of engraving tools in Emporia, Kansas, is leading the way in promoting fine engraving in the US. The company has partnered with Emporia State University
GaugeMates Tested: The Numbers
Tom Roster's March/April Shot Talk column ("Inside Sub-Gauge Inserts") gave us a good feel for the capabilities of each type of insert and its price/benefit tradeoff. However, the GaugeMate people, in California, were in the midst of their own independent testing when Tom's article was written,
Bird Dogs Forever on DVD and on the Web
At a time when even wingshooting television shows tend to favor speed-metal soundtracks, the fast-cut editing style of rock music videos, and a "greatest hits" onslaught that packs a hundred tumbling birds or more into each half-hour, it's no surprise that Dr. Christian Hageseth's Bird Dogs
How Efficient Is Your Shotgun?
Many Shooting Sportsman readers are familiar with Don Amos's and Tom Hamernik's work on Moment of Inertia (MOI) and shotgun handling (see "Measuring MOI," Sept/Oct '01). In the great American tradition of endless tinkering, their concept recently was subjected to a sophisticated statistical
Fine Gunmaking
Metal Finishes for Fine Guns, Part II
Sporting Clays
'Squaring Off' Targets
Shot Talk
Controlling Power-Charge Variations
Hunting Dogs
Beyond 20 Weeks
Field Gear
Vegas Jackpot: New Products
Book Review
From Locks to Laughter
Snapshots
The famous Ithaca Model 37 bottom-ejecting pump shotgun was reborn with the December purchase of the remains of the bankrupt Ithaca Gun Co. by an Ohio-based manufacturer. What's more, the new owners say they want to bring back the New Ithaca Double. Craig Marshall has converted his family-owned business
The Major
Another Bear Story
Going Places
Little Moran Hunt Club
Guns of the Concours
An Olin Elsie
- By: Roger Sanger
- and Steve Helsley