by Adam Trawick | Dec 13, 2021
Our Editorial Director, Scott E. Mayer, called me into his office to help him mount and bore-sight a scope on a Mossberg Patriot Predator 308 Win. After a few instructions on the rifle itself and its constituent parts, he handed me an envelope and a blank “Thank You”...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Dec 10, 2021
SPONSORED CONTENT Big game hunters around the globe demand that firearms meet two key standards—accuracy and reliability. For some hunters, “good enough” accuracy may mean three-inch groups at 100 yards and reliability only that the rifle normally chambers rounds. For...
by John M. Taylor | Nov 22, 2021
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We’ll never know, but I can tell you the great duck guns came after the ammunition. Certainly there were heavy, large-bore shotguns in 6, 8 and 10 gauges, but even at that their payloads of shot were modest. The 10-gauge at...
by Scott E. Mayer | Nov 14, 2021
This Czech manufacturer’s take on the modern bolt-action rifle is a game-changer. Dominique led as we moved slowly through the oak forest. Two years of drought had finally come to an end and the acorn crop returned in such abundance that the crunching underfoot...
by Ron Spomer | Nov 4, 2021
Say what you will in praise of the newest chassis rifle from, oh, say Bergara. Or the strongest big bore lever-action from Bighorn Armory. Or the lightest bolt-action from Weatherby or Barrett. All might be fine, precise, rugged, accurate. Spectacular tools, the best...
by Robert Sohrweide | Oct 28, 2021
I first heard of Vermont’s hidden Gem, Dan Morgan, twelve years ago at Dave Tilden’s venue when the beavertail forend on my Philadelphia Fox BE suddenly became loose. A gunner finds many opportunities to hunt and shoot in Vermont. Waterfowlers gun both sides of...
by Steve Bodio | Oct 25, 2021
From its sliding breech to its retractable sling, this graceful French beauty stands as an objet d’art in a world of lookalikes. Truly, one of a kind. Guns, like most tools, evolve in almost the same way as animals do. And, in the same way that we tend...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 25, 2021
This reimagined world-renowned design for modern use has had many names in its century-long history. The Springfield Armory SA-35 gives today’s shooters a modern take on a revered design modeled on one of the most popular pistols in small arms history. With subtle but...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 25, 2021
Mossberg Expands Pistol Line with MC2sc Optics-Ready Micro-Compact Mossberg has expanded its popular MC2 lineup with a new micro-compact 9mm: the MC2sc. With its double-stack magazines, the compact-profile MC2sc offers increased capacity but is comfortably sized for...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 22, 2021
O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc., America’s oldest family-owned firearms manufacturer in the United States, continues its legacy of industry firsts with the introduction of the 590S Series of 12-gauge pump-actions; capable of cycling 1.75, 2.75 and 3-inch shotshells...