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Green Butt Muddler

Variants

At the bench yesterday preparing for the arrival – knock on wood – of summer…
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Understanding Patterns, or Trying To

The least-understood aspect of shotgunning is shot patterns — the scattergun equivalent of rifle accuracy,…
elephants drinking bodo meier
Elephants Drinking from the Chobe River

Bodo Meier, the Artist Who Takes Artists to Africa

I first met watercolorist Bodo Meier on a snowy night in the dead of winter,…
Mare and Foals
Mares and Foals

Stopping in Georgia to Meet Larry D. Wheeler

What a great excuse to exit I-95 on our trip back north – going to…
mountain goat

Crossing Boundaries

Join Team SIG's Daniel Horner on the hunt of a lifetime in Kodiak, Alaska in…
haunt of the woodcock
"Haunt of the Woodcock: Sensation and Bang Bang," by John Martin Tracy, was recently acquired by the Museum of the Dog.

A New Masterpiece for Museum of the Dog

The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog, now returned to its original location in…
grulla gun
The Windsor Woodcock employs the standard engraving layout of the Grulla Windsor model, its highest grade at that time. It has since been superseded by the Grulla Royal. Note the oak leaves on the fences.

Realizing a Dream

As I have mentioned frequently (too frequently, some would insist) my whole conception of shotguns…
shotgun
The Revelation, from Tony Galazan’s Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company, shows what can be done in an affordable American-made over/under.

Over/Under Takeover

This week, in the course of writing an article on over/under shotguns to appear in…
Bison Dance of the Mandan Indians, courtesy of Arader Galleries

Museum Blues

When I was young in Paris and London, there was rarely a crowd at any…
The Martini action was a favorite of German Schützen rifle makers, and there were endless variations. The rear sight is a diopter, intended only to sharpen the sight picture of the mid-barrel and front sight. It was an optical secret German shooters discovered early.

Falling in Love … Again

Guns and romance have a lot in common: What you think you want, and what…
western flyer

Western Flyer: Back from the Brink

Steinbeck and Ricketts, most readers know, carried out their Baja research from aboard the Western…
brian board handgun
Brian Board’s masterpiece (bottom) and the rasped-into-shape plastic grip on the long-barreled Challenger (top). The rasp marks can be seen clearly, but the grip works well. In my heretical opinion, the later, slimmer plastic grip is superior to the original bulky walnut one.

Getting a Grip

Among other things I lusted for at the age of 16, the Browning Challenger —…