A Dangerous Game Rifle That Could Be Speed Reloaded by Stripper Clip The .425 Westley Richards is sometimes referred to as the Westley Richards .425 Magnum Express. It became a much respected cartridge, favored by the legendary Frederick Courtenay Selous and by John "Pondoro" Taylor, author of "African Rifles and Cartridges". Firing a 410grain bullet at ...
The Real Star of "Goldfinger" Do you remember where you were when you first saw the James Bond movie "Goldfinger"? I do, I was on a ship named the SS Canberra traveling from Britain to Australia. The ship was equipped with a movie theater and admission was free so you could go to the movies as ...
The Men from Victor Sarasqueta A few decades ago, in a time that feels like it was in another life, I had a work colleague who was also a shooter, and his pride and joy shotgun was his Victor Sarasqueta. My own shotgun at the time was a utilitarian BRNO side by side sidelock ejector which ...
Introduction: One Pistol to Rule Them All You don't have to be involved in the shooting sports for long before you will hear the name "Mauser", often in conjunction with discovering Paul Mauser's definitive bolt action rifle design, the Mauser '98. German firearms designer Paul Mauser's M98 was by no means his only design however, it ...
Introduction: Cosmi's Unique Gun The word to describe the Cosmi semi-automatic shotgun is "unique". This is a gun that combines uniqueness, with a build quality that is second to none, but it is a gun that despite its uniqueness makes complete practical sense. To sum up the Cosmi it can most simply be described as a break ...
From the Silver Arrows to the KdF Wagen to the Porsche Type 64 Dr. Ferdinand Porsche once said "I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself." Dr. Porsche was involved in the design and creation of a number of sports cars ranging from the Mercedes SSK of the 1920's to ...
Introduction In his General Advice to those starting out in vintage sports car racing Winston Teague tells us that "When you put every other distraction aside, the only vintage car you really need is a hot Austin 7". It was in a hot Austin Seven that Bruce McLaren made his racing debut, and Graham Chapman of ...
Introduction: A Trusted Name Resurrected The Webley revolver became the iconic British gentleman's arm. Without doubt favored by fictitious private detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson, who brought his Webley revolver back from the Afghan War. The Webley was far more than the standard arm for fictitious characters however and was the side-arm for ...
Introduction: the Battue Rifle A style of rifle we see rarely in the United States or places outside of Europe, such as Australia, is the battue rifle. The battue rifle is made to be the perfect rifle for shots on running game, it is a rifle type that combines the quick pointability of a shotgun with ...
Introduction Of the custom gunmakers in the world the name of F.lli Piotti is perhaps less well known than the likes of English makers such as Purdey, Holland & Holland or Rigby. Yet Fratelli Piotti make some of the most outstanding hand made guns and rifles in the world. F.lli Piotti has not been in business ...