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A Break in the Action — 77 episodes

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Beretta at 500: Sixteen Generations, One Extraordinary Legacy

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Gun Dogs: How they changed the hunt.

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The Best Days Aren’t About the Shooting

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Listen While You Still Can

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Just ONE Shotgun?

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From Rolex to Rizzini: How a watch enthusiast found wingshooting

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Is the 12 gauge dead?

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The Traveling Wingshooter: Building The Ultimate Bird Hunting Rig

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A Sporting Weekend at The Preserve

10

American Bests

11

Forgotten British Gunmakers with Simon Reinhold

12

Reviving a London Gunmaking Legend: Frederick Beesley

13

The Story behind the Stories: Shooting Sportsman magazine

14

Safe Queens (and why they’re OK)

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Between Flushes: Chris P.

16

Stuff and Things 2025

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Hit or Miss with Jonny Carter

18

America's Wingshooting Traditions: Ruffed Grouse

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CÆSAR GUERINI with Wes Lang

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Wild Game: From Field Care to Flavors with Hank Shaw

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Buying Shotguns at Auction

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Shotgun Stories VI: Will Primos

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Modern Side by Side Buyers Guide (and I bought a new gun - actually, two!)

24

Shotgunning and a Secret Bunker at The Greenbrier Resort

25

On Location: The 2025 Southern Side by Side

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A Guide to the Gauges

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Shotgun Stories V: Reid Bryant

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The 26th annual Southern Side by Side Championship and Exhibition - you need to be there!

29

Shooting driven and walked-up birds in England

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A history of Beretta SO shotguns + introduction to Beretta's Shotgun of the Year

31

An exciting and unique shotgun announcement with Rich Cole

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Shotgun Stories IV: Jonny Carter

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MacNab Challenge

34

London Best: Holland and Holland

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Anthony Matarese Jr and Will Primos discuss their new book 'Straight Shooting for Hunters'

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Dove hunting at Hollywood Farms and review of the Rizzini Venus

37

London Best: James Purdey and Sons

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Shotguns, sporting clays and steaks at Nemacolin Resort

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Shotgun Stories III: Larry Potterfield

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A weekend with Griffin and Howe at the Hudson Farm Club + Longthorne Victory Sporter shooting review

41

Shotgun Stories II: Dania Vizzi

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Beretta DT11: A six month review + recap of our listener's event

43

The legends in your sporting library with Steve Smith

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Humbled by helice at Prairie Wildlife

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Best double-barrel shotguns $1,000 - $3,000

46

John Rigby and Co.

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Flying with your shotgun

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Shotgun Stories I: AJ DeRosa

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Used shotgun buyers guide with Gregg Elliott and Phil Bourjaily

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What's in my shooting bag?

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PART 2: High pheasants, flighted mallard and two magnificent 12g game guns!

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PART 1: High pheasants, flighted mallard and two magnificent 12g game guns!

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Glorious guns! Best Scottish shotguns with J-P Daeschler

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Hunting trips, bird camp and micro-conservation with Joe Schwenke

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Dr. Frankenstein's shotgun with Jonny Carter, Part 2

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Dr. Frankenstein's shotgun with Jonny Carter, Part 1

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Why walnut for shotgun stocks + what was the Browning 'salt wood' fiasco?

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Et al. 2023

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Best quail gun: A panel discussion with Reid Bryant, Durrell Smith and Charlie Jordan

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28 gauge: Magic or Myth?

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A look at "the golden age of shotgunning" / Vintage Gunners Cup 2023

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Westley Richards: The pioneer of your modern shotgun.

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A tribute to The Shotgun Journal with Marty Fischer

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Best grouse gun: A panel discussion with Nick Larson, Gregg Elliott, Meadow Kouffeld and Rich Wong.

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A weekend shooting at The Omni Homestead Resort plus a review of the new Connecticut Shotgun Mfg. G1

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Shooting tweeds

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Reuniting pairs of shotguns

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Best double-barreled shotguns <$1,000

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Are British shotguns better than American shotguns?

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Bird hunting with a .410

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An anthology of Orvis branded shotguns with Greg Carpiniello

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Vintage shotguns with Gregg Elliott

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Finished stock sets for Beretta O/U's from ColeGun.com

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A look at British style shooting in the U.S.

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Hemingway's shotguns, an interview with 'Hemingway's Guns' author Silvio Calabi

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Double Guns of Nashville, a store visit & conversation with Barry Rich

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A conversation with British shooting instructor, Keith Coyle.