I love elegant shops. I love shops drenched in dark wood paneling and have dark leather chairs and couches. Sparkling crystal, fine clothing hanging in rich wood cabinets and stunning firearms with fancy walnut stocks stir my soul.
Author: Michael G. Sabbeth
Arzaga Drugulo: Hunting With the Zoli Family at Italy’s Oldest Club
A SENSE OF PLACE
“We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto!” I said to Steve Lamboy as we left the small home that serves as the clubhouse for the Arzaga Drugulo hunting club. Steve and I were guests of Paolo Zoli and his father, Giuseppe Zoli, owners of the preeminent gunmaker Antonio Zoli located in the center of Italy’s historic arms producing region, Gardone Val Trompia.
We Shoot the Zoli Columbus at the Whittington Center
When Chris Batha told me at the 2009 Safari Club Convention that Zoli made great guns, I knew I should spend quality time with Paolo Zoli and Steve Lamboy, the company’s general manager in the U.S. One thing led to another and a few weeks ago Steve sent me a new 20-bore Columbus from the Italian gunmaker.
Galazan’s A. Galazan
Tony Galazan is an intense man. Tony Galazan is an obsessive man. I visited Tony at the Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company facility in New Britain, Connecticut in mid-February, a few weeks after marveling at his vast exhibit at this year’s Safari Club International Convention in Reno, Nevada.
The 10 Best of the Safari Club International 2009 Convention
The Safari Club International Convention, held this year in Reno, Nevada, is like the metaphoric pirate’s treasure trove of the finest shooting and hunting equipment, guns, art and jewelry that the human spirit can generate. The cornucopia of shotguns dazzles the mind and spirit, for here are the most elegant, most elaborate and most technically advanced on the planet.
All Vintagers on the Western Slope
I pushed through chest-high sorghum and tall Jose wheat grass, thumbing the external hammers of my stunning 12 bore Watson & Hancock as if plucking banjo strings. Even in the chilled air the fragrance of the grasses was intoxicating. Rock-hard washboard ground tested my calf-high leather boots and kept me off balance. Eyes darting from dirt to sky, I tried to reconcile walking agility with being ready to get a quick shot at a pheasant.
An Extraordinary Week With Beretta Traveling Through Half a Millennia, Part 3
In this third and final installment, Michael Sabbeth takes us where few visitors have ever been: Beretta’s seminal 15th century Ome forging house. This is where the company still makes Damascus barrels and accessories. Afterwards, Michael takes us on a tour of Beretta’s premium wineries.
An Extraordinary Week With Beretta Traveling Through Half a Millennia, Part 2
In this second installment of our three-part series, Michael Sabbeth gives us an “X-ray in words” of Beretta’s SV 10 fine shotguns (while capturing that Beretta magic).
An Extraordinary Week With Beretta Traveling Through Half a Millennia
In this first of a three-part series, we arrive at the Beretta headquarters in Italy, where Michael Sabbeth queues up his story about the exceptional SO 10 with a brief company history. See first hand why Franco Beretta told Michael “The SO 10 is the highest expression of the Beretta spirit.”
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