Features
The BSA Shotgun
An English classic without the “name”
Birds of the Bourbon Trail
To Winghaven Lodge for whiskey & bobwhites
By: Brad Fitzpatrick
Evergreen Waterfowling
Washington’s oft-overlooked duck & goose hunting
By: Brian Lynn
Glamour & Guns
A ladies-only hunt at Highland Hills Ranch
By: Elizabeth Lanier
The Great Rubber Boot Test
Comparing, contrasting & torture testing nine pairs of pull-ons
By: Ralph P. Stuart
California Ducking
A slice of fowling heaven in Sacramento Valley
By: Dale C. Spartus
The Canvasback
One duck defining a hunt—and a relationship
By: David Brown
Departments
From the Editor
Shooting Sportsman Properties and our new app
By: Ralph P. Stuart
Letters
Missing favorite guns, welcoming women, and more
Game & Gun Gazette
Blogging from Birmingham, Powell’s Perdix, etc.
Negrini Travel Cases: Lightweight & Safe
A less-than-pleasant element of traveling with firearms has often been the cases designed to transport them. Traditionally, the bigger and harder—and heavier—they have been, the better the chances of your guns arriving safely.
By: Vic Venters
RC Cartridges Come to America
With its heritage of live-pigeon and competition shooting, Italy produces some of the world’s finest target shotgun shells—and one of its most heralded is now available in America.
By: Vic Venters
Shooting
Armed with knowledge & tools for buying guns used
By: Chris Batha
Fine Gunmaking
Delighting in the rare & unusual Burgess pumpgun
By: Steven Dodd Hughes
Shot Talk
Part 3 on shotshell pressures: proof-testing
By: Tom Roster
Hunting Dogs
Tips for training with live birds
By: George Hickox
Gun Review
The Krieghoff K-80 Parcours—a sporting clays Porsche
By: Bruce Buck
Gun Craft
Stefano Pedretti: engraving with a hunter’s eye
By: Vic Venters
Field Gear
Waterfowling decoys, dog blinds, jackets and more
By: David Draper
To the Point
Swirling memories of a storm of snow geese
By: Tom Huggler
