The Do-It-All 12 Gauge

The Do-It-All 12 Gauge

All the gauges are useful for some purpose or other, and I love ’em all. But a twelve? A twelve will do damn near anything! A while ago, I reviewed Remington’s 12-gauge, V3 Tac 13. Despite its short barrel and abbreviated stock, I found it to be a truly versatile...
Hunting with the Historic Burnside

Hunting with the Historic Burnside

To get a historic gun firing again is a special joy. To have it fulfill its purpose once again, after a lapse of perhaps a century, makes the joy that much greater. I was beginning to identify with Ahab, though instead of a white whale, I was seeking a whitetail....
Return to the Mighty Seven 

Return to the Mighty Seven 

It was the 6.5 Creedmoor of the 1960s. Flying off the shelves. Everyone was chambering it. Everyone who didn’t shoot it wanted to. Or they pretended they didn’t.    Remington’s 7mm magnum blew Winchester’s 264 magnum right off the plains and into early retirement....
The One-Stop Shotgun Shop: Fabarm U.S.A. 

The One-Stop Shotgun Shop: Fabarm U.S.A. 

Fabarm offers a plethora of shotguns crafted with bird hunters in mind, running the gamut of semi-autos to side-by-sides, from shooting trap to waterfowl and everything in between, all in one place. SPONSORED CONTENT Have you ever known a true shotgunner to own only...
True Romance: The Ugartachea 20-Gauge

True Romance: The Ugartachea 20-Gauge

I quickly surmised that the pawn shop didn’t know what it had ­– a Spanish double of good repute. Further, they were asking only $295. My grandfather had an old double barrel that I never shouldered. It hung beyond my reach above my grandmother’s china...
Parker Bros.

Parker Bros.

Our quest: the old workhorse of the Parker stable, the gun that, more than any other, validated the company catchphrase, “The Old Reliable.” For it was that of a young man, and I am old, and I have seen first-hand the burnishment of many golden years upon a dream that...