July/August 2012

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Features

New Guns for 2012

Fresh offerings from SHOT & SCI

  • By: Bruce Buck

Heavenly Time

Canyoning for chukar with Heaven’s Gate Outfitters

  • By: Brad Fitzpatrick

The Legacy of Westley Richards

Celebrating 200 years of gunmaking innovation

  • By: Douglas Tate

The Caesar Guerini Wings & Clays School

Clays & quail at Springbank Plantation @ Barnsley Gardens Resort

  • By: Bruce Buck

Pheasants Over Primland

Driven-Style Shooting with Holland & Holland

  • By: Vic Venters

Dreams of Africa

A two-week wingshooting odyssey with Onjonas Safaris

  • By: Terry Allen

Harboring Birds

There's nothing like Maritime Canada in October. Fall foliage, friendly people, fast pheasants. Wait a minute. Pheasants?! At Nova Scotia’s Fox Harb’r Resort, sportsmen can find excellent hunting for not only pheasants but also Hungarian partridge. There's also plenty to do for non-shooting guests.

  • By: Ralph P. Stuart

Something Old, Something New

Of passing reins & the good old days

  • By: Reid Bryant

The Well-Dressed Wingshooter

It used to be that “fashionable sportsman” was an oxymoron

  • By: Ralph P. Stuart

Departments

From the Editor

The new focus on non-shooters, and a good-bye to Galen

  • By: Ralph P. Stuart

Letters

Gratitude for the dogs, an Ideal enthusiast, upland pleasures, etc.

Game & Gun Gazette

Seasonal shoots, Atkin Grant & Lang, Winter, Grifnée and more

Shooting

Fitting for stock shape & the downside of parallel combs

  • By: Chris Batha

Fine Gunmaking

The clever intricacies of a German triggerplate action

  • By: Steven Dodd Hughes

Shot Talk

New improvements for sub-gauge reloaders

  • By: Tom Roster

Hunting Dogs

Feeding right for high performance and lasting health

  • By: George Hickox

Gun Craft

Remembering gun restorer Tony Treadwell

  • By: Vic Venters

Field Gear

The hottest new gear for 2012

  • By: David Draper

Going Places

South-central Montana's Padlock Ranch offers almost a half-million acres of great hunting for sharptails, Hungarian partridge, sage grouse and pheasants. No wonder visitors want to make it their home on the range.

  • By: Ed Carroll

To the Point

Reaching the best bird hunting through pre-season conditioning

  • By: Tom Huggler