American Shooting Journal – August 2019

CONTENTS

12 American Shooting Journal // August 2019

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VOLUME 8 • ISSUE 11

36 ALL HAIL THE KING, PART II

There’s long-range shooting, and

then there’s the King of 2 Miles.

Competitor Robert Brantley, who

won last year’s event, shares how

2019’s three-day KO2M match went

for the 80 sharpshooters and their

teams who gathered in northern

New Mexico last month.

45 BLACK POWDER:

2019 QUIGLEY BUFFALO RIFLE

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

There’s more to Montana’s big black

powder cartridge match than just

gun smoke and far-off targets. Mike

Nesbitt takes a stroll through “Trad-

ers’ Row” at the temporary town of

“Quigleyville” to limber up for the

big doins’, competing for the title

of best buffalo rifle shooter at the

shindig named for the famed movie

character played by Tom Selleck.

24

O.F. MOSSBERG

& SONS:

AMERICA’S

LAST GREAT

FAMILY-OWNED

GUN MAKER

“A hard-working man of known talent

and imagination” is how our resident

historian Frank Jardim describes Oscar

Frederick Mossberg (center), who, along

with sons Harold and Iver, founded the

iconic family firearms manufacturing

business 100 years ago. Take a stroll

through the company’s archives, and

then check out three of Mossberg’s lat-

est offerings: the MC1sc 9mm Subcom-

pact Pistol, MVP Precision Bolt-Action

Rifle and 590 Shockwave Pump Action

shotgun.

71 BULLET BULLETIN: LEADING

WITH LEAD

“Whether you’re headed to Alaska,

Africa or Australia, or planning a

hunt for elk, moose or bear in the

contiguous 48, you can’t go wrong

in choosing a Trophy Bonded Bear

Claw.” So says our ammo expert

Phil Massaro, who details the

development of this Federal line.

95 HOW TO TAKE THE M96 MAUSER

PISTOL APART AND PUT IT BACK

TOGETHER

Eugene Golubtsov is known as

“Lugerman” for his dedication to the

M1907 U.S. Army Test Trials Luger,

but he’s also a whiz at stripping down

the M96 Mauser Military Pistol and

putting it back together. Jim Dickson

teams up with Eugene to illustrate

this delicate but doable task that’s

baffled “some of the best army ord-

nance men in America and England.”

53 ROAD HUNTER: PUP’S FIRST

FALL HUNTS CAN BE KEY

September offers good chances

to get your new gun dog out after

birds like doves and grouse, but

you don’t want to mess up such

a key moment at the start of a

budding hunting pup’s career. Scott

Haugen shares his tips for making

the most of the early season with

your young pooch.

65 GROUNDHOGS: UNDERRATED,

OVERLOOKED SMALL GAME

Call them whistlepigs, woodchucks

or whatnot, these eastern burrow-

ers can provide good small game

hunting – and meatier meals than

rabbits and squirrels. Jim Dickson

has a primer for matching wits with

wary groundhogs, and what to do

with your harvest and their fur.

FEATURES

(O.F. MOSSBERG & SONS INC.)