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Thank You, Bill Clinton

Friday, July 01, 2011
Written by Ann Kercheville
Categories: Ann Kercheville

Who but the taxing authority that devised it would ever consider a retroactive tax rate increase a good thing?  Certainly not a conservative thinker like myself.  But such a thing actually happened back when President Clinton retroactively increased federal income tax rates in 1993.  As the president made law with the stroke of his pen, the leader of our household declared we would NOT pay additional taxes, but instead we would work less and vacation more.  That sounded like a great plan to me, as the prior few years had seen very little vacationing for our family since the opening of our year-round hunting/shooting resort.  Some quick calculations determined that a month of vacationing would net us the same tax burden as the old tax rates, so destinations became the next order of business.

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Ptarmigan in Canada

Friday, July 01, 2011
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Shotgun Journal

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Crow Hunting

Friday, July 01, 2011
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Shotgun Journal

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Philipp Ollendorff – Master Gunmaker

Monday, June 27, 2011
Written by Michael G. Sabbeth
Categories: Guns

I was walking down the aisles at the 2007 Safari Club International Convention where the high grade guns and gunmakers were concentrated. I had just passed Hartmann & Weiss on my left, made a turn by the stunning Purdey exhibit to go up the aisle to my left. I said ‘hello’ to Steve Lamboy at Zoli, kibitzed with my long-time pals at William, Larkin & Moore’s extensive exhibit and began to amble toward the far wall to find my friend, Dale Tate, to view his exquisite custom hammer shotguns.

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Sporting Clays on the Bourbon Trail: Part VIII, Keswick Hall and Central Virginia Sporting Clays

Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Destinations

The itinerary was ambitious – eight days, seven posh sporting clays venues, 13 flats of shells and eight bourbon distilleries. Porsche had loaned us a 2011 Cayenne S SUV powered by a 400-horsepower V8 behemoth, while Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Co. supplied one of their marvelous A-10 American sidelock over/under shotguns. This is the final installment.

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Exclusive: Forthcoming Zoli VCS Combines High-Rib Sporter With Traditional Shotgun

Monday, June 06, 2011
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Guns

Zoli is continuing its blistering momentum this year with a new high-rib shotgun that actually combines two models in one.

The shotgun is yet another example of Zoli’s advanced engineering that seems to have found extra traction this year in the US market, exemplified by Zoli’s own record-breaking sales of the revolutionary Bilanx since its formal introduction in January.

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