Browning A5 Hunter 20-Gauge
John Moses Browning’s Auto-5 set the standard for semi-automatic shotguns. Introduced in 1902, the long-recoil Auto-5 enjoyed an illustrious run until it was discontinued...
May/June 2025
Smitten by Snipe
The year that The Beatles released their first LP, two schoolboys—one shotgun between them—walked a Northumbrian ditch bank. Suddenly a long-billed little bird sprang...
To the Point: Bird Hunting’s Third Rail
You can hunt birds without a dog, but why would anyone want to? Many years ago I chanced upon two old-timers in southwest Kansas...
Short- and Long-Term Gun Storage
We’ve all heard the story, told by some friend or friend-of-a-friend: One day, cleaning out some storage closet in Great-Grandpa’s basement, some lucky devil...
May/June 2025
Buy the issue! Features The Golden Ticket Golden retrievers: These dogs can hunt by Tom Davis Finding Rizzini Journeying to Italy for an affirming factory visit by...
Ammo-Price Increases
If you haven’t yet bought your year’s supply of factory loads or shot for reloading, brace yourself. Big price increases are happening. In 2024...
What’s New in Avian Flu
In the September/October 2022 issue I reviewed then-current knowledge about avian influenza (see “Avian Flu"). In that piece I emphasized that this was a...
Spring Training
Sun’s out, guns out. Training guns, that is. Between winter’s chill and the high heat of summer, spring offers perfect dog-training conditions. Whether you’re...
The Double-Duty Retriever
Even if you spend most of your fall in a duck blind, chances are there will be times you’ll want to use your dog...
Sportarm Revives H.J. Hussey Guns
The catalog of revived British gunmakers is stocked with illustrious names, including Lancaster, Greener, Churchill, and Atkin Grant & Lang. Now H.J. Hussey has...
Nearly $75 Million Earmarked for Upland Conservation
October 2024 was a remarkable month not only for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, but also for wingshooters and conservationists countrywide. In quick succession,...
Rigby’s Bespoke Shooting Brake
The shooting brake—roughly defined as a vehicle conceived to take gentlemen and ladies on the hunt with their firearms and dogs—has taken a sharp...