A Great and Tainted Genius
There’s the greatest writer of the last century and wanderings across the continents with gun and rod, and it begins in 1951 just outside Havana Way up in the Sawtooths, the day comes creeping on the wind. The aspens rattle and the stars fade as the first light hits...
Mournful Echoes
“…before I could gather my feet under me I felt a boot on my neck.”
When Older Men Gather Around
After an unsuccessful day in my stand on Thanksgiving Day, my daughter and I drove the next morning back to the Philly suburbs where I was born and raised. I suppose I’ll always call that place home, although Lynchburg, Virginia where I now live is becoming more and...
A Fishy Tale
In my youth, I chanced to date a girl whose family had a cabin on a lake. The lake was Bay Lake, just north of sprawling Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota. Going to the cabin was an escape from reality. Annie’s father took good care of the place, and when we made...
Zane Grey’s Guns
Zane Grey, who became one of America’s most successful authors, hunted the "Tonto Rim" of Arizona for most of a decade with Model 1895 Winchesters in .30 Government (.30-06). What Zane Grey termed the Tonto Rim in Arizona is officially the Mogollon Rim, named for Juan...
RIA Premier May Auction
Rock Island Auction Co. gavels in $22 million in May! Rock Island Auction Company (RIAC) brought in $22 million in sales at its Premier Auction of 2023, which took place May 19-21! Featuring the Beaumont-Adams revolver surrendered by Confederate President Jefferson...
Youth Field Trial Alliance
A Cause We Can All Get Behind I want to give a shout-out to a relatively new organization whose presence on the sporting landscape can’t be viewed as anything but a good thing: the Youth Field Trial Alliance. The brainchild of Chris Mathan, the human dynamo behind...
Sporting Classics Bourbon Rock Glasses
Made from premium full-grain leather our new bourbon rock glasses feature robust stitching and solid brass rivets for a secure hold. Engraved with our signature Sporting Classics logo these glasses are something you'll be proud to put on your bar. Each leather wrap...
The Big Predators
With lions, wolves and grizzlies on the increase, I may start wearing a bulletproof vest when I go to these remote areas. I like hiking in fields and forests to sniff about for deer, elk, birds and rodents. Now, however, I must look over my shoulder and stay alert for...
Join Us at Griffin & Howe June 2-4, 2023
Join Sporting Classics and many other fine exhibitors as we help Griffin & Howe celebrate its 100-year anniversary, the 25-year anniversary of Hudson Farm and grand opening of the new Griffin & Howe Showroom! The Anniversary Showcase runs on Friday June 2nd,...
Jim Fender’s African Book Collection
Click Here to View All An inveterate reader with wide-ranging interests, Jim Fender has spent a lifetime collecting and reading books in a wider variety of areas. In many senses a reader of the “old school” (someone with wide-ranging interests and a willingness to...
A Great Double Barrel Shotgun That’s Affordable
With the Autumn, Fabarm is filling a hole in the shotgun market with an eminently satisfying double barrel shotgun that's affordable. It’s a peculiar thing, but for many years, newly made, well-constructed double barrel shotguns have been as scarce as the legendary...
MTM CASE-GARD’s The Bull Rifle Rest
MTM Case-Gard has made a name for itself with innovative polymer-based solutions for shooting and hunting enthusiasts. Now, it expands its shooting support system offerings with The Bull rifle rest. Built similar in design to the company's popular K-Zone shooting...
Nosler Introduces Carbon Chassis Hunter Rifle
Nosler Inc. recently announcd the new Carbon Chassis Hunter, Nosler’s first chassis rifle system. This rifle provides benefits that you’d expect from Nosler including V-block bedding, LOP and comb adjustments and detachable magazine with AICS compatibility that come...
SAUER 100 Rifles Feature H-S Precision Stocks
J.P. Sauer and Sohn now offers SAUER 100 LWT (lightweight) and Pantera XT rifles with H-S Precision stocks. These are the first SAUER rifles available with the technically advanced American-made H-S Precision stock featuring a 7075-aluminum bedding block with Kevlar,...
Fiocchi Poised to Knock Down Big Game
Presented in a wide range of the most popular hunting calibers, Fiocchi Knock Down blends premium components with a precision-engineered monolithic bullet design for decisive terminal performance on big game. Part of Fiocchi's EnviroShield technology, Knock Down...
New Burris Laser Rangefinding Binoculars
Experienced hunters and shooters know that a solid pair of binos is a must-have piece of equipment. Whether still-hunting or evaluating game at distance, quality binoculars significantly put the odds of success in your favor. Equally important is the ability to range...
New 400 Legend from Winchester
Hunters who are required to use straight-wall cartridges or who just want a hard-hitting big bore chambering can now add the 400 Legend to their list of choices. The 400 Legend ballistics make it an optimum choice for any hunter who wants a cartridge with moderate...
Chef Teaches Savoring Wild Game
“I like making good food accessible to everyone — especially hunters." Southeast Louisiana is a dreamy place to grow up if your loves are diverse hunting opportunities and exceptional flavors. For Lance Lewis, the other key ingredient was having a father who took him...
Back from the Brink
I now have my own tale of a brush with death. While the pages of Sporting Classics magazine are filled with tales of near-death battles between man and various beasts, I now have my own tale of a brush with death. No, I did not get charged by a Cape buffalo, trampled...
A Monster in Tigerland
Hunters and natives join forces to end a cattle-killer’s reign of terror.
McKenna Quinn: Elegant Ladies Outdoor Apparel
20% Off Limited Time Only! Made in Texas, McKenna Quinn is the premier shop for women's hunting and fishing apparel. Designed for comfort and functionality these top quality products are perfect for the sporting enthusiast both on and off the field. Click Here to View...
Dorsal Fins On the Cape
Was that a great white that swam by in the Cape Cod darkness?
In Silver Light: Painter Chet Reneson
The master who refuses to yield.
Luther Kelly Hall
“When fishing, we each have our own moments of terror, drama, introspection, and comedy.”
Sporting Classics TV with Chris Dorsey Premiere and Book Signing at New York Beretta Gallery May 3
Beretta Gallery USA is hosting an exclusive premiere screening of Sporting Classics TV with Chris Dorsey at their New York Gallery on May 3rd, 2023. The premiere of next season's hit Outdoor Channel series will celebrate the history and excitement of a classic driven...
Barbara Marks
Marks reflect culture, geography, and wildlife in her paintings and sculptures.
Shawn McAvoy
Sculptures that capture a deep respect for the natural world with every detail.
Vertical Gun Racks
This long gun rack fits all standard rifles, shotguns, muzzle loaders, ARs, AKs, scoped guns, BB guns, and airsoft guns. Great for display or concealment and easy access, these gun racks are the perfect gun storage and space saving solution. Made in the USA, the...
Wyoming Finest: William G. Smith
Paintings by the equality state’s favorite son.
The Rise of Hipster Hunters
A new brand of sportsmen has begun taking to the field. Hunting embodies many ideas — tradition, camaraderie, stewardship, self-reliance — but it has never placed much emphasis on staying abreast with movements or trends beyond the scope of the outdoors. And this, in...
NEW! Thunder Without Rain By Thomas McIntyre
New Release! Click Here to Buy Now “When you hear thunder without rain–it is the buffalo approaching.” This line from a Yoruba hunting poem conveys the magnificent power of the African buffalo, also called “God’s cattle.” Hunter and writer Thomas McIntyre has pursued...
The Legacy Of Ruth Leupold
But of all Portland’s personalities, Ruth Leupold was very likely the best known. In 1991, Ruth Leupold passed away in Portland at the age of 89. During her lifetime, Portland had its share of notable personalities — such as famed photographer/naturalist William L....
The Guns Of The Celebrities
In 1939, before the U.S. entered World War II, movie star Robert Montgomery enlisted in London for American field service and drove ambulances in France until the Dunkirk evacuation. In a break from helping British heroes, he acquired a pair of guns from James Purdey...
Maynard Reece’s Legacy Is Protected Habitat
In all of art history, never has there been a more venerable emblem of wildlife conservation than the tiny U.S. Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. Invented by an American sportsman during the Dust Bowl to protect habitat for migratory birds, revenue generated...
The Great Emu War
Ugly, shaggy, wide in the hips, quarrelsome, six feet tall, prone to grunting, sneaky as the cagiest Appalachian gobblers, with spurs that can rip down steel fences and a brain the size of a small walnut ... no, not your mother-in-law, but potentially a new game...
Buffalo Dream, Bison Nightmares
No time to fart or fumble, on my belly with a beast that had tried to kill a man only the day before. Willard Sumption had a buffalo ranch a little south of Aberdeen in that rolling country east of the Missouri breaks. Willard had one bad eye from the time two of his...
EUKANUBA Launches Ambassador Program
EUKANUBA is announcing its Ambassador program at the EUKANUBA GEAR UP Summit in Nashville, TN on March 7-9. Bringing together an influential group of top sporting industry professionals this program aims to educate on the research that goes into EUKANUBA's Premium...
NEW at SEWE 2023 The Sporting Showroom
Directly across the street from Brittlebank Park, visit the new Sporting Showroom at the re-imagined Charleston Marriott. Peruse the carefully curated exhibitors in a setting that allows for meaningful conversation. Showroom exhibitors include sporting and adventure...
SEWE 2023 Raffles
Go ahead and reserve your raffle tickets! SEWE has some excellent prizes in store — and Sporting Classics is spotlighting a few of them! ***Images link to corresponding page*** SEWE 2023 is kicking off! Get everything in order for your trip and see us there!...
Southeastern Wildlife Exposition 2023
Sporting Classics will be in attendance at the 2023 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) this coming February - here's what you need to get started! Whether you are looking for SEWE's Brochure, FAQ's, Raffles, Tickets or Hotels, you can begin — or continue — to...
Death By Night – John Seerey Lester
From Legends of the Hunt – Campfire Tales by John Seerey-Lester
Uganda Gold
Hunting the kob in the Jewel of Afria.
New Beginnings
You’re not really a Westerner until you’ve taken your first elk.
Roosevelt’s Game Preserve
Once barren of elk, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge now affords once-in-a-lifetime hunting opportunities.
First Side-Lever Over/Under Rising Third Bite Shotgun
For the first time ever, a rising third bite action has been paired with a side-lever over/under format. The new gun – produced first in a trio of 16-bores for a European customer – joins Boss & Co’s 1812 Edition family of guns that utilize a purpose-built bespoke...
Han Solo’s Blaster Sells for More Than $1M
The only surviving blaster originally used by Harrison Ford as Han Solo in “Star Wars: A New Hope” sold at Rock Island Auction Company’s August Premier Auction for $1,057,500. Han Solo’s blaster headlined the three-day event that drew international interest and...
A Letter to My Cousin
Written on a Sunday evening in Charlotte, North Carolina, this letter originally appeared in Sundown Covey (1986). The author dedicated his book to his grandsons “and all who share with us the precept that the hunting and the fishing are more important than the kill...
The Funniest Man I Ever Knew
The ground began to rumble and the toilet seat commenced to shake!
Helle: Quality Outdoor Knives Made in Norway
Helle represents the history and traditions of Norwegian knifemaking where both beauty and functionality go hand in hand. All knives are handcrafted using traditional methods and traditional materials along with some modern influences to improve the overall usability....