Turkey hunting is stupid. I know, some of you have already picked up rocks to throw my way; you may have even loaded your Mossberg 500 with three-inch magnums and jumped in your truck to drive to West Virginia. But wait; let me explain. You get up before the crow has taken his morning leak. Then, you drive for miles out into …
From the time I was knee high to my grandfather I can remember him saying, “You gotta hold a fine bead.” Of course he was talking about shooting and shooting was something that was a matter of pride to him and just about every other West Virginian I met. Well, at least back in the day. One thing I’ve learned since those …
Why 88? Probably because the greatest lever action of all time was made by Savage and used 99 for the model number. I owned an 88 myself once; I’d learned it was a cousin to my Dad’s model 100 Winchester. I toyed with the 88 for a while, figured out how far to turn the forward stock screw to make it shoot …
