The Christmas Gift
That year Tony’s mother forgot all about Christmas. None of us was surprised, and nobody blamed her. She had many other things on her mind. Tony and I lived a few houses apart on Long Lake and for years had spent many of our spare hours together, exploring the lakes...
Alvin Biesen: Riflemaker of the Coalyards
Years ago, sweating, prone, almost out of time and watching mirage slow to a crawl through the 20x Redfield, I shaded downwind just out of the X-ring and caught it. “Good call,” came a voice behind the line. I rolled over, slid the bolt open on the Remington and...
Benelli Lupo — An All-Reason Rifle
Sponsored Content The Benelli Lupo combines accuracy and adjustability features with sleek looks into a rifle to use not only for all seasons, but for all reasons. Benelli is an Italian gunmaker best known for its inertia-driven shotguns. The company history is...
Tested: Benelli’S M2 Field
SPONSORED CONTENT An out-of-the-box waterfowl wrecker that doubles as a do-all shotgun, Benelli's M2 Field hits a pleasing semi-automatic price point, promises flawless function and is a pure joy to shoulder and shoot. Benelli changed the game in 1991 when the...
Swarovski Optik Extends Anniversary Special Offer
Swarovski Optik North America celebrates its 75th anniversary with special offers through 12/31/24 on some of its most popular products.
Herb Parsons: The “Wizard of Winchester”
Standing before an audience seated around him in an open field was a stout middle-aged man wearing a shooting vest and a white flat cap emblazoned with a big red “W.” In his left hand he held a Winchester Model 63 autoloader .22 rifle and in his right hand, a small...
The Legacy of John M. Browning
Never in the history of the world of firearms has one inventor contributed so much—and garnered so much attention and admiration—than John Moses Browning. Today, the Browning firearms and product line, the iconic Buckmark trademark and all things Browning, continue to...
Fanzoj: 450 Years of Gunmaking in Ferlach
Show me a gun and I’ll tell you where it’s from,” is a cliché accommodating more than an element of truth. A sleek sidelock side-by-side with understated fine scroll engraving is likely from London while an over/under accented with fabulous bulino game scenes is...
Hunter’s Guide: Classic American Hammer Shotguns
Some of the finest shotguns ever made in America were hammer shotguns produced in the last decades of the 19th century. However, by the end of World War I, most had been retired to gun cabinets to be only admired, not fired. Their barrels had not been designed for the...
Sending One Bullet Elegantly
It is not necessary to kill with one shot. Neither must you find your mouth with a soft taco on the first try.