Features
Manufacturas Arrieta
Artisinal gunmaking in the Spanish tradition
For the Love of Quail
South Georgia bobs at Rio Piedra Plantation
Hello, My Lovely
She was trouble. But she was my trouble.
Blistering Birds at Buccleuch
High pheasants in the Scottish borders
Get the Lead Out
Unleaded, eco-friendly & ultra-fast new shotshells for 2010
The Best of British
A celebration of British gunmaking
- Photography by: David Grant
Baja Birds
Pheasants, doves & quail south of the border
Debutante Ball
A coming-out party in the Wisconsin uplands
Departments
From the Editor
Shooting Sportsman goes monthly with Sporting Shot
Letters
Praise for Batha, a dust up over “driven,” advertising, and more
Game & Gun Gazette
The Vintage Cup, Beretta’s Trident Program, the Quail Coalition, etc.
Shooting
More useless things: choke & selective triggers
Fine Gunmaking
The anatomy of the boxlock action
Hunting Dogs
Step-by-step training for the upland retriever
Shot Talk
Taking a hard look at quality lead shot
Sporting Clays
Driven wild with high incomers
Gun Review
Arrieta’s rounded-action Model 06 in .410
Guncraft
The iconic Westley Richards doll’s-head fastener
Field Gear
New boots, clothes and gear for the upland season
Book Review
Schadt, Gray, Crehore, Reed and Clarke
Going Places
Quail and more at western Kentucky’s WingHaven Lodge
The Major
Ruminating on the wonders of genetic manipulations