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Matthew Shane Brown

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Nevadan by choice, and author of Fly Fishing in the 21st Century. He spends most of the year aimlessly driving the West in search of elk, birds, and trout.
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High Country Deer in Nowhere, Nevada

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • March 25, 2025
I made my first camp at the trailhead 100 yards from an abandoned mining cabin in the national forest. It was a beautiful Great Basin Halloween night as the flicker…
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DNZ Game Reaper Scope Mounts

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • March 20, 2025
DNZ Game Reaper Scope Mount (Scope Base)
Five years ago, I was setting up a new-to-me Model 70 chambered in 7mm Remington Magnum, and needed a new set of scope rings. I stumbled upon the DNZ Game…
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.38 Super Ballistics – The Thinking Man’s 9mm

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • March 18, 2025
.38 Super
It is one of the great sadnesses of my life that I was not around in time in order to stop the mass adoptation of some little European cartridge as…
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A President’s Day Fly Fishing Boondoggle

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • March 13, 2025
When I moved to the wild and woolly West after a childhood on the East Coast, I had precious little understanding of the way that the world works in this…
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Leatherman Raptor Rescue Shears

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • March 11, 2025
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you are going to die one day. Even worse than that, I’m going to die, too. Ideally, this will not…
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The Boyt Harness H-Series Case

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • March 4, 2025
Boyt Harness H-Series Case
Like most here, I spend almost the entirety of the months of September through February puttering around the wilds with guns clattering around in the back of my truck. So…
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The 1911 Is Still Alive And Well

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • February 27, 2025
1911
It is the year 2025. I am not a math wiz, but that means it’s been at least 114 years since the inception of what many would say is John…
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Pearson’s No-Drill Picatinny Rails For the Winchester 94

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • February 25, 2025
Pearson’s No-Drill Scope Rail for the Winchester Model 94
There is no better depiction of the duality of man than the two paths that a lever gun can take in the modern year of 2025. The yin and the…
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Gunfighters, Inc Kenai Chest Holster

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • February 20, 2025
There are a few maxims that have served as the foundation of my worldview over the years: “No amount of planning will ever replace dumb luck.” “Always look on the…
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Add Iron Sights To Your CVA Paramount Pro

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • February 13, 2025
Back in ’23, I had the good fortune to draw a muzzleloader bull elk tag in a very desirable unit, in a very desirable state. I did not own a…
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