Left-Hand Conversions
Although it makes me appear a bit long-in-the-tooth, I’ve been actively participating in the firearms market for nearly 40 years. In point of fact, I clearly remember attending my first gun show in March 1982 and being captivated by the process. I jumped right in,...
George Hoenig’s Rotary Round Action Rifle
The clean lines and simplicity of all functions in George Hoenig's Rotary Round Action gun camouflage the creativity and elaborate engineering involved in its creation. Many premier side-by-side shotguns are sold as round actions, but rounded is the more accurate...
Classic Rigby Cases Now Available
Clients of London gunmaker, John Rigby & Co., can now ensure that their Big Game rifles benefit from the best protection when in transit from one intrepid adventure to the next. All those purchasing a rifle from Rigby’s acclaimed Big Game range will have the...
Rigby Launches North American Gun Configurator
London gunmaker John Rigby & Co. has launched an exclusive version of its popular gun configurator tool for use in North America, enabling U.S. clients to design their own dream rifles at the click of a button via Rigby’s website. The move allows North American...
First Gun
For most boys of my generation, certain milestones immediately went into the treasured files of memory. They were destined to remain there permanently. “Firsts” were particularly important in this regard—first squirrel, first trout on a fly, first rabbit, first...
The 7mm-08 Rem. Bests The .308 Win.
A popular and knowledgeable gun writer online recently published a weak embrace of the .308 Winchester as his choice for an all-round, do-everything rifle cartridge. Like the groom at a shotgun wedding, he said, “I do” more out of a sense of self-preservation than...
Extraordinary Makinson & Son .600 Nitro Express Available
Extraordinary Makinson & Son .600 Nitro Express, 1,100 hours of engraving by Adone Pozzobon, serial 600, 900-grain, one of the finest double rifles extant. As is sometimes the case with unique and valuable firearms, a degree of speculation and unintended...
27 Nosler Cartridge Redefines .270 Performance
Nosler has taken the venerable .270 rifle caliber to a new level with the introduction of the all-new, 27 Nosler. Conceived as a 21st century upgrade to existing .270 calibers, the 27 Nosler delivers previously unobtainable downrange ballistics by pairing the...
DSC Convention Kick Off A Success
The Dallas Safari Club 2020 Convention and Sporting Expo is a great place to see the best the sporting and outdoor world has to offer. Here are some of the highlights we saw before lunch the first day.
Sabatti’s Saphire Rifle
Quick. Name an Italian hunting rifle… See? That’s the problem. While the Italians are famous for hot cars, hot women and fine shotguns (which can also get pretty hot on an Argentine dove hunt), they seem to have taken a terminal lunch break at the rifle factory. For...