The Impact from Caesar Guerini heralds a new age of sporting shotguns with its high-rib, heads-up posture and full adjustability for a perfect point of impact. Get a first-hand view of what it’s like to shoot the Impact for 100 rounds of sporting clays. Is this the shotgun you’ve been dreaming about? Find out now [...]
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July 14th, 2010
First Ever Review: Ithaca’s Model 37 Pump With Ladies Stock
Hollywood has gone to great lengths to make the pump totally macho. One shuck from the good guy, and the bad boys run for cover. Well, what happens when the pump gun goes female? That’s we wanted to find out with the first review of the Ithaca Model 37 With Ladies Stock. Ithaca went to [...]
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Busting the Big Myth About Shotgun Chokes
How can Jerry Sinkovec get solid breaks on clay targets with a 28-gauge shotgun out to 60 yards? A lot of it has to do with altitude, air temperature and humidity. You’d never think that the environment (other than wind) could affect your choice of choke, but Jerry, who lives at 4,700 feet, shows you [...]
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Lisa Metheny Joins Shotgun Life With New Column
Shotgun Life kicked off July with a new monthly column by veteran writer, Lisa Metheny, called “Lisa Metheney’s Women Afield©.” In her first piece, Lisa writes about the NRAs’ Women on Target (WOT) program. Lisa and the group of women are pheasant hunting at the Granite Springs Lodge in South Dakota, accompanied this time by [...]
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Can Ralph Brendle Save His River Bend Sportsman’s Resort From the Chinese?
Ralph Brendle’s South Carolina hunting resort has declined with China’s rise as a textile kingpin in the U.S. South Carolina has shed textile jobs since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. Can River Bend now succeed as a private club? The bigger question is whether or not Mr. Brendle’s decision to privatize River [...]
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First Field Review of the A-10 American Sidelock by Connecticut Shotgun
Few shotguns have generated the buzz of the A-10 American by Connecticut Shotgun. It uses a sidelock trigger action typically found on English side by sides costing $100,000. Now consider that the A-10 is an over/under priced at under $10,000 and suddenly it gets your attention. Shotgun Life is the first magazine to shoot prototypes [...]
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Beretta’s New Trident Program Ups the Ante for Luxurious Hunting & Fishing Destinations
Most shooters look to the Orvis endorsement of hunting and fishing facilities as a gold seal of approval. Now Beretta is changing the landscape with its new Beretta Trident Program, which designates excellence in high-end, sporting venues. At a press conference in New York, Beretta laid out the program and announced its initial four superb [...]
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If You Love 28-Gauge Shotguns…
The group of everyday shooters who make up the Shotgun Life Peer Review Posse voted hands down that the 28-gauge version of the Blaser F3 is one of the best-shooting shotguns on the planet. They praised its handling, patterning and quality. A couple of them were ready to make a trade-in on the spot. Find [...]
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Sarah Palin Immortalized With Remington 870 Pump
An obscure artist who only goes by Dale created a stunning poster of Sarah Palin based on Norman Rockwell’s classic Rosie the Riveter. For starters, Dale substituted Rosie’s pneumatic rivet gun with a Remington 870. The poster has sparked the ire of some liberal bloggers. Check out the full story on Shotgun Life at http://www.shotgunlife.com/ [...]
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Receive helpful shooting tips from Todd Bender, Chris Batha, Bobby Fowler, Jr., Harlan Campbell, Jr. and other Hall of Famers. Using the unique Eye Cam Technology, the DVDs identify the exact lead and technique for skeet, trap and sporting clays to easily crush every target. Remember, Shotgun Life pays the shipping. Please adhere to our [...]
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From Bucksnort to Hollywood
Where is Bucksnort? Why it’s in Tennessee hill country. Why would I want to be there? For some of the best quail shooting in the lower 50 – so says veteran writer, Larry Chesney, in his Shotgun Life debut story. Larry visits Tumbling Creek Lodge, which is situated smack, dab in the middle of “a [...]
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The “Un”-Magnum Approach to Turkeys
Jennifer Pearsall completely debunks the notion that you need the heaviest ammo on the biggest toms. Based on her years of experience, Jennifer enlightens us on why a 20-gauge shotgun provides more than enough stopping power for turkey hunting. Not convinced yet? Check out Jennifer’s story on why bigger isn’t always better this turkey season [...]
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A Waterfowler’s Dream Trip
Western novelist and outdoor writer Kenny Kieser discovers that shooting the mysterious goose called the brant is actually better than he ever imagined. As a boy, Kenny relished articles in hunting magazines about those lucky guys who made it to Maryland’s fabled Eastern Shore for some of the best waterfowl shooting in the country. Decades [...]
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2 Rare Bird Guns Come to Light
It’s a double-hitter as Shotgun Life reveals two rare and beautiful upland bird guns. The first is the new Purdey Hammer Gun. The legendary English gunmaker started work on it in 2004 and to date less than 20 of these $95,000 gems have been manufactured – most of them in matched pairs (we tell you [...]
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Jennifer L.S. Pearsall’s “Wildlife” Column Makes Its Debut on Shotgun Life
Shotgun Life introduces a column about the hunting life by Jennifer L.S. Pearsall. Called “Wildlife,” she starts out talking about the unique path that led her into hunting.
Jennifer writes in the true voice of the hunter. She’s worked as a professional outdoor writer, photographer and editor for nearly 20 years. She started shooting competitively, first [...]
February 18th, 2010
Shotgun Life Exclusive: Upcoming Ithaca Waterfowl Gun Proves Its Mettle on the Chesapeake Bay
The Ithaca Gun Co. is about to ship a new 12-gauge waterfowl pump starting next month. Shotgun Life got the prototype and took it sea-duck hunting. The major development with the gun is a corrosion-resistant finish called Perma-Guard that also speeds up the action. Read it at Shotgun Life at http://www.shotgunlife.com.
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Low-Recoil Shot Shells With Big Stopping Power
RST Shotshells set the standard in the vintage shotgun community. The RSTs are specifically formulated for low-pressure discharge in order to protect fragile barrels (and the shooters behind them). But most shooters don’t realize that RST shells provide incredible stopping power with very low recoil.
Veteran writer Jerry Sinkovec evaluated an array of RST shells on [...]
February 4th, 2010
What’s It Like to Shoot a $104,000 Holland and Holland Royal?
When you’re offered the opportunity to spend a week with a bespoke English shotgun that bears the marque of Holland and Holland, the big question is where do you take it? For us the answer was obvious: Prospect Hall. With the old farmhouse all to ourselves the night before our upland adventure, we embark on [...]
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Save $1,000 on the Price of a New Zoli Z Sport Shotgun With Any Gun Trade-In — at the Dealer of Your Choice
Antonio Zoli’s New “Economic Stimulus Package” Provides Huge Discounts to American Shooters on the Medal-Winning, Competition Z Sport
Brescia, Italy and Rochester, New York – Feb. 4, 2010 – Antonio Zoli announced today its “Economic Stimulus Package” that allows American shotgun enthusiasts to get $1,000 off the price of a new Z Sport competition shotgun [...]
February 1st, 2010
Only Traditional English Driven Shoots in the U.S. – New 2010 Schedule
Blixt & Co. is the only provider of traditional English-driven shoots in the U.S. After a successful 2009 first season, Blixt has released its 2010 Syndicate Schedule.
The beauty of the Blixt Syndicate is that you can purchase individual pegs, enabling you to participate with a team of guns. These pegs can be used at the [...]
January 26th, 2010
Shotguns to Buy and Not Buy at the Shot Show
The Shot Show returned to Las Vegas this year and as an industry-only event we’re here to report on what shotguns made the grade. We had the opportunity to shoot some shotguns in the dessert and scour the show floor. Check out our mini-reviews and new product wrap-up. It’s all at Shotgun Life at http://www.shotgunlife.com/ [...]
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SHOTGUN LIFE MARKS ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH NEW ADVERTISERS: BLASER, FAUSTI, ITHACA, KRIEGHOFF AND ZOLI
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Pikesville, MD – Jan. 18, 2010 – Shotgun Life (http://www.shotgunlife.com), the first online magazine dedicated to the best in wing and clays shooting, marks its one-year anniversary with five major shotgun manufacturers becoming new advertisers.
In the past 30 [...]
January 14th, 2010
If BMW’s Turbo-Crazed M Group Built a Shotgun, Here’s What It Would Look Like
Shotgun Life performs a Peer Review of the Krieghoff Pro Sporter clays target shotgun, and draws an analogy with an over-the-top BMW SUV. Does the Pro Sporter merit this distinction? Actually, yes… In this Peer Review, where everyday shooters get to try the shotgun and give their opinions, the unique Krieghoff Pro Sporter proved to [...]
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Elizabeth Lanier and her Shotgun-Toting GRITS on Shotgun Life
The NRA’s Heide Kaser writes about Elizabeth Lanier and her group of women shotgun shooters fondly known as the GRITS – shorthand for Girls Really into Shooting. In the January column called Shotgun Savvy, Heide talks about how Elizabeth is empowering women getting into the shotgun sports – including 72-year-old Sophie who received a 28-gauge [...]
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Shotgun Life Visits the Blue Creek Sport Shooting Complex and Preserve
At the Blue Creek Shooting Complex in Billings, Montana, each of the different rifle and pistol shooting disciplines has about a dozen shooting positions. They also have two different archery shooting courses and three dog training fields, each of them being different.
Blue Creek currently has two skeet fields overlain on two trap fields which will [...]
January 5th, 2010
Shotgun Life Tests 2 New Faustis
The popular Italian gunmaker Fausti is rapidly expanding its U.S. dealer network. Shotgun Life tested 2 new field guns that will be in your local gun store. They are the Caledon over/under and the Dea Round Body, which is modeled after the classic English side-by-side. Both of these shotguns turned out to be surprising values. [...]
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The iPhone ClayTracker Takes on the Ruins of Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays
Shotgun Life has the first comprehensive review of the iPhone ClayTracker software for scoring sporting clays and 5-Stand. If you’re fed up with cumbersome clipboards and score sheets you may become a ClayTracker convert, like our contributing writer, Noe Roland. Noe put the ClayTracker through its paces at the unique Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays course. [...]
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A Conversation With Bobby Fowler, Jr.
When it comes to sporting clays, nearly everyone argues that you need to mount low gun – meaning that the stock is somewhere between your arm pit and your chest. And in fact you will see many of the great sporting clays shooters clean up the competition with a low-gun mount.
But then there’s Bobby Fowler, [...]
December 1st, 2009
Heide Kaser Shoots With the Annie Oakleys
The Annie Oakleys is a classy group of clays shooters and hunters in Atlanta who also happen to be ardent supporters of our right to bear arms. Heide introduces you to Jane Brown, founder of the Annies and a great shooter in her own right. If you live in the Atlanta area, Heide’s December column [...]
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Jerry Sinkovec’s Favorite Destinations
Meet Jerry Sinkovec, veteran writer and avid traveler. We’re introducing his new column this month called Jerry Sinkovec’s Favorite Destinations, and he kicks it off with a visit to the incredible Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic. For starters, you can go wingshooting year-round in the Dominican Republic, but add the spectacular clays shooting [...]
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