by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 16, 2019
August is almost here — otherwise known as “National Shooting Sports Month,” designated three years ago by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). Whether through target shooting at a favorite range, plinking in a backyard with friends and...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 11, 2019
Savage Arms, the well-known “still made in the USA” brand founded 125 years ago, was purchased by ATK in 2013. ATK’s outdoors brands that also include Federal Premium, CCI Ammunition, Bushnell and others, were housed under a spinoff — Vista Outdoor — in 2015....
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 9, 2019
Mountain hunters are a special breed. Every item they pack on a hunt has a purpose. Because gear means ounces and ounces add up to pounds. And pounds… they eventually equal pain. From cutting the handle off of toothbrushes to scraping the rubber armor off a spotting...
by Michael Sabbeth | Jul 8, 2019
Castelnuovo I was stunned. Pleasantly stunned. Roberto Ferrata uncased his new titanium Fabbri 12 gauge shotgun and handed it to me. “I want you to use my gun today.” I received the magnificent firearm and held it as gently as if it were a newborn baby. Bringing it to...
by Levi Monday | Jul 5, 2019
If you’ve ever seen a carpenter pick up a hammer, then you know what it’s like to watch Rachel Carrie pick up her shotgun. It’s hard to describe exactly, but there is a familiarity and nonchalance with tools that only comes from a lifetime of work. Like greeting an...
by Ron Spomer | Jul 5, 2019
From Ron Spomer Outdoors A cape buffalo safari can lead to an expensive addiction. Thomas Wolfe famously wrote “You Can’t Go Home Again.” But he didn’t say you couldn’t go on a cape buffalo safari again. And after the first, you’ll want another. And another… But it...
by Dwight Van Brunt | Jun 27, 2019
A rifle that spent time in the hands of a legendary gunwriter like Jack O’Connor, Charles Askins or Tom Siatos would easily be the centerpiece of most collections. The same holds true for a rifle owned by a contemporary such as Todd Smith or an American...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jun 19, 2019
As part of an ongoing national effort to help prevent illegal “straw” purchases of firearms, the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are reminding the Detroit public that stiff penalties are in...
by Jason Vincent | Jun 10, 2019
Striker-fired polymer framed pistols…they’re everywhere. And let’s go ahead and call a spade a spade; polymer means plastic. Plastic framed guns are what we’re talking about here! Because you’re reading this on Sporting Classics Daily, I already know who you are...
by Ron Spomer | Jun 7, 2019
From RonSpomerOutdoors.com Heavy bullets win over lighter, faster bullets in our recent survey. I asked if you preferred larger calibers and heavier, slower moving bullets or smaller diameter, faster projectiles for hunting. In other words, do you think big bullets at...