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Author: Irwin Greenstein

Safari Club’s Nelson Freeman Evaluates the Blaser F3 – In 20 Gauge

Thursday, September 22, 2011
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Guns

Long before Blaser started importing their groundbreaking F3 shotgun into the U.S. in 2004, the German manufacturer founded in 1957 by Horst Blaser was renown for its dangerous-game rifles. The Blaser S-2 Express Double Rifle in either .470 or .500 Nitro Express was a go-to gun for traditionalists looking to bring down a Cape Buffalo or Elephant in Africa. Likewise, a big-bore Blaser R-93 was engineered with a silky smooth bolt action if you needed to squeeze off that critical second shot at a charging rhino. Then in 2010, when Blaser introduced its next-generation bolt-action rifle, the R8, its revolutionary design immediately made it the darling of the big-game set.

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Gil Ash on Mastering Peripheral Acceptance: How to Take Your Clays Scores From 50 to 90 by Rebuilding Your Comfort Zone

Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Clay Sports
Tags: gilash, opsshootingschool, shotguninstructions, shotgunlessons, vickiash

I sat across the picnic table from shotgun instructor extraordinaire, Gil Ash, as he drew a simple diagram on the yellow legal pad between us. At first it looked like ripples emanating out, but then he started adding numbers to the curved lines until he finally turned around the pad to face me.

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Shooting Michael McIntosh’s Legendary AYA at the Southern Side by Side

Sunday, July 10, 2011
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Guns

The 12th Annual Southern Side by Side Championship & Exhibition Spring Classic provided an extraordinary opportunity to shoot a round robin of highly coveted shotguns, of which Michael McIntosh’s AYA Nº 2 was certainly the most prominent.
Conceivably the best writer about fine shotguns of his generation, Mr. McIntosh forged a path of elegant and insightful books and magazine articles that made his readers gush with pride as fellow shotgun owners.

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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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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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