The Blaser FBX Sporting: German Precision Meets the Clays Course There are shotguns built to be good, and then there are shotguns built to be the last one you ever need to buy. The Blaser FBX Sporting falls squarely into the second category. It’s the newest word from Blaser’s competition line, and it was engineered […]
The Rifle That Started It All, Reborn: Mauser M98 Das Original Some designs never really go out of production—they just wait for someone to build them right again. That’s the story behind the Mauser M98 Das Original, a bolt-action rifle that takes the most influential firearm design in modern history and rebuilds it, by hand, […]
The Field Ethos x Sauer Exception: A Modern Take on an Old-World Killer More than a century ago, German farmers and settlers in colonial Africa needed a rifle that could stop what was stalking their livestock, and their answer was the 9.3×62 rifle. Cheap 8mm Mausers were rebored and rechambered for the new round, and […]
The Caesar Guerini Maxum Field 20 Gauge: A Collector-Grade Gun Built for the Field If you’re in the market for a sub-gauge over/under that turns heads in the gun rack and performs just as well when the birds are flushing, the Caesar Guerini Maxum Field 20 gauge deserves a hard look. Built at Guerini’s Marcheno […]
The Refreshed Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon 1 20 Gauge For over 35 years, the Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon I has been the gun that other over-and-unders get measured against, and the newest generation gives the 20 gauge model the most meaningful update the platform has seen in years. Built on Beretta’s legendary low-profile 680-series action, […]
The Rigby Big Game .416: A Modern Classic Built for the World’s Toughest Hunts Few names in the hunting world carry the history and prestige of John Rigby & Co. For more than two centuries, Rigby rifles have accompanied professional hunters and sportsmen on adventures across Africa, earning a reputation for absolute reliability when the […]
Blaser R8 Professional 2.0: Built for Hunters Who Demand More When you’re miles from the truck, the weather turns, and the opportunity of a lifetime presents itself, your rifle has one job—to perform flawlessly. That’s exactly what the new Blaser R8 Professional 2.0 was designed to do. Building on the legendary reputation of the R8 […]
By Owen Plair As a lifelong outdoorsman, I’ve always had a deep respect for wild places and the animals that call them home. But nothing prepared me for what I experienced in La Pampa, Argentina on my first red stag and black buck hunt during the peak of the rut in late March. It was […]
By Francisco Bergaz Spain has a long and venerable history of weapon making; these tools led to incredible success during its wars within Europe and afterwards in its quest for global expansion. Many of these triumphs predate those of the French, English and German success. To put our hands around a fine shotgun today, we […]
When it comes to optimizing the performance of your over-under shotgun, selecting the right chokes is paramount. Chokes play a crucial role in controlling the spread of the shot, influencing the pattern density, and ultimately determining the effectiveness of your shots. Whether you’re skeet shooting, hunting upland birds, or aiming for clay targets, understanding how […]
