L.P. Brezny

02 Feb 2025

Ammo Review - Federal Cartridge Hevi Shot

Vista Outdoor, the holding company for Federal Cartridge, CCI, Bushnell, and many other brands, acquired Hevi-Shot about four years ago and melded the engineering knowledge and some protected designs into the old Hevi-Metal load design offered by the previous owner Environ-Metal Inc., the (Hevi-Shot) ammunition company in years back. My review is of a new brand offering by the new Hevi-Shot company in a longer-range goose and duck load series of waterfowl ammunition. 

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05 Jan 2021

Gun Review — Savage Arms Renegauge

Savage Arms introduced its first semi-automatic shotgun, and it’s a dandy.   

  At a time when I thought Savage Arms was as rock solid as can be, to my surprise I learn the company was sold to a couple of independent buyers who are now revamping the entire rifle and shotgun line. The new owners acquired a manufacturing company that had just completely retooled the firearm production floor. Now with brand new equipment, tighter tolerances, fit and finish, capabilities are better than ever. Savage Arms has tasked me to review an example of the new Savage Arms Renegauge semi-auto loading shotgun.   

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02 Apr 2020

Briley Helix Hunter Chokes

Tough Field Testing in the Louisiana Bayou

A week of pattern work at Backridge Ammunition Tennessee, another week in western South Dakota of the same and additional pattern work got the new Briley high-performance Helix hunting chokes up and running for the big swamp test series that would last almost 10 days.

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03 Feb 2020

Benelli Super Black Eagle III

When the Super Black Eagle III by Benelli came out in a special turkey configuration, I thought, “Just another high-priced scattergun that would do about as well as several dozen others.”

However, my mind changed when

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