Features
Twenty-Five Years On
Reflecting on a quarter-century of making shotguns
The New Face of Hunting
A couples hunt for quail at Pine Hill Plantation
The Finest Gun in the World
A classic from the Shooting Sportsman archives
Paradise in Patagonia
One of the best-kept secrets in wingshooting
The Guns of Robin Hollow
Browsing the racks at a gunshop dedicated to shotgunners
The Gilchrist Club
Quail & clays in northern Florida
Go West, Young Man
The hardest part is saying goodbye
Departments
From the Editor
Kicking off our 25th Anniversary celebration
Letters
Turkey tales, triggerplate guns, young shooters, and so on
Game & Gun Gazette
Daniele Perazzi, British gun intros, Garmin’s Alpha collar, etc.
Daniele Perazzi (1932-2012)
Daniele Perazzi, founder of the Italian competition-shotgun company that bears his name, died November 7 at the age of 80. Born in 1932, Perazzi began a gunmaking apprenticeship when he was 14. He went on to build a company that is synonymous with top competition shotguns that carved its niche in the world market through innovation and modern design and manufacturing methods.
The British Boxlock Gun & Rifle
If there be ghosts, then those of William Anson and John Deeley are together dancing a spectral jig.
Fine Gunmaking
Part 5 on triggerplate guns: McKay Brown and S&W
Shooting
The biggest bang for your wingshooting-travel buck
Shot Talk
Q & A: Steel shot through fixed chokes, hunting with target loads, and more
Hunting Dogs
A profile of pro trainer Jason Williams
Gun Review
The Piotti Monaco: fine art & function in an Italian “best”
Readers’ Guns
Trading for a “lesser” gun that makes more sense
Field Gear
Gear that pulls double duty for hunting and travel
To the Point
Making good sport of ptarmigan with good dogs