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Sporting Clays in Moonshine Country With the New Ruger Red Label: Part III

Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Destinations

In Part I, we met Charlie Mincey, former Georgia moonshine runner who would be our host for evaluating the new Ruger Red Label on sporting clays courses that we visited in a restored 1939 Ford Sedan moonshine car. In Part II, we shot sporting clays with the Ruger Red Label at the Foxhall Resort and Sporting Club as well as Barnsley Gardens — delving deeper into Charlie’s incredible story. Now in our final installment, we stress test the Ruger Red Label at the ravine-intense Etowah Valley Sporting Clays followed by a visit to Dawsonville, which is the heartbeat of the state’s moonshine culture.

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“THE RED.” From Father to Son…Wood and Metal Passed Down.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Written by Edgar Castillo
Categories: Shotguns

The first time I saw my father’s brand-new shotgun, he was using a small white towel to wipe down the twin barrels. The long blue metal stacked tubes glinted with the bouncing light off the room. The shotgun was less than a day old. He had saved his money for months. When the time had come, he went down to the local gun shop where he had first laid eyes on the Ruger Red Label.

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The Old Man and His New Gun

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Written by Nelson Freeman
Categories: Shotguns
Tags: parker reproduction shotguns, parker shotguns

All shotguns have stories and the story has to start somewhere. We all have shotguns that have such a story… my grandfather’s L.C. Smith Ideal Grade 20 gauge conjures a crystal clear vision of Archie in my mind even though he died the year before my birth. The connection of hunting and carrying his old Elsie is truly metaphysical. And with the backdrop of that gun, this story begins not with a vintage double, rather with a vintage hunter and his new Parker Reproduction.

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French Creek Sportsmen’s Club Hosts a Purdey Pheasant Extravaganza in Wyoming

Sunday, October 28, 2018
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Destinations
Tags: bruce white, brush creek ranch, driven pheasant hunt, french creek sportsmen's club, james horne, james purdey & sons, lodge & spa at brush creek ranch, magee homestead, purdey shotguns, white lodging, wingshooting wyoming

The horn blasts, I look to the sky of burnished blue and pheasants appear over the hillside trees. The birds glide high and fast toward us, riding prevailing winds with gusts like pheasant afterburners.

The volley of shotgun blasts marks another driven hunt as dropped birds get taken up by our eager dogs. I discovered that here at 8,000 feet shotgun shells hold their patterns longer and tighter than at sea level, giving rise to extraordinary wingshooting – although our party includes serious talent.

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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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Americans Win Top Prizes at the $735,000 Nad Al Sheba Sporting Clays Championship in Dubai

Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Written by Noe Roland
Categories: Clay Sports

After months of anticipation the Nad Al Sheba Sporting Championship in Dubai set new high standards for a sporting clays tournament with an inaugural event that attracted more than 550 shooters from all four points of the compass. A total prize fund of $735,000 made it the richest clays shoot ever staged with cash paid out to 50th in the Men’s Division and 30th in Ladie’s, which provided plenty of motivation.

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