Shooting

The locks of a Joseph Manton fowling piece — masterpieces of gunmaking that influenced all who followed.

Twigg — Root and Branch

The name John Fox Twigg is not as well known as it might be. I…
The Blaser F3, darkly handsome in fine walnut, here shown in a field configuration that does equally well for skeet.

One and Only…Maybe

Every so often, the question arises, “If you could own only one shotgun, what would…
A 52-caliber flintlock duelling pistol, by London gunmaker John Fox Twigg (1732-92).

On a Whim and a Prayer

The Rock Island auction is alive and well, and back once again almost — almost…
TimberLuxe was developed by stockmaker Brian Board, who did the ebony extension for this W&C Scott. The result speaks for itself.

Timberluxe and the Beauty of Oil

For the better part of two centuries, the term “London oil” has been acknowledged as…
sportsmanship
Shot size is just one of the factors to be considered in choosing a combination of gun and choke that will deliver an ethical, humane, killing pattern.

Pellets and Sportsmanship

In a recent column (Gray’s, March/April, 2021), I looked at the current fad for small…
The finished bench. To avoid vibrations, sensitive instruments like a powder scale should be on a separate shelf. Shelves underneath hold dies as well as the inserts with tools attached.

Bench Strength

Not all our dreams come true and, were the truth known, it’s probably just as…
shooting

Understanding Patterns, or Trying To

The least-understood aspect of shotgunning is shot patterns — the scattergun equivalent of rifle accuracy,…
shotguns
The rifle is an 8.15x46R, built around 1912, on a Martini action. The diopter (tang) sight is new, made by Ron Roehrs of Lee Shaver’s shop, using an older one as a pattern, but of a different size.

Diopterama

In Sporting Note #16 (Falling in Love…Again, April 18) I wrote about a German Schützen…
mountain goat

Crossing Boundaries

Join Team SIG's Daniel Horner on the hunt of a lifetime in Kodiak, Alaska 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 It has since been superseded by the Grulla Royal.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…
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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…
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…