Hollis Bentley & Playfair were one of Britain’s “best gun” makers although they are less known than the likes of Holland & Holland or Rigby for example. Yet Bentley & Playfair were “makers to the trade”…
Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Belgium have a long history as firearms makers and also have a long association with John Moses Browning. In fact Browning now own FN and Winchester and the current model Winchester Model…
If you have rather a lot of pesky bunny rabbits around your place then this might just be the very thing you’ve been looking for. Although the phrase “I’d like to introduce you to my friends,…
The 1953 Bentley R-Type Continental Sports Saloon was and still is a quintessential gentleman’s sports car. So much so that the creator of James Bond 007, Ian Fleming, gives Bond one of these cars when his…
I don’t know what your taste in rifles is, but I’m a bolt action sporting rifle aficionado with a penchant for the controlled feed Winchester Model 70’s and sporters based on the legendary Mauser 98. I…
Prestige gunmaker Hollis Bentley & Playfair was established in 1911 by the joining together of Hollis with Bentley & Playfair which had both been formed during the early-mid 1800’s. Hollis Bentley & Playfair had a retail…
Back in the days when I was involved in competitive pistol shooting I was shooting with a Walther OSP for the Olympic Rapid Fire match, a Walther GSP for the Standard Pistol Match, and a Vostock…
If considering the perfect gun for the “World wide one gun hunter” then most of us think about a rifle chambered for a common “all around” cartridge that meets legal minimum caliber requirements everywhere we intend…
Whether you are going to a car auction to pick up something interesting, or have just bought something from “Bring A Trailer“, or have a competition car you need to transport to the track, you need…
American author Ernest Hemingway owned and used a .577 Nitro Express double rifle, and the caliber was popular as an emergency stopper of dangerous game, especially noted as a charge stopper. There is little difference between…