2004 BEST OF THE BEST AWARDS.

This article presents information about various fishing and hunting equipment. Over the past year, a panel of expert sportsmen and gear fanatics of the journal "Field & Stream" tested hundreds of new outdoor products, using them to fish, hunt and camp from the southern swamps to the Rocky Mountain wilderness. The following winners of the 7th annual Best of the Best Awards proved themselves better than everything else tested. The Remington Model 504.22 shotgun, while mostly designed by computers, also received a healthy dose of human input, which makes it the standout that it is. Mossberg's new magnum autoloader pounds out heavy turkey and waterfowl loads without pounding one's wallet.