May/June 2012

Features

Birds Among Buffalo

A Kenyan wingshooting adventure

By: Robert Parvin Williams

Z Is for Zoli

Guns for game and competition from an Italian innovator

By: Douglas Tate

Right Time, Right Place, Right People

Upland pursuits at Minnesota’s Pineridge Grouse Camp

By: Tred Slough

‘Maxamum’ Impact

Touring a shell-making facility in Spain

By: Bruce Buck

A Showpiece Showroom

Connecticut Shotgun’s Ultimate Showroom

By: Terry Allen

A Riot of Redlegs

Shooting Spanish Partridge where it all began

By: Clair Kofoed

The Brittany

Everyman’s hunting dog in a compact, hard-working package

By: Tom Davis

Trainers’ Tools

Training equipment for the yard and field

By: George Hickox

Departments

From the Editor

Our Special Hunting Dogs Section and a new take on Brittanys

By: Ralph P. Stuart

Letters

Thoughts on favorite breeds, cover questions & a remembrance

Game & Gun Gazette

Readers & Writers Adventures, mapping quail genes, and more

Game & Gun Gazette

2012 Readers & Writers Adventures

By: Ed Carroll

Game & Gun Gazette

Avian-X Turkey Decoys

By: Ralph P. Stuart

Shooting

Getting a (good) grip for better shooting

By: Chris Batha

Fine Gunmaking

Part 1 on the functions and mechanisms of triggerplate actions

By: Steven Dodd Hughes

Shot Talk

A further look at new pellet shapes and wads

By: Tom Roster

Gun Review

Browning gets it right with the Citori 725 Sporting

By: Bruce Buck

Gun Craft

Small-batch consistency & performance from RST shells

By: Vic Venters

Field Gear

Dog products to get your paws on

By: David Draper

Going Places

Sporting Clays and more at Kentucky’s Elk Creek Hunting Club

By: Brad Fitzpatrick

To the Point

Dogs that have made a difference through the years

By: Tom Huggler