Piotti Round-Action
Dan Moore has a long-standing relationship with the Italian gunmaking firm of Fratelli Piotti that goes all the way back to the days of his father, William Larkin Moore. Dan also is a great fan of round-action side-by-side shotguns, especially those from the hands of...
Rebirth of the Centenarian 270 Winchester
Few things get faster and stronger with age, but the 100-year-old 270 Winchester does. When this little “coyote cartridge,” as Elmer Keith deridingly called it, officially stepped onto the stage, it was driving a 130-grain spire point 3,140 fps, according to its...
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...
The Best Plains-Game Rifle for Africa
The gun has to be capable of dropping everything from ten-pound dik-dik to 2,000-pound eland.
Paul Mauser: The Man Who Repurposed the Door Latch
His rifles armed world powers in titanic wars, and hunters in the greatest game fields on Earth. The spoor, braided at first, was unraveling. “Ready to bed,” John mouthed the words. Short yards ahead, a patch of dried mud came to eye—two feet off the ground....
Dead or Alive: John Wesley Harden and the 44 Schofield
I was once a wanted man, a man on the run with a woman in hot pursuit, one of my exes with a .44. It was for a trifling indiscretion, or so it seemed at the time. All I had was my overdue Visa and a quarter tank, but my Ford was faster than her Volvo. Never assume the...
Patron Power
What better way to celebrate a lifetime achievement than with a British Best gun. There is no one in the world who doesn’t like being rewarded for hard work. Whether it’s a book well written, service to the nation or success in popular entertainment, the good and the...
Shooting Yankee Gunboats on the Natchez to Save Southron Womanhood
Byrnes and I attribute our late-life good looks and prime health to a ceremony we began many years ago when we were only in the male change of life, our 40s. Wednesday afternoons were his time out of the office, a time known to us as Woods Wednesday. A time when we...
Assessing Cartridges for Africa
First, let’s get the all-round 375 H&H out of the way. Fine though it is, it’s been dominating Africa rifles discussions too long. Yes, this may indeed be the ultimate one-gun option. With the right bullets at the right muzzle velocity this 111-year-old cartridge...
The Colt Chronicles: SC Redux
The great fly angler Lee Wulff once made the point that, “A trout is too great a gamefish to catch only once.” Here at Sporting Classics, we also believe that many of our past articles deserve a second chance, a “redux,” if you will, that will delight new readers and...