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Student and instructor at the Holland & Holland shooting ground near London. The instructor wears ear muffs, because he is around shooting all the time. The student is using plugs because many young people find it difficult to wear large muffs. The people at Holland & Holland, sticklers for safety, feel the plugs are sufficient under the circumstances. The best combination: High quality muffs (with or without an electronic sound-enhancing system) and soft rubber “finned” plugs properly (i.e., deeply) inserted. Absolutely essential for shooting indoors or with heavy rifles, handguns, or anything with a muzzle brake.

Turning a Deaf Ear

 A gunsmith friend of mine who specializes in tactical and competition rifles says that applications…
An Amethyst Hummingbird with a White Orchid, by Martin Johnson Heade

I Went to the Cummer Museum of Art in Jacksonville

This wasn’t the first time I’ve traveled far to see a painting—only to discover, when…
Warren Page’s Mashburn custom rifles were auctioned by his widow, Martha, at the sixth GameCoin convention in San Antonio in 1977. All three were purchased by Arthur McGreevy, shown with Page’s Mannlicher-stocked bear rifle.

O’Connor versus Page; the Clash of the Gun-Writing Titans

The greatest rivalry in the odd world of gun writing was between Warren Page of…
tsetse fly
The tsetse fly, a.k.a. glossina palpalis, a.k.a., Africa’s finest game warden. This one a female, although she does not look very feminine. Or maybe she does. They’re not quite this big in real life, but they feel like it.

The Worst Bug in the World

I’m willing to bet everyone who reads this post that they can’t recollect a bug…
Volume One, Issue 1 (left) with a painting by Chet Reneson on the cover, and our November, 2023 issue, sporting a painting by Brett James Smith. If that cover is not timeless, what is?

Timeless (II)

According to Oxford, the definition of elegance, dating from 1797, is “refined tastefulness.”
C.D. Clarke, Osceolas

SEWE 2024:  Been There!

You have to understand that I lived in Charleston—Isle of Palms, to be exact—in 1976. …

Gray’s Best Angling & Hunting Gear 2024

Gray's Best awards are anticipated by long-time readers of Gray’s Sporting Journal and coveted by…
Through the 1940s and ‘50s, Eddie Bauer of Seattle was America’s premier expedition outfitter. Jay Mellon, hunting sheep in the high Himalayas, wore Eddie Bauer’s finest. He also had the best guides. And he’s still alive.

Sometimes, It’s Better to Stay Home

In my October 2nd post, titled “How Not to Get Killed While Big Game Hunting,”…
Waders might not actually be magical, but when used properly, they can be empowered to ward off bad days. 

An Ode to My Waders

It being more than a year since I moved into my new house, I figured…
Stay in shape: You’ll be a lot happier when you pick up the ten-weight.

Winter Workouts

Pick up a fly rod, say, or a pair of oars or even a garden…

The New Fish

In the October, 2023, issue of Gray’s, Chris Camuto, who writes so insightfully about sporting…
nevada trout

Kittredge

For more than eight decades now, the significance of December 7 has been associated with…