The Vincent Black Lightning was the culmination of British designer Phil Vincent's quest to create the world's greatest motorcycle. It was the racing version of his iconic Vincent Black Shadow, stripped of everything not needed on a racing motorcycle, and able to carry its rider up to 150 mph depending on the state of tune ...
Fosberry, his Automatic Revolver, and his Paradox Gun The Holland & Holland Paradox gun was a creation by a man who is also famous for creating another "paradox" of a gun: Fosberry was the inventor of an "Automatic Revolver", something that to many will seem like a combining of two contradictory things - but then that ...
Who was Winston Churchill's preferred gunmaker? Many will assume that he patronized gunmakers who made the best that the pre-war London gun trade could offer: and so names such as Purdey, Holland & Holland or Boss might come to mind. But Churchill was a keen and knowledgeable sporting shooter, and he was a man who ...
A Light Sufficiently Powerful Rifle with Mild Recoil The 6.5x57 Mauser rifle cartridge has been with us for over a hundred years and yet it has not become obsolete. Rifles in 6.5x57 are still made by a number of European manufacturers and in Europe its main competitor is the Scandinavian 6.5x55 Swedish (and Norwegian) which is ...
Introduction Austria has produced some of the most famous firearms in the world. In the modern era the Austrian Glock has become "the" must have pistol for civilians and law enforcement alike. The Glock "plastic fantastic" can be found on the hip of law enforcement officers in the United States, Britain, Australia, and if you visit ...
You Can't Kill Deader than Dead Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell quietly went from being just another adventurer trying his hand at being a professional ivory hunter to becoming nothing short of a legend. In his years elephant hunting he bagged exactly 1,011 elephant, which led to him acquiring a quite significant cache of crisp British pound ...
To Produce the Finest Single Action Revolver Standard Manufacturing make an ambitious claim for their Single Action Revolver: they state "Never before in history has an effort been put forth to produce the finest single action revolver." The original Single Action Army revolver of 1873 was designed by William Mason and Charles Brinckerhoff Richards for the ...
Is it a Car, or is it a Boat? The Gibbs Aquada was an amphibious vehicle, part sports car, part speed boat, that emerged from the concept of amphibious vehicles created during the Second World War both by the Germans and the Americans. The German Schwimmwagen amphibious military car was based on the Volkswagen while the ...
The "Seven" If you can imagine a driving experience that is a blending of go-kart, motorcycle and sports car then you realize what a Caterham 7 provides. It is a car that is not only fast, but that feels adrenaline pumping fast: a car that corners, brakes and accelerates in a way that imparts to the ...
Jack Humbert and the 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix The 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix marked a turning point for General Motors Pontiac Division and this can be attributed to the man who used his gift for the art of automotive design to great effect: a man named Jack Humbert. On his return from active service with a ...
