The New Pointer Side by Side is a Bargain-Priced Modern Classic

Legacy Sports International in Reno, Nevada has built a solid reputation with their Pointer Line of affordable over/under and semi-automatic shotguns – especially in the youth segment. Now Legacy Sports International is expanding the Pointer family into...

Longthorne Gunmakers Developing All-Titanium 28-Gauge Expected to Weigh a Scant Three Pounds

Longthorne Gunmakers of Northampton, England has cemented its reputation for innovation since launching the business in 2008 by offering 100-percent, English-made shotguns with first-of-its-kind barrels machined from a single billet of steel – bucking...

In Pursuit of North Dakota’s Upland Smorgasbord

October 23rd. Morning dawned bright, clear, and crisp in western North Dakota as I fumbled through a storage box in the bed of my beaten, old two-wheel-drive Ford Ranger pick-up. It’s not much to look at, but it carries a lot for little gas money, getting...

Newsflash

Youth Field Trail Alliance Expands Ambassador Program

Legacy Sports International Pointer Side–By–Side Shotgun

EUKANUBA™ LAUNCHES INDUSTRY INNOVATIVE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

Scotsman Grant Buchan Acquires McKay Brown, Keeping the Fabled Gunmaker on Scottish Soil

July 30, 2021 Irwin Greenstein

Legacy Sports International Pointer Side–By–Side Shotgun

March 28, 2023 Irwin Greenstein

Sporting Dogs
Wingshooting
Clays Shooting
Women Shooters

Tips for Feeding Your Sporting Dog in the Off Season
Sporting Dogs Food
Sporting dogs burn a lot of calories during the hunting season.
First Season Expectations
Sporting Dogs Hunting
What should you expect from your young dog?
Exercise-Induced HRI: Does Your Dog Need Help?
Sporting Dogs Excercise
How Much to Feed a Sporting Breed Puppy
Sporting Dogs Food
What To Feed a Sporting Breed Puppy
Sporting Dogs Food
Can Sporting Breed Puppies Eat Adult Dog Food?
Sporting Dogs Food
In Pursuit of North Dakota’s Upland Smorgasbord
Wingshooting Pheasant
Morning dawned bright, clear, and crisp in western North Dakota...
Small Gauges Scaled Right for Doves
Wingshooting Doves
Shooting doves is an economy of scale.
Seven Deadly Decoy Set-Ups for Doves
Wingshooting Decoys
Seven Deadly Decoy Set-Ups for Doves
Wingshooting Doves
Pursuing a Nebraska Mixed Bag
Wingshooting Waterfowl
Garhart Stephenson’s Guide to Successful Chukar Hunting
Wingshooting Chukars
How Don Currie Fixed my Sporting Clays Game
Clay sports Lessons
I simply had to accept the inevitable: go ahead and just take lessons again.
Exclusive Excerpt from Don Currie’s New Book
Clay sports Book
“Gunfitting: Achieving the Ideal Fit for the Game and Clay Shot”
Get in the Target Setter’s Head
Clay sports Targets
Manipulate Your Brain Waves for Better Clays Scores, Says Henry Hopking
Clay sports Science
How I Came to Love Helice
Clay sports Helice
Professional Shooter David Miller Wouldn’t Let a Storm Keep Him From Setting a Guinness World Record
Clay sports Records
Why a Young Shooter’s Coach and Her Family Rallied Around Perazzi
Women shooters Perazzi
Ava Cauley and her father Kevin often razz each other about which of their Perazzis is better...
The Different Types of Sporting Shotguns
Women shooters Sporting shotguns
With so many uses, a lot of people are not aware that there are actually many different types of shotguns.
The Krieghoff K-80 Victoria Brings 12-Gauge Pedigree and Performance to Women Clays Shooters
Women shooters Krieghoff
Women Who Build Legacies in South Georgia Quail Country
Women shooters Quail
The New Krieghoff K-20 Victoria Empowers Women at Wing and Clays
Women shooters Wing & Clays
How Living With a Labrador Retriever in Brooklyn, New York Inspired Me to Start Girls With Gundogs
Women shooters Gundogs

Gardone Val Trompia

Shotgun Life Series

In late March and early April of 2017, Shotgun Life visited the legendary Gardone Val Trompia in the province of Brescia, which is the heart of Italy’s shotgun manufacturing.

Part 1, Fabbrica Armi Isidoro Rizzini

Part 2, Perazzi

In late March and early April of 2017, Shotgun Life visited the legendary Gardone Val Trompia in the province of Brescia, which is the heart of Italy’s shotgun manufacturing.

Part 3, Fratelli Poli Armi

Part 4, Beretta

In late March and early April of 2017, Shotgun Life visited the legendary Gardone Val Trompia in the province of Brescia, which is the heart of Italy’s shotgun manufacturing.

Part 5, Firmo & Francesca Fracassi

Part 6 Creative Art Engravers

In late March and early April of 2017, Shotgun Life visited the legendary Gardone Val Trompia in the province of Brescia, which is the heart of Italy’s shotgun manufacturing.

Part 7, Giancarlo e Stefano Pedretti Incisori

Part 8, Bottega Incisioni C. Giovanelli

Stepping Down in Gauges To Better Performance

February 12, 2014 Ron Spomer

Help Unleash Your Sporting Dog’s Potential

March 2, 2021 Tom Keer

Where Quail is King, the Untold Story of Georgia’s African-American Dog Handlers

November 8, 2016 Irwin Greenstein

The Grouse Safari

October 25, 2022 Don Mallicoat

Small Gauges Scaled Right for Doves

March 14, 2023 Bryan Hendricks

A New Sporter From Arrieta & Arrizabalaga Marks a Sea Change in Traditional Spanish Gunmaking

April 24, 2023 Irwin Greenstein

Boss Asserts Its Legacy as London’s Best Gunmaker With a Stunning New, Ambidextrous Sidelever Over/Under

January 26, 2021 Irwin Greenstein

Shooting the Krieghoff K-80 Parcours With Its Two New High-Performance Barrels

April 13, 2021 Irwin Greenstein

Introducing the New Negrini Wings Series of Upland Cases by Negrini

February 18, 2022 Irwin Greenstein

Leaving the Insanity Behind With a Snowcock Hunt in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains

January 12, 2021 Garhart Stephenson

Celebrating the Pointing-Dog Photos of Chris Mathan

May 16, 2017 Irwin Greenstein

The Parker VH Project: Repair, Restore or Refurbish?

December 20, 2022 Tom Keer

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