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Lonely Shores
Where the waterfowling is greater than the sum of the ducks
Santa Fe Trail Quail
On the path to great quail hunting in Colorado
In the Drowned Lands
The gift of inheriting the hunt.
Cheyenne-Country Roosters
Pheasants galore at Cheyenne Ridge Lodge
Sweet Elsie's Ageless Charm
A timeless affection for a classic American gun
Steve Barnett Fine Guns
Strolling the quiet streets of West Point, Mississippi, words like "charming," "quaint" and "picturesque" come to mind. Life is simpler here, the pace slower. This is the home of Mossy Oak Camouflage and the Old Waverly Golf Club-a Deep South jewel worth exploring. A hidden treasure is Steve Barnett
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The Frederick C. Scales Gun, Part II
A gun's origins become more mysterious before a riddle is solved
SHOT Standouts
New guns from Benelli • Beretta • Blaser • Browning • Cortona • Franchi • Guerini • Kimber • Legacy Sports International • Marlin • Remington • Rizzini • S&W • Stevens • Tristar • Weatherby • Winchester • Zoli
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From the Editor
It's been more than 70 years since Congress first passed the piece of legislation that today authorizes more conservation programs and conservation funding than any other: the Farm Bill. At the time the Farm Bill was established, its purpose was to assist farmers and stabilize rural economies by protecting
Letters
Short Praise Thank you for the article on the two-inch 12-gauge ("The Two-Inch Twelve Revisited," March/April). I have had three of these guns and currently own a ca. 1930 Holland & Holland, which is the finest of them all. It is truly the ultimate grouse gun. Ditto quail, doves and woodcock. I also
Tour Holland & Holland on DVD
"A Look Inside Holland & Holland" offers a detailed examination of the process of making a London "best" gun.
Robert "Pete" Petersen (1926-2007)
Robert Einar Petersen, the gun col- lector who founded Guns & Ammo magazine and helped shape America's gun culture, died March 23 in Santa Monica, California, after a brief illness with cancer. Petersen, who lived in Beverly Hills, was 80. "He only discovered he had neuroendocrine cancer at the
A Passion for Elsies
There's a cultural phenomenon that grows out of the communications-drenched times we live in called, simply enough, "buzz." As applied here, the term describes the effect when an object, a product, a brand, a person or an idea suddenly pops up everywhere, seemingly by coincidence or without
Bird Taxidermy Tips
A few simple steps help preserve gamebirds in the field for freezing, shipping and mounting.
New Scottish "Rounded- Action" From An Ancient Name
What we like about a Scottish round-action is its discretion and restraint, the lack of unnecessary projections, the sober styling and, ultimately, the look and feel of the organic, near-cylindrical gun. But at nearly £40,000 for a new Dickson or MacNaughton, an Edinburgh gun is not everyone's
Field Report: Polywad's 20 Gram Crak-Rs
A number of readers have opined on Polywad's new high-performance smallbore cartridge, the 20 Gram Crak-R, mentioned in the story on the 28 gauge ("Less is More", Nov/Dec '06). Because I wrote, "In November they'll be put to the ultimate test on high-speed, high-altitude pheasants,"
The Paper Trail Leads to RST
Cartridges at the Classic Shotshell Co. have just become more "classic." This spring the Pennsylvania-based manufacturer-which sells its American-made shotshells under the RST, Ltd., banner-has introduced a full range of traditional paper-case shells in 12, 16 and 20 gauge. Classic Shotshell/RST
The Czar's Parker:
$287,500 and Packed for Duluth
Boss Trio from David Sinnerton
London gunmaker David Sinnerton (see "The Best Finish Last," Sept/Oct '05) has completed a trio of 28-bore Boss-type over/unders, the first O/Us to bear his name as an independent gunmaker. Sinnerton, originally trained at Purdey's, is regarded as perhaps the premier finisher to the British
Purity
Judging from the mail, phone calls and various reports, my recent musings upon ethics seem to have touched a responsive chord and sparked a lot of discussion. This pleases me; it's exactly what I had hoped for. There is no blueprint for ethics, no paradigm for behavior, no Website that spoon-feeds guidance
A Higher Degree of Finish
With each project, every craftsman has to arrive at a place of completion. I've never liked the cliché "good enough for... " and yet the reality is that each of us has to decide when it's time to call it done. Gunmaking companies face the same dilemma, and when studying each maker's
No Worries
Australians have a catchy expression: "No worries, mate." It's the equivalent of the Americans' "No problem." But shotgunners seem to have many worries. Most of them, in my experience, stem from shooters' fears of the unknown. Others start as rumors down at the local gun club and
Point or Flush?
When choosing a gundog, factor in what kind of birds you'll be hunting and where, as well as what your aesthetic leanings are. Some people like chocolate ice cream, and some prefer vanilla. Some like both. When it comes to the flushing/retrieving breeds versus the pointing breeds, I fall into the category
The Pick of New Products
The Pick of New Products
Readable References
Readable References
Vengeance Is Mine, Sayeth Peabody
It was mid-July. "Summertime, and the livin' is easy," so goes the old Gershwin tune. During July in Philadelphia, whenever one is away from the air-conditioning, the livin' can be hot, sweaty and generally uncomfortable. In spite of living in an air-conditioned apartment, Major Na-thaniel
