Tactical Atlas Firearm Blog

Having spent countless hours chasing quail, woodcock, and even farm pheasant, here are the top three 28-gauge slide actions on the market today.

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Sub-gauges are more en vogue than ever and, while usually priced toward a higher-echelon clientele, guns like the CZ 628 Field Select are changing things.

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A state-agency partnership is creating more habitat for two troubled game birds and other wildlife species that rely on young forest.

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The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) is seeking comments on the draft Prairie Grouse Management Plan for South Dakota.

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Stoeger's Condor Outback is designed for practical applications, namely brush hunting, and it has plenty of pleasing, if minor, features.

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The Senate voted today to send the National Defense Authorization Act to the president’s desk. The House voted in favor on Friday, Dec. 2.

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Grouse shooting is shooting on a grand, sweeping scale. The speed and agility of the birds, the breath-taking majesty of the landscapes, the centuries of countryside tradition.

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The Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) was privileged to receive a 2016 APEX Award for Publication Excellence for the 2015 Fall Hunting Special Edition of the Ruffed Grouse Society magazine.

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Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring drumming counts were up 18 percent statewide this year compared to last year, according to a survey conducted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

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Newbie shotgunners often have an inflated sense of what their shotgun can do in the field, while crafty veterans know well that the simplest foliage—a patch leaves or a cluster of twigs—can defeat the mighty shotgun under the right circumstances. The best of them know how to defeat those circumstances.

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For around $165, the Optima is a fair purchase. One that will fulfill the needs of any trap shooter or grouse hunter. If you want a general purpose homestead or bush gun, the Optima fits the bill right next to the H&R Topper. And when given a choice between the two, I wouldn’t turn my nose up at the Optima.

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