Sporting Notes

Haenel Original Aydt Schützen rifle, caliber 8.15x46R, fitted with the full complement of sights, as well as a Tyrol-style buttstock and three-leaf double-set trigger.

Übermenschen

Any time you feel you know everything there is to know about rifles, or that…
"Wild and Fair," edited by Thomas McIntyre, Safari Press, 2008.

Anthological Musings

"Wild and Fair" is still available, new and used, for not much money.  I found…
Speckle-bellies steadfastly ignoring our pleas.

Dem Gooses

For reasons that completely escape me, I have a persistent memory of a cooking show…

Kwaheri, Tommy Mac

Tom McIntyre died last week (Nov. 3) at his home in Sheridan, Wyoming.  He was…
Not a bad morning’s take. And after all, how many pheasants can a boy eat? • Photo by Heidi Schaefer

Pheasants (Not Quite) Forever

One of our purposes here at the Gray’s website is to deliver flash reports from…
Arrieta y Cia. round-action sidelock built on a 16-gauge frame. A gorgeous gun, undoubtedly, but it was not quite there.

Perils & Pitfalls

What follows is a brief cautionary tale about the ordering of the shotgun of one’s…
One part of the French walnut stock on the E.M. Reilly, circa 1895, probably made for Reilly by P. Webley in Birmingham. Photos cannot do it justice. It was restored by Edwin von Atzigen.

New & Used

Here’s a choice for you:  A new, custom-built shotgun, tailored to your every arcane specification…
Colt Woodsman
Colt Woodsman Match Target, circa 1950, with floral-tooled holster by H.H. Heiser and magazine pouch by S.D. “Tio Sam” Myers.

Into Leather

Leather is one of three living materials that are essential to the creation of fine…

Hunting As Writ

Like Robert Ruark’s hero, Alec Barr, in The Honey Badger, who “knew he had them,…
colt
Colt Woodsman Match Target, circa 1950, in as near-perfect condition as it gets. Like the aristocrat she is, she demands only the best: In this case, Federal Gold Medal Match ammunition.

Thanks, Joni

For the better part of a decade, we could make a call or go down…
JIM BOWIE KNIFE
Jim Bowie’s famous fighting knife. This one brought $11,750 at Rock Island in August in spite of having no provenance or identification beyond the name “ET Henry” etched on the blade. Perhaps the bidders knew something no one else did. It measures 18⅜ inches. Courtesy of Rock Island Auction Company

Ten Grand No-Name

“There are strange things done, ‘neath the midnight sun, by the men who moil for…
venison
First, some olive oil, salt and pepper, and an hour or two of soaking, turning regularly. Three-quarters of an inch is a perfect thickness.

The Benison of Venison

A week or so ago, John Barsness contacted me to see what I could tell…