September-October 2007

Features

Brown Barrels, Greener Guns

Crazy Huns

Springers and Cockers

A close, thorough, enthusiastic look at hunting spaniels

21st Century Sinkboxing

The 67 Gauge

The 67 Gauge

• History of the .410 • the development of smallbore guns • deciding on the best loads • choosing chokes • how to shoot the littlest “gauge”

Birds in the Breaks

Flush with Pheasants

Flush with Pheasants

• South Dakota pheasant hunting • Tumbleweed Lodge • flushing Labradors • Franchi shotguns • "Benelli on Assignment" television • Hungarian partridge

Hunting Trains

Ruffed Grouse & Lemon Pie

Departments

From the Editor

Letters

Game & Gun Gazette: The Vintage Cup at Pintail Point

Fine Gunmaking: Mike Orlen, Shotgun-Bore Mechanic

Shooting: Departed Brothers

Shot Talk: Fresh New Shotshells

Hunting Dogs: Canine Health

Field Gear: For You & Your Partners

Gun Review: Smith & Wesson's Elite Gold

Book Review: Upland Info & Snake Advice

Book Review: Spaniel Resources

The Major: Is There Life Before Death?