Name: Shooting Sportsman, May/June 1992
SKU: SSM050692
Price: 9.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Features

Taking the Skeet Out of Sporting

Topics: “For those shooters who thrive on challenge, FITASC Sporting is the next rung up the sporting clays ladder. Standard and New Format (Geelong) FITASC explained including example of a standard course layout.”

By: Barry G. Davis

“White Birds, Just Right”

Topics: Spotting ptarmigan from an airplane before setting down for the hunt. Dealer(s): Alaska Dog Type(s): Ptarmigan

By: E. Donnall Thomas Jr

Hunting on National Wildlife Refuges

Topics: “To prohibit hunting in the National WIldlife Reserves would not only disenfranchise more than a million sportsmen, it would erode the political and financial support needed to perpetuate the finist refuge system in the world.”

By: David Brown

The Care & Feeding of Game Guns

Topics: Care and ammunition for older English shotguns. Gunmaker Craftsmen: “Westley Richards Woodward, James”

By: Datus Proper

Island Wild

Topics: Duck hunting in Prince Edward island. Dealer(s): “Prince Edward Island,Canada,PEI”

By: Barry G. Davis

Real Snipe Hunting

Topics: “To this day, there are grown men who believe there is such a thing as a snipe. Finding them isn’t hard, but shooting a 7 inch bird at 40 yards is no easy target. Interesting quotes from J. J. Pringle’s book “Twenty Years’ Snipe Shooting” 1899.” Dog Type(s): Snipe

By: Dave Carty

Pheasant Days

Topics: “Excerps from Chris Dorsey’s book, Pheasant Days. ” Dog Type(s): Pheasant

By: Chris Dorsey

Denton’s House

Topics: Man takes his son hunting. Dog Type(s): Pheasant

By: David Guterson

Springtime… Is Turkey Time

Topics: “To the unitiated, the turkey is an ugley bird. ” Dog Type(s): Turkey

Life After Lutefisk

Topics: Hunting grouse in Minnesota. Dog Type(s): Ruffed Grouse

By: Joel Vance

A True Party Animal

Topics: We learn that the Major’s short marriage may have ended as a result of Elixabeth’s interest in social events and her friends lack of interest in hunting.

By: Galen Winter

Clays From Hell

Topics: Humor – the sporting clays course from hell with ten impossible stations described in detail.

By: Michael McIntosh

A Tale Without End

Topics: The gun dog’s tail provides practical as well as aesthetic value to the hunter.

By: John Falk

Quail in a Sauce of Juniper and Madeira

Topics: “Recipes for demiglace, juniper and madeira sauce.”

By: S.G.B. Tennant Jr

Rest Easy Now

Topics: The flintlock never looked right after it had been converted to a percussion double gun. Story of reconverting this gun back to a flintlock.

By: Steven Dodd Hughes

The Art of Celtic Engraving

Topics: History of Celtic engraved guns and information about the gunmakers and engravers who produced them. Gunmaker Craftsmen: “Abbiatico & Salvinelli (Famars) Brown, David McKay W. R. Pape”

By: Douglas Tate

The Birthday Gift

Topics: Turning a beat-up yard sale gun into a suitable gift for a 12-year old boy. Gamebird(s): 20 Gunmaker Craftsmen: Remington Gunmaker Manufacturer(s): Model 31

By: Eileen Clarke

Wings Over Hungary

Topics: “Compared to hunts in England and Scotland, this is a humbling experience.” Dealer(s): Hungary

By: Stan Warren

“Classic Writers, Classic Guns”

Topics: Author remembers authors and their sporting books from the past. Many wrote for familiar outdoor magazines in the first half of the 20th century. Their stories describe their favorite guns. A good resource for outdoor books for the library.

By: Bill Baines

The Evolution of Sporting Clays

Topics: “History of the clay target. The clay target, invented in America, found it’s greatest use in England. ”

By: John Brindle

Guns for the Game

Topics: “The evolution of the clays guna’dynamic, well-ballanced, controllable and mechanically excellent. ” Gunmaker Craftsmen: Beretta Gunmaker Manufacturer(s): Model 687 EELL

By: Michael McIntosh

The Best Grouse

Topics: Reliving a history of grouse hunting expierences. Dog Type(s): Sharp-tailed Grouse

By: Ron Spomer

Weight	0.6000 lbs
Dimensions	10.5 × 8.5 × 0.5 in

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Shooting Sportsman, May/June 1992