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The Purdey Trigger Plate Over/Under Adds Tournament Grade to the English-Best Portfolio

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Shotguns
Tags: driven pheasant hunt, Griffin & Howe, griffin & howe's hudson farm, james purdey & sons, purdey trigger plate gun

Now for the unthinkable: from the workshop of English best gunmaker James Purdey & Sons emerges an audacious 12-gauge clays gladiator fit for the Olympics. The idea may not seem so far-fetched after shooting the new Purdey Trigger Plate over/under.

The topic of Team GB competing with a Purdey shotgun at the 2024 Paris summer Olympics arose from a conversation with George Juer, Purdey’s Manager of North American Sales. He was driving a Polaris as we zipped through countryside hills of the sporting clays course at Griffin & Howe’s Hudson Farm in Andover, New Jersey. I was still talking about a few of the remarkable shots I had made with the Purdey Trigger Plate (even surprising myself), despite that the 8-pound/11-ounce demo model came with extra barrel thickness for high driven pheasants. Final production weight should be closer to 8 pounds/3 ounces.

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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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Driven Pheasants at Highland Hills Ranch With Chris Batha

Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Destinations
Tags: Beretta Trident Program, chris batha, driven pheasant hunt, highland hills ranch

At an elevation approaching 3,000 feet, the high-desert terrain cut a razor-sharp horizon across Highland Hills Ranch. A chukar flushes, you wheel around, experience the rush of a game bird escaping against the silk-blue sky and when the stock of the 20 gauge touches your cheek a single detonation punctuates an indelible instant high on the threshold of eternity.

But that was day four…

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