Sporting Notes

ammunition

Shooting in a Time of Shortages

In the past few years, ammunition prices plummeted as more foreign companies began tapping the…
The old Lee-Enfield No. 5 Mk. I, a.k.a., “Jungle Carbine,” was a decent “scout rifle” exactly as it was issued to British troops in Burma and Malaya in 1945. Other good factory scout rifles include the Savage 99 and the Mannlicher-Schönauer Model 1903.

Scout Rifles

THE ARMY SCOUT IS AN ALMOST MYTHICAL CHARACTER FROM FRONTIER HISTORY—as admired in his day…

More for Less. Finally.

The Blaser F16 is a promise fulfilled. by Terry Wieland

The Genius of Spokane

THE PIRSUIT OF PERFECTION IS NO EASY TASK. First, it requires the knowledge of what…
gun and bullet box on fur

Still-Hunting, R.I.P.

CLARE IRWIN WAS THE MOST AT HOME in the woods of any man I’ve ever…

The Grouse Gun

Ruffed grouse are the most elusive and contradictory of birds, the most fascinating to the…