January/February 2026

by Shooting Sportsman Magazine

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Features

Driven Days in Spain

Red-legged partridge with Delaney & Sons

by Simon Reinhold

Next-Gen Quail Hunting

Preserving history & tradition at Pine Hill Plantation

by Jonathan Smithfield

Nothing but Bests

The continual pursuit of excellence at McKay Brown

by Jack Strallan

A Quest for Quail

Pursuing “the slam” at El Coronado Ranch

by Ralph P. Stuart


Departments

From the Editor

Kicking off the new year with show season

The Opener

Facing driven grouse on the heather moorland

Game & Gun Gazette 

Copley’s Winter Sale, remembering Ken Duglan, the Complete Gun Fitter’s Kit, Making Game and more

Gun Review

The Fabarm Infinite RS: a side-by-side for clays

by Greg Carpiniello

Field Gear

Trusty take-alongs when its time to get away

by The Editors

To the Point

Renewing faith in the flooded timber

by Tom Huggler


Scattershot

The Gun Rack

The CZ Wingshooter Elite: built for hunting

by Joe Genzel

Shooting

Setting up a dedicated shooting bench

by Phil Bourjaily

Shot Talk

The real effects of plating on shot performance

by Tom Rooster

Hunting Dogs

Protecting dogs when temperatures plummet

by Keith Schopp


ON THE COVER: 

A McKay Brown with thistle engraving photographed by Sarah Farnsworth/sarahfarnsworth.co.uk (see p. 76).

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