Features
The Merkel Story, Part I
The German maker from a historical perspective
Ten-Below Greenheads
Rewards & challenges during the late duck season
The Argentina Gun
The 20-bore self-shucker as a mixed-bag all-arounder
The Boxlocks from Hunter Arms
Getting acquainted with Elsie's humble cousins
My Duck Gun is Rusty
Cracking the case of a cheatin' duck guy
The Christmas Gift
Of dove calls, time machines & warming hearts
Running with the Pack
Georgia quail hunting with George Hickox
The Partridge of Las Golondrinas
A season-ending finale of Spanish redlegs
Departments
From the Editor
It was the third Saturday of deer season, and my plan was to stillhunt around a small pond and a gone-by apple orchard where I'd found plenty of deer sign while grouse hunting. The wind was blowing hard as I stepped from the truck and drew the rifle from its case, and I remember thinking how prime conditions
Letters
Tube Talk After reading Bruce Buck's Gun Review on the Browning Superposed (March/April), I had to respond to several of his statements regarding choke tubes and the Browning Citori. In the article, Mr. Buck stated that fixed chokes generally mean more-responsive barrels and better patterns. In more
Building a Better Yardstick
Field Tests
Pro-Shot Products
Quality guns deserve quality gun-care products. It's that simple. If you're willing to invest financially and, yes, emotionally in a firearm, then you need to be concerned with the other half of the equation: the products that help keep that gun looking good and functioning in the field. When I was younger
The Challenge Cup: Parker & Elsie Square Off
One thing firearms collectors enjoy almost as much as shooting their favorite guns is arguing about them. In the double-gun world, perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the good-natured rivalries between aficionados of the vintage shotguns produced by the classic American makers. Conversations
Canvas, Wood & a 4-Bore
It was 90 years ago, on August 4, 1914, that Britain declared war on Germany after Germany had declared war on France the previous day. These actions not only triggered one of the bloodiest conflicts the world has ever seen, but also heralded the arrival of the age of modern warfare-and, in one case
Shooting with SSM in Spring '05
Being eminently sensible people, SSM readers suffer from cabin fever and by late winter are ready to bust out a little. Bust a few clays and gamebirds, that is. And we see it as our job to help gratify life's desires. Thus, we announce next spring's Readers & Writers Adventures-reprises of some of our
ACGG 'Mountains Majestic' Raffle Gun
As the first president of the American Custom Gunmakers Guild, Don Allen 20 years ago committed his energy to the fledgling trade association and its potential to advance and promote the custom gun trades in the US. In his first news-letter column, Allen, co-founder of Dakota Arms with his wife, Norma,
Growing Old Disgracefully
Shooting
F.lli Rizzzini, Part II
Fine Gunmaking
Reader Questions
Shot Talk
Total Immersion
Sporting Clays
Supplementing for Performance
Hunting Dogs
Good Gear for Waterfowlers
Field Gear
The Marocchi 99
Gun Review
Call of the Wildfowl
Book Review
Snapshots
Compiled by Ed Carroll Citing the acquisition as "another excellent example of synergy," Dakota Arms CEO Charlie Kokesh recently announced that Dakota had added Dan Walter Cases to its stable. The Harriman, New York, casemaker has long established itself among the finest makers of practically bombproof
Sculling for Old-Squaw
The day begins early in the Northeast port—putting in, loading up, then powering out to the open water of the sound. Out to the channel and the chop and the mussel beds where old-squaw dive for a living.
- Photography by: Bill Buckley
Rough Creek Lodge
Going Places
A Spectacular Sauer
Guns of the Concours
- By: Roger Sanger
- and Steve Helsley
Turk Station Lodge
Going Places
