The Magazine of Wingshooting & Fine Guns

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Bespoke from Beretta Why the manufacturer of machine pistols feels the need to offer guns that compete with boutique makers, and a brief overview of the premium models offered. Douglas Tate
Eastern Oregon Odyssey A traditional hunt in Eastern Oregon for pheasants, valley quail, chukar and Hungarian partridge. Roger Sanger & Steve Helsley
Banzai, Browning! A visit to Browning's Miroku manufacturing facilities, located on the island of Shikoku, Japan. John M. Taylor
	Woodcock in Paradise Hunting woodcock in the Atchafalaya Basin of Louisiana with Charles Driza and his pointers Ed Carroll
Swinton '98 A tale of driven grouse shooting at Swinton and certain irregularities Bob McDill
Getting Into Geese Recommendations for decoys, calls, and layout blinds and their appropriate use for hunting Canada geese Bill Buckley
The No-Longer-Neglected Duck Call A history of duck calls, their construction and use John M. Taylor
Shooting in Shelikof Duck hunting in the Shelikof Strait of Alaska Lee Thomas Kjos

Features

Bespoke from Beretta

Why the manufacturer of machine pistols feels the need to offer guns that compete with boutique makers, and a brief overview of the premium models offered.

Douglas Tate

Eastern Oregon Odyssey

A traditional hunt in Eastern Oregon for pheasants, valley quail, chukar and Hungarian partridge.

Roger Sanger & Steve Helsley

Banzai, Browning!

A visit to Browning's Miroku manufacturing facilities, located on the island of Shikoku, Japan.

John M. Taylor

Woodcock in Paradise

Hunting woodcock in the Atchafalaya Basin of Louisiana with Charles Driza and his pointers

Ed Carroll

Swinton '98

A tale of driven grouse shooting at Swinton and certain irregularities

Bob McDill

Getting Into Geese

Recommendations for decoys, calls, and layout blinds and their appropriate use for hunting Canada geese

Bill Buckley

The No-Longer-Neglected Duck Call

A history of duck calls, their construction and use

John M. Taylor

Shooting in Shelikof

Duck hunting in the Shelikof Strait of Alaska

Lee Thomas Kjos

Departments
From the Editor	Archive »
A first-ever duck hunt and an introduction to the 2008 waterfowl issue Ralph P. Stuart
Letters	Archive »
Kudos for Batha; confidence & conclusions with McIntosh
Game & Gun Gazette	Archive »
Woodcock on Islay; remembering Andy Ammann; "Making Damascus Barrels"; "Dressed to Kill: Women Who Hunt"; The LKoadmaster: a double-gun speed loader; and the Dewing Realé custom side-by-side.
Guncraft	Archive »
A profile of Italian Master Engraver Gianfranco Pedersoli Vic Venters
Fine Gunmaking	Archive »
Answering questions on sideplated Guyots, trigger conversions, the value of an old, ornate gun, and a request for a definitive article about triggerplate locks and hand-detachable boxlocks. Steven Dodd Hughes
Shooting	Archive »
Passing on the joys of shooting by ensuring that a beginning shooter gets a proper introduction to the sport Michael McIntosh
Shot Talk	Archive »
A discussion of several inexpensive tools that offer a wealth of information to the serious shotgunner Tom Roster
Hunting Dogs	Archive »
Owners need to understand when and how to apply positive and negative reinforcement in order to establish or change behavioral patterns. George Hickox
Sporting Clays	Archive »
Head position and its stability throughout the shooting sequence have a tremendous impact on the successful outcome of a shot. Chris Batha
Field Gear	Archive »
High Definition Decoys from Final Approach; Boot Duffel from Duluth Pack; Clenzoil Field & Range Solution;Graber Heated Gloves; Tear-Aid Repair Patches Tom Huggler
Gun Review	Archive »
The modern look and feel of the SV10 Perennia belies its heart: the well-proven guts of a 680-series gun. The gun also includes a delightful array of extra features. Bruce Buck
Book Review	Archive »
Waterfowling: Beyond the Basics, by M.D. Johnson; Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog, by Ted Kerasote; Orvis Guide to Great Sporting Lodge Cuisine, by Jim :ePage and Paul Fersen;... Charles Fergus
The Major	Archive »
Major Nathaniel Peabody (ret.) pontificates on his November allergies: politicians Galen Winter

November-December 2008

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