Garden & Gun

Blast from the Past

Spend a morning shooting a box or two of paper shotgun shells, and one of the first things you’ll probably notice is the smell. That particular aroma, something like a combination of toasted walnuts and burnt wax, can inspire fond memories among those who grew up in an era when shotgun

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