Shooting Sportsman magazine, July/August 2026 cover

July/August 2026

by Shooting Sportsman

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Features

Guns of the Year

What’s new in smoothbores for ’26

by Phil Bourjaily

Dances With Grouse

A wingshooting walk with Lakota Sioux

by Robert Parvin Williams

Beretta at 500

Celebrating the world's oldest gunmaker

by Phil Bourjaily

"Glory Days"

Wingshooting with Mark Nissen's Classic Bird Hunts

by Tom Sternal


Departments

From the Editor

Introducing our digital edition and access to the archives

Game & Gun Gazette 

Kolar celebrates America’s anniversary, Guyette & Deeter’s world-record sale, Terry Allen’s new book, Sharing the Land, etc.

Gun Review

The Caesar Guerini Invictus Artco Specialist

by Greg Carpiniello

Field Gear

Upgrading gear for the bird seasons ahead

by The Editors

To the Point

Planning for sanity—and keeping peace in camp

by Tom Huggler


Scattershot

The Gun Rack

Weatherby’s Sorix Field: a rugged hunting autoloader

by Matthew Every

Shooting

The paramount importance of gun safety afield

by Keith Schopp

Shot Talk

The year’s new shotshells and a copper-shot update

by Tom Roster

Hunting Dogs

Trainers’ takes on how handlers can get the most from their dogs

by Tom Keer

Conservation

The current state of “corner crossing”—and why it matters

By E. Donnall Thomas Jr.


ON THE COVER: Beretta’s celebratory A400 500 Years Special Edition (see p. 66). Photo courtesy of Beretta USA.

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