Terry Wieland

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Shooting in a Time of Shortages

In the past few years, ammunition prices plummeted as more foreign companies began tapping the…

The High Saddle

A dall drama in three acts. [by Terry Weiland] ACT ONE: MAN VERSUS NATURE Alaska’s…
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…

The Undeath of Trapshooting

THERE WAS A TIME, 20 years ago, when you could hop in your car, drive…

Fifty-Inch Minimum

THE TRAIL OUT OF CAMP LED THROUGH A TANGLE OF PINES SKIRTING THE RIVERBANK. Moss,…

Let it Slide

Why the American pump gun keeps going and going and going and going.

A Bodyguard of Lies

If the locals call them “partridge,” don’t believe a word. [by Terry Wieland]

Black Forest Baroque

THE CASTLE IN THE GERMAN TOWN OF LAUBACH dates from about a.d. 1250. It’s still…

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…
The frame of this E.M. Reilly box lock, manufactured around 1892, has almost full-coverage, finely scrolled engraving. (photography by Terry Wieland)

Artistry, Emotion, and Things That Go Bang

Machined embellishment is not art. [by Terry Wieland] MICHAEL McINTOSH ONCE OBSERVED THAT, when it…
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…