A Hunter’s Guide to Classic Imported Doubles (Part 2 of 2)
Click Here to Read Part 1 This is the second half of a two-part article on classic European doubles imported into the U.S. between the end of our Civil War and the start of the First World War. Part I, which was published in Sporting Classics July/August 2025...
A Hunter’s Guide to Classic Imported Doubles (Part 1 of 2)
During the 50 years between the end of our Civil War in 1865 and the start of the First World War, American wingshooters had an extraordinary number of choices in double barrel shotguns, both foreign and domestic. This article is about classic imported doubles that...
Turnbull Restoration: One Boss Big-Bore
A rifle born in the final chapter of the American frontier is getting a world-class overhaul. Turnbull Restoration, the masters of rebuilding the greatest guns from some of America’s most thrilling historical periods, has completed the timely restoration of a...
Sightmark Launches Wraith 2 LRF Series
(MANSFIELD, TEXAS) – Sightmark has launched the Wraith 2 LRF series, the first generation of its flagship thermal riflescope line to ship with an integrated laser rangefinder. The series debuts with two models, the Wraith 2 384 LRF (SM17006) and the Wraith 2 640 LRF...
A Lesser-Known Name Find
I suspect that most non-shooters view gun trading as some sort of mental or emotional deviance. Gun trading isn’t universal, but it does appear in enough humans to be readily recognizable to those who are not afflicted with the malady. I think it’s kind of like a...
Beretta at 500: Still Too Restless to Grow Old
Travis Haglin stopped me at the Beretta booth during last year’s Safari Club International Convention, moving with the haste of a man who had found something he wasn’t supposed to show anyone. “You gotta check out this room.” Coming from someone with the Beretta...
Holland & Holland: Old Values In New Times
In 1985 Holland & Holland bought W&C Scott of Birmingham, a purchase that brought together two of the oldest and most influential gunmakers in England — two firms that helped create the modern gun and thus helped shape tradition. And then Holland & Holland...
Arthur Savage and His Inimitable 99
Unlikely seed of cattle, coffee and a torpedo, his rifle failed. Its revival blessed hunters for a century. Gashes in the old snow pulled me into a riot of swamp-grass. Yards into it, a speck of red winked from the tangle. Confirmation, not a promise. I’d called a...
Winchester’s Haunted House
Said to be haunted by the ghosts of those killed with Winchester rifles, the home is an interesting site even without the superstitions.