by Ron Spomer | May 21, 2025
Motor softly and carry a big stick when you’re in croc-infested waters.
by Ron Spomer | Apr 10, 2025
One of the touchier subjects in the hunter’s world of guns and ammunition is — of all things — rifle fashion. By that I mean much more than AR-rifles versus lever-actions. This isn’t about mechanical cycling systems so much as pragmatic design and functionality. Form...
by Ron Spomer | Mar 30, 2025
One of several great shots featured in Sporting Classics’ Guns & Hunting 2015 issue.
by Ron Spomer | Feb 7, 2025
The romance of the falling block single-shot rifle has never been lost on me. The courage to trust my hunts to one sometimes has been. If you’ve ever seen that photo of Selous sitting in his camp chair beside two Kori bustards with his falling block rifle leaning...
by Ron Spomer | Dec 30, 2024
Ditch the treestand and strike out on foot. Big bucks are waiting, and lots of them.
by Ron Spomer | Oct 25, 2024
Whether from the muzzle of a 416 Rigby, the tailpipe of a Harley Davidson, or the mouth of a politician, the abrupt release of a lot of hot air generates a bang. Usually a painfully loud bang. In a historically odd turn of events, politicians have helped quiet...
by Ron Spomer | Oct 10, 2024
The old, plodding 30-’06 Springfield, for instance, is not just yesterday’s news; it’s moldy, too, and so is anyone who hunts with one, according to millennials or whatever they call the most recent come-of-age generation. In contrast, the 6.5 RPM from Weatherby is a...
by Ron Spomer | Oct 7, 2024
Sleek, trim, light, strong, yet elegant, this U.S.-made iteration of the old dropping breech block action captures all of the falling block’s potential.
by Ron Spomer | Aug 7, 2024
We hunters might be suffering from a warped perspective on rifle accuracy or, more accurately, precision.
by Ron Spomer | Jun 12, 2024
Debating the merits of “deer cartridges” has heated as many hunting cabins as have potbellied stoves. Most such disputations are ignited by calibers from 24 through 35, but if you want a barn burner of a conflagration, toss a 22 centerfire onto the embers. In the...