First the black lab shows up at the door, then the gunsmith, who escorts me through the utilitarian building into a workshop where the president of shotgun maker Caesar Guerini, Wes Lang, has a file in hand working on a customer’s barrel.
The opportunity to shoot sporting clays on hallow ground doesn’t present itself that often, but you can do it in the area of Manassas, Virginia where the battles of Bull Run were fought.
Depending on which side of the Mason-Dixon Line you’re standing, it’s called either the First and Second Battle of Bull Run (as it’s known in the North) or the First Battle and Second Battle of Manassas (the Southern name for it). The first battle took placed July 21, 1861 while the second, larger battle was fought August 28-30, 1862.
While Argentina gets the great bulk of wingshooting travel press, neighboring Uruguay offers gunning that’s every bit as good. Since I’ve made nearly 50 trips to Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay I guess I have to be considered a veteran at shooting there. But on every trip I’ve learned something, often times I’ve learned a great deal.
This installment is the fourth and final part of Deborah McKown’s series on clays shooting in the San Francisco Bay Area. In part I, Deb reveals a little-known skeet field inside San Francisco city limits. Afterwards, Deb and friend Diane visit a nearby micro brewery with a stunning view of the Pacific Ocean.
In this third and final installment, Michael Sabbeth takes us where few visitors have ever been: Beretta’s seminal 15th century Ome forging house. This is where the company still makes Damascus barrels and accessories. Afterwards, Michael takes us on a tour of Beretta’s premium wineries.
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