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Since 2017 January, my post are published in www.armimagazine.it

My posts about hunting, guns and related topics are published every second week on Armi Magazine blog >>

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE SENTIERI DI CACCIA. SINCE 2017, APRIL

The Italian monthly magazine dedicated to hunting >>

2015, June - 2017, May: editor in chief of HUNT 360

The biannual magazine of Safari Club International - Italian Chapter >>

Managing director of the bimonthly magazine Cinghiale che Passione. Since 2016, January

The Italian bi-monthly magazine dedicated to wild boar hunters >>

All about semiautomatic pistols

Since August 7 is on sale Pistole semiautomatiche, a 160-page book that explains everything about semiautomatic handguns: notions of technique, ballistics, law, training. In the appendix, the complete profiles of 32 modern pistols >>

Managing director of the monthly magazine Cacciare a Palla. Since 2015, April

The Italian monthly magazine for rifle hunters. Ninety-six pages, every month on newsstands... >>

Interview with Giulia Taboga, Franchi testimonial

A few years ago Franchi, historical Italian Gun Maker now in the Beretta Holding, has given a radical change in its look and the potential target of its fans. An image radically renewed, a new logo and a new slogan, "Feels Right", want to point out as the center of each Franchi project is always the hunter and, above all, a young, aware and responsible hunter >>

Certificato di idoneità alla detenzione di armi. Chi deve presentarlo

On newsstands: Shot Show 2015 on Armi Magazine

The reportage from the Shot Show 2015 is published in the March issue of Armi Magazine, now on newsstands. Thirty-four pages of news and curiosities from the New Continent. Happy reading. >>

The SHOT Show in 20 photos

The great American show also this year has delighted the eyes of enthusiasts with products and innovations that will be the new market trends. 1,600 exhibitors on 60,000 square meters of exhibition and along 15 miles of aisles, 64,000 professional visitors, including 2,500 journalists from over 100 countries, are proof that US already left behind the crisis we are still struggling with >>

Remember to forget fear. A textbook... to win the Olympics

Short biography or Bildungsroman. This is the literary work of Niccolò Campriani who speaks to the reader with frankness and honesty about the path that led him from the "lost" Olympics in Beijing to the Olympics won in London >>

Smith & Wesson mod. 500... The test at the range

It shoots the most powerful handgun caliber, the Smith & Wesson .500 Magnum, developed by the American producer along with Cor-Bon. The angry beast is finally distributed also in Italy >>

Ladies Weapons by Antonio Riello. When guns become a piece of art

Antonio Riello is an outside the box artist, who escapes any label. Very active in the "New-Media" field, is concerned with the most controversial and burning topics, which always faces with irony and sarcasm. I interviewed him to know why he is so much interested in guns >>

An invitation to reloading

Let's do some simple evaluations. Between buying ammo in a gun shop and reloading independently there is a difference in price that, once the initial investment for the equipment is paid, can be a factor in a choice >>

La pelle dell'orso… a courageous novel

From the back cover: "He smiled and thought that larger animals that inhabit the mountain always had a special charm, a magical and solemn, like a procession of Pentecost or as the sung Mass on Christmas Eve. The eagle, the wolf, the deer, the bear. He said himself that these animals intimately knew they were majestic and different from others. Although he had never seen bears. Even less monstrous than the one everybody was talking about." >>

Let's shoot BLACK POWDER

Jäger Hunter is a rifle by Pedersoli which is half-way between a tool for hunting and one for target shooting. Extremely accurate using both TC and spherical bullets, is a classic that is experiencing a second youth >>

Looking for the best G.S.A. (gun, sight, and ammunition) setup

A .308 Winchester Sauer S 101 Select, a Leica 2,5-10x42 Eri scope and a 150 grain Hornady GMX Superformance for the first red deer of my life >>

Two days of tests at the range

I've just came back from Ora (BZ), where I tested pistols, revolvers and rifles of which I will write soon... >>

Hunters who feed those in need - part I

In the US they are called "Hunters who feed Those in need" and share their surplus game with the poorest people, giving meat and proteins to whom should give it up >>

Posted on October 29, 2014 in Shotguns and rifles

A brand new look for Beretta 486 - UPDATE

Marc Newson, a design guru, who worked with Bono Vox for a number of charity events and was recently hired by Apple computers, designed the latest version of 486 Beretta side-by-side >>

Edward Paul Abbey, the armed environmentalist

Edward Paul Abbey is considered one of the fathers of environmental radicalism. But in him there is so much more than just a battle for the preservation of an utopian idea of nature. His respect for the weapons, for instance >>

Brügger & Thomet TP9: military gun, civilian purpose

It will not be comfortable to carry in the holster, but Brügger & Thomet TP9 is a tool that tickles the imagination of many handgun enthusiasts. We evaluated it with results exceeding our expectations >>

Call it, if you like, "animalcide"

The death of common sense >>

Red deer hunting at Glenborrodale Castle, Scotland

A short review from Scotland, where I was invited by Sauer, Leica and Hornady (with 7 other International journalists) to test their new products >>

MY BLOG RULES

Shooting Log is an independent blog about guns, shooting and hunting available on this website and Facebook, where anyone can interact with me and other readers. The rules to follow are few and based on common sense. >>

La prova del nuovissimo BERETTA 690 FIELD III

Beretta, per la presentazione del suo ultimo sovrapposto a destinazione venatoria, ha voluto fare le cose in grande, invitando in un esclusivo resort del Chianti senese i vari importatori mondiali del brand e una rappresentanza di giornalisti delle più importanti riviste di settore, anche loro provenienti dai quattro angoli del pianeta. I due giorni dedicati all'evento hanno visto la presentazione statica dell'arma, direttamente ad opera del vicepresidente e amministratore delegato della holding >>

Glock pistols

Such a story, Glock's story. Initiative, innovative ideas, entrepreneurial genius, some dowry of ruthlessness, blood-sex-and-money are elements all present in its DNA. It tells of the vision of a man and how, trusting in himself and in an idea, even an obscure Austrian engineer was able to present himself to the forefront of the industrial history of the twentieth century, overturning long-established hierarchies and changing the outlook of a product, a simple pistol. >>

Beretta 690 Field III e Walther PPS su ARMI MAGAZINE in edicola

Su Armi Magazine di settembre ho pubblicato il resoconto della prova del sovrapposto Beretta e una prova della pistola semiautomatica WALTHER PPS. Forte delle dimensioni della PPK e degli sviluppi tecnologici portati dalla P99, la PPS è un'arma tecnologicamente attuale che strizza l'occhio a uno dei modelli che hanno fatto la fortuna del marchio tedesco >>

Matteo Brogi

Photographer | Journalist | Editorial Curator