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Archive: December 2015

A Grouse Hunter’s Dream: Finding My Perfect Ithaca Double Gun

Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Written by Andrew M. Wayment
Categories: Wingshooting
Tags: andrewwayment, grousehunting, Ithacashotguns

Most grouse hunters are sentimentalists at heart and dream of owning a good side by side, which was the gun of choice for the old timers around the turn of the 20th century. The first half of the 1900s was truly the Golden Age for American side by sides and companies such as Parker Brothers, L.C. Smith, and A.H. Fox were producing some of the finest double guns ever made in our nation’s history. It was a time when industrial efficiency and true craftsmanship were co-equals in the shotgun industry.

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Want Some Clays Shooting Magic in Your Life? Just Add a Set of New 20-Gauge Parcours Barrels to the Original 12-Gauge Krieghoff Parcours

Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Guns
Tags: Krieghoff, krieghoff k20 parcours, krieghoff k80 parcours

How can you make a 12-gauge Krieghoff K-80 Parcours even better? By adding a second set of 20-gauge Parcours barrels to the highly desirable sporter.

Yes, you’ll have to pay $4,695 for that extra set of 20-gauge Parcours barrels, but if you factor in the entry Parcours price of $11,695 for the 12 gauge, suddenly you’re looking at some $16,390 for an investment grade shotgun that ranks by most as one of the best shooting clays guns on the planet.

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Gamebore Target Loads Cross the Atlantic to the U.S. Market

Tuesday, December 08, 2015
Written by Tom Roster
Categories: Guns

New on the U.S. import scene is a four-load selection of Kent Gamebore lead target loads imported exclusively by Will Krawczyk of W.T. Sherman and Company since January 2015 and conveniently sold on their web site. These British-made shotgun shells will not be “value-priced” cheapies. Instead they have been selected to compete with American-made, high-end, lead-shot target loads. The Gamebore White Gold load being imported is expected to retail at somewhere between $83 to $90 per 250-round case. Two other loads – Black Gold and Platinum Trap − will sell for about $90 to $95 per case.

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