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SPECTACULAR BIG GAME HUNTS IN HAWAII & PATAGONIA APRIL 2019 FIFTY YEARS OF B.A.S.S. EXCLUSIVE: ENGLAND’S RACHEL CARRIE KOREAN PHEASANT HUNT Dangerous Berries DOUBLE TROUBLE IN BEAR COUNTRY Awards of Excellence OUR 2019 WINNERS MAR/APR 2019 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE SPORTING CLASSICS 2019 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE SPORTING CLASSICS Special Editors’ Award CAESAR GUERINI GueriniUSA.com hen an entrepreneurial venture forges a still- Debuting in 2002 around the relentless initiative of sportsman smoking niche into a daunting and established and competitive shooter Wes Lang to showcase to American Awards of Excellence sporting market—in this case the intensely interests the selective over/under offerings of gun-builders Awards of Excellence competitive and discriminating arena of fine Antonio and Giorgio Guerini, Caesar Guerini has never looked Sporting Classics 17th annual Awards of Excellence salute the best of the best— shotguns—whenW in the space of 16 operating years it creates aside customer desire. Fashioning and expanding an exquisitely those companies and individuals whose products and services are having a a brand so iconically recognizable worldwide for artistry, distinctive line of game and target guns of irresistible appeal. significant and long-lasting impact on our sporting lives. Nominees for the 2019 quality, performance and value it stands singular, when in From the best of affordable CNC gun design to the custom-built and hand-adorned majesty of the higher grades . from the awards were submitted by our senior and contributing editors, then finalized by the its culture customer service is supreme, product excellence is habitual, and the aspiration becomes ever more Woodlander to the Forum, from the guns of Invictus to Ellipse, to magazine staff. The honorees were chosen for their achievements in defining what a extraordinary, it deserves highest honors. For 2019, Sporting the unique beauty of the Limited Editions like the Essex Gold . great sporting product should be. Their engineering, craftsmanship and innovations Classics proudly confers upon the Italian gun-making firm if you own a Guerini, you’ve chosen one of the world’s best. have set higher standards than ever before. of Caesar Guerini its prestigious Special Editors’ Award. — Mike Gaddis Hornaday Dangerous Game Series Company of the Year HORNADY Hornady.com n the late 1960s, Hornady was a mid-sized, regional Since 2002, Hornady has created a dozen new cartridges, from bullet-maker just 200 miles south of our farm. We 17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire and 6.5 Creedmoor through the loaded Hornady secant ogive spire point bullets in our .416 Ruger Compact Magnum. Hornady is driving long-range .222 Remingtons, 6mm Remingtons and .30-06 shooting with high B.C. bullets, breathing new life into lever ISpringfields. Racy stuff. Fast forward 50 years and Hornady actions with Flex-Tip bullets and reviving dangerous game big in still in Grand Island, Nebraska, but it is now an bores by loading 17 heavy rounds like .404 Jeffery, .450 Rigby and international powerhouse designing and building bullets, .500 Nitro Express. Sporting Classics salutes Hornady, an innovator ammunition and reloading tools that are changing the and driving force in the hunting and shooting world. shooting world. — Ron Spomer Caesar Guerini Invictus VII 78 • SPORTING CLASSICS SPORTING CLASSICS• 79 SPORTING CLASSICS SPORTING CLASSICS 2019 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 2019 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE Handguns KIMBER KimberAmerica.com imber builds the world’s finest 1911 pistols right here in America—something that makes sense, as few things are as American as a 1911 .45 ACP. Virtually Kevery critical component of every pistol is made inside the Kimber factory. 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So should you. new .224 Valkyrie centerfire in 2018, Federal Premium Tip big game bullets in 2008, and resurrected many dangerous Kimber 1911 Pistol has a rich history of innovation and quality. In the game big bore cartridges like .470 NE. Fmid-20th century, when most ammunition manufacturers Here in 2019, Federal offers shooters and hunters more choices were loading only their proprietary bullets, Federal had the in more calibers and gauges than any other major ammunition foresight and temerity to offer hunters a Nosler Partition manufacturer, which is why we present Federal Premium our bullet in many popular calibers. Other premium bullets Ammunition Award of Excellence. — Ron Spomer followed, giving hunters what they wanted instead of what Federal wanted them to want. Rifles Out of Africa – In Montana Gallery in Bozeman Steyr Scout STEYR ARMS Sporting Art SteyrArms.com ecause of its cutting edge, some would say futuristic, Today, Steyr serves traditional hunters with walnut-and-blued OUT OF AFRICA – IN MONTANA GALLERY AUG A1 bullpup military assault rifles, Steyr might as well as synthetic-stocked CL bolt-actions. Cutting edge FWDart.com hunters/shooters gravitate to the Scout, a short, handy bolt-action strike American hunters as something new out of ocated in Bozeman, Out of Africa – In Montana A part-time biologist, falconer and avid sportsman, Skip with built-in bipod, spare magazine well, integral Picatinny rails Austria. No chance. Steyr has been making cutting- believes that his passions are responsible for his choices of the and multiple sling swivel attachment points. Rimfire shooters Gallery was started by Skip Tubbs in 1980. After Bedge rifles ever since its first breechloader in 1864. Veteran graduating from the University of Montana with a truly talented group of artists who show their knowledge and rejoice in the reintroduction of the famous Zephyr, a full-size, hunters from the 20th century still speak in hushed tones of passion for the subject matter they create. professional quality bolt-action in .17 HMR, .22LR and .22 WMR. degree in zoology, Skip relocated to the Bozeman area the butter-smooth action of the Steyr Mannlicher with its Skip’s gallery offerings regularly include paintings by Bob And then there is the full line of Merkel double rifles and single Lto become partners in the Artist Union Gallery. His custom- Schoenauer spool magazine. Kuhn, John Banovich, Simon Combes, John Seerey-Lester, Julie shots—more than enough to earn Steyr our Rifle Company of the framing business soon separated and became Framework Jeppsen, Paco Young, Brian Jarvi, Guy Combes, Adam Smith and Year award. — Ron Spomer Designs, which evolved into the sporting and fine wildlife art gallery that it is today. other renowned wildlife and western artists. 80 • SPORTING CLASSICS SPORTING CLASSICS• 81 SPORTING CLASSICS SPORTING CLASSICS 2019 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 2019 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE Pine Ranch - California Sporting Properties LANDLEADER LandLeader.com merica the Beautiful is much more than a patriotic Land ownership is a spirited endeavor, and one to be proud of. Adipose “Flow” Mike Young in His Workshop song. It’s every hillside, mountain, valley, trickling And that’s why everyone in the LandLeader community far and creek and roaring river. It’s mile-long meadows wide embodies that spirit. 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