May 13, 2008

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Features

The Messenger

For 11 months out of the year Mr. M. Porter Maxwell, the Deacon, was a pillar, a rock, a brick. It was during that twelfth month that he went off the skids.

The Great Grouse of Lapland

Despite strong fraternal bonds between hunters of all nationalities, the fieldsports of other nations always seem a little strange.

Perusing the Gun Library

Cabela’s features Gun Libraries in 17 of its 23 stores, with more coming soon.

Challenge in the Pines

Southern plantation-style hunting can offer a legitimate wingshooting experience as long as it's done right.

A Drilling in Africa

A combination of fine wingshooting, plains game and high-fenced properties adds up to a true sportsman’s paradise.

A Toy No More

By fusing modern technology with old-fashioned craftsmanship, London’s James Purdey & Sons is producing doubles not only as beautiful as those from the Golden Age of British gunmaking but also...

A Mexico Mixer

Mexico is a land of cactus-studded deserts, productive farmlands, pristine freshwater marshes and vast saltwater lagoons that provide some of the best wingshooting in North Ameica.

Bosis Is the Mostest

In a global society, an increasingly international language of style is emerging, and Luciano Bosis knows it.

Departments

Departments: Going Places

Barnsley Gardens is a bucolic Eden about an hour north of Atlanta. Visitors can enjoy the Orvis Shooting School, a clays course, a 5 Stand setup and a fully stocked pro shop.

Departments: Doublespeak

A pair of shortened guns that balance like the originals.

From the Editor

Letters

Game & Gun Gazette

The RBL-28, Reno shows, border quail, baggage issues

Shooting

Eyes can play tricks, both with what they see and what they don’t.

Fine Gunmaking

Turnbull’s shop offers the greatest variety of finishes in the US. His shop works on or restores approximately 1,500 firearms per year.

Hunting Dogs

Proper training is not a mixture of fragmented exercises done randomly. Dog training is a series of building blocks.

Shot Talk

One shotgunning absolute that’s certain is that recoil is a negative. Anything shotgunners can do to reduce recoil almost always improves their shooting.

Gun Review

Currently you can get Beretta boxlock 28s in nine field grades and three sporting clays grades. In the middle of the pack is the Silver Pigeon V.

Field Gear

Five new products to consider for your next adventure: BraeVal Skye Boatmen Boil Sweater/Vest; e+LITE by Petzl; Shooting Glasses by Rudy Project; Guide Jacket from Huntsmith Collection; and...

Book Review

Tracks, by Donald C. Jackson; Mastering Skeet, by King Heiple; Eley Cartridges, by C.W. Harding; Modern Shotgunning, by Dave Henderson

The Major

Welcome to payback time.