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Archive: March 2016

Fast Wingshooting Action From Louisiana’s Gallinules

Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Written by John N. Felsher
Categories: Wingshooting

Story | Photos by John N. Felsher

“Shoot,” I yelled as birds exploded in all directions from thick reeds just a few feet from us. “There’s another one. Fire! Here comes a straggler. Get him.”

In seconds, my son Steven pumped out three rounds from his Remington Model 870 20 gauge, scoring a double. More birds flushed from the dense cover while others raced into the canes to escape on foot as Steven tried to reload as fast as he could. Hastily dropping one shell into the chamber, Steven nailed another bird struggling to get airborne.

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The F.A.I.R Pathos is a Lovely Italian Round Body for Your Very Own

Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Guns
Tags: fair pathos, fair pathos 20 gauge, southern woods plantation

Round body bird guns exemplify the romance of the pursuit. Like hammer guns, the round body possesses a sense of purity that transports the shotgun and its owner to a time and place bucolic in nature and joyous to behold.

With a round body, the bottom hard edges of the action are softened with sensuous curves that can be cradled in your hand as an organic complement. Hunt in the Oregon high desert of Highland Hills Ranch and you’ll see those contours everywhere as you hunt for valley quail, chukar and pheasants.

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