By Phil Bourjaily

A couple of times each fall I shoot double guns on pheasant hunts. I usually break out my Ruger Gold Label a time or two and I get to shoot some other people’s doubles, too.*  I am always reminded when I take a double hunting that shooting one is different from shooting O/Us and single barrel guns. [ Read Full Post ]

By Phil Bourjaily

Shooting a pump gun is like riding a bicycle. Yesterday I shot a round of skeet with a Winchester SXP I just received for testing and I never missed a stroke. These days I only use pumps for turkey hunting and I can’t remember the last time I had to shuck one quickly, but once you learn how, you don’t forget.

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Do you have a question for the Obama administration about guns? Now's your chance to get it answered!

On February 14, Field & Stream will conduct an in-person interview with Vice President Joe Biden about the Obama administration's proposals on guns—and we want readers to weigh in. What do you want to know about the administration's plans for and positions on making background checks universal? Limiting high capacity magazines? Banning so-called "assault" weapons? The importance of the Second Amendment? Any question is valid, as long as it pertains to guns.

Submit your questions to askbiden@fieldandstream.com. You must provide your name, address, and daytime contact information in order for your question to be considered. All questions must be submitted by 9 a.m. EST on Tuesday, February 12.--The Editors

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By Phil Bourjaily

Seeing the Chiappa Triple Crown at SHOT made me think about multiple-barreled shotguns. Besides the hunting model which I really want to try for waterfowl, the Chiappa also comes in a cut down home defense version because, well, that’s where the money is these days. There is no denying the intimidation factor of looking down three shotgun barrels if you are an intruder. Of course, three barrels wouldn’t be anywhere near as scary as eight, which brings us to Robert Hillberg’s Colt Defender shotgun, of which prototype versions were produced in the 60s. [ Read Full Post ]

By Phil Bourjaily

Just before SHOT Show I killed my last pheasants of the year with a Dickinson double from Cabela’s. It’s a nice Turkish-made classic side by side and for the money you pay ($1599), it is a better looking gun than anything you will find in its price range. Moreover, it has chrome-lined bores, five choke tubes, and a 3-inch chamber which render it completely steel-friendly, meaning this is a traditional gun suited to the hard non-toxic realities of 21st century upland hunting. In fact, I shot Winchester Blind Side steel pheasant loads on this hunt, but that’s another blog post.

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