Tag: Rifle

Feathered Frenzy

[su_heading size=”30″]Tactics, tips and a passel of great gear for your upcoming battles with Mr. Gobbler. [/su_heading] STORY AND PHOTOS BY LARRY CASE [su_dropcap style=”light”]T[/su_dropcap]he wild turkey is an American bird right down to his red, white and blue head. You may...

Shooting Sharps

[su_heading size=”30″]The gun that made it safe for the Winchester to win the West.[/su_heading] STORY AND PHOTOS BY MIKE NESBITT [su_dropcap style=”light”]C[/su_dropcap]hristian Sharps already had some limited experience with breechloaders when he patented his fallingblock action in 1848. He’d worked at...

Playing Favorites

[su_heading size=”30″]How one rifle and load became a go-to combo for deer-sized game.[/su_heading] STORY AND PHOTOS BY MIKE DICKERSON [su_dropcap style=”light”]A[/su_dropcap]s an outdoor writer, I’m often asked what my favorite rifle is. My standard answer, especially when I’m in the field,...

Hawking The Hawken

[su_heading size=”30″]In the 1820s, Samuel Hawken joined his brother Jacob at his St. Louis shop, and together they made rifles that helped make history.[/su_heading] Story And Photos By Mike Nesbitt   [su_dropcap size=”5″]W[/su_dropcap]hen Jacob Hawken first began making his “mountain” rifles,...

One Shot Solution

[su_heading size=”30″]The Norma Oryx is designed to provide a perfect blend of expansion and penetration, and is available in calibers both popular and rare.[/su_heading] STORY AND PHOTOS BY PHIL MASSARO [su_dropcap style=”flat”]T[/su_dropcap]hree does jogged across the little valley below me, pausing...

A Tang Sight Better

[su_heading size=”30″]Lyman has reintroduced their popular #2 for the Uberti 1873 and other lever-actions.[/su_heading] STORY AND PHOTOS BY MIKE NESBITT [su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”5″]T[/su_dropcap]he current sustained popularity of the guns of the Old West convinced Lyman to reintroduce some of the fine...