Elvis Presley was a gun enthusiast and one of the guns he had was a diminutive 22lr derringer which he gave to his wife Priscilla to keep in her handbag for self-protection. Priscilla was not comfortable…
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Fuchs Fine Guns
Fuchs Fine Guns are bespoke makers of fine sporting rifles and guns. Fuchs make one of the most unique sporting rifles in the world: the Joseph Szecsei designed bolt-action double rifle, along with conventional double rifles…
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Colt Model 1910 9.8mm Pistol
Back in 1910 John Moses Browning had created two prototype automatic pistols, one was chambered for the 45ACP cartridge, and the other was a scaled down pistol of the same design chambered for the 38ACP, and…
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The 30-30 Winchester
The 30-30 Winchester sporting rifle cartridge is as American as Apple Pie: even today this is still the most famous cartridge for lever action deer rifles with many 30-30 rifles having been passed down in families…
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Colt National Match .38 Special Mid Range Semi-Automatic Pistol
Made specifically for ISSF Centerfire Match target shooting the Colt National Match .38 Special Mid Range semi-automatic pistol is a quite rare model among M1911 pistols. It features a blowback operation and was designed specifically to…
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Vincent Grey Flash
Whilst “Vincent Grey Flash” sounds like it should be the name of a very British Super Hero with superpowers it was in fact the name of a very British motorcycle that indeed possessed super power from…
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The 6.5×55 Swedish and Norwegian
The 6.5×55 Swedish cartridge began life as Sweden and Norway’s standard military cartridge, and standard target rifle cartridge. It went on to become a popular sporting rifle cartridge throughout Scandinavia and other parts of Europe: popularity…
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The 30-40 Krag Military and Sporting
The 30-40 cartridge was first adopted by the US Army in 1892 when they selected the Krag-Jørgensen as their rifle with which to replace the Trapdoor Springfield. The 30-40 went on to be used in a…
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The European Krag-Petersson and Krag-Jörgensen Rifles
The Krag-Jørgensen was a visionary design when it was first created and it stands out as one of the great rifle designs of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This rifle blended a butter-smooth bolt action with…
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The American Springfield Krag–Jørgensen Rifle
The Krag Jørgensen was a superb rifle, chosen from among fifty three rivals and adopted by the United States as its first nitro powder military rifle. The Krag’s served their country through some tempestuous times seeing…
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