The September/October issue of Shooting Sportsman is now available online and on newsstands. Our "Upland Issue" is typically our largest of the year and includes all of the columnists of our recurring Departments and more wingshooting & fine-gun features than any other issue. On the cover: a Montana pheasant hunter photographed by Brian Grossenbacher.
- From the Editor — Ralph Stuart on our digital evolution and a new contest
- Game & Gun Gazette — William & Son moves in Mayfair, AyA's limited-run Centenary Gun, CSMC's new Christian Hunter line, and Westley Richards handmade leather goods
- Shooting — Chris Batha on preparing for the season
- Fine Gunmaking — Steven Dodd Hughes examines a Purdey over/under on the Woodward design
- Shot Talk — Tom Roster on Winchester's revolutionary "wet buffer" Rooster XR shells
- Gun Review — The Ugartechea Grade V Sidelock: a value in side-by-sides
- Field Gear — David Draper reviews the top new products for upland hunters
- To the Point — Tom Huggler's fond memories of chasing pheasants
Just a sampling of September/October’s many features:
WINGSHOOTING
- "Hi On Quail" — Eddie Nickens hunts George Hi Plantation in North Carolina
- "A Woodcock Odyssey" — Art Wheaton & friends give chase from Minnesota to the Maritimes
- "Geese on the Orkneys" — Kurt Glaeseman goes fowling on the exotic isles of northern Scotland
- "Invisible Birds" — A vision quest for ptarmigan in Alaska
- "Winning Reports" — Hunting stories from our 25th Anniversary sweepstakes winners
FINE GUNS
- “John Dickson & Son” — Douglas Tate explores the history of the gunmaker and the quintessential Scottish round-action
- “The Damascus-Barrel Maker” — Vic Venters profiles British barrelmaker Peter Higgins, who has revived the art of making welded-steel tubes
You can subscribe online to the print or digital editions here. Or you can buy this issue in print. Single issues of the digital edition are available by visiting the iTunes Store or Google Play.
