Features
"Shotguns, Jokes & Romance"
Topics: "Reviews of "Shotgun Technicana," "The Best of the Major," "The Right Side of the River," "The World's Greatest Wingshooting Destinations," and "Wingshooter's Guide to Wisconsin.""
Tough Customers
Topics: Measuring trophies in effort expended; an enjoyment of difficult bird-hunting terrain and its rewards. Dealer(s): Alaska Dog Type(s): Ptarmigan Pheasant
Fit for a Lady: Norton&Sons Women's Ventile Shooting Jacket
Topics: A "bespoke" shooting jacket for women made on London's Sevile Row. Manufacturer(s): Norton & Sons
Triple-Timing
Topics: "Shooting and hunting on Chesapeake Bay to try the full line of Benellis, Franchis and Stogers on the company's invitation." Dealer(s): Pintail Point Dog Type(s): Canada Goose Pheasant Gunmaker Craftsmen: Benelli Beretta Franchi
The Shooting Party
Topics: A description of an SSM-organized Edwardian-style shooting gathering in the north of England. Dealer(s): UK Dog Type(s): Perdiz Red Grouse Hungarian Partridge
Range Wares
Topics: "Review of a variety of new and improved gear for the range, including glasses, hearing protection, a shooter's vest and a trap." Manufacturer(s): "Electronic Shooters Protection,E.A.R. Inc.,Carl Zeiss Sports optics,Wild Hare Int'l.,Hunters Pointe,Boyt Harness"
Less than the Best
Topics: "For the American author's first trip to the UK for driven grouse, he is a bit chagrined to order a pair of inexpensive "travel guns" but is pleasantly surprised by the shooting." Dealer(s): UK
"Stock Bending, Part II"
Topics: "Jack Rowe, Glenn Baker and Steve Downes discuss their stock-bending methods, tools and expectations." Gauge: John F. "Jack" Rowe
The Over/Unders of Robert Churchill
Topics: One gunmaker's quest to perfect the British O/U. Gunmaker Craftsmen: "Churchill Woodward, James"
Part II: Shooting Straight with the Smallbore
Topics: "Second of two parts on proper gunfit, gunmount and techniques for shooting smallbore shotguns well."
SHOT Guns '03
Topics: "What's new in shotguns for 2003, a round-up of new guns from the SHOT Show." Gunmaker Craftsmen: "Benelli Beretta Browning Daly, Charles Fabarm Franchi Caesar Guerini Perazzi"
Ithaca Classic Doubles Closes
Topics: Ithaca Classic Doubles founder Stephen Lamboy forced to close the business and declare bankruptcy.
The Culture of Velocity: Size vs. Speed
Topics: "The relationship between shot size and speed, their combined impact on lethality and the evolution of propellants."
Highland Hills Ranch
Topics: "A wingshooting stay at Higland Hills Ranch in condon, Oregon." Breed(s): Brittany Dealer(s): North-central Oregon Dog Type(s): Chukar Pheasant Hungarian Partridge Gunmaker Craftsmen: Beretta Weatherby
Casa del Sol
Topics: Hunting the riches of Argentina's Corrientes Province from the Casa del Sol on the Pirana River. Dealer(s): Argentina Dog Type(s): Snipe Perdiz Teal Duck Gunmaker Craftsmen: Beretta
A Big-Bore Good Deed
Topics: Sweepstakes for Searcy .470 Nitro Express double rifle to benefit the NRA Institute for Legislative Action. Manufacturer(s): Dan Walter cases Gauge: Brian Searcy
The Quest Continues
Topics: "Sidebar to the Churchill feature of same issue, by general manager of gunmaker, describing the guns of the "new" E.J. Churchill." Gunmaker Craftsmen: "Churchill Woodward, James"
Homo Homoni Lupus
Topics: "The Major ruminates on the extinctions of various species, from the saber-toothed tiger to blind minnows and man."
Targets for Hunters
Topics: Setting challenging targets that simulate the real conditions of hunting and the flight path of gamebirds.
California Dreamin'
Topics: Photo essay of California quail hunting in Mexico's Baja Peninsula. Dealer(s): Northern Baja
"Columba, the Gem of the Feedlot"
Topics: "Author describes introduction of rock doves, the common pigeon, to the New World, and shooting them over decoys in South America and in the Midwest." Dealer(s): "Paraguay,Uruguay"
Elhew Kennel Lives On
Topics: "Elhew Kennels has new owners, brought under the tutelage of pointer pioneer Bob Wehle." Breed(s): English Pointer
Mr. Apted's Interceptor
Topics: "John Henry Apted's improvement, called the Apted Interceptor, was an early device which prevented doubling." Gunmaker Craftsmen: Purdey
Blinking: Causes and Cures
Topics: "Pointing dogs that avoid birds have learned a behavior as negative as gunshyness; how to avoid blinking, how to correct it."
Departments
From the Editor
Editor quest, a masthead addition and Ithaca Classic Doubles
Letters
Topics: "More SKB feedback, cover dogs, forend fixes, low-gun skeet, "best" for T.R. White."
Snapshots
Manufacturer(s): "Purina,hodgdon Powder Co." Gunmaker Craftsmen: Krieghoff
